With Byeong-Hun An, David Lingmerth and Nicolai Højgaard earning the final three spots for The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool through the 2023 Genesis Open, the field is set for the final Major of the year. Find out who is playing below, and how they qualified.
As Rory McIlroy made history by winning the Genesis Scottish Open, An, Lingmerth and Højgaard celebrated a feat of their own after earning the final three spots available through the Open Qualification Series, which has taken place throughout the season. .
The co-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open marked the final event of the season, which has allowed plenty of players to book their spots at Hoylake through great finishes and several different events.
Nacho Elvira, Marc Warren and Kalle Samooja earned their places through the Made in Himmerland, while Daniel Hillier, Oliver Wilson and Gunner Wiebe secured their places at the Betfred Britsih Masters. Elsewhere, Dan Bradbury, Sami Välimäki, Christian Bezuidenhout, Haydn Barron, Alejandro Cañizares and Min Woo Lee also earned their places at Hoylake via the series at the Joburg Open and ISPS HANDA Australian Open respectively.
The Open Qualifying Series marks just one of 28 different ways to qualify for the final Major of the year (other than Final Qualifying), which includes categories such as the First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2022.
Romain Langasque, Alexander Bjork, Joost Luiten, Marcel Siem and Jorge Campillo all recently qualified through Category 5, which states that five places are available to any DP World Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2023 BMW International Open.
With just a few weeks to go and only a few routes left to make their way to Royal Liverpool, many will be teeing up at Final Qualifying in a bid to earn one of the 19 spots available. It will take place across four venues on Tuesday the 4th July, with six further spots available through the Open Qualifying Series (three apiece) at both the Made in Himmerland in Denmark this week, and next week's Genesis Scottish Open on the DP World Tour.
Final qualifying also recently took place, which saw home hero Matthew Jordan joined by a host of fellow DP World Tour stars to progress through Final Qualifying. Also coming into the field through that route were 18 others, including Matt Wallace, Thomas Detry, Antoine Rozner, Matthew Southgate and Alex Fitzpatrick. With Matt Fitzpatrick and Rasmus Højgaard also in the field, the tournament will feature two sets of brothers.
Find out who else is playing at the 151st Open Championship below:
The 151st Open field in full (continuously updated)
Ancer, Abraham - Exemption Category 4
Arnaus, Adri - 5
Ballester, Jose Luis - 23
Barron, Haydn - OQS Australia
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan - OQS South Africa
Bjork, Alexander - 7
Bland, Richard - 5
Bradbury, Dan - OQS South Africa
Bradley, Keegan - 4
Burns, Sam - 4, 12
Campillo, Jorge - 7
Canizares, Alejandro - OQS Australia
Cantlay, Patrick - 3, 4, 12
Cink, Stewart - 1
Clark, Wyndham - 4, 8
Clarke, Darren - 1, 20
Conners, Corey - 4, 12
Crowe, Harrison (a) - 25
Daly, John - 1
Day, Jason - 4
DeChambeau, Bryson - 3, 8
Els, Ernie - 1, 2
English, Harris - 4
Ferguson, Ewen - 5
Fernandez De Oliveira, Mateo (a) - 26
Finau, Tony - 4, 12
Fischer, Zack - 14
Fitzpatrick, Matt - 4, 5, 8, 12
Fleetwood, Tommy - 3, 4, 5
Fowler, Rickie - 4
Fox, Ryan - 4, 5
Gooch, Talor - 12
Griffin, Ben - OQS Arnold Palmer
Grillo, Emiliano - 4
Han, Seungsu - OQS Korea
Harman, Brian - 3, 4, 12
Harrington, Padraig - 1
Hatton, Tyrrell - 4, 5, 6
Henley, Russell - 4
Herbert, Lucas - 4
Higa, Kazuki - 18
Hillier, Daniel - OQS England
Hirata, Kensei - OQS Japan
Hodges, Lee - OQS Memorial
Hoge, Tom - 4, 12
Hojgaard, Rasmus - 5
Homa, Max - 4, 12
Horschel, Billy - 4, 6, 12
Hoshino, Rikuya - 18
Hovland, Viktor - 3, 4, 5, 12
Im, Sungjae - 4, 12
Iwata, Hiroshi - 19
Johnson, Dustin - 3, 9
Johnson, Zach - 1, 2
Kanaya, Takumi - OQS Japan
Kang, Kyungnam - OQS Korea
Kho, Taichi - OQS Hong Kong
Kim, Bio - OQS Hong Kong
Kim, Michael - OQS Wells Fargo
Kim, Si Woo - 4
Kim, Tom - 4
Kirk, Chris - 4
Kitayama, Kurt - 4
Koepka, Brooks - 4, 8, 10
Lamprecht, Christo - 21
Langasque, Romain - 7
Larrazabal, Pablo - 5
Lawrence, Thriston - 5
Lee, KH - 4, 12
Lee, Min Woo - OQS Australia
Long, Hurly - 5
Lowry, Shane - 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Luiten, Joost - 7
MacIntyre, Robert - 5
Maguire, Alex - 27
Matsuyama, Hideki - 4, 9, 12
McCarthy, Denny - OQS Wells Fargo
McIlroy, Rory - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12
Meronk, Adrian - 4, 5
Micheluzzi, David - 15
Mickelson, Phil - 1, 2, 10
Migliozzi, Guido - 5
Molinari, Francesco - 1, 2
Moore, Taylor - 4
Morikawa, Collin - 1, 2, 4, 10, 12
Mullinax, Trey - OQS Arnold Palmer
Nakajima, Keita - OQS Japan
Niemann, Joaquin - 4, 12
Noren, Alex - 5
Olesen, Thorbjorn - 5
Oosthuizen, Louis - 1
Otaegui, Adrian - 5
Paul, Yannik - 5
Perez, Victor - 5
Pieters, Thomas - 5
Poston, JT - 12
Power, Seamus - 4
Putnam, Andrew - OQS Memorial
Rahm, Jon - 4, 5, 8, 9, 12
Ramsay, Richie - 5
Reed, Patrick - 4, 9
Riley, Davis - OQS Arnold Palmer
Rose, Justin - 4
Schauffele, Xander - 4, 12
Scheffler, Scottie - 4, 9, 11, 12
Schenk, Adam - OQS Memorial
Scott, Adam - 4, 12
Semikawa, Taiga - 17
Sharma, Shubhankar - 5
Shinkwin, Callum - 5
Siem, Marcel - 7
Smith, Cameron - 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12
Smith, Jordan - 5
Smyth, Travis - OQS Hong Kong
Spieth, Jordan - 1, 2, 3, 4, 12
Stallings, Scott - 12
Stenson, Henrik - 1, 2
Straka, Sepp - 4, 12
Strydom, Ockie - 16
Syme, Connor - 5
Taylor, Nick - 13
Theegala, Sahith - 4, 12
Thomas, Justin - 4, 10, 11, 12
Todd, Brendon - OQS Wells Fargo
Valimaki, Sami - OQS South Africa
Wiebe, Gunner - OQS England
Willett, Danny - 6
Wilson, Oliver - OQS England
Woodland, Gary - 8
Yasumori, Kazuki - OQS Japan
Young, Cameron - 3, 4, 12
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The following players are exempt but have not entered the Championship and will not participate at Royal Liverpool:
Curtis, Ben - 1
Duval, David - 1
Hamilton, Todd - 1
Hendry, Michael - OQS Hong Kong
Lawrie, Paul - 1
Leonard, Justin - 1
Woods, Tiger - 1, 9
Zalatoris, Will - 4, 5, 12
How have players earned their way into the field for the 151st Open Championship?
There are 27 exemption categories available to automatically qualify for The Open, followed by up to 50 places available through 11 Open Qualifying Series events, and 19 places available in Final Qualifying - which takes place at four separate venues.
Exemption Categories
1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 23 July 2023
2. The Open Champions for 2012-2022
3. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in The 150th Open at St Andrews
4. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2023
5. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2022
6. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2019-2022
7. First 5 DP World Tour members and any DP World Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2023 BMW International Open
8. The US Open Champions for 2018-2023
9. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2018-2023
10. The PGA Champions for 2017-2023
11. THE PLAYERS Champions for 2021-2023
12. Top 30 players from the Final 2022 FedExCup Points List
13. First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List for 2023 on completion of the 2023 Travelers Championship
14. The 116th VISA Open de Argentina 2022 Champion
15. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Final Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2022-23
16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Final Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2022-23
17. The Japan Open Champion for 2022
18. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, on the Final Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2022
19. First and anyone tying for 1st place, not exempt in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2023 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2023 Japan Tour Championship. Blank entries will be made on behalf of competitors qualifying in this category
20. The Senior Open Champion for 2022
21. The Amateur Champion for 2023
22. The US Amateur Champion for 2022
23. The European Amateur Champion for 2023
24. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men’s WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKINGTM) winner for 2022
25. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2022
26. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2023
27. The Open Amateur Series winner 2023 (A new exemption added for elite amateur golfers, in which the player who accumulates the most points awarded by the World Amateur Golf Ranking in the St Andrews Links Trophy, The Amateur Championship and European Amateur Championship will earn a place in The Open).
Open Qualifying Series
OQS South Africa - Joburg Open
OQS Australia - Australian Open
OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational
OQS Hong Kong - The World City Championship presented by the Hong Kong Golf Club
OQS USA - Wells Fargo Championship
OQS Japan - Mizuno Open
OQS USA - the Memorial Tournament
OQS Korea - KOLON Korea Open
OQS England - Betfred British Masters
OQS Denmark - Made in HimmerLand
OQS Scotland - Genesis Scottish Open
Final Qualifying
Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
Final Qualifying - Royal Porthcawl
Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
