The Open 2023: Full field at Royal Liverpool and how they qualified
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Who is in the field for the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, the 151st playing of the World’s oldest golf Major?
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A total of 156 golfers have begun their quest to win golf’s oldest Major at the 151st Open Championship today, with Rory McIlroy aiming to recapture the Claret Jug he won in 2014 when Hoylake last held the prestigious event.
Australia’s Cameron Smith shot a stunning final-round 64 to claim victory at St Andrew’s in 2022, denying McIlroy his second Claret Jug at the landmark 150th Open. Within days of Smith’s success, LIV Golf announced that the Open Champion had become their highest-ranked recruit in a deal believed to be worth more than $100 million.
Previous to 2014, the Open last graced the shores of Hoylake in 2006, where Tiger Woods last lifted the World’s oldest Major, holding off Chris DiMarco to win by two shots.
Also in contention that weekend was Sergio Garcia who was tied in second going into day four after a spectacular third-round 65 which included holing out for an eagle from 167 yards on the second hole, carding just 29 shots for his opening nine.
Ironically, Woods and Garcia are probably the two most notable absentees at Royal Liverpool in 2023. Woods has withdrawn to continue his recovery from ankle surgery, and Garcia misses out on his first Open Championship since 1997 after failing to qualify at West Lancashire.
The 2017 Masters Champion did not fall into one of the exempt categories and therefore had to play qualifying due to his status as a LIV golfer. Also missing out at the final hurdle were former US Open Champion Graeme McDowell and 2014 Ryder Cup winner Jamie Donaldson.
The 156-player field is made up of the world’s top golfers, best amateurs, and a host of qualifiers. It will be cut to the low 70 scorers (and ties) after 36 holes and, in the event of a tie after 72 holes, a four-hole aggregate play-off will take place following the completion of the final round.
But who are all of the players and how did they qualify for the year’s final men’s Grand Slam?
(Players who appear in more than one category could have qualified under multiple criteria)
Open Champions aged 60 or under on July 23, 2023
Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Ben Curtis*, John Daly, David Duval*, Ernie Els, Todd Hamilton*, Pádraig Harrington, Zach Johnson, Paul Lawrie*, Justin Leonard*, Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari, Collin Morikawa, Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, and Tiger Woods*.
*denotes will not play.
The Open Champions for 2012-2022
Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Zach Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Jordan Spieth, Francesco Molinari, Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, and Cameron Smith.
First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in The 150th Open at St Andrew’s in 2022
Cameron Smith, Cameron Young, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Brian Harman, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantley, Bryson DeChambeau, and Jordan Spieth.
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The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings (Week 21, 2023)
Abraham Ancer, Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns, Wyndham Clark, Corey Conners, Jason Day, Harris English, Tony Finau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Ryan Fox, Emilliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Lucas Herbert, Tom Hoge, Max Homa, Billy Horschel, Sung-jae Im, Si-woo Kim, Tom Kim, Chris Kirk, Kirt Kitayama, Brooks Koepka, KH Lee, Hideki Matsuyama, Adrian Meronk, Taylor Moore, Joaquín Niemann, Séamus Power, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Adam Scott, Sepp Straka, Sahith Theegala, Justin Thomas, and Will Zalatoris*.
*Will Zalatoris will not play.
First 30 in the DP World Tour rankings for 2022
Adri Arnaus, Richard Bland, Ewen Ferguson, Rasmus Højgaard, Pablo Larrazábal, Thriston Lawrence, Hurly Long, Robert McIntyre, Guido Migliozzi, Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Adrián Otaegui, Yannik Paul, Victor Perez, Thomas Pieters, Richie Ramsay, Shubhankar Sharma, Callum Shinkwin, Jordan Smith, and Connor Syme.
The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2019-2022
2019 – Danny Willett, 2020 – Tyrrell Hatton, 2021 – Billy Horschel, and 2022 – Shane Lowry.
The first 5 DP World Tour members and any DP World Tour members tying for fifth place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the DP World Tour rankings on completion of the 2023 BMW International Open.
Marcel Siem, Joost Luiten, Romain Langasque, Jorge Campillo, and Alexander Bjork.
The U.S. Open Champions for 2018-2023
2018 – Brooks Koepka, 2019 – Gary Woodland, 2020 – Bryson DeChambeau, 2021 – Jon Rahm, 2022 – Matt Fitzpatrick, and 2023 – Wyndham Clark
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The Masters Tournament Champions for 2018-2023
2018 – Patrick Reed, 2019 – Tiger Woods, 2020 – Dustin Johnson, 2021 – Hideki Matsuyama, 2022 – Scottie Scheffler, and 2023 – Jon Rahm.
The PGA Champions for 2017-2022
2017 – Justin Thomas, 2018 & 2019 – Brooks Koepka, 2020 – Collin Morikawa, 2021 – Phil Mickelson, 2022 – Justin Thomas, 2023 – Brooks Koepka.
The PLAYERS Champions for 2021-2023
2021 – Justin Thomas, 2022 – Cameron Smith, 2023 – Scottie Scheffler
Top 30 players from the final 2022 FedExCup Points List
Talor Gooch, J.T. Poston, Scott Stallings
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The first 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for fifth place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List for 2023 on completion of the 2023 Travelers Championship
All of the top 20 are already exempt
The 116th VISA Open de Argentina 2022 Champion
Zack Fischer
First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Final Order of Merit of the Tour of Australasia for 2022-23
David Micheluzzi
First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Final Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2022-23
Ockie Strydom
The Japan Open Champion for 2022
Taiga Semikawa
The Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Champion for 2022
Shugo Imahira
First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, on the Final Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2022
Kazuki Higa, Rikuya Hoshino
First and anyone tying for 1st place, not exempt in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2022 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2022 Japan Tour Championship.
Hiroshi Iwata
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The Senior Open Champion for 2023
Darren Clark
The Amateur Champion for 2023
Christo Lamprecht (a)
The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2022
Sam Bennett (forfeited exemption by turning professional)
The European Amateur Champion for 2023
Jose Luis Ballester (a)
The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking) winner for 2022
Keita Nakajima (a)
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion for 2022
Harrison Crowe (a)
The Latin America Amateur Champion for 2023
Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira (a)
The Open Amateur Series winner 2023
Alex Maguire
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OQS South Africa – The 2023 Joburg Open
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Dan Bradbury, Sami Valimaki
OQS Hong Kong – The World City Championship
Taichi Kho, Bio Kim, Travis Smyth
OQS Australia – The 2023 Vic Open
Haydn Barron, Alejandro Canizares, Min Woo Lee,
OQS USA – The 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational
Ben Griffin, Trey Mullinax, Davis Riley
OQS Japan – The 2023 Mizuno Open
Kensei Hirata, Takumi Kanaya, Keita Nakajima, Kazuki Yasumori
OQS Denmark – The 2023 Made in Himmerland
Nacho Elvira, Kalle Samooja, Marc Warren
OQS USA – The 2023 Wells Fargo Championship
Michael Kim, Denny McCarthy, Brendon Todd
OQS England – The 2023 Betfred British Masters
Daniel Hillier, Gunner Wiebe, Oliver Wilson
OQS Korea – The 2023 KOLON Korea Open
Seungsu Han, Kyungnam Kang
OQS Scotland – The 2023 Genesis Scottish Open
Byeong-hun An, David Lingmerth, Nicolai Højgaard
OQS USA – The 2023 The Memorial Tournament
Lee Hodges, Andrew Putnam, Adam Schenk
Final Qualifying – West Lancashire, Royal Cinque Ports, Dundonald Links, Royal Porthcawl
West Lancashire: Matt Wallace, Matthew Jordan, Kyle Barker, Alex Fitzpatrick, and Tiger Christiensen (a)
Royal Cinque Ports: Martin Rohwer, Thomas Detry, Charl Schwartzel, Brandon Grace, and Antoine Rozner
Dundonald Links: Michael Stewart, Marco Penge, Connor McKinney, and Graeme Robertson
Royal Porthcawl: Laurie Canter, Brandon Robinson-Thompson, Matthew Southgate, Jazz Janewattananond, and Oliver Farr
Full alphabetical list of all competitors:
Byeong-hun An
Abraham Ancer
Adri Arnaus
Jose Luis Ballester
Haydn Barron
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Alexander Bjork
Richard Bland
Dan Bradbury
Keegan Bradley
Sam Burns
Jorge Campillo
Alejandro Canizares
Patrick Cantlay
Stewart Cink
Wyndham Clark
Darren Clarke
Corey Conners
Harrison Crowe (a)
John Daly
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Ernie Els
Nacho Elvira
Harris English
Ewen Ferguson
Mateo Fernandez De Oliveira (a)
Tony Finau
Zack Fischer
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Fox
Talor Gooch
Ben Griffin
Emiliano Grillo
Seungsu Han
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Lucas Herbert
Kazuki Higa
Daniel Hillier
Kensei Hirata
Lee Hodges
Tom Hoge
Rasmus Hojgaard
Nicolai Højgaard
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Rikuya Hoshino
Viktor Hovland
Sungjae Im
Hiroshi Iwata
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Takumi Kanaya
Kyungnam Kang
Taichi Kho
Bio Kim
Michael Kim
Si Woo Kim
Tom Kim
Chris Kirk
Kurt Kitayama
Brooks Koepka
Christo Lamprecht
Romain Langasque
Pablo Larrazabal
Thriston Lawrence
K.H. Lee
Min Wo Lee
David Lingmerth
Hurly Long
Shane Lowry
Joost Luiten
Robert MacIntyre
Alex Maguire
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Rory McIlroy
Adrian Meronk
David Micheluzzi
Phil Mickelson
Guido Migliozzi
Francesco Molinari
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Trey Mullinax
Keita Nakajima
Joaquin Niemann
Alex Noren
Thorbjorn Olesen
Louis Oosthuizen
Adrian Otaegui
Yannik Paul
Victor Perez
Thomas Pieters
JT Poston
Seamus Power
Andrew Putnam
Jon Rahm
Richie Ramsay
Patrick Reed
Davis Riley
Justin Rose
Kalle Samooja
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Schenk
Adam Scott
Taiga Semikawa
Shubhankar Sharma
Callum Shinkwin
Marcel Siem
Cameron Smith
Jordan Smith
Travis Smyth
Jordan Spieth
Scott Stallings
Henrik Stenson
Sepp Straka
Ockie Strydom
Connor Syme
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Brendon Todd
Sami Valimaki
Marc Warren
Gunner Wiebe
Danny Willett
Oliver Wilson
Gary Woodland
Kazuki Yasumori
Cameron Young
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