2024 Open Championship field

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This page lists the criteria used to determine the field for the 2024 Open Championship and the players who qualified.

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The Open Championship field is made up of 157 players, who gained entry through various exemption criteria and qualifying tournaments. The criteria included past Open champions, recent major winners, top ranked players in the world rankings and from the leading world tours, and winners and high finishers from various designated tournaments, including the Open Qualifying Series; the winners of designated amateur events, including The Amateur Championship and U.S. Amateur, also gained exemption provided they remain an amateur. Anyone not qualifying via exemption, and had a handicap of 0.4 or lower, can gain entry through regional and final qualifying events.[ citation needed ]

Most exemption criteria remained unchanged from previous years. The previous Order of Merit exemptions for the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, and Sunshine Tour were replaced by a category based on the Official World Golf Ranking's International Federation Ranking List, and a new exemption was added for the winner of the Africa Amateur Championship; it was also announced that winners of the 2024 Open and future editions will remain exempt through age 55, instead of through age 60 as with previous winners. [1]

Criteria and exemptions

Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. [2] [3]

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions up to 2024)

2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions from 2024)

3. The Open Champions for 2013–2023 [a]

4. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2023 Open Championship

5. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2024

6. Top 30 in the final 2023 Race to Dubai rankings

7. Recent winners of the BMW PGA Championship (2021–2023)

8. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings through the BMW International Open

9. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2019–2024)

10. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2019–2024)

11. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2018–2024)

12. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2022–2024)

13. Top 30 players from the 2023 FedEx Cup points list

14. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2024 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship

15. Winner of the 2024 Visa Open de Argentina

16. Top five players from the OWGR's International Federation Ranking List as of closing date

17. Winner of the 2023 Japan Open Golf Championship

18. Winner of the 2023 Senior Open Championship

19. Winner of the 2024 Amateur Championship [e]

20. Winner of the 2023 U.S. Amateur [e]

21. Winner of the 2024 European Amateur [e]

22. Recipient of the 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal [e]

23. Winner of the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship [e]

24. Winner of the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship [e]

25. Winner of the 2024 Open Amateur Series [e] [g]

26. Winner of the 2024 Africa Amateur Championship [e]

27. Medical exemption

Open Qualifying Series

The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) for the 2024 Open Championship consists of 12 events. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who make the cut. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR. If a player who has qualified through OQS becomes exempt through other criteria before 1 June, the next highest non-exempt finisher from that OQS event will become exempt. [7]

LocationTournamentDateSpotsQualifiers
South Africa Joburg Open 26 Nov 20233 Dan Bradbury, Dean Burmester, Darren Fichardt
Australia ISPS Handa Australian Open 3 Dec 20233 Rikuya Hoshino, Joaquín Niemann, Adam Scott
Malaysia IRS Prima Malaysian Open 18 Feb 20243 Denwit Boriboonsub, John Catlin, Wang Jeung-hun [d]
United States Arnold Palmer Invitational 10 Mar 20241 Brendon Todd [b]
Japan Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open 26 May 20243 Yuto Katsuragawa, Ryosuke Kinoshita, Koh Gun-taek
Canada RBC Canadian Open 2 Jun 20243 Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes, Maverick McNealy
United States Memorial Tournament 9 Jun 20241 Adam Hadwin
Korea Kolon Korea Open 23 Jun 20242 Kim Min-kyu, Song Young-han
Netherlands KLM Open 23 Jun 20242 Joe Dean, Guido Migliozzi
Italy Italian Open 30 Jun 20242 Sean Crocker, Tom McKibbin
United States John Deere Classic 7 Jul 20242 Pan Cheng-tsung, Davis Thompson
Scotland Genesis Scottish Open 14 Jul 20243 Richard Mansell, Alex Norén, Aaron Rai

Final qualifying

Regional qualifying events were held on 24 June at 15 locations. [8] Final qualifying events were played on 2 July at four locations, with a minimum of 16 total places available. [9] [10]

LocationSpotsQualifiers
Burnham & Berrow 4 Abraham Ancer, Dominic Clemons (a), Charlie Lindh, Justin Rose
Dundonald Links 4 Ángel Hidalgo, Sam Hutsby, Jack McDonald, Liam Nolan (a)
Royal Cinque Ports 4 Luis Masaveu (a), Jaime Montojo (a), Elvis Smylie, Matthew Southgate
West Lancashire 4 Dan Brown, Matty Dodd-Berry (a), Sam Horsfield, Masahiro Kawamura

Notes

  1. ↑ All will be aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 Will Zalatoris initially qualified through the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but after he subsequently qualified through category 5, his OQS spot was reallocated to Brendon Todd.
  3. ↑ Sebastian Söderberg withdrew on the Wednesday before the championship due to a back and rib injury. [4]
  4. 1 2 David Puig initially qualified through the IRS Prima Malaysian Open, but after he subsequently qualified through category 16, his OQS spot was reallocated to John Catlin.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Players must remain amateurs in order to be exempt under this category.
  6. ↑ Dunlap forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
  7. ↑ Cumulative World Amateur Golf Ranking points from the St Andrews Links Trophy, The Amateur Championship and European Amateur.
  8. ↑ Hendry qualified for the 2023 Open but was unable to play after being diagnosed with leukemia in May 2023. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Cunningham, Kevin (6 March 2024). "R&A makes surprising changes to Open Championship exemptions for 2024". Golf Magazine. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "The 152nd Open | Exemptions". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "The 152nd Open: Who is in the field and how did they qualify?". European Tour. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Roberts, Andy (17 July 2024). "DP World Tour winner forced out of 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon". GolfMagic. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Webeck, Tony (16 May 2023). "Hendry withdraws from The Open to fight cancer battle". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Cancer-free Hendry gets special invite to Open Championship". RNZ. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "The Open Qualifying Series / All You Need To Know". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Regional Qualifying". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Final Qualifying". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Final Qualifying / Rose headlines 16 qualifiers on day of high drama". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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