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Justin Rose is chasing a spot at The Open at Royal Troon via Tuesday's Final Qualifying. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Justin Rose is chasing a spot at The Open at Royal Troon via Tuesday's Final Qualifying. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

    Written by Staff @PGATOUR

    Justin Rose is headed back to The Open Championship, and he did it the hard way.

    Rose earned a spot at Royal Troon via 36-hole Final Qualifying, which was contested at four sites Tuesday across the United Kingdom. The Englishman qualified with rounds of 66-68 at Final Qualifying's Burnham & Berrow site.

    Rose maintained a streak of major-championship eligibility that began with the 2010 Open Championship. Other than the 2022 Open Championship, which he missed due a back injury, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist has competed in each major from the 2010 Open onward. Back in 1998, Rose advanced through The Open Final Qualifying as an amateur and finished T4 at Royal Birkdale, a memorable introduction to golf's world stage. The 11-time PGA TOUR winner recaptured that magic on Tuesday.

    The Open Final Qualifying exudes a similar vibe to U.S. Open Final Qualifying, with rising stars and wily veterans jockeying for tee times in a major championship. Four Final Qualifying sites were contested Tuesday, with four qualifying places available at each venue.

    Here's a look at the 16 players who qualified for The Open via Final Qualifying on Tuesday:

    Burnham & Berrow
    Burnham-on-Sea, England
    4 places available
    Qualifiers: Justin Rose (66-68), Dominic Clemons (a) (66-68), Charlie Lindh (67-70), Abraham Ancer (65-72)
    * Lindh and Ancer advanced in a 3-for-2 playoff, outlasting Anirban Lahiri
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    Justin Rose will make his 21st career appearance at The Open. He has recorded nine career top-25s at The Open, highlighted by a runner-up in 2018 ... Dominic Clemons, who reached the final of The Amateur last month, began his college career at Stetson and has transferred to the University of Alabama, effective this fall. He hails from Cambridge, England ... Sweden native Charlie Lindh, 26, won three times on the 2023 Nordic Golf League to earn a battlefield promotion to the Challenge Tour ... Mexico's Abraham Ancer will make his sixth Open appearance.

    Dundonald Links
    Irvine, Scotland
    4 places available
    Qualifiers: Sam Hutsby (67-69), Angel Hidalgo (70-69), Liam Nolan (a) (69-70), Jack McDonald (71-69)
    * McDonald advanced in a 3-for-1 playoff, outlasting Tim Widing and Daniel Young
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    Sam Hutsby, 35, will make his major championship debut. The Englishman is a two-time Challenge Tour winner and finished runner-up to Matteo Manassero at The Amateur in 2009 ... Spain's Angel Hidalgo concluded Final Qualifying in style with a hole-out eagle on the 36th hole, having needed birdie to enter a playoff. Hidalgo, 26, is a two-time Alps Tour winner and won the Challenge Tour's 2021 Big Green Egg German Challenge ... Ireland's Liam Nolan competed for Great Britain & Ireland at last fall's Walker Cup at St. Andrews, compiling a 2-1 record ... Scotland's Jack McDonald currently competes on the Challenge Tour; his 2024 season is highlighted by a T11 at the Kaskada Golf Challenge.

    Royal Cinque Ports
    Deal, England
    4 places available
    Qualifiers: Matthew Southgate (71-67), Elvis Smylie (67-74), Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a) (71-70), Luis Masaveu (a) (72-70)
    * Masaveu advanced in a 3-for-1 playoff, outlasting Jamie Rutherford and Branden Grace
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    Matthew Southgate, 35, will make his sixth Open appearance. He has notched two prior top 25s at The Open, highlighted by a tie for sixth in 2017 ... Australia's Elvis Smylie, 22, will make his major championship debut. He comes from an esteemed athletic pedigree; his mom Liz won four Grand Slam tennis titles, one in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles ... Spain's Jaime Montojo Fernandez stands at No. 113 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking; he recently completed his sophomore season at Texas A&M, which included a win at The Aggie Invitational ... Spain's Luis Masaveu, ranked No. 36 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking, won this year's Portuguese International Amateur Championship in February.

    West Lancashire
    Liverpool, England
    4 places available
    Qualifiers: Matthew Dodd-Berry (a) (69-69), Sam Horsfield (69-69), Daniel Brown (71-68), Masahiro Kawamura (70-69)
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    England native Matthew Dodd-Berry recently completed his sophomore season at East Tennessee State. He was named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year in 2022-23, and he averaged 71.37 as a sophomore in 2023-24 ... England's Sam Horsfield, a three-time DP World Tour winner, will make his third Open appearance ... England's Daniel Brown, 29, will make his major debut. He won the DP World Tour's 2023 ISPS Handa World Invitational and is a two-time Evolve Pro Tour winner ... Japan's Masahiro Kawamura, 31, finished T39 at the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie. He currently plays on the DP World Tour.