Inside the field: U.S. Open

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Jun. 15, 2009

Who's playing at the U.S. Open? We've analyzed the field based on the following categories (please check the bottom for late-breaking updates to the field):

Top 10s

FedExCup standings	PGA TOUR Money List	Official World Golf Ranking
Zach Johnson (1)	Geoff Ogilvy (1)	Tiger Woods (1)
Geoff Ogilvy (2)	Zach Johnson (2)	Phil Mickelson (2)
Steve Stricker (3)	Phil Mickelson (3)	Paul Casey (3)
Brian Gay (4)	Tiger Woods (4)	Sergio Garcia (4)
Tiger Woods (5)	Steve Stricker (5)	Geoff Ogilvy (5)
Sean O'Hair (6)	Sean O'Hair (6)	Henrik Stenson (6)
Phil Mickelson (7)	Kenny Perry (7)	Kenny Perry (7)
Kenny Perry (8)	Brian Gay (8)	Steve Stricker (8)
Nick Watney (9)	Nick Watney (9)	Vijay Singh (9)
Paul Casey (10)	Paul Casey (10)	Jim Furyk (10)
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2009 Tournament Winners

Player	Event(s) won	Tournament
Geoff Ogilvy	2	SBS Championship, Accenture Match Play Championship
Zach Johnson	2	Sony Open in Hawaii, Valero Texas Open
Kenny Perry	1	FBR Open
Nick Watney	2	Buick Invitational
Dustin Johnson	1	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Phil Mickelson	2	Northern Trust Open, CA Championship
Retief Goosen	1	Transitions Championship
Tiger Woods	2	Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Memorial Tournament
Paul Casey	1	Shell Houston Open
Angel Cabrera	1	Masters
Brian Gay	2	Verizon Heritage, St. Jude Classic
Sean O'Hair	1	Quail Hollow Championship
Henrik Stenson	1	THE PLAYERS Championship
Rory Sabbatini	1	HP Byron Nelson Championship
Steve Stricker	1	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

Past winners of the U.S. Open

Tiger Woods (2008, 2002, 2000)	Angel Cabrera (2007)
Geoff Ogilvy (2006)	Michael Campbell (2005)
Retief Goosen (2004, 2001)	Jim Furyk (2003)
Ernie Els (1997, 1994)

Major winners

Player	Major(s) won	Tournament
Tiger Woods	14	1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 Masters; 2000, 2002, 2008 U.S. Open; 2000, 2005, 2006 British Open; 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 PGA Championship
Ernie Els	3	1994, 1997 U.S. Open; 2002 British Open
Padraig Harrington	3	2007, 2008 British Open; 2008 PGA Championship
Phil Mickelson	3	2004, 2006 Masters; 2005 PGA Championship
Vijay Singh	3	2000 Masters, 1998, 2004 PGA Championship
Retief Goosen	2	2001, 2004 U.S. Open
Angel Cabrera	2	2007 U.S. Open, 2009 Masters
Michael Campbell	1	2005 U.S. Open
Ben Curtis	1	2003 British Open
David Duval	1	2001 British Open
Jim Furyk	1	2003 U.S. Open
Todd Hamilton	1	2004 British Open
Trevor Immelman	1	2008 Masters
Zach Johnson	1	2007 Masters
Tom Lehman	1	1996 British Open
Justin Leonard	1	1997 British Open
Geoff Ogilvy	1	2006 U.S. Open
David Toms	1	2001 PGA Championship
Mike Weir	1	2003 Masters

International players

	Argentina	Angel Cabrera, Andres Romero, Eduardo Romero
	Australia	Geoff Ogilvy, Steve Allan, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Matt Jones, James Nitties, Rod Pampling, Adam Scott, Michael Sim
	Canada	Mike Weir, Stephen Ames, Andrew Parr, Nick Taylor
	Colombia	Camilo Villegas
	Denmark	Soren Hansen, Soren Kjeldsen
	England	Richard Bland, David Horsey, Paul Casey, Luke Donald, Simon Dyson, Ross Fisher, Simon Khan, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson
	Fiji	Vijay Singh
	France	Jean-Francoi Lucquin, Raphael Jacquelin, Thomas Levet
	Germany	Martin Kaymer
	India	Jeev Milkha Singh
	Ireland	Padraig Harrington
	Japan	Shintaro Kai, Ryuji Imada, Shingo Katayama, Azuma Yano, Kaname Yokoo
	Korea	K.J. Choi, Charlie Wi, Sang-moon Bae
	New Zealand	Douglas Batty, Michael Campbell, David Smail
	Northern Ireland	Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke, Rory McIlroy
	Philippines	Angelo Que
	Scotland	Martin Laird
	South Africa	Charl Schwartzel, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Trevor Immelman, Tim Clark, Andrew McLardy, Rory Sabbatini
	Spain	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Sergio Garcia, Jose Manuel Lara, Alvaro Quiros
	Sweden	Johan Edfors, Peter Hanson, Robert Karlsson, Carl Pettersson, Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson

Younger and older

Young Guns (under 30)		Grizzled Vets (40 and over)
Douglas Batty	Ryan Moore	Thomas Levet	Kevin Sutherland
a-Tyson Alexander	Sean O'Hair	Darren Clarke	Stephen Ames
a-Clark Klaasen	James Kamte	Michael Campbell	Greg Kraft
a-Ben Martin	Camilo Villegas	Retief Goosen	Miguel Angel Jimenez
a-Matt Nagy	J.B. Holmes	Ken Duke	Vijay Singh
a-Vaughn Snyder	Hunter Mahan	Dudley Hart	Jeff Brehaut
Ryan Spears	John Merrick	Craig Bowden	Rocco Mediate
a-Kyle Stanley	Chris Stroud	David Toms	Kenny Perry
Nathan Tyler	Peter Tomasulo	Billy Mayfair	Tom Lehman
Rory McIlory	Shawn Stefani	Steve Stricker	Fred Funk
a-Josh Brock	Michael Welch	Todd Hamilton	Eduardo Romero
a-Rickie Fowler	Andres Romero	J.P. Hayes	Sean Farren
a-Drew Kittleson	Adam Scott
a-Bronson Burgoon	Ross Fisher
a-Cameron Tringale	Justin Rose
a-Drew Weaver	Oliver Wilson
Sangmoon Bae	Ricky Barnes
a-Kyle Peterman	Brandt Snedeker
Michael Sim	D.J. Trahan
Martin Kaymer	Nick Watney
Charl Schwartzel	Shintaro Kai
Dustin Johnson	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Anthony Kim	Matt Jones
Chris Kirk	Graeme McDowell
Casey Wittenberg	Trevor Immelman
David Horsey	Sergio Garcia
Gary Woodland	Lucas Glover
James Nitties	John Mallinger
Martin Laird	Cortland Lowe
Alvaro Quiros	Andrew Parr
Francesco Molinari	Nick Taylor
Charlie Beljan	Trevor Murphy
Kevin Silva	Ryan Blaum
Colby Beckstrom

a- denotes amateur status

Field updates

Here are the most recent updates to U.S. Open field
Trevor Immelman	Withdrew
Robert Karlsson	Withdrew
Dudley Hart	Withdrew
Shingo Katayama	Withdrew
Andrew Svoboda	Committed
Clinton Jensen	Committed
a-Scott Lewis	Committed
a-David Erdy	Committed