The Open Championship field continues to take shape.
And it’s a big shape.
As of Monday, the R&A lists 133 players as qualified for the July 18-21 championship at Royal Troon. That includes Tom McKibbin and Sean Crocker, who punched their tickets via the Open Qualifying Series’ Italian Open.
There are two more events left in that series: the John Deere Classic (top two finishers not already exempt) and Genesis Scottish Open (top three finishers not already exempt).
Also, final qualifying takes place Tuesday with 16 total spots up for grabs, four at each of the four sites.
And there are up to five spots reserved for players that are ranked in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai and who aren’t already exempt. Currently, Jesper Svensson (6), Laurie Canter (10), Nacho Elvira (11), Matteo Manassero (15) and Adrian Otaegui (16) would get those five exemptions.
Doing the math for you, that would run the total number of competitors to 159.
There likely could be some withdrawals, but if the final field were to exceed 156 players, Open officials would accommodate.
The Open historically sends off threesomes off No. 1 tee, so it is as simple as adding one more threesome to the tee sheet.
This has been done before, too, most recently at the 1995 Open at St. Andrews, where John Daly topped a field of 159 competitors, though it took him extra holes to defeat Costantino Rocca.
Here is a look at the current field (133) and how each player qualified, according to the Open’s official website:
Åberg, Ludvig - 5
An, Byeong Hun - 5
Andersen, Mason - 15
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan - 14
Bhatia, Akshay - 5
Bjork, Alexander - 6
Boriboonsub, Denwit - OQS Malaysia
Bradbury, Dan - OQS South Africa
Bradley, Keegan - 5, 13
Burmester, Dean - OQS South Africa
Burns, Sam - 5, 13
Campillo, Jorge - 6
Cantlay, Patrick - 5, 13
Catlin, John - OQS Malaysia
Cejka, Alex - 18
Cink, Stewart - 1
Clark, Wyndham - 5, 9, 13
Clarke, Darren - 1
Cole, Eric - 5
Conners, Corey - 5, 13
Crocker, Sean – OQS Italy - Italian Open
Curtis, Ben - 1 (not competing)
Daly, John - 1
Day, Jason - 4, 5, 13
Dean, Joe - OQS Netherlands
DeChambeau, Bryson - 5, 9
De La Fuente, Santiago - 24
Duval, David - 1
Eckroat, Austin - 5
Els, Ernie - 1
English, Harris - 5
Fichardt, Darren - OQS South Africa
Finau, Tony - 5, 13
Fitzpatrick, Matt - 5, 6, 9, 13
Fleetwood, Tommy - 4, 5, 6, 13
Fowler, Rickie - 5, 13
Fox, Ryan - 6, 7
Glover, Lucas - 5, 13
Griffin, Ben - OQS Canada
Grillo, Emiliano - 4, 13
Hadwin, Adam - OQS Memorial
Hamilton, Todd - 1
Harman, Brian - 1, 3, 4, 5, 13
Harrington, Padraig - 1
Hatton, Tyrrell - 5, 6, 13
Hendry, Michael - 27
Henley, Russell - 5, 13
Hillier, Daniel - 6
Hisatsune, Ryo - 6
Hoge, Tom - 14
Hojgaard, Nicolai - 5, 6
Hojgaard, Rasmus - 6
Homa, Max - 4, 5, 13
Horschel, Billy - 7
Hoshino, Rikuya - OQS Australia
Hovland, Viktor - 5, 6, 13
Hughes, Mackenzie - OQS Canada
Im, Sungjae - 5, 13
Iwasaki, Aguri - 17
Jaeger, Stephan - 5
Johnson, Dustin - 10
Johnson, Zach - 1, 3
Jordan, Matthew - 4
Katsuragawa, Yuto - OQS Japan
Kim, Minkyu - OQS Korea
Kim, Si Woo - 5, 13
Kim, Tom - 4, 5, 6, 13
Kinoshita, Ryosuke - OQS Japan
Kirk, Chris - 5
Kitayama, Kurt - 5
Kobori, Kazuma - 16
Koepka, Brooks - 5, 11
Koh, Guntaek - OQS Japan
Langasque, Romain - 6
Lawrence, Thriston - 6
Lawrie, Paul - 1 (not competing)
Lee, Min Woo - 5, 6
Leonard, Justin - 1
Lowry, Shane - 1, 3, 5, 7
Luiten, Joost - 6
MacIntyre, Robert - 6
Matsuyama, Hideki - 5, 10
McCarthy, Denny - 5
McIlroy, Rory - 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13
McKibbin Tom – OQS Italy - Italian Open
McNealy, Maverick - OQS Canada
Meronk, Adrian - 6
Mickelson, Phil - 1, 3, 11
Migliozzi, Guido - OQS Netherlands
Molinari, Francesco - 1, 3
Moore, Taylor - 13
Morikawa, Collin - 1, 3, 5, 11, 13
Nakajima, Keita - 16
Niemann, Joaquin - OQS Australia
Norrman, Vincent - 6
Ogletree, Andy - 16
Olesen, Thorbjorn - 6
Olesen, Jacob Skov - 19
Oosthuizen, Louis - 1
Paul, Yannik - 6
Pavon, Mathieu - 5, 6
Perez, Victor - 6
Poston, JT - 5
Puig, David - 16
Rahm, Jon - 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13
Sargent, Gordon - 22
Schauffele, Xander - 5, 11, 13
Scheffler, Scottie - 5, 10, 12, 13
Schenk, Adam - 5, 13
Scott, Adam - OQS Australia
Sharma, Shubhankar - 4
Siem, Marcel - 6
Smith, Cameron - 1, 3, 12
Smith, Jordan - 6
Soderberg, Sebastian - 6
Song, Younghan - OQS Korea
Spieth, Jordan - 1, 3, 5, 13
Stenson, Henrik - 1, 3
Straka, Sepp - 4, 5, 13
Stubbs, Jasper - 23
Taylor, Nick - 5, 13
Theegala, Sahith - 5
Thomas, Justin - 5, 11
Todd, Brendon - OQS Arnold Palmer Invitational
Valimaki, Sami - 6
Van der Merwe, Altin - 26
Van Velzen, Ryan - 16
Wallace, Matt - 6
Wang, Jeunghun - OQS Malaysia
Woodland, Gary - 9
Woods, Tiger - 1, 10
Young, Cameron - 4, 5
Zalatoris, Will - OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational
Exemption categories:
- 1. The Open champions aged 60 or under on July 21, 2024 (for all champions up to 2024)
- 2. The Open champions aged 55 or under on July 21, 2024 (for all champions from 2024)
- 3. The Open champions for 2013-23
- 4. First 10 anyone tying for 10th place in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in 2023
- 5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2024
- 6. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2023
- 7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2021-23
- 8. First 5 DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for fifth place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International
- 9. The U.S. Open champions for 2019-24
- 10. The Masters Tournament champions for 2019-24
- 11. The PGA champions for 2018-24
- 12. The Players champions for 2022-24
- 13. Top 30 players for the final 2023 FedExCup
- 14. First 5 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for fifth place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA Tour FedExCup for 2024 on completion of the 2024 Travelers Championship
- 15. The 117th Visa Open de Argentina 2024 champion
- 16. The first 5 players on the 2024 Federations Ranking List as of closing date
- 17. The Japan Open champion for 2023
- 18. The Senior Open champion for 2023
- 19. The Amateur champion for 2024
- 20. The U.S. Amateur champion for 2023
- 21. The European Amateur champion for 2024
- 22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (men’s world amateur ranking) winner for 2023
- 23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur champion 2023
- 24. The Latin America Amateur champion 2024
- 25. The Open Amateur Series winner 2024
- 26. The Africa Amateur champion 2024
- 27. Medical exemption
(Exemptions 19-26 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.)