The numerous moving parts to set the field of 156 at the U.S. Open have come to a halt. The last six entrants at Pebble Beach were announced on Sunday.

By virtue of placement inside the top 60 of the updated Official World Golf Ranking, Andrew Putnam (50th), Emiliano Grillo (53rd) and Scott Piercy (59th) secured exemptions.

The other three were determined using alternates from sectional qualifying. Joel Dahmen (Columbus sectional), Harris English (Canada) and Bernd Wiesberger (England) were the recipients of the spots. Each was first alternate from his site.

Last week, Cody Gribble (Dallas sectional) and Chan Kim (Japan) gained entry via the same, unpublished master list of alternates.

As written in this space last week, the USGA doesn’t reveal its process of determining who sits where in the overall pecking order of alternates because it’s fluid, so it can be confusing.

Replacements are determined by who withdraws. Withdrawals by sectional qualifiers are replaced by alternates from the same sectional, but the same alternates occupy a spot on the master list used for withdrawals by automatic qualifiers. For example, the same golfer who is first alternate from his sectional might be 10th on the master.

As the U.S. Open occupies center stage, three spots in The Open Championship were up for grabs at the RBC Canadian Open, but only two were distributed.

The provision reserved entry for the top three, not otherwise exempt into The Open, inside the top 10 at Hamilton Golf & Country Club. However, of the 10 golfers inside the top 10, only Adam Hadwin (sixth place) and Graeme McDowell (T8) were not yet eligible for the major. While the R&A will allocate the previously reserved spot elsewhere, the bigger story, obviously, is that G-Mac will peg it in his native Northern Ireland at Royal Portrush.

Lastly, Mikumu Horikawa has been on a heater. After securing one of the three original exemptions into the U.S. Open in sectional qualifying in his native Japan on May 27, the 26-year-old went wire-to-wire at the Japan Golf Tour Championship and prevailed by four strokes for his breakthrough victory on the circuit.

The JGTC is the flagship event as recognized by the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, so he’s now eligible to compete at TPC Southwind on July 25-28.

NOTE: Golfers are omitted if they recently haven’t competed in majors for which they are eligible (e.g. Open Championship=Ben Curtis, Justin Leonard).

US = U.S. Open
OPEN = Open Championship
SJI = WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

Recent Additions
US -- Joel Dahmen; Harris English; Emiliano Grillo; Scott Piercy; Andrew Putnam; Bernd Wiesberger    
OPEN -- Adam Hadwin; Graeme McDowell    
SJI -- Mikumu Horikawa

REMAINING QUALIFYING CRITERIA
Criteria are listed in chronological order where possible. Best estimates are given but all are subject to change.

U.S. OPEN (US) @ Pebble Beach Golf Links – June 13-16
• Field is complete.

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (OPEN) @ Royal Portrush Golf Club – July 18-21
• Winner of U.S. Open (June 16).
• Winner of British Amateur, if still an amateur (June 22).
• Top 2, not otherwise exempt, inside top 8 at the KOLON Korea Open (June 23).
• Top 5 and ties, not otherwise exempt, inside Top 20 in Race to Dubai thru the BMW International Open (June 23).
• Top 5 and ties, not otherwise exempt, inside Top 20 in FedExCup points thru the Travelers Championship (June 23).
• Winner of the International European Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (June 29).
• Top 3, not otherwise exempt, inside top 10 at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters (June 30).
• Top 2, not otherwise exempt, inside top 8 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic (June 30).
• Local Final Qualifying. Top 3 at each of four sites: Fairmont St. Andrews, Notts, Prince's, St. Annes Old Links (July 2).
• Top 3, not otherwise exempt, inside top 10 at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open (July 7).
• Top 3, not otherwise exempt, inside top 10 at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open (July 14).
• Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, inside top five at the John Deere Classic (July 14).

WGC-FEDEX ST. JUDE INVITATIONAL (SJI) @ TPC Southwind - July 25-28
• Top 50 from Official World Golf Ranking (July 15).
• Top 50 from Official World Golf Ranking (July 22).
• Winners of official tournaments from the Federation Tours with an Official World Golf Ranking strength-of-field rating of 115 points or more.