Adam Scott’s Major streak remains alive at US Open due to withdrawal of late golfer Grayson Murray
Adam Scott had played in 91 straight Major tournaments heading into the 2024 US Open. He wasn't in the field until Monday, June 10, three days before the tournament started. Without automatic qualification, Scott's streak, the longest among active golfers, was in jeopardy.
However, one caveat pushed him into the field. The US Open's automatic qualification includes those ranked among the top 60 in OWGR. Scott is presently ranked 61st, which left him just on the outside.
Grayson Murray would have qualified if he had not passed away, as he was ranked 59th in the world. His tragic death left one world-ranking spot open, and Adam Scott was next in line to fill it.
Had he not been added to the field, he would have lost an impressive, historic streak by the thinnest of margins. Ryan Fox just made the OWGR top 60 with an average point of 1.9495. Scott has an average point of 1.9494, so he was 0.0001 points out of qualification.
It is the 23rd straight US Open that will feature Scott. The Australian golfer has been in the majority of Majors since he debuted as a professional, and that streak continued.
By virtue of qualifying tournaments, Scott is already in the Open Championship field for July. Unless he gets injured, he will be in the field and will then extend his streak to 93 straight Major starts.
The 2025 Masters Tournament will be next on the docket in April 2025, and Scott is not currently qualified for that event. He has about 10 months to get his qualification or an exemption in order, though.
Adam Scott's streak is the longest active, but it is also the second-longest streak in golf history. Jack Nicklaus played in an impressive 146 Majors from 1962 to 1998. Scott has a long way to go until then.
Adam Scott joins final US Open field
Adam Scott just barely got into the US Open field, which is now final ahead of the golf world's trip to Pinehurst this weekend. Scott and Sergio Garcia were added today alongside a few others. Robert MacIntyre also got in at the last minute.
Here is the full field for the Major at Pinehurst No. 2 this Thursday:
- Byeong-Hun An
- Ludvig Aberg
- Sam Bairstow
- Parker Bell (a)
- Sam Bennett
- Daniel Berger
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Akshay Bhatia
- Otto Black
- Zac Blair
- Keegan Bradley
- Gunnar Broin(a)
- Jackson Buchanan (a)
- Dean Burmester
- Sam Burns
- Brian Campbell
- Patrick Cantlay
- Frankie Capan
- John Chin
- Luke Clanton (a)
- Wyndham Clark
- Eric Cole
- Corey Conners
- Cam Davis
- Jason Day
- Santiago De la Fuente (a)
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Thomas Detry
- Nick Dunlap
- Nico Echavarria
- Austin Eckroat
- Harris English
- Tony Finau
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Grant Forrest
- Rickie Fowler
- Ryan Fox
- Sergio Garcia
- Lucas Glover
- Max Greyserman
- Emiliano Grillo
- Chesson Hadley
- Adam Hadwin
- Stewart Hagestad (a)
- Brian Harman
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Russell Henley
- Jim Herman
- Harry Higgs
- Rico Hoey
- Tom Hoge
- Nicolai Hojgaard
- Max Homa
- Billy Horschel
- Rikuya Hoshino
- Beau Hossler
- Viktor Hovland
- Mark Hubbard
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Sungjae Im
- Ryo Ishikawa
- Stephan Jaeger
- Benjamin James (a)
- Casey Jarvis
- Carter Jenkins
- Dustin Johnson
- Takumi Kanaya
- Sung Kang
- Riki Kawamoto
- Martin Kaymer
- Si Woo Kim
- Tom Kim
- Bryan Kim
- S.H. Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Kurt Kitayama
- Frederik Kjettrup
- Jake Knapp
- Brooks Koepka
- Ben Kohles
- Matt Kuchar
- Min Woo Lee
- Eugenio Lopez Chacarra
- Justin Lower
- Shane Lowry
- Robert MacIntyre
- Willie Mack III
- Peter Malnati
- Matteo Manassero
- Richard Mansell
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Logan McAllister
- Denny McCarthy
- Ashton McCulloch (a)
- Michael McGowan
- Rory McIlroy
- Tom McKibbin
- Mac Meissner
- Adrian Meronk
- Phil Mickelson
- Maxwell Moldovan
- Francesco Molinari
- Edoardo Molinari
- Taylor Moore
- Omar Morales (a)
- Collin Morikawa
- Chris Naegel
- Alex Noren
- Matthieu Pavon
- Taylor Pendrith
- Victor Perez
- Chris Petefish
- J.T. Poston
- Seamus Power
- Colin Prater (a)
- David Puig
- Jon Rahm
- Aaron Rai
- Charles Reiter
- Brandon Robinson Thompson
- Robert Rock
- Justin Rose
- Isaiah Salinda
- Gordon Sargent (a)
- Carson Schaake
- Xander Schauffele
- Scottie Scheffler
- Adam Schenk
- Adam Scott
- Jason Scrivener
- Taisei Shimizu
- Neal Shipley (a)
- Greyson Sigg
- Webb Simpson
- Cameron Smith
- Jordan Spieth
- Sepp Straka
- Adam Svensson
- Andrew Svoboda
- Hiroshi Tai (a)
- Nick Taylor
- Sahith Theegala
- Justin Thomas
- Davis Thompson
- Brendon Todd
- Erik van Rooyen
- Brendan Valdes (a)
- Joey Vrzich
- Tim Widing
- Wells Williams (a)
- Gary Woodland
- Tiger Woods
- Brandon Wu
- Cameron Young
- Will Zalatoris
(a) denotes an amateur. There are 156 total players in the field, including Adam Scott, Scottie Scheffler, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Tommy Fleetwood.