Seven amateurs have been added to the field for next month's U.S. Open, bringing the total number of amateurs expected to compete at Winged Foot to 13.
With the COVID-19 pandemic causing the USGA to opt for an all-exempt field this year, seven spots were set aside for the top-ranking players (not otherwise exempt) in the World Amateur Golf Rankings following the U.S. Amateur. Those spots went to Nos. 1-7 in the Aug. 19 rankings: Takumi Kanaya, Ricky Castillo, Chun An Yu, Davis Thompson, Eduard Rousaud, Sandy Scott and John Pak.
Kanaya won the 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur and was a runner-up last year, but this will mark his first U.