U.S. Open 2026 Power Rankings: The entire field ranked at Shinnecock Hills
There have been five U.S. Opens contested at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (1896, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2018). If we look past the second national championship and focus on the four from the past 40 years, only THREE players have finished under par in those tournaments.
That’s what we are in for this week at one of the five original clubs of the USGA holds the 2026 U.S. Open.
Continually ranked among Golf Digest’s top five on our America’s 100 Greatest Courses list, William Flynn’s collection of 18 holes is the perfect marriage of Mother Nature and land movement. In recent editions, USGA officials have stolen the top storyline with their preparation of the championship. As frequent Power Ranking readers know, strokes gained/luck is not one of the statistics we use in order to construct our standings. That being said, I would keep an eye on the forecast and tee time pairings prior to making your final pool selections.
