British Open field and how players got there
TROON, Scotland (AP) — Players who are exempt or have qualified for the 152nd British Open at Royal Troon on July 18-21. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible (a-amateur):
British Open champions 60 or under on July 21
Brian Harman, Cameron Smith, Collin Morikawa, Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Zach Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen, Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington, Tiger Woods, Todd Hamilton, David Duval, Justin Leonard, John Daly
Top 10 and ties from the 2023 British Open
Jason Day, Tom Kim, Jon Rahm, Sepp Straka, Emiliano Grillo, Cameron Young, Shubhankar Sharma, Tommy Fleetwood, Max Homa, Matthew Jordan
Masters champions (5-year exemption)
Scottie Scheffler, Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson
PGA champions (5-year exemption)
Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas
U.S. Open champions (5-year exemption)
Bryson DeChambeau, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick, Gary Woodland
BMW PGA champions (3-year exemption)
Ryan Fox, Billy Horschel
Top 30 from the 2023 Race to Dubai
Nicolai Hojgaard, Adrian Meronk, Viktor Hovland, Victor Perez, Thorbjorn Olesen, Min Woo Lee, Alexander Bjork, Sami Valimaki, Robert MacIntyre, Vincent Normann, Matthieu Pavon, Jorge Campillo, Ryo Hisatsune, Rasmus Hojgaard, Thriston Lawrence, Matt Wallace, Tyrrell Hatton, Yannik Paul, Marcel Siem, Sebastian Soderberg, Joost Luiten, Jordan Smith, Romain Langasque, Daniel Hillier
Top 30 from the 2023 FedEx Cup
Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Adam Schenk, Keegan Bradley, Russell Henley, Rickie Fowler, Lucas Glover, Si Woo Kim, Tony Finau, Sungjae Im, Nick Taylor, Corey Conners, Taylor Moore
Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking on May 26, 2024
Ludvig Aberg, Sahith Theegala, Byeong Hun An, Will Zalatoris, Chris Kirk, Denny McCarthy, Akshay Bhatia, Stephan Jaeger, J.T. Poston, Eric Cole, Austin Eckroat, Harris English, Kurt Kitayama
Top 5 from the Race to Dubai through the 2024 BMW International Open
Jesper Svensson, Laurie Canter, Nacho Elvira, Matteo Manassero, Ewen Ferguson
Five players from the top 20 in the FedEx Cup through the 2024 Travelers Championship
Tom Hoge, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Argentina Open champion
Mason Andersen
Top 5 players from the International Federation Ranking on May 30, 2024
Keita Nakajima, Andy Ogletree, Kazuma Kobori, David Puig, Ryan Van Velzen
Japan Open champion
Aguri Iwasaki
Senior British Open champion
Alex Cejka.
British Amateur champion
a-Jacob Skov Olesen
European Amateur champion
a-Tommy Morrison
Mark H. McCormack Medal winner
a-Gordon Sargent
Asia-Pacific Amateur champion
a-Jasper Stubbs
Latin America Amateur champion
a-Santiago de la Fuente
Open Amateur Series winner
a-Calum Scott
Africa Amateur champion
a-Altin Van der Merwe
Medical exemption
Michael Hendry
Open Qualifying Series-South Africa
Dean Burmester, Darren Fichardt, Dan Bradbury
Open Qualifying Series-Australia
Joaquin Niemann, Rikuya Hoshino, Adam Scott
Open Qualifying Series-Arnold Palmer Invitational
Brendon Todd
Open Qualifying Series-Malaysia
Jeunghun Wang, Denwit Boriboonsub, John Catlin
Open Qualifying Series-Mizuno Open
Ryosuke Kinoshita, Guntaek Koh, Yuto Katsuragawa
Open Qualifying Series-RBC Canadian Open
Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes, Maverick McNealy
Open Qualifying Series-Memorial
Adam Hadwin
Open Qualifying Series-Korea
Minkyu Kim, Younghan Song
Open Qualifying Series-KLM Open
Guido Migliozzi, Joe Dean
Open Qualifying Series-Italian Open
Tom McKibbin and Sean Crocker
Open Qualifying Series-John Deere Classic
Davis Thompson, C.T. Pan
Open Qualifying Series-Scottish Open
TBD on July 14
Final Qualifying
Matthew Dodd-Berry, Sam Horsfield, Daniel Brown, Masahiro Kawamura, Sam Hutsby, Angel Hidalgo, a-Liam Nolan, Jack McDonald, Matthew Southgate, Elvis Smylie, a-Jaime Montojo Fernandez, a-Luis Masaveu, Justin Rose, a-Dominic Clemons, Abraham Ancer, Charlie Lindh.
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