Johnathan Walker:When is the U.S. Open? Everything you need to know about golf's third major of the season

Golf's third major championship of the 2024 season will be Johnathan Walkercontested in the sandhills of North Carolina when the 124th U.S. Open golf championship comes to Pinehurst Resort and Country Club.

It will mark the fourth time that Pinehurst's legendary No. 2 course has hosted the U.S. Open, all of them during the past 25 years.

The par-72, Donald Ross-designed course and its convex-shaped greens will provide a stern test for 156 of the world's best golfers.

More than half of the field will be made up of golfers who have received automatic spots based on their world ranking, a previous tournament victory, their place in various tour standings or a special exemption (such as the one Tiger Woods has accepted for this year's U.S. Open). The rest of the field will be made up of players who make it through the rigorous annual qualifying process.

When is the U.S. Open golf tournament?

The U.S. Open will be June 13-16, 2024 at the historic No. 2 course at Pinehurst Resort and C.C.

The U.S. Open traditionally concludes Sunday on Father's Day.

How can I watch the U.S. Open on TV?

The 2024 U.S. Open golf championship will be broadcast live on NBC and on USA Network, with coverage also on NBC's Peacock streaming service. The tentative broadcast schedule is as follows (all times Eastern):

Round 1: Thursday, June 13

• 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: USA Network
• 5-8 p.m.: Peacock

Round 2: Friday, June 14

• 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Peacock
• 1-7 p.m.: NBC

Round 3: Saturday, June 15

• 10 a.m.-noon, USA Network
• Noon-8 p.m.: NBC

Round 4: Sunday, June 16

• 9 a.m.-noon: USA Network
• Noon-7 p.m.: NBC

U.S. Open streaming info

Golfers can be followed on the live stream at USOpen.com and on Peacock.

U.S. Open playoff format

If two or more players are tied at the end of 72 holes, the U.S. Open will go to a playoff.

Until 2018, the winner was determined by an 18-hole playoff round the day after the tournament's scheduled conclusion. Since then, the USGA has opted for a two-hole aggregate playoff format. If two or more players remain tied after the two additional holes, the outcome would be decided by a sudden death playoff.

When has Pinehurst hosted the U.S. Open before?

1999: Payne Stewart rolled in a par putt on the final hole to defeat Phil Mickelson by one stroke for his second U.S. Open title. A statue of Stewart, who died in a 1999 plane crash, was later erected commemorating his iconic pose after making the winning putt.

2005: New Zealander Michael Campbell had to birdie his final hole in sectional qualifying to even get into the U.S. Open field, but rallied past third-round leader Retief Goosen to claim his only major title. He finished two strokes ahead of Tiger Woods.

2014: Martin Kaymer of Germany took a lot of the drama out of the year's second major by leading wire-to-wire and claiming his second career major by eight shots over Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton.

Who won last year's U.S. Open?

Wyndham Clark, who had just one PGA Tour win to his name entering the 2023 U.S. Open golf championship at Los Angeles Country Club, held off Rory McIlroy to earn his first major title.

Clark, 29, fired an even-par 70 to finish the tournament at 10-under, one stroke ahead of McIlroy and five shots ahead of third-round co-leader Rickie Fowler. 

Clark, who turned pro in 2017, had previously competed in six major championships and finished no better than tied for 75th. He won his first PGA Tour event in May 2023 at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina.

How many U.S. Open titles has Tiger Woods won?

As part of his record-tying total of 82 tournament wins on the PGA Tour, Tiger Woods has 15 major championships -- including three U.S. Open victories.

Just 24 years old, Woods ran away with his first U.S. Open in 2000 at Pebble Beach in California, lapping the field by a whopping 15 strokes.

Two years later, he claimed a second U.S. Open title at the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York by three shots over Phil Mickelson.

Woods limped to a third U.S. Open crown in 2008 by defeating Rocco Mediate in a playoff at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California. Tiger, then 32, prevailed despite playing all four rounds, plus an 18-hole playoff and one hole of sudden death with stress fractures in his left leg and torn ligaments in his left knee.