Currently Exempt Players for 2022 U.S. Senior Open
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The list of exempt players for the 42nd U.S. Senior Open Championship, which will be conducted June 23-26 at Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course) in Bethlehem, Pa. BOLD denotes a first time a player is listed and (a) indicates an amateur.
Jim Furyk (2021)
Steve Stricker (2019)
David Toms (2018)
Gene Sauers (2016)
Jeff Maggert (2015)
Colin Montgomerie (2014)
Roger Chapman (2012)
Olin Browne (2011)
Note: 2020 championship canceled due to COVID-19
Jim Furyk (2021)
Steve Stricker (2019)
David Toms (2018)
Kenny Perry (2017)
Gene Sauers (2016)
Jeff Maggert (2015)
Colin Montgomerie (2014)
Kenny Perry (2013)
Roger Chapman (2012)
Olin Browne (2011)
Bernhard Langer (2010)
Fred Funk (2009)
Stephen Ames
Tom Byrum
Fred Couples
Bob Estes
Steve Flesch
Jim Furyk
Retief Goosen
Paul Goydos
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Robert Karlsson
Jerry Kelly
Bob Estes
Bernhard Langer
Rod Pampling
Wes Short Jr.
Kevin Sutherland
Scott McCarron
Mike Weir
William Mitchell (a)
N/A
N/A
Michael Campbell (2005)
Ernie Els (1994, 1997)
Jim Furyk (2003)
Retief Goosen (2001, 2004)
Lee Janzen (1993, 1998)
N/A
N/A
Gene Elliott (champion)
Jerry Gunthorpe (runner-up)
David Duval (2001 Open Championship)
Padraig Harrington (2007 and 2008 Open Championship; 2008 PGA Championship)
Y.E. Yang (2009 PGA Championship)
N/A
Steven Alker (2022)
Alex Cejka (2021)
2020 championship canceled due to COVID-19
Ken Tanigawa (2019)
Paul Broadhurst (2018)
Bernhard Langer (2017)
Rocco Mediate (2016)
Colin Montgomerie (2015)
Colin Montgomerie (2014)
Roger Chapman (2012)
Stepen Dodd (2021)
No championship held in 2020 due to COVID-19
Bernhard Langer (2019)
Miguel Angel Jimenez (2018)
Bernhard Langer (2017)
Paul Broadhurst (2016)
Steven Alker
Stephen Ames
Woody Austin
Doug Barron
Paul Broadhurst
Alex Cejka
K.J. Choi
Darren Clarke
Fred Couples
Glen Day
Ernie Els
Steve Flesch
Jim Furyk
Retief Goosen
Paul Goydos
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Brandt Jobe
Robert Karlsson
Jerry Kelly
Bernhard Langer
Colin Montgomerie
Rod Pampling
Scott Parel
Kenny Perry
Tim Petrovic
Dicky Pride
Brett Quigley
Gene Sauers
West Short Jr.
Vijay Singh
Kevin Sutherland
David Toms
Kirk Triplett
Mike Weir
To be Determined on April 27, 2022
Stuart Appleby
Mark Calcavecchia
Chris DiMarco
Jay Haas
Davis Love III
Tom Pernice Jr.
Jeff Sluman
Scott Verplank
Steven Alker (2021 TimberTech Championship; 2022 Rapiscan Systems Classic; 2022 Insperity Invitational)
Stephen Ames (2021 Principal Charity Classic)
Doug Barron (2019 Dick's Sporting Goods Open)
Cameron Beckman (2021 Dick's Sporting Goods Open)
Shane Bertsch (2020 Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge)
Alex Cejka (2021 Regions Tradition; 2021 Senior PGA Championship)
K.J. Choi (2021 PURE Insurance Championship)
Darren Clarke (2020 TimberTech Championship; 2021 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai; 2021 Sanford International)
Stephen Dodd (2021 Senior Open Championship conducted by The R&A)
Joe Durant (2021 The Ally Challenge)
Ernie Els (2020 Hoag Classic; 2020 SAS Championship)
Jim Furyk (2020 The Ally Challenge; 2020 PURE Insurance Championship; 2021 U.S. Senior Open)
Retief Goosen (2019 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship; 2022 Hoag Classic)
Lee Janzen (2021 SAS Championship)
Miguel Angel Jimenez (2019 Chubb Classic; 2019 Dominion Energy Charity Classic; 2020 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai; 2020 Sanford International; 2022 Mitsubish Electric Championship at Hualalai; 2022 Cologuard Classic)
Brandt Jobe (2019 Boeing Classic)
Jerry Kelly (2019 The Ally Challenge; 2019 SAS Championship; 2020 Bridgestone Players Championship; 2021 American Family Insurance Championship; 2022 Principal Charity Classic)
Bernhard Langer (2019 Oasis Championship; 2019 Senior Open Championship conducted by The R&A; 2020 Cologuard Classic; 2021 Dominion Energy Charity Classic; 2022 Chubb Classic)
Tom Lehman (2019 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai)
Jeff Maggert (2019 Charles Schwab Championship)
Scott McCarron (2019 Mitsubishi Electric Classic; 2019 Insperity Invitational; 2019 MasterCard Japan Championship)
Rocco Mediate (2019 Sanford International)
Phil Mickelson (2020 Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National; 2020 Dominion Energy Charity Classic; 2021 Constellation Furyk & Friends; 2021 Charles Schwab Cup Championship)
Colin Montgomerie (2019 Invesco QQQ Championship)
Mark O'Meara (2019 Cologuard Classic)
Rod Pampling (2021 Boeing Classic)
Scott Parel (2020 Chubb Classic; 2022 ClubCorp Classic)
Dicky Pride (2021 Mitsubishi Electric Classic)
Brett Quigley (2020 Morocco Championship)
Wes Short Jr. (2019 Shaw Charity Classic)
Steve Stricker (2019 Regions Tradition; 2019 U.S. Senior Open; 2021 Chubb Classic; 2021 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship; 2022 Regions Tradition)
Kevin Sutherland (2019 Rapiscan Systems Classic; 2019 Principal Charity Classic; 2020 Charles Schwab Cup Championship; 2021 Cologuard Classic)
Ken Tanigawa (2019 Senior PGA Championship)
David Toms (2021 Ascension Charity Classic)
Kirk Triplett (2019 Hoag Classic; 2019 PURE Insurance Championship)
Mike Weir (2021 Insperity Invitational)
Steve Flesch (2022 Mitsubishi Electric Classic)
Thongchai Jaidee (2022 American Family Insurance Championship)
Peter Baker
John Bickerton
Markus Brier
Stephen Dodd
Joakim Haeggman
James Kingston
Thomas Levet
Mauricio Molina
Phillip Price
Naoyuki Tamura
Ernie Els (2012)
Darren Clarke (2011)
K.J. Choi
Ernie Els
Jim Furyk
Retief Goosen
Thongchai Jaidee
Steve Stricker
David Toms
Y.E. Yang
Rod Pampling (2016 Shriner's Hospital for Children Open)
TBD