The US Open begins June 14 and ends June 17th. The USGA stages the Open, and it is usually scheduled so that it falls during the middle Sunday of June, just in time for father’s day. Any professional or amateur can play in the Open. However, you must either be fully exempt, or have won qualifying. You must be registered with the USGA handicap index and not have a handicap of more than 1.4. There are several ways to be exempt from the qualifying rounds. If you were a winner of the Open in the past 10 years you are exempt. If you are a winner or a runner up of the previous US Amateur and winners of the last US Senior Open along with several other golf tournaments.

US Open Golf 2012

The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif.
Thursday, June 14-Sunday, June 17
Watch : ESPN and NBC
Round-By-Round Coverage

The U.S. Open is one of the four major championships of men's professional golf. It is the national championship of the United States Golf Association. Here is information on the 2012 U.S. Open golf tournament.

Every major is wide open these days, so there will be any number of contenders, but most will tune in to see if Tiger Woods can return to prominence. Even aside from Tiger, though, players like Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald, Bubba Watson and many others will be of great interest.

The USGA has staged a very promising open this year. There many returning champions and players ranging from young to old. This exciting golf tournament being held on the beautiful Lakeside course in San Francisco CA. This year’s open promises to be full of drama and historical moments for all players. ESPN will be airing the course online all weekend. So, happy father’s day to all our golf fan fathers.