By Will Pearson, europeantour.com
at Pinehurst
Ahead of the second Major Championship of the year, europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field taking to historic Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina for the 2014 US Open Championship…
In the field there are:
156 players from 27 different countries
22 Major Champions with 34 wins between them
43 European Tour Members
54 US Open debutants including 11 European Tour members
Lucas Bjerregaard
Victor Dubuisson
Oliver Fisher
Shiv Kapur
Max Kieffer
Pablo Larrazábal
Tom Lewis
Joost Luiten
Garth Mulroy
Andrea Pavan
Bernd Wiesberger
3 European US Open winners from the last four years
Graeme McDowell (2010)
Rory McIlroy (2011)
Justin Rose (2013)
10 US Open Champions with 12 victories between them
Angel Cabrera (2007)
Ernie Els (1994, 1997)
Jim Furyk (2003)
Lucas Glover (2009)
Retief Goosen (2001, 2004)
Graeme McDowell (2010)
Rory McIlroy (2011)
Geoff Ogilvy (2006)
Justin Rose (2013)
Webb Simpson (2012)
6 US Open runners-up
Jason Day (2011, 2013)
Ernie Els (2000)
Jim Furyk (2006, 2007)
Miguel Angel Jimenez (2000)
Graeme McDowell (2012)
Phil Mickelson (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013)
1 Multiple European Tour winner in 2014
Miguel Angel Jimenez (Hong Kong Open, Open de Espana)
14 players who contested the 1999 US Open on Pinehurst No. 2
32 players who contested the 2005 US Open on Pinehurst No. 2
6 US Amateur Champions including English amateur Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013)
12 amateurs
24 players in the field thanks to Local-Sectional Qualifiers
13 players aged 21 years or under
11 players aged 45 years or over
33 former Walker Cup players including 22 Americans and 11 from Great Britain & Ireland
