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Inside the Field: The Open Championship

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Inside the Field

Inside the Field: The Open Championship


    Written by Staff

    A diverse field is set to descend upon the Home of Golf for The 150th Open at St. Andrews' Old Course.

    A variety of categories are in place to determine field eligibility for The Open, aiming to capture the highest level of competition across a worldwide scope on both the professional and amateur level.

    Here's a categorical breakdown of how the field for The 150th Open was built.

    Check here for updates.

    Past champions of The Open (aged 60 or under as of July 17, 2022)

    Mark Calcavecchia
    John Daly
    Paul Lawrie
    Tiger Woods
    David Duval
    Ernie Els
    Padraig Harrington
    Stewart Cink
    Louis Oosthuizen
    Darren Clarke
    Phil Mickelson
    Rory McIlroy
    Zach Johnson
    Henrik Stenson
    Jordan Spieth
    Francesco Molinari
    Shane Lowry
    Collin Morikawa

    Top-10 finishers and ties at The 149th Open

    Jon Rahm
    Dylan Frittelli
    Brooks Koepka
    Mackenzie Hughes
    Dustin Johnson
    Robert MacIntyre
    Scottie Scheffler

    Top-50 on Official World Golf Ranking as of Week 21, 2022

    Cameron Smith
    Justin Thomas
    Patrick Cantlay
    Viktor Hovland
    Sam Burns
    Xander Schauffele
    Hideki Matsuyama
    Will Zalatoris
    Matt Fitzpatrick
    Billy Horschel
    Joaquin Niemann
    Abraham Ancer
    Tony Finau
    Sungjae Im
    Tyrrell Hatton
    Paul Casey
    Bryson DeChambeau
    Harris English
    Max Homa
    Cameron Young
    Jason Kokrak
    Kevin Kisner
    Corey Conners
    Kevin Na
    Talor Gooch
    Thomas Pieters
    Tom Hoge
    Patrick Reed
    Harold Varner III
    Seamus Power
    Tommy Fleetwood
    Adam Scott
    K.H. Lee
    Lucas Herbert
    Russell Henley
    Keegan Bradley
    Cameron Tringale
    Webb Simpson
    Mito Pereira
    Marc Leishman

    Top-50 on Official World Golf Ranking as of Week 26, 2022

    Aaron Wise
    Brian Harman
    Sebastian Munoz
    Sepp Straka
    Luke List
    Si Woo Kim

    Top-30 on 2021 DP World Tour Ranking

    Min Woo Lee
    Nicolai Hojgaard
    Richard Bland
    Alexander Bjork
    Bernd Wiesberger
    Guido Migliozzi
    Dean Burmester
    Jason Scrivener
    Ian Poulter
    Laurie Canter
    Thomas Detry
    Danny Willett
    Justin Harding
    Garrick Higgo
    Justin Rose

    Final Qualifying

    David Carey
    Robert Dinwiddie
    Lars Van Meijel
    Alex Wrigley
    Barclay Brown
    Richard Mansell
    Oliver Farr
    Marco Penge
    Matthew Ford
    Jamie Rutherford
    Ronan Mullarney
    Jack Floydd
    Marcus Armitage
    Sam Bairstow
    Matthew Jordan
    John Parry

    Top 5 on 2022 DP World Tour Ranking (not otherwise exempt) at completion of BMW International Open

    Pablo Larrazabal
    Jordan Smith
    Adri Arnaus
    Sam Horsfield
    Haotong Li

    U.S. Open champions (2017-2022)

    Gary Woodland

    Masters champions (2017-2022)

    Sergio Garcia

    Top 30 on 2021 FedExCup standings

    Erik van Rooyen

    The 115th VISA Open de Argentina 2021 champion

    Jorge Fernandez-Valdes

    Playing members of 2021 Ryder Cup teams

    Lee Westwood

    Winner of 2021-22 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

    Jediah Morgan

    Winner of 2021-22 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

    Shaun Norris

    2022 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup champion

    Shugo Imahira

    Top-2 on 2021 Japan Golf Tour money list

    Chan Kim
    Takumi Kanaya

    No. 1 position on cumulative 2022 Japan Golf Tour money list, not otherwise exempt

    Kazuki Higa

    2021 Senior Open champion

    Stephen Dodd

    2022 The Amateur champion

    Aldrich Potgieter

    2022 European Amateur champion

    Filippo Celli

    2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner (World Amateur Golf Ranking)

    Keita Nakajima

    2022 Latin America Amateur Championship winner

    Aaron Jarvis

    Open Qualifying Series

    Thriston Lawrence
    Zander Lombard
    Ashley Chesters
    Sadom Kaewkanjana
    Yuto Katsuragawa
    Joohyung Kim
    Sihwan Kim
    Dimitrios Papadatos
    Ben Campbell
    Matthew Griffin
    Chris Kirk
    Scott Vincent
    Anthony Quayle
    Brad Kennedy
    Justin De Los Santos
    Victor Perez
    Ryan Fox
    Adrian Meronk
    Keith Mitchell
    Wyndham Clark
    Minkyu Kim
    Mingyu Cho
    John Catlin
    Fabrizio Zanotti
    David Law
    J.T. Poston
    Christiaan Bezuidenhout
    Emiliano Grillo
    Kurt Kitayama
    Brandon Wu
    Jamie Donaldson

    Alternates after deadline (from Official World Golf Ranking)

    Sahith Theegala