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4 U.S. Open2012 Conditions of PlayOpenEntriesOpen to any professional, and to amateurs with a USGAHandicap Index® not exceeding 1.4. Entries close April 25.Starting Field156 playersSchedule of Play• Thursday, June 14 — First round (18 holes)• Friday, June 15 — Second round (18 holes)After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 60 scorers andany ties for 60th place• Saturday, June 16 — Third round (18 holes)• Sunday, June 17 — Fourth round (18 holes)PlayoffIn case of a tie after 72 holes, an 18-hole playoff will be heldon Monday, June 18. If this playoff results in a tie, the tiedplayers will immediately continue to play off hole by hole untilthe winner is determined.Local Qualifying18 holes stroke play, scheduled at 109 sites, between April 30and May 17.Exemptions from Local Qualifying• All former winners of the U.S. Open Championship• From the 2011 U.S. Open Championship, those returningscores for 72 holes• Winners of the U.S. Senior Open Championship the last fiveyears (2007-2011)• All former winners of the U.S. Amateur Championship andthe runners-up in 2009 and 2010 (must be an amateur)• Winner of the 2011 U.S. Amateur Championship (if not anamateur)• Quarterfinalists from the 2011 U.S. Amateur Championship(must be an amateur)• From the U.S. Amateur Public Links, U.S. Junior Amateur andU.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, the winners the last threeyears (2009-2011) and the runners-up from 2011 (must be anamateur)• Winner of the 2011 USGA Senior Amateur Championship(must be an amateur)• Playing members of the 2009 and 2011 United States andGreat Britain and Ireland Walker Cup and the 2008 and2010 United States Men’s World Amateur Teams (must be anamateur)• Winner of the 2012 individual NCAA Division I Men’s GolfChampionship (must be an amateur)• Winners of the 2009 and 2010 British AmateurChampionship (must be an amateur)• Winners of the most current Asian Amateur, MexicanAmateur and Canadian Amateur Championships (must be anamateur) (Must have filed an entry by April 25)• Top 50 from the Men’s World Amateur Golf Rankings andanyone tying for 50th place as of April 25, 2012 (must be anamateur) (Must have filed an entry by April 25)• All former winners of the Masters Tournament, British OpenChampionship and PGA of America Championship• From the 2012 Masters Tournament, 2011 British OpenChampionship and 2011 PGA of America Championship, the30 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 30th place• Winner of the 2011 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament• Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored events and winners ofthe PGA European Tour Volvo Order of Merit/Race to Dubaitournaments whose victories are considered official, in thelast three calendar years (2009, 2010 and 2011) and duringthe current year through April 25 (must have filed an entry byApril 25)• Winners of the Nationwide Tour, Challenge Tour, SunshineTour, Asian Tour, Japan Tour, Australasian Tour and OneAsiaevents, whose victories are considered official in the last calendaryear (2011) and during the current year through April25 (Must have filed an entry by April 25)• Winner of the 2011 PGA Professional National Championship• Playing members of the five most current United Statesand European Ryder Cup and United States and WorldPresidents Cup Teams• From the final 2011 World Rankings, the top 150 point leadersand anyone tying for 150th place