U.S. Open Exempt List

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Posted: Monday June 15, 1998 08:50 PM

FAR HILLS, New Jersey (AP) -- The 67 players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open to be held June 18-21 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco:

Billy Andrade 8; Stuart Appleby 9; Paul Azinger 5; Thomas Bjorn 10,15; Mark Brooks 5; Olin Browne 8; Mark Calcavecchia 9,11; Stewart Cink 8,9; Darren Clarke 10; John Cook 9;

Fred Couples 11,16; Ben Crenshaw 3; John Daly 4; Glen Day 11; David Duval 9, 11,16; Steve Elkington 5,9,16; Ernie Els 1,8,9,15,16; Nick Faldo 3,16; Brad Faxon 9,16; Jim Furyk 8,9;

Ignacio Garrido 10; Bill Glasson 9; Retief Goosen 10; Jay Haas 8; John Huston 11; Steve Jones 1,9; Padraig Harrington 10; Scott Hoch 8,9,16; Hale Irwin 1; Lee Janzen 1,9;

Per-Ulrik Johansson 10; Robert Karlsson 10; Tom Kite 1; Matt Kuchar 2; Bernard Langer 10; Justin Leonard 4, 9,11, 16; Tom Lehman 4, 8, 9, 16; Davis Love III 5, 9, 16; Scott McCarron 8, 9; Andrew Magee 9;

Jeff Maggert 8, 9; Graham Marsh 7; Phil Mickelson 9, 11, 16; Colin Montgomerie 8, 10, 16; Jack Nicklaus 14; Frank Nobilo 9; David Ogrin 8; Jose Maria Olazabal 3, 10; Mark O'Meara 3, 9, 11, 16; Jumbo Ozaki 16;

Jesper Parnevik 9, 16; Corey Pavin 1; Nick Price 4, 5, 9, 16; Loren Roberts 8, 9; Costantino Rocca 10; Eduardo Romero 10; Scott Simpson 14; Vijay Singh 9; Paul Stankowski 9; Payne Stewart 1;

Curtis Strange 1; Tommy Tolles 8, 9; Bob Tway 8; Tom Watson 11,16; Lee Westwood 10; Tiger Woods 3, 9,11,16; Ian Woosnam 10.

Exemptions Key

1. U.S. Open champion, last 10 years.

2. 1997 U.S. Amateur champion.

3. Masters champion, last five years.

4. British Open champion, last five years.

5. PGA Championship champion, last five years.

6. 1998 Players Championship champion.

7. 1997 U.S. Senior Open champion.

8. 1997 U.S. Open, 15th place or better.

9. 1997 PGA Tour money list, top 30

10. 1997 PGA European Tour Order of Merit, top 15

11. 1998 PGA Tour money list, top 10 through May 25.

12. Any multiple winner of PGA Tour co-sponsored events whose victories are considered official from April 24, 1997, through the close of entries on April 22, 1998.

13. International players not otherwise exempt as selected by the USGA Executive Committee.

14. Special exemptions selected by the USGA Executive Committee.

15. 1998 PGA European Tour Order of Merit, top two through May 25.

16. 1997 final World Rankings, top 20

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