Twelve golfers receive exemption for next week’s US Open

• Twelve golfers have received an exemption for US Open.
• US Open will be played at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, from June 16-19.
• Luke List moved to 59th rank to qualify for his sixth event.

The US Golf Association announced on Monday that twelve golfers received exemptions into next week’s 122nd US Open based on world rankings and a European Tour qualifying series.

The additions brought the total number of fully exempt players to 91 for the third major event of the year, which will be played at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, from June 16-19.

Aaron Wise and Luke List qualified for the tournament by moving into the top 60 of the world rankings on Monday.

Wise, who was born in South Africa, finished second to Billy Horschel in last week’s US PGA Memorial tournament and climbed to 44th in the rankings to qualify for his fourth US Open, with a tie for 35th place in 2019.

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List, who won at Torrey Pines in January, moved up to 59th to qualify for his sixth US Open. The 2019 PGA Championship was the only major tournament in which he finished inside the top 30.

Based on their performances on the European Tour over the course of the previous four tournaments, ten players have earned spots on the roster.

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The list was topped by Victor Perez of France, followed by Ryan Fox of New Zealand, Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark, Sam Horsfield of England, Sebastian Soderberg of Sweden, Kalle Samooja of Finland, Wil Besseling of the Netherlands, Yannik Paul of Germany, Richard Mansell of England, and Marcel Schneider of Germany.

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