Field in Focus: at the US Open Championship

<strong>By Will Pearson, europeantour.com<br />
at Pinehurst</strong>

<em>Ahead of the second Major Championship of the year, <strong>europeantour.com </strong>takes a closer look at the field taking to historic Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina for the 2014 US Open Championship…</em>

<strong>In the field there are:</strong>

<strong>156 players from 27 different countries</strong>

<strong>22 Major Champions with 34 wins between them</strong>

<strong>43 European Tour Members</strong>

<strong>54 US Open debutants including 11 European Tour members<br />
</strong>Lucas Bjerregaard<br />Victor Dubuisson<br />Oliver Fisher<br />Shiv Kapur<br />Max Kieffer<br />Pablo Larrazábal<br />Tom Lewis<br />Joost Luiten<br />Garth Mulroy<br />Andrea Pavan<br />Bernd Wiesberger

<strong>3 European US Open winners from the last four years<br />
</strong>Graeme McDowell (2010)<br />Rory McIlroy (2011)<br />Justin Rose (2013)

<strong>10 US Open Champions with 12 victories between them<br />
</strong>Angel Cabrera (2007)<br />Ernie Els (1994, 1997)<br />Jim Furyk (2003)<br />Lucas Glover (2009)<br />Retief Goosen (2001, 2004)<br />Graeme McDowell (2010)<br />Rory McIlroy (2011)<br />Geoff Ogilvy (2006)<br />Justin Rose (2013)<br />Webb Simpson (2012)

<strong>6 US Open runners-up<br />
</strong>Jason Day (2011, 2013)<br />Ernie Els (2000)<br />Jim Furyk (2006, 2007)<br />Miguel Angel Jimenez (2000)<br />Graeme McDowell (2012)<br />Phil Mickelson (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013)

<strong>1 Multiple European Tour winner in 2014<br />
</strong>Miguel Angel Jimenez (Hong Kong Open, Open de Espana)

<strong>14 players who contested the 1999 US Open on Pinehurst No. 2</strong>

<strong>32 players who contested the 2005 US Open on Pinehurst No. 2</strong>

<strong>6 US Amateur Champions including English amateur Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013)</strong>

<strong>12 amateurs</strong>

<strong>24 players in the field thanks to Local-Sectional Qualifiers</strong>

<strong>13 players aged 21 years or under</strong>

<strong>11 players aged 45 years or over</strong>

<strong>33 former Walker Cup players including 22 Americans and 11 from Great Britain & Ireland</strong>