Wrap: Golf's Longest Day 2026
All but one spot is decided at ten venues across the country,
A theme developed over the course of Golf’s Longest Day: either enter U.S. Open qualifying as an amateur or miss a bunch of cuts coming into the 36-hole day.
With 43 spots available, 42 were decided on Monday at ten sites. Only one more qualifier needs to be settled in Oregon, where a long playoff was called due to darkness.
A total of 12 amateurs graduated from Golf’s Longest Day to Shinnecock Hills, while ten current Korn Ferry Tour players made it through.
As always, a big thank you to all who played, with a special shoutout to the volunteers, officials, and courses for supporting U.S. Open final qualifying.
The results…
Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, MD
Conducted by the Middle Atlantic Golf Association
Qualifying spots: 4
Jackson Suber delivered a dominant performance in Maryland to medal by three over Ben Kohles. After a rough start to his PGA Tour season, Suber recently finished fourth at the CJ Cup. The former Mississippi golfer qualified for his first major and U.S. Open last year, making the cut at Oakmont to finish 73rd.
Kohles qualified for his third U.S. Open coming off a win on the KFT’s BMW Charity Pro-Am. Auburn’s Logan Reilly tied for second and rolled into qualifying after giving Auburn the decisive third point to win last week’s NCAA team championship.
Virginia golfer Bryan Lee tied for the last spot with former Oregon golfer Jake Sollon. Lee qualified at Woodmont last year as well, while Solton currently plays the PGA Tour Americas.
Blades Brown, who recently accepted a PGA Tour conditional status card, will be the first alternate out of Maryland.
Lakes Golf & Country Club, Westerville, OH
Conducted by Ohio Golf Association
Qualifying spots: 4
Former John Deere Classic winner Davis Thompson medaled by two strokes, while a four-for-three playoff decided the remaining spots. Five-time PGA Tour winner J.B. Holmes will be making his first U.S. Open appearance since 2019. Holmes played one PGA Tour event in 2025 and 11 times in 2024, making just one cut.
Holmes will be joined at Shinnecock Hills by amateurs Vaughn Harber and Arnie Sveinsson, the latter making history by becoming the first player from Iceland to play the U.S. Open. Ohio State’s Harber is the 728th-ranked amateur in the world, coming off a 55th-place finish in the Big Ten Championship.
Gaston Country Club, Gastonia, NC
Conducted by Carolinas Golf Association
Qualifying spots: 5
Junior golfer Jackson Ormond and 29-year-old journeyman Carl Yuan led the way at Gaston CC. Ormond is a Florida commit, just two weeks removed from high school graduation, and has been playing a junior golf-heavy schedule. Yuan is a former Olympian who represented China in the 2020 and 2024 Games. The former Washington golfer is currently playing on the Korn Ferry Tour. Both medalists will be making their major championship debut.
Former Vanderbilt golfer Jackson Van Paris took the third spot alongside current Korn Ferry Tour player Brandon Wu and former Texas Longhorn Cole Hammer. All three have been toiling on the KFT, with Van Paris missing his last four cuts, Wu recording one top 20 this year and Hammer not having done much this year other than a T4 a few weeks ago. And they’re all going to the U.S. Open!
Just missing out: current KFT players Cristobal Del Solar and Harry Higgs, while last year’s U.S. Amateur semi-finalist and current UNC star Niall Shiels Donegan finished another two strokes back.
Six-time PGA Tour winner Bill Haas opened with a 63 and had his son on the bag. He closed with 72 to miss by six.
Century Country Club & Golf Club of Purchase, Purchase, NY
Conducted by the Metropolitan Golf Association
Qualifying spots: 4
Native New Yorker Kevin Roy, a 36-year-old Korn Ferry Tour graduate who recently finished T3 in the PGA Tour’s Myrtle Beach event, led the way at Century. Roy played college golf at Long Beach State and will be making his major championship debut.
Runner-up Greyserman is a well-established PGA Tour player who missed the cut in his Masters debut this year but finished a solid T14 in the PGA at Aronimink.
Former Walker Cupper and Virginia golfer Ben James has played the last two U.S. Opens as an amateur, but heads to Shinnecock as a professional this time. James Nicholas also qualified last year and made the cut in his U.S. Open debut (T61). He has a win on the KFT earlier this year but, as with several other qualifiers, has been struggling of late. Veterans Matt Jones and Andrew Svoboda, who has played in six U.S. Opens, are the alternates.
Springfield Country Club, Springfield, OH
Conducted by Miami Valley Golf
Qualifying spots: 5
Neal Shipley, the former low amateur in the 2024 U.S. Open and Masters, is headed to Shinnecock for his third major and first as a PGA Tour-card carrying professional. Veteran pro and golf architect Zac Blair qualified for the third year in a row and will make his fifth start in the national championship.
Also making it through the Springfield qualifier: PGA Tour players Dylan Wu, Billy Horschel, and Nick Hardy. Wu has missed six straight cuts, Horschel has missed three of his last four cuts, and Hardy has made one cut in six Tour starts this year. So yeah, it all makes sense in Springfield!
Presidents Cup captain Brandt Snedeker took first alternate honors.
BallenIsles Country Club (East Course), Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Conducted by the Florida State Golf Association
Qualifying spots: 4
Three amateurs took spots in Palm Beach Gardens, led by class of 2027 Florida commit Giuseppe Puebla.
The No. 2 ranked junior tied with Canadian journeyman Ben Silverman, one ahead of Oklahoma Sooner Ryder Cowan and No. 1 ranked junior Miles Russell. With Charlie Woods on the bag, Russell emerged from a playoff against 2025 PGA Professional Championship winner Tyler Collet as several PGA Tour notables just missed.
