U.S. Open Field

The field for the 97th U.S. Open golf championship to be played at the Congressional Country Club Thursday through Sunday (a-amateur):

FULLY EXEMPT (69 Golfers)

Robert Allenby, 10; Stephen Ames, 10; Stuart Appleby, 11; Paul Azinger, 5; Thomas Bjorn, 10; Michael Bradley, 9; Paul Broadhurst, 10; Mark Brooks, 5,9,12; Mark Calcavecchia, 9; Darren Clarke, 10;

Andrew Coltart, 10; John Cook, 9,12; Fred Couples, 9; Ben Crenshaw, 3; John Daly, 4; David Duval, 9; Steve Elkington, 5,6; Ernie Els, 1,8,9; Nick Faldo, 3,4,9; Brad Faxon, 9;

Daniel Forsman, 8; Fred Funk, 9; Jim Furyk, 8,9; Ken Green, 8; Padraig Harrington, 10; Scott Hoch, 8,9; Hale Irwin, 1; Lee Janzen, 1,8; Steve Jones, 1,8,9; Tom Kite, 1;

Bernhard Langer, 3; Tom Lehman, 4,8,9,12; Justin Leonard, 9; Davis Love III, 8,9; Jeff Maggert, 9; Scott McCarron, 11; Paul McGinley, 10; Mark McNulty, 10; Phil Mickelson, 9,12; Peter Mitchell, 10;

Colin Montgomerie, 8,10; John Morse, 8; Jack Nicklaus, 14; Frank Nobilo, 8; Greg Norman, 4,8,9; Jose Maria Olazabal, 3; Mark O’Meara, 9,12; Jumbo Ozaki, 13; Jesper Parnevik, 11; Corey Pavin, 1,9;

Kenny Perry, 9; Nick Price, 4,5; Loren Roberts, 9; Costantino Rocca, 10; Raymond Russell, 10; Scott Simpson, 1; Vijay Singh, 8,9; Jeff Sluman, 9; Paul Stankowski, 11; Payne Stewart, 1;

Dave Stockton, 7; Curtis Strange, 1; Steve Stricker, 9,12; Tommy Tolles, 9; Duffy Waldorf, 9; Tom Watson, 8,9; Lee Westwood, 10; Tiger Woods, 3,9,12; Ian Woosnam, 10.

KEYS TO EXEMPTIONS

1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship for the last 10 years; 2. Winner of the 1996 U.S. Amateur Championship; 3. Winners of the Masters Tournament the last five years; 4. Winners of the British Open Championship the last five years; 5. Winners of the PGA Championship the last five years; 6. Winner of the 1997 Players Championship; 7. Winner of the 1996 U.S. Senior Open Championship; 8. 15 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 15th place, 1996 U.S. Open; 9. Final top 30 money winners, 1996 PGA Tour; 10. Final top 15 money leaders, 1996 PGA European Tour Order of Merit; 11. Top 10 money leaders, 1997 PGA Tour money list, through May 26; 12. Any multiple winner of PGA Tour co-sponsored events whose victories are considered official from April 25, 1996, through the close of entries on April 23, 1997; 13. International players not otherwise exempt as selected by the USGA Executive Committee; 14. Special exemptions selected by the USGA Executive Committee; 15. Top two money leaders, 1997 PGA European Tour Order of Merit, through May 31.

SECTIONAL QUALIFIERS (87 Golfers)

Jay Don Blake; Billy Andrade; Slade Adams; Anthony Aguilar; Kevin Altenhof; Ronnie Black; Rob Bradley; Mike Brisky; Eric Brito; Olin Browne.

Brad Bryant; Rodney Butcher; Stewart Cink; Mike Clark; Russ Cochran; P.J. Cowan; Rick Cramer; Marco Dawson; Scott Dunlap; Jim Estes.

Jack Ferenz; Ed Fryatt; Kelly Gibson; Bob Gilder; Matt Gogel; Paul Goydos; Jimmy Green; Roger Gunn; Jay Haas; Don Hammond.

Brad Hughes; Mike Hulbert; Ed Humenik; Roy Hunter; Kent Jones; Hideki Kase; a-Bob Kearney; Greg Kraft; a-Joel Kribel; Frank Lickliter II.

Dick Mast; Bob Mazza; Larry Mize; Andrew Morse; Sean Murphy; Michael Martin; Len Mattiace; Spike McCroy; Jim McGovern; Larry Nelson.

Gary Nicklaus; a-Terry Noe; David Ogrin; Craig Parry; Perry Parker; Chris Perry; John Pillar; Bill Porter; Mike Reid; Larry Rinker.

Lee Rinker; Gary Robison; Clarence Rose; Ken Schall; Marty Schieme; Dave Schreyer; a-Jason Semelsberger; Larry Silveira; Chris Smith; Mike Sposa.

Hal Sutton; Mike Swartz; Greg Sweatt; Brian Tennyson; Peter Teravinen; David Tom; Greg Towne; Dennis Trixler; Ted Tryba; Grant Waite.

Brett Wayment; Mark Weibe; David White; a-Chris Wollmann; Randy Wylie; Dennis Zinkon; Fuzzy Zoeller.