Prompted by the absence of England's Justin Rose and the USA's Rickie Fowler from last year's US Open, the USGA have opted to change the event's exemption criteria to reflect world rankings rather than
TaylorMade R11 Driver list positions.
For this year's US Open, players will have two opportunities to make the world's top 50 and thereby gain full exemption for the second major of the season, the USGA said on Saturday.
From 2011 onwards, exemptions based on
TaylorMade R11 Driver lists from the PGA Tour, European Tour and other professional tours around the world will be eliminated.
Reuters reported Thomas O'Toole, the USGA's chairman of the championship committee, as saying in a statement this weekend:"Our mission is to always provide the most competitive fields for our national championships,"
Subject: US Open exemption change 
Thu 10 Nov 2011 - 3:24
