The Entire Open Championship Field (So Far…)

With the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale less than two weeks away, available exemption categories are starting to dwindle. The John Deere Classic is in the rear-view, meaning the Scottish Open is the only event standing between us and the year’s final major championship.

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Final Qualifying added 20 names to the tee-sheet at Royal Birkdale on Tuesday, and the conclusion of the BMW International Open on the DP World Tour came with another five.

The Open includes an exemption for the first five players that are not otherwise exempt for the major and sit inside the top 20 of the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai Rankings as of July 6. A similar exemption for the PGA TOUR’s FedEx Cup granted Alex Fitzpatrick exemption just one week ago. Now, five more names are added to the fray.

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Jayden Schaper (Race to Dubai No. 4), Andy Sullivan (No. 7), Bernd Wiesberger (No. 8), Dan Bradbury (No. 9) and Hennie Du Plessis (No. 10) will all find their way to the first tee at Royal Birkdale through this exemption.

With that, the field is almost full. All that remains is the Scottish Open–where the top three finishers not otherwise exempt will qualify for The Open–and the Last-Chance Qualifier.

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The Entire 2026 Open Championship Field

Ludvig Åberg (5) (12)

Angel Ayora (6)

Samuel Bairstow (FQ - West Lancashire)

Matthew Baldwin (FQ - Dundonald Links)

José Luis Ballester Barrio (FQ - West Lancashire)

Daniel Berger (5) (OQS - Arnold Palmer Invitational)

Akshay Bhatia (5) (12)

Dan Bradbury (8)

Keegan Bradley (5) (12)

Michael Brennan (RES)

Jacob Bridgeman (5) (12)

Daniel Brown (6)

Patrick Cantlay (5) (12)

Bud Cauley (OQS - Canadian Open)

Eugenio Chacarra (OQS - Italian Open)

Tiger Christensen (FQ - West Lancashire)

Stewart Cink (1)

Wyndham Clark (4) (5) (11)

Darren Clarke (1)

Eric Cole (RES)

Corey Conners (4) (12)

Pierceson Coody (RES)

Martin Couvra (6)

M.J. Daffue (FQ - Royal Cinque Ports)

Jason Day (5)

Bryson DeChambeau (4) (5) (11)

Thomas Detry (RES)

Alistair Docherty (OQS - Argentina Open)

Hennie Du Plessis (8)

David Duval (1)

Nico Echavarria (RES)

Harris English (4) (5) (12)

Alex Fitzpatrick (14)

Matt Fitzpatrick (4) (5) (6) (11)

Tommy Fleetwood (5) (6) (12)

Rickie Fowler (5)

Ryan Fox (7)

Ryan Gerard (5)

Chris Gotterup (4) (5) (12)

Stuart Grehan (23)

Max Greyserman (RES)

Ben Griffin (5) (12)

Lev Grinberg (25)

Harry Hall (12)

Jeongwoo Ham (OQS - Singapore Open)

Brian Harman (1) (3) (4) (12)

Padraig Harrington (1) (17)

Tyrrell Hatton (5) (6)

Russell Henley (4) (5) (12)

Lucas Herbert (OQS - New Zealand Open)

Kazuki Higa (16)

Daniel Hillier (6)

Ryo Hisatsune (RES)

Nicolai Hojgaard (5) (6)

Rasmus Hojgaard (6)

Michael Hollick (OQS - Australian Open)

Max Homa (RES)

Billy Horschel (7)

Viktor Hovland (5) (12)

Daniel Howard (a) (FQ - Dundonald Links)

Mason Howell (a) (18)

Sungjae Im (12)

Casey Jarvis (16) (OQS - South African Open)

Cameron John (OQS - Singapore Open)

Matthew Jordan (FQ - West Lancashire)

Kota Kaneko (16)

Naoyuki Kataoka (OQS - Japan Open)

Michael Kim (5)

Si Woo Kim (5) (OQS - Australian Open)

Tom Kim (RES)

Kurt Kitayama (5)

Jake Knapp (5)

Kazuma Kobori (FQ - West Lancashire)

Brooks Koepka (10)

Frederic Lacroix (OQS - South Africa Open)

Joakim Lagergren (6)

Fifa Laopakdee (a) (20)

Francesco Laporta (OQS - South African Open)

Min Woo Lee (5)

Haotong Li (4) (6)

Shane Lowry (1) (3) (5) (12)

Robert MacIntyre (4) (5) (6) (12)

Hideki Matsuyama (5) (12)

Matt McCarty (5)

Jack McDonald (FQ - Dundonald Links)

Tom McKibbin (OQS - Hong Kong Open)

Rory McIlroy (1) (4) (5) (6) (9) (12) (13)

Maverick McNealy (5) (12)

Keith Mitchell (RES)

Francesco Molinari (1) (3)

Collin Morikawa (1) (3) (5) (12)

Ryutaro Nagano (OQS - Mizuno Open)

Keita Nakajima (6)

Rasmus Neergard-Petersen (6)

James Nicholas (FQ - Burnham & Berrow)

Joaquin Niemann (15)

Alex Noren (5) (6) (7)

Shaun Norris (OQS - Mizuno Open)

Andrew Novak (12)

Louis Oosthuizen (1)

John Parry (6)

Marco Penge (5) (6) (OQS - Spanish Open)

Alejandro de Castro Piera (a) (FQ - Burnham & Berrow)

Matthew Plunkett (FQ - Dundonald Links)

J.T. Poston (OQS - Memorial Tournament)

David Puig (RES)

Mateo Pulcini (a) (21)

Jon Rahm (5) (9)

Aaron Rai (5) (6) (10)

Patrick Reed (5)

Kristoffer Reitan (5) (6)

Justin Rose (5) (6) (12)

Antoine Rozner (FQ - Royal Cinque Ports)

Nevill Ruiter (a) (FQ - Dundonald Links)

Adrien Saddier (6)

Jayden Schaper (8)

Xander Schauffele (2) (3) (4) (5) (10)

Scottie Scheffler (2) (3) (4) (5) (9) (10) (12) (13)

Adam Scott (5) (OQS - Australian Open)

Baard Bjoernevik Skogen (FQ - Royal Cinque Ports)

Tom Sloman (FQ - Burnham & Berrow)

Alex Smalley (5)

Cameron Smith (1) (3)

Jordan Smith (6)

Elvis Smylie (6)

Travis Smyth (16)

Matthew Southgate (FQ - Royal Cinque Ports)

JJ Spaun (5) (11) (12)

Jordan Spieth (1) (3) (5)

Henrik Stenson (1) (3)

Sam Stevens (RES)

Sepp Straka (5) (12)

Jackson Suber (OQS - Canadian Open)

Andy Sullivan (8)

Caleb Surratt (FQ - Burnham & Berrow)

Jesper Svensson (OQS - Canadian Open)

Nick Taylor (12)

Sahith Theegala (RES)

Justin Thomas (5) (10) (12)

Austen Truslow (FQ - Burnham & Berrow)

Peter Uihlein (FQ - Royal Cinque Ports)

Sami Valimaki (RES)

Scott Vincent (16)

Matt Wallace (RES)

Tim Wiedemeyer (24)

Bernd Wiesberger (8)

Gary Woodland (5)

Jiho Yang (OQS - Korean Open)

Ren Yonezawa (OQS - Mizuno Open)

Cameron Young (5) (12) (13)

Exemption Categories

(1) Past Open Champions (2023 or before) aged 60 or under as of July 19, 2026

Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, David Duval, Brian Harman, Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Collin Morikawa, Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson

(2) Past Open Champions (2024 to present) aged 55 or under as of July 19, 2026

Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler

(3) Open Champions from the past decade (2015-25)

Brian Harman, Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinaro, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson

(4) Top 10 finishers (including ties) from the 2025 Open Championship

Wyndham Clark, Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, Matt Fitzpatrick, Chris Gotterup, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Haotong Li, Robert MacIntyre, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler

(5) Top 50 players in OWGR as of May 25, 2026

Ludvig Åberg, Daniel Berger, Akshay Bhatia, Keegan Bradley, Jacob Bridgeman, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, Jason Day, Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day, Harris English, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler, Ryan Gerard, Chris Gotterup, Ben Griffin, Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Nicolai Hojgaard, Viktor Hovland, Michael Kim, Si Woo Kim, Kurt Kitayama, Jake Knapp, Min Woo Lee, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre, Hideki Matsuyama, Matt McCarty, Rory McIlroy, Maverick McNealy, Collin Morikawa, Alex Noren, Marco Penge, Jon Rahm, Aaron Rai, Patrick Reed, Kristoffer Reitan, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Adam Scott, Alex Smalley, J.J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka, Justin Thomas, Gary Woodland, Cameron Young

(6) Top 25 players from the 2025 DP World Tour Race to Dubai

Angel Ayora, Daniel Brown, Laurie Canter, Martin Couvra, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Daniel Hillier, Nicolai Hojgaard, Rasmus Hojgaard, Joakim Lagergren, Haotong Li, Robert MacIntyre, Rory McIlroy, Keita Nakajima, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Alex Noren, John Parry, Marco Penge, Aaron Rai, Kristoffer Reitan, Justin Rose, Adrien Saddier, Jordan Smith

(7) BMW PGA Championship winners (past three years)

Ryan Fox, Billy Horschel, Alex Noren

(8) Top 5 (including ties) in 2026 DP World Tour Race to Dubai not otherwise exempt into the 2026 Open Championship as of July 6, 2026

Dan Bradbury, Hennie Du Plessis, Jayden Schaper, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger

(9) Five most recent Masters Champions

Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler

(10) Five most recent PGA Champions

Brooks Koepka, Aaron Rai, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas

(11) Five most recent U.S. Open Champions

Wyndham Clark, Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Fitzpatrick, J.J. Spaun

(12) Top 30 players from 2025 final FedEx Cup standings

Ludvig Åberg, Akshay Bhatia, Keegan Bradley, Jacob Bridgeman, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Corey Conners, Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood, Chris Gotterup, Ben Griffin, Harry Hall, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Viktor Hovland, Sungjae Im, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Maverick McNealy, Collin Morikawa, Andrew Novak, Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun, Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor, Justin Thomas, Cameron Young

(13) Three most recent PLAYERS Champions

Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young

(14) Top 5 players (including ties) inside the top 20 of the FedEx Cup standings and not otherwise exempt into the 2026 Open Championship as of June 29, 2026

Alex Fitzpatrick

(15) Top player (including ties) in the LIV Golf Individual Season Standings and not otherwise exempt into the 2026 Open Championship as of June 8, 2026

Joaquin Niemann

(16) Top 5 players on the Federation Ranking List as of May 25, 2026**

Kazuki Higa, Casey Jarvis, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth, Scott Vincent

(17) The 2025 Senior Open Champion

Padraig Harrington

(18) The 2025 U.S. Amateur Champion

Mason Howell (a)

(19) The 2025 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner

None (Jackson Koivun sacrificed this exemption by turning professional prior to The Open)

(20) The 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion

Fifa Laopakdee (a)

(21) The 2026 Latin American Amateur Champion

Mateo Pulcini (a)

(22) The 2026 Africa Amateur Champion

Jack Buchanan (a)

(23) The 2026 Amateur Champion

Stuart Grehan (a)

(24) The 2026 European Amateur Champion

Tim Wiedemeyer (a)

(25) The 2026 Open Amateur Series winner

Lev Grinberg (a)

(OQS) Open Qualifying Series

Daniel Berger, Bud Cauley, Eugenio Chacarra, Alistair Docherty, Jeongwoo Ham, Lucas Herbert, Michael Hollick, Casey Jarvis, Cameron John, Naoyuki Kataoka, Si Woo Kim, Frederic Lacroix, Francesco Laporta, Tom McKibbin, Ryutaro Nagano, Shaun Norris, Marco Penge, J.T. Poston, Adam Scott, Jackson Suber, Jesper Svensson, Jiho Yang, Ren Yonezawa

(FQ) Final Qualifying

Sam Bairstow, Matthew Baldwin, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Tiger Christensen, MJ Daffue, Alejandro De Castro Piera, David Howard (a), Matthew Jordan, Kazuma Kobori, Jack McDonald, James Nicholas, Marcus Plunkett (a), Antoine Rozner, Nevill Ruiter (a), Baard Bjoernevik Skogen, Tom Sloman, Matthew Southgate, Caleb Surratt, Austin Truslow, Peter Uihlein

(RES) Reserve List - The highest ranking players in OWGR as of July 6 who are not otherwise exempt, pulled until the field reaches 156 players

Michael Brennan, Eric Cole, Pierceson Coody, Thomas Detry, Nico Echavarria, Max Greyserman, Ryo Hisatsune, Max Homa, Tom Kim, Keith Mitchell, David Puig, Sam Stevens, Sahith Theegala, Sami Valimaki, Matt Wallace

(LCQ) Last-Chance Qualifier

TBD (July 13)

**Places 1-4 may be determined before The Open closing date, as each season-ending Order of Merit is published

*This page was first published on June 30, 2026. Last Updated July 7, 2026.