Keith McKendree Mitchell, a resident of Sea Island, Georgia, United States, competed in the 2026 U.S. Open Championship. Held at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, USA from June 18–21, 2026, it was the 126th edition of the national open golf championship of the country and the sixth time it was hosted at the club.
Mitchell and two others tied for fourth. After the tournament, he said “a T4 is a win in my book”.
“I might have not won but I felt like I achieved a lot more than potentially I thought I was going to after about two hours into the round,” Mitchell stated. “I think like I won the week after the start.”
Keith Mitchell
Mitchell attended Baylor School of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA and the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgiawhere he studied business and real estate. He was born in Chattanooga to Dr. Jerry Mitchell and Cynthia Mitchell.
From 2009 to 2013, Keith’s sister Brindley Mitchell attended the University of St. Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. He played college golf from 2011 through 2014 and made his professional golf debut in 2014.
Keith is 6’1″ tall. On January 7, 2026, he turned 34.
2026 US Open
A field of 156 players, including Keith, started the 2026 U.S. Open. However, tough conditions whittled that number down to 72 by the weekend.
Though Keith missed out on the trophy, he still delivered an elite performance to finish near the top of the leaderboard. Here are the winners and their respective prizes:
| PLACEMENT | GOLFER | EARNINGS |
| champion | Wyndham Clark USA | $4,500,000 |
| 2nd | Sam Burns USA | $2,430,000 |
| 3rd | Tom Kim South Korea | $1,532,530 |
| T4 | J.T. Poston USA Keith Mitchell USA Scottie Scheffler USA | $920,882 |
| T7 | Gary Woodland USA Joaquin Niemann Chile Sam Stevens USA Tyrrell Hatton England | $617,090 |
This is the second time Clark won the U.S. Open. He is a resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Born in Denver, Colorado, USA, he is the second among the three children of Randall Clark and Lise Gabrielle Dominique Thevenet Clark.
Wyndham won the 2023 US Open, which was held on the North Course of Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles, California, USA from June 15-18, 2023. He received $3,600,000.
Keith, Bryson DeChambeau, Nick Hardy, Shane Lowry, Denny McCarthy, Ryutaro Nagano and Jordan Smith tied for 20th. They each received $241,659.
2025 US Open
The 125th edition of the U.S. Open was held at the Oakmont County Club in Oakmont and Plum, Pennsylvania, USA from June 12-15, 2025. These were the winners and their respective prizes:
| PLACEMENT | GOLFER | EARNINGS |
| champion | J.J. Spaun USA | $4,300,000 |
| 2nd | Robert MacIntyre Scotland | $2,322,000 |
| 3rd | Viktor Hovland Norway | $1,462,530 |
| T4 | Tyrrell Hatton England Carlos Ortiz Mexico Cameron Young USA | $878,815 |
| T7 | Sam Burns USA Jon Rahm Spain Scottie Scheffler USA | $615,786 |
| T10 | Ben Griffin USA Russell Henley USA | $486,031 |
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