The 2026 US Open takes place at the incredible Shinnecock Hills Golf Club this week.The third major of the year is upon us as the likes of Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy prepare to do battle once again.The 2026 US Open is heading to Shinnecock HillsGettyJJ Spaun is the reigning champion following his dramatic win at Oakmont 12 months ago and this year’s event is as wide open as the last two majors.Shinnecock, famous for its rolling green fairways, brown fescue hills and beautiful clubhouse, will provide one of the sternest tests possible.Brooks Koepka won when the US Open was last held at the New York course, securing victory with a score of one-over-par in 2018.The 2026 event is shaping up to be one of the best in years and here’s everything you need to know about it.How to follow 2026 US OpenThe 126th edition of the US Open will take place from Thursday, June 18 to Sunday, June 21.The tournament is being held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.Play will begin at 11:35am UK time over the opening two days and at 1pm over the weekend.talkSPORT will have regular updates from Shinnecock throughout the week with Rupert Bell, Gabbie Partington, Lisa O’Sullivan and Sean O’Brien.Spaun somehow overcame the challenges of Oakmont to win his first majorGettyTune in to talkSPORT through the website via the live stream or find us on DAB digital radio through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.Download and listen to all our live commentaries via the talkSPORT app.Visit talkSPORT BET for all the latest odds and bet boosts for every big event.Subscribe to our talkSPORT YouTube channel for news, views and analysis plus our regular goals show and for more, follow us on talkSPORT Facebook and talkSPORT X.Sky Sports Golf will also broadcast the major in full with their coverage starting at 12:30pm each day.Field and tee times for 2026 US OpenThe US Open has a full field of 156 players before the cut on Friday evening.Being the third major of the summer, all the best players in the world will be teeing it up in New York.Scheffler and McIlroy will headline the event alongside fellow stars like Cam Young, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry and Matt Fitzpatrick.Koepka won the US Open at Shinnecock Hills in 2018GettyLIV Golf stars Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith and Dustin Johnson are also in the field.Winner of the 2025 US Senior Open, Padraig Harrington, will be teeing it up as will Mason Howell, the champion of the 2025 US Amateur.Spaun will look to defend his title but former champions are not exempt for life.The US Open has an extensive qualifying campaign and players from 13 events will make it.Tom Kim, Graeme McDowell, Billy Horschel and JB Holmes are among the big names to make it through qualifying.The full field, tee times and groupings have been confirmed.Scheffler has been grouped with Spaun and Howell and will tee off at 1:14pm UK time while McIlroy is with Fleetwood and Ludvig Aberg at 12:52pm.Rahm, Rose and Jordan Spieth make up another marquee group at 7:09pm with DeChambeau with Fitzpatrick and Viktor Hovland at 6:25pm.There will be a two-tee start for the opening two rounds.Round One (Thursday, June 18)USA unless stated, (x) denotes amateurs, All times BSTStarting on hole one11:35 James Nicholas, Taylor Montgomery, Caleb Surratt11:46 Ethan Fang (x), Jayden Schaper (Rsa), Jackson Suber11:57 Chase Kyes (x), Matthew Jordan (Eng), Alejandro Tosti (Arg)12:08 Carl Yuan (Chn), Brandon Wu, Jimmy Stanger,12:19 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Miles Russell (x), Cameron Smith (Aus)12:30 Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young, Chris Gotterup12:41 Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler12:52 Patrick Reed, Andrew Novak, Kurt Kitayama13:03 Harris English, Adam Scott (Aus), Nick Taylor (Can)13:14 Mason Howell (x), Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun13:25 Sahith Theegala, Jackson Koivun (x), Michael Kim,13:36 JB Holmes, Filippo Celli (Ita), Jackson Ormond (x)13:47 Jake Peacock, Vaughn Harber (x), Kaito Onishi (Jpn)17:30 Niklas Norgaard (Den), Rocco Repetto Taylor (Esp), Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Can)17:41 Laurie Canter (Eng), John Parry (Eng), Bryan Lee (x)17:52 Chris Kirk, Max McGreevy, Jake Knapp18:03 Harry Hall (Eng), Michael Brennan, Andrew Putnam18:14 Davis Thompson, Preston Stout (x), David Puig (Esp)18:25 Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Corey Conners (Can), Ryan Fox (Nzl)18:36 Ryan Gerard, Russell Henley, Ben Griffin18:47 Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Xander Schauffele18:58 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Nico Echavarria (Col), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)19:09 JT Poston, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel19:20 Arni Sveinsson (x) (Ice), Taihei Sato (Jpn), Marcelo Rozo (Col)19:31 Nick Hardy, Cole Hammer, Jack Schoenberger, United States.19:42 Marek Fleming (x), Tom Kim (Kor), Giuseppe Puebla (x)Starting on hole ten11:35 Chandler Phillips, Harry Higgs, Hamilton Coleman (x)11:46 Nathan Kimsey (Eng), Jackson Herrington (x), Cooper Dossey11:57 Peter Uihlein, Eric Lee (x), Sam Stevens12:08 Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Bel), Ben Silverman (Can), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)12:19 Patrick Rodgers, Keith Mitchell, Graeme McDowell (NIrl)12:30 Sungjae Im (Kor), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)12:41 Sam Burns, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)12:52 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)13:03 Alex Noren (Swe), Maverick McNealy, Sepp Straka (Aut)13:14 Max Greyserman, Brian Harman, Jacob Bridgeman13:25 Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tom Kim (Kor) Ben James13:36 Brandon Holtz (x), Ryuichi Oiwa (Jpn), Dylan Wu13:47 Greyson Leach, Logan Reilly (x), Robbie Higgins17:30 William Mouw, Ryder Cowan (x), Hennie du Plessis (Rsa)17:41 Adrien Saddier (Fra), Jackson Van Paris, Ugo Coussaud (Fra)17:52 Neal Shipley, Matti Schmid (Ger), Bud Cauley18:03 Pierceson Coody, Zac Blair, Kevin Roy18:14 Aaron Rai (Eng), Collin Morikawa, Jason Day (Aus)18:25 Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland (Nor), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)18:36 Dustin Johnson, Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland18:47 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Alex Smalley, Shane Lowry (Ire)18:58 Akshay Bhatia, Carlos Ortiz (Mex), Min Woo Lee (Aus)19:09 Justin Rose (Eng), Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm (Esp)19:20 Ben Kohles, Johnny Keefer, Matt McCarty19:31 Angel Hidalgo (Esp), Mateo Pulcini (x) (Arg), Spencer Tibbits19:42 Matthew Robles (x), Jake Sollon, Manav ShahRound two (Friday, June 19)Starting on hole one11:35 William Mouw, Ryder Cowan (x), Hennie du Plessis (Rsa)11:46 Adrien Saddier (Fra), Jackson Van Paris, Ugo Coussaud (Fra)11:57 Neal Shipley, Matti Schmid (Ger), Bud Cauley12:08 Pierceson Coody, Zac Blair, Kevin Roy12:19 Aaron Rai (Eng), Collin Morikawa, Jason Day (Aus)12:30 Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland (Nor), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)12:41 Dustin Johnson, Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland12:52 Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Alex Smalley, Shane Lowry (Ire)13:03 Akshay Bhatia, Carlos Ortiz (Mex), Min Woo Lee (Aus)13:14 Justin Rose (Eng), Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm (Esp)13:25 Ben Kohles, Johnny Keefer, Matt McCarty13:36 Angel Hidalgo (Esp), Mateo Pulcini (x) (Arg), Spencer Tibbits13:47 Matthew Robles (8), Jake Sollon, Manav Shah17:30 Chandler Phillips, Harry Higgs, Hamilton Coleman (x)17:41 Nathan Kimsey (Eng), Jackson Herrington (x), Cooper Dossey17:52 Peter Uihlein, Eric Lee (x), Samuel Stevens18:03 Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Bel), Ben Silverman (Can), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)18:14 Patrick Rodgers, Keith Mitchell, Graeme McDowell (NIrl)18:25 Sungjae Im (Kor), Lucas Herbert (Aus), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)18:36 Sam Burns, Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Si Woo Kim (Kor)18:47 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)18:58 Alex Noren (Swe), Maverick McNealy, Sepp Straka (Aut)19:09 Max Greyserman, Brian Harman, Jacob Bridgeman19:20 Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tom Kim (Kor) Ben James19:31 Brandon Holtz (x), Ryuichi Oiwa (Jpn), Dylan Wu19:42 Greyson Leach, Logan Reilly (x), Robbie HigginsStarting on hole ten11:35 Niklas Norgaard (Den), Rocco Repetto Taylor (Esp), Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Can)11:46 Laurie Canter (Eng), John Parry (Eng), Bryan Lee (x)11:57 Chris Kirk, Max McGreevy, Jake Knapp12:08 Harry Hall (Eng), Michael Brennan, Andrew Putnam12:19 Davis Thompson, Preston Stout (x), David Puig (Esp)12:30 Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn), Corey Conners (Can), Ryan Fox (Nzl)12:41 Ryan Gerard, Russell Henley, Ben Griffin12:52 Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Xander Schauffele13:03 Nicolai Hojgaard (Den), Nico Echavarria (Col), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)13:14 JT Poston, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel13:25 Arni Sveinsson (x) (Ice), Taihei Sato (Jpn), Marcelo Rozo (Col)13:36 Nick Hardy, Cole Hammer, Jack Schoenberger13:47 Marek Fleming (x), Tom Kim (Kor), Giuseppe Puebla (x)17:30 James Nicholas, Taylor Montgomery, Caleb Surratt17:41 Ethan Fang (x), Jayden Schaper (Rsa), Jackson Suber17:52 Chase Kyes (x), Matthew Jordan (Eng), Alejandro Tosti (Arg)18:03 Carl Yuan (Chn), Brandon Wu, Jimmy Stanger18:14 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Miles Russell (x), Cameron Smith (Aus)18:25 Brooks Koepka, Cameron Young, Chris Gotterup18:36 Daniel Berger, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler18:47 Patrick Reed, Andrew Novak, Kurt Kitayama18:58 Harris English, Adam Scott (Aus), Nick Taylor (Can)19:09 Mason Howell (x), Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun19:20 Sahith Theegala, Jackson Koivun (x), Michael Kim19:31 JB Holmes, Filippo Celli (Ita), Jackson Ormond (x)19:42 Jake Peacock, Vaughn Harber (x), Kaito Onishi (Jpn)Shinnecock Hills is one of the great American coursesGettyCourse info for 2026 US OpenShinnecock Hills was established in 1891 and designed by William Flynn before a Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw renovation in 2013.The course is regularly ranked among the very best in the world and is also one of the toughest tests possible.Links by nature, the 7,440 yard track includes rolling hills and heavy bunkering but also extra-wide fairways.The landing zones may be forgiving but the brutal winds coming off Long Island’s Atlantic coastline can cause mayhem while Shinnecock also includes some of the most difficult greens in America.The 159-yard par 3 11th, named Hill Head, will be one of the stars of the show.The 1st hole, a 399 yard par 4 called Westward Ho, and the final hole, a 485 yard par 4 named Home, will also be brilliant to watch.The course will be the exact same length as for the 2018 US Open and the fairways have actually be made wide to reflect Flynn’s original design.Recent US Open winners2025 – JJ Spaun, Oakmont2024 – Bryson DeChambeau, Pinehurst2023 – Wyndham Clark, Los Angeles Country Club2022 – Matt Fitzpatrick, The Country Club2021 – Jon Rahm, Torrey Pines2020 – Bryson DeChambeau, Winged Foot2019 – Gary Woodland, Pebble Beach2018 – Brooks Koepka, Shinnecock Hills2017 – Brooks Koepka, Erin Hills2016 – Dustin Johnson, Oakmont2015 – Jordan Spieth, Chambers BayShinnecock will host the world’s best for the 126th edition of the US OpenGettyWhat has been said about 2026 US OpenSpaun holed a stunning 65-foot birdie on the final hole to secure a two-shot win over Robert MacIntyre and claim his maiden major title last year.The American was the only man to break par for the week at Oakmont.He said: “I don’t think I did keep my composure with all the bad breaks I was getting [on the front nine]. I just tried to dig deep, hit some good shots.“I never thought I would be here holding this trophy. I’ve obviously had aspirations and dreams but I never knew what my ceiling was, never knew how good I could be. “I’m just proud I’ve been resilient in my career and have pushed through a lot of things. “I’m just trying to be the best golfer I can be.”