The field is set for the final men's Major Championship of 2026 at The 154th Open.
Here is a list of all players currently qualified in the first category in which they are exempt.
The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 19 July 2026. (for all Champions up to and including 2023)
Cink, Stewart
Clarke, Darren
Duval, David
Harman, Brian
Harrington, Padraig
Lowry, Shane
McIlroy, Rory
Molinari, Francesco
Morikawa, Collin
Oosthuizen, Louis
Spieth, Jordan
Stenson, Henrik
The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 19 July 2026. (for all Champions from 2024)
Schauffele, Xander
Scheffler, Scottie
First 10 players and anyone tying for 10th place in The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in 2025
Clark, Wyndham
Conners, Corey
DeChambeau, Bryson
English, Harris
Fitzpatrick, Matt
Gotterup, Chris
Henley, Russell
Li, Haotong
MacIntyre, Robert
The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2026. (May 24)
Berger, Daniel
Bhatia, Akshay
Bradley, Keegan
Brennan, Michael
Bridgeman, Jacob
Burns, Sam
Cantlay, Patrick
Cole, Eric
Coody, Pierceson
Day, Jason
Detry, Thomas
Echavarria, Nicholas
Fleetwood, Tommy
Fowler, Rickie
Gerard, Ryan
Greyserman, Max
Griffin, Ben
Hatton, Tyrrell
Hisatsune, Ryo
Højgaard, Nicolai
Homa, Max
Hovland, Viktor
Kim, Michael
Kim, Si Woo
Kim, Tom
Kitiyama, Kurt
Knapp, Jake
Lee, Min Woo
Matsuyama, Hideki
McCarty, Matt
McNealy, Maverick
Mitchell, Keith
Noren, Alex
Penge, Marco
Puig, David
Rahm, Jon
Rai, Aaron
Reed, Patrick
Reitan, Kristoffer
Rose, Justin
Scott, Adam
Smalley, Alex
Spaun, JJ
Stevens, Sam
Straka, Sepp
Theegala, Sahith
Thomas, Justin
Valimaki, Sami
Wallace, Matt
Woodland, Gary
Young, Cameron
First 25 players in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2025
Ayora, Angel
Brown, Daniel
Canter, Laurie
Couvra, Martin
Hillier, Daniel
Højgaard, Rasmus
Lagergren, Joakim
Nakajima, Keita
Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus
Parry, John
Saddier, Adrien
Smith, Jordan
The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2023-2025
Fox, Ryan
Horschel, Billy
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 2026 BMW International Open
Bradbury, Dan
du Plessis, Hennie
Schaper, Jayden
Sullivan, Andy
Wiesberger, Bernd
The US PGA Champions for 2022-2026
Koepka, Brooks
First 30 players from the Final 2025 FedExCup Points List
Hall, Harry
Im, Sungjae
Novak, Andrew
Taylor, Nick
First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List for 2026 on completion of the 2026 Travelers Championship
Fitzpatrick, Alex
The first player and anyone tying for that place, not otherwise exempt, in the 2026 LIV Golf Individual Season Standings on completion of LIV Golf Andalucia
Niemann, Joaquin
The first 5 players on the 2026 Federation Ranking List as of OWGR Week 21, 2026. Places 1-4 on this List may be determined before The Open closing date, as each season-ending Included Order of Merit is published
Higa, Kazuki
Jarvis, Casey
Kaneko, Kota
Smyth, Travis
Vincent, Scott
The US Amateur Champion for 2025
Howell, Mason (a)
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2025
Laopakdee, Fifa (a)
The Latin America Amateur Champion 2026
Pulcini, Mateo (a)
The Africa Amateur Champion 2026
Buchanan, Jack (a)
The Amateur Champion for 2026
Grehan, Stuart
The European Amateur Champion for 2026
Wiedemeyer, Tim
The Open Amateur Series winner 2026
Grinberg, Lev
The Open Qualifying Series
Cauley, Bud
Chacarra, Eugenio
Docherty, Alistair
Ham, Jeongwoo
Herbert, Lucas
Hollick, Michael
John, Cameron
Kataoka, Naoyuki
Keefer, Johnny
Lacroix, Frederic
Laporta, Francesco
McKibbin, Tom
Nagano, Ryutaro
Norris, Shaun
Perez, Victor
Poston, J.T.
Suber, Jackson
Svensson, Jesper
Thorbjornsen, Michael
Yang, Jiho
Yonezawa, Ren
Final Qualifying
Bairstow, Sam
Baldwin, Matthew
Ballester Barrio, Jose Luis
Christensen, Tiger
Daffue, MJ
De Castro Piera, Alejandro
Howard, David (a)
Jordan, Matthew
Kobori, Kazuma
McDonald, Jack
Nicholas, James
Plunkett, Marcus (a)
Rozner, Antoine
Ruiter, Nevill (a)
Skogen, Baard Bjoernevik
Sloman, Tom
Southgate, Matthew
Surratt, Caleb
Truslow, Austin
Uihlein, Peter
Last-Chance Qualifier
Joe Dean
