2026 US Open Golf Guide: Times, TV Schedule, Favorites at Shinnecock Hill - RAW CHILI

The 2026 US Open Golf Championship tees off Thursday, June 18, at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.

The favorite Scottie Scheffler is chasing the career Grand Slam on his 30th birthday. Rory McIlroy is trying to win it for the first time in 15 years. Shinnecock Hills is going to make the two favorites earn it, as this course’s last US Open winner — Brooks Koepka, 2018 — finished +1.

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When is the 2026 US Open Golf Championship?

The 2026 US Open runs June 18-21 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.

Round 1: Thursday, June 18 – 6:45 a.m. ET

Round 2: Friday, June 19 – 6:45 a.m. ET

Round 3: Saturday, June 20 – 8-9 a.m. ET

Round 4: Sunday, June 21 (Father’s Day) – 8-9 a.m. ET

Practice rounds kicked off Monday through Wednesday, June 15–17, ahead of the championship rounds.

This year, the final round falls on Father’s Day. It’s also Scottie Scheffler’s 30th birthday. With the U.S. Open now the only major championship he needs to complete the career Grand Slam, you couldn’t write a better script for Scheffler.

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Where is the 2026 US Open Golf Championship being played?

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York is hosting its sixth US Open Golf Championship. It’s the only venue to host the national championship in three different centuries — previous winners include Raymond Floyd (1986), Corey Pavin (1995), Retief Goosen (2004), and Brooks Koepka (2018).

Shinnecock is not a course that lets players get comfortable. At 7,440 yards, it remains the last venue to produce an over-par champion at a major — Koepka in 2018, who finished 1 under.

Shinnecock doesn’t care how far you hit it. The native fescue rough is thick, the poa annua greens are fast, and the wind off the Atlantic makes every number on the card feel harder than it looks.

Typically, ball-strikers who can grind through bad breaks win here. Bombers who can’t manage their misses go home early.

How to Watch the 2026 US Open Golf Championship?

NBC Sports and Versant are presenting over 200 hours of coverage across USA Network, NBC, Peacock, NBCSN, and Golf Channel. Here’s how to watch every US Open round, starting on Thursday.

Round 1 (Thu, June 18): USA Network: 6:30 a.m.–5 p.m. ET; Peacock/NBCSN: 5–8 p.m. ET

Round 2 (Fri, June 19): Peacock/NBCSN: 6:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. ET; NBC: 1:30–7:30 p.m. ET

Round 3 (Sat, June 20): USA Network: 10 a.m.–noon ET; NBC/Peacock: noon–8 p.m. ET

Round 4 (Sun, June 21): USA Network: 9 a.m.–noon ET; NBC/Peacock: noon–7 p.m. ET (final hour commercial-free, presented by Rolex)

Peacock is your streaming home for the week. The USGA app and YouTube TV also carry featured group coverage throughout all four rounds.

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The 2026 US Open field is loaded, but the week revolves around a few names.

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Here are the 2026 US Open favorites as of publishing, including their payouts to win the tournament. The US Open payouts listed below (like 2x) indicate real-money earnings if a prediction is correct; for example, a 10x on a $10 entry pays out $100.

Scottie Scheffler is the clear favorite and the story of the 2026 tournament. A win at the US Open would complete his career Grand Slam — Masters (2022, 2024, PGA Championship (2025), and Open Championship (2025) now in hand. To add to the motivation — if not expectation, Scheffler wins it on Sunday, he’ll complete the Grand Slam on his 30th birthday.

Rory McIlroy already won the Masters in 2026 and comes in with serious momentum. He won this event back in 2011 and has finished runner-up three times since 2022 — nobody has been closer to winning this thing without actually winning it.

Jon Rahm returned to major contention with a runner-up finish at the PGA Championship and enters Shinnecock as a legitimate threat. Rahm won the 2021 US Open and is playing some of the best golf of his post-LIV transition. The knock on him is consistency: he hasn’t finished better than T-7 at the US Open since that win.

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J.J. Spaun won the 2025 US Open at Oakmont Country Club, holing a 64-foot, 5-inch putt on the 72nd hole to clinch his first major championship — and the longest putt made by any player all week.

Spaun came into the week as a 120-1 long shot to win, and opened the final round by bogeying five of his first six holes. Then a rain delay reset everything. Spaun went 3-under over his final seven holes, including that walk-off bomb on 18, to hold off Robert MacIntyre by two.

Spaun took home $4.3 million for his victory and enters Shinnecock this week as the defending champion.

What is the 2026 US Open Cut Line?

The US Open is a 72-hole stroke play event, with the field cut to the low 60 scores and ties after 36 holes.

That’s a tighter cut than most PGA Tour events, and at Shinnecock, par is never guaranteed. When the USGA sets this course up, bogeys pile up fast and making the cut isn’t a given for anyone.

Historically at Shinnecock, the cut line tends to land between +4 and +7. The last time the US Open was here, it was +8. Par is a good score here. Make your US Open picks accordingly.

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The 2026 US Open features a total purse of at least $21.5 million, with the winner taking home $4.3 million. Here’s how the top of the leaderboard gets paid:

Winner — $4,300,0002nd — $2,300,0003rd — $1,450,0004th — $1,000,0005th — $850,0006th — $750,000

The US Open winner also takes home the US Open Trophy, the Jack Nicklaus Medal, and 750 FedExCup points.

For Scheffler, the $4.3M is almost a footnote to what completing the Grand Slam would mean. Scheffler would join an elite group of only three golfers to complete the feat at age 30 or earlier: Gary Player (29), Jack Nicklaus (26), and, of course, Tiger Woods (24).

Who Qualified for the 2026 US Open Golf?

The 2026 US Open field is 156 players. Unlike the Masters or PGA Championship, any professional or amateur with a low enough handicap can enter qualifying. That means the field runs from world No. 1 all the way down to club pros who grinded through local and final qualifying to get here.

On Golf’s Longest Day alone, 679 golfers competed across ten sites for just 43 spots. The door is open to anyone good enough to earn it. But surviving Shinnecock is a major test for any low-level qualifier.

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Scheffler’s the favorite, Rory’s the threat right behind him, and the field is 156 golfers deep — but if history is any indication, Shinnecock has a way of humbling everyone.

J.J. Spaun walked in as a 120x longshot to win last year and left a major champion. This course doesn’t care about the favorites.

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