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McIlroy and Fleetwood: The Field of Participants for the Open Championship 2024

07/11/2024 by Golf Post Editors

McIlroy and Fleetwood: The Field of Participants for the Open Championship 2024

The field of participants promises an exciting competition. (Photo: Getty)

18 Jul

07/18 – 07/21/2024

European Tour: British Open 2024

Royal Troon Golf Club – Troon, Scotland

  • Round 4/4
  • Strokeplay
  • Prize money: 16,500,000
  • Defending champion: Brian Harman

The Open Championship 2024 is the last major tournament of the year. Around 150 players will once again have the opportunity to secure one of golf’s most coveted titles. The Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland will host the only major to be held in Europe. To prepare for the course and weather conditions, many players are already taking part in the Genesis Scottish Open.

Below are all the players who will be taking part in the Open Championship 2024. It also shows which regulations they have used to qualify for the tournament. The qualification options are summarized at the end of the article.

Open Championship 2024: All starters

Ancer, Abraham – Final Qualifying

Aberg, 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

Brown, Daniel – Final Qualifying

Burmester, Dean – OQS South Africa

Burns, Sam – 5, 13

Campillo, Jorge – 6

Canter, Laurie – 8

Cantlay, Patrick – 5, 13

Catlin, John – OQS Malaysia

Cejka, Alex – 18

Cink, Stewart – 1

Clark, Wyndham – 5, 9, 13

Clarke, Darren – 1

Clemons, Dominic – Final Qualifying

Cole, Eric – 5

Conners, Corey – 5, 13

Crocker, Sean – OQS Italy

Curtis, Ben – 1

Daly, John – 1

Day, Jason – 4, 5, 13

Dean, Joe – OQS Netherlands

DeChambeau, Bryson – 5, 9

De La Fuente, Santiago – 24

Dodd-Berry, Matthew – Final Qualifying

Duval, David – 1

Eckroat, Austin – 5

Els, Ernie – 1

Elvira, Nacho – 8

English, Harris – 5

Ferguson, Ewen – 8

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

Hidalgo, Angel – Final Qualifying

Hillier, Daniel – 6

Hisatsune, Ryo – 6

Hoge, Tom – 14

Hojgaard, Nicolai – 5, 6

Hojgaard, Rasmus – 6

Homa, Max – 4, 5, 13

Horschel, Billy – 7

Horsfield, Sam – Final Qualifying

Hoshino, Rikuya – OQS Australia

Hovland, Viktor – 5, 6, 13

Hughes, Mackenzie – OQS Canada

Hutsby, Sam – Final Qualifying

Im, Sungjae – 5, 13

Iwasaki, Aguri – 17

Jaeger, Stephan – 5

Johnson, Dustin – 10

Johnson, Zach – 1, 3

Jordan, Matthew – 4

Katsuragawa, Yuto – OQS Japan

Kawamura, Masahiro – Final Qualifying

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

Lee, Min Woo – 5, 6

Leonard, Justin – 1

Lindh, Charlie – Final Qualifying

Lowry, Shane – 1, 3, 5, 7

Luiten, Joost – 6

MacIntyre, Robert – 6

Manassero, Matteo – 8

Masaveu, Luis – Final Qualifying

Matsuyama, Hideki – 5, 10

McCarthy, Denny – 5

McDonald, Jack – Final Qualifying

McKibbin, Tom – OQS Italy

McIlroy, Rory – 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13

McNealy, Maverick – OQS Canada

Meronk, Adrian – 6

Mickelson, Phil – 1, 3, 11

Migliozzi, Guido – OQS Netherlands

Molinari, Francesco – 1, 3

Montojo, Jaime – Final Qualifying

Moore, Taylor – 13

Morikawa, Collin – 1, 3, 5, 11, 13

Morrison, Tommy – 21

Nakajima, Keita – 16

Niemann, Joaquin – OQS Australia

Nolan, Liam – Final Qualifying

Norrman, Vincent – 6

Ogletree, Andy – 16

Olesen, Thorbjorn – 6

Olesen, Jacob Skov – 19

Oosthuizen, Louis – 1

Pan, CT – OQS John Deere

Paul, Yannik – 6

Pavon, Mathieu – 5, 6

Perez, Victor – 6

Poston, JT – 5

Puig, David – 16

Rahm, Jon – 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13

Rose, Justin – Final Qualifying

Sargent, Gordon – 22

Schauffele, Xander – 5, 11, 13

Scheffler, Scottie – 5, 10, 12, 13

Schenk, Adam – 5, 13

Scott, Adam – OQS Australia

Scott, Calum – 25

Sharma, Shubhankar – 4

Siem, Marcel – 6

Smith, Cameron – 1, 3, 12

Smith, Jordan – 6

Smylie, Elvis – Final Qualifying

Soderberg, Sebastian – 6

Song, Younghan – OQS Korea

Southgate, Matthew – Final Qualifying

Spieth, Jordan – 1, 3, 5, 13

Stenson, Henrik – 1, 3

Straka, Sepp – 4, 5, 13

Stubbs, Jasper – 23

Svensson, Jesper – 8

Taylor, Nick – 5, 13

Theegala, Sahith – 5

Thomas, Justin – 5, 11

Thompson, Davis – OQS John Deere

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 of the tournament

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

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 2021-2023

8. First 5 DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International

9. The US Open Champions for 2019-2024

10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2019-2024

11. The PGA Champions for 2018-2024

12. The PLAYERS Champions for 2022-2024

13. Top 30 players for the Final 2023 FedEx Cup

14. First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedEx Cup 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 US Amateur Champion for 2023

21. The European Amateur Champion for 2024

22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men’s WORLD AMATEUR GOLF 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.

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