Adam Scott officially set for 100th consecutive major at US Open as field starts to fill
Adam Scott officially is set for his 100th consecutive major next month in the U. S. Open, which added 24 players to the field from the world ranking , with more spots available through qualifiers in England and Dallas on Monday.
Scott effectively secured his spot among the top 60 in the world with a tie for fourth in the Cadillac Championship at Doral. He is at No. 49 in this week's ranking, which the U.
S. Open uses to determine who avoids qualifying. Others exempt from the top 60 include Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed and Alex Smalley, who tied for second in the PGA Championship to move up 36 spots to No.
42. Matti Schmid, who had the lead during the final round of the PGA Championship and wound up in a tie for fourth, earned one of five exemptions awarded to leading players in the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour who were not already exempt. The exemptions finalized Monday means 70 players in the 156-man field will go through qualifying, an unusually low number for a major that prefers that roughly half the field has to qualify.
The U. S. Open is June 18-21 at Shinnecock on New York's Long Island.