2026 U.S. Open

There is no championship in golf that demands as much, and forgives as little, as the U.S. Open. The USGA's mandate has always been to find the best player in the world by making the test as hard as the game allows — thick rough, narrow fairways, greens shaved to the edge of reason. When that setup is imposed on Shinnecock Hills, with its exposed links terrain and the wind coming off the Atlantic, the result is a week of golf unlike anything else on the calendar.

In June 2026, the 126th U.S. Open Championship returns to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York for the sixth time. Competitive play runs June 18–21, 2026, at the end of a week that places the Hamptons at the center of the golf world. For the LXV audience, the alignment between the venue, the location, and the occasion is as natural as any event on the major championship calendar.

LXV is coordinating member hospitality, Hamptons-week programming, and extended stay packages. Register your interest below for priority notification.

The Venue: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club was founded in 1891, making it one of the oldest golf clubs in the United States. It is one of the five founding member clubs of the United States Golf Association, established the same year. The original course was designed in part by Willie Davis, later redesigned by the Stanford White–era layout, and then extensively redesigned by William Flynn in 1931 — the version that exists today.

Flynn's redesign created what is now recognized as one of the finest golf courses in the world — a true links layout on the East End of Long Island. The course sits in open terrain, largely treeless, exposed to the coastal wind that arrives from multiple directions over the course of a round. The greens are small, fast, and severely contoured. The rough at U.S. Open setup is deep enough to cost a stroke on any shot that drifts off-line.

Shinnecock Hills has hosted the U.S. Open in 1896, 1986, 1995, 2004, and 2018. Each edition has produced drama specific to the site — 2018 in particular, when USGA setup created near-unplayable conditions on Saturday before the organization intervened. The course does not need manufactured difficulty; the wind does that.

The Course

Flynn's design plays along the natural ridges and valleys of the Southampton terrain, using the topography to create holes that change character depending on wind direction. The clubhouse — designed by Stanford White, one of the most celebrated American architects of the 19th century — sits on the highest point of the property, visible from across the course. It is one of the most photographed images in American golf.

Wind is the defining factor. A player who reads Shinnecock correctly on a calm Thursday can find themselves dismantled by a southwest wind on Friday. The U.S. Open setup compounds this: the USGA narrows the corridors, grows the rough to punish anything off the short grass, and allows the greens to firm beyond the point where approach shots hold. Even par, in most years, is a winning score at a U.S. Open. At Shinnecock, it often is not enough to guarantee a top-10 finish.

The Championship

Format and Field

The U.S. Open uses 72-hole stroke play with a field of 156 players. The cut is made after 36 holes to the low 60 scorers and ties. In the event of a tie after 72 holes, a 2-hole aggregate playoff is used — a format adopted after the 2018 edition.

Qualification is open: any professional or amateur meeting the USGA's criteria may enter. The field is assembled through local and sectional qualifying, exemptions for past champions and world ranking qualifiers, and invitation categories. The result is one of the deepest fields in golf — including the world's best players alongside club professionals and international qualifiers.

Schedule

Tickets and Hospitality

The USGA projects over 150,000 attendees across the full seven-day week. Hospitality options span several tiers through the official U.S. Open program:

• Trophy Club — Climate-controlled premium venue with upgraded food and beverage, private restrooms, and reserved viewing areas. The flagship hospitality offering at Shinnecock.
• 1895 Club — Named for the year of the USGA's founding, this is the second-tier premium hospitality venue, offering a curated food and beverage experience with general access to grounds.
• Gallery tickets — General grounds admission for all competitive rounds. The primary ticket category, and the entry point for most attendees.
• Corporate hospitality — Private group and suite options coordinated through the USGA corporate program. Inquiries can be directed to corporatehospitality@usga.org.

The Hamptons Alignment

The geographic alignment between Shinnecock Hills and the LXV membership is not incidental — it is the reason this event belongs on the LXV calendar. Southampton and the broader Hamptons corridor in June is precisely the environment the LXV audience already inhabits: world-class restaurants, private clubs, beach houses, boating, and the kind of informal social density that produces the most memorable weeks of the summer.

Layering a U.S. Open at Shinnecock onto that context creates something unusual: a major championship week that functions simultaneously as a sporting event and a social occasion. The golf on the course is among the hardest in the world. The forty-eight hours on either side of it need not be.

LXV is building the full week around the event: hospitality credentials for competitive rounds, access to practice rounds, accommodations on the East End, dining reservations, and optional private club introductions in the area. The U.S. Open week in the Hamptons is one of the most naturally aligned opportunities on the annual major calendar.