Inside the field: The Open Championship

Check out the entire field and how they qualified for the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club in Angus, Scotland. HOW THEY QUALIFIED The Open Champions aged 60 or under on July 22, 2018 Mark Calcavecchia Stewart Cink Darren Clarke John Daly David Duval Ernie Els Todd Hamilton Padraig Harrington Zach Johnson Tom Lehman Sandy Lyle Rory McIlroy Phil Mickelson Louis Oosthuizen Jordan Spieth Henrik Stenson Tiger Woods Top 10 and ties in the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Rafael Cabrera Bello Branden Grace Brooks Koepka Matt Kuchar Marc Leishman Haotong Li Alex Noren Matthew Southgate First 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2018 Byeong Hun An Kiradech Aphibarnrat Daniel Berger Patrick Cantlay Paul Casey Kevin Chappell Jason Day Bryson DeChambeau Tony Finau Ross Fisher Matthew Fitzpatrick Tommy Fleetwood Rickie Fowler Sergio Garcia Adam Hadwin Brian Harman Tyrell Hatton Charley Hoffman Beau Hossler Charles Howell III Dustin Johnson Si-Woo Kim Kevin Kisner Satoshi Kodaira Matt Kuchar Andrew Landry Alexander Levy Hideki Matsuyama Francesco Molinari Ryan Moore Kevin Na Pat Perez Ian Poulter Jon Rahm Chez Reavie Patrick Reed Justin Rose Xander Schauffele Charl Schwartzel Webb Simpson Cameron Smith Kyle Stanley Brendan Steele Justin Thomas Bubba Watson Gary Woodland First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2017 Nicolas Colsaerts Paul Dunne Matthew Fitzpatrick Dylan Frittelli Tyrell Hatton Scott Jamieson Shane Lowry Thorbjorn Olesen Thomas Pieters Jordan Smith Hideto Tanihara Peter Uihlein Lee Westwood Fabrizio Zanotti BMW PGA Championship winners for 2016-2018 Chris Wood First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2018 BMW International Open. Alexander Bjork Jorge Campillo Matt Wallace U.S. Open Champions for 2014-2018 Martin Kaymer Masters Tournament Champions for 2014-2018 Danny Willett PGA Champions for 2013-2017 Jason Dufner Jimmy Walker Top 30 players from final 2017 FedExCup Points List Russell Henley Kevin Kisner Jhonattan Vegas Gary Woodland First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List for 2018 on completion of the 2018 Travelers Championship. Chesson Hadley Patton Kizzire Luke List 112th VISA Open de Argentina 2017 Champion Brady Schnell Playing members of the 2017 Presidents Cup teams Emiliano Grillo Anirban Lahiri Adam Scott First and ties on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2017 Gavin Green First and ties on the Order of Merit of the Tour of Australasia for 2017 Brett Rumford First and ties on the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2017 George Coetzee 2017 Japan Open Champion Yuta Ikeda Top two and ties on Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2017 Yusaku Miyazato First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2018 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2018 Japan Tour Championship Kodai Ichihara Ryuko Tokimatsu Senior Open Champion for 2017 Bernhard Langer The Amateur Champion for 2018 Jovan Rebula The European Amateur Champion for 2018 Nicolai Hojgaard The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2017 Yuxin Lin Open Qualifying Series Australia – Emirates Australian Open 2017. Three places to the leading three players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 10 and ties  Jonas Blixt Cameron Davis Matthew Jones Open Qualifying Series South Africa – Joburg Open 2017. Three places to the leading three players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 10 and ties Shaun Norris Shubhankar Sharma Erik Van Rooyen Open Qualifying Series Singapore – SMBC Singapore Open 2018. Four places to the leading four players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 12 and ties Danthai Boonma Sean Crocker Lucas Hebert Jazz Janewattananond Open Qualifying Series Japan – Mizuno Open 2018. Four places to the leading four players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 12 and ties Shota Akiyoshi Michael Hendry Masahiro Kawamura Manasori Kobayashi Open Qualifying Series Korea – KOLON Korean Open 2018. Two places to the leading two players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 8 and ties Min Chel Choi Sanghyun Park Open Qualifying Series France – HNA Open de France 2018. Three places to the leading three players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 10 and ties Marcus Kinhult Russell Knox Julian Suri Open Qualifying Series USA – The National 2018. Four places to the leading four players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 12 and ties Abraham Ancer Ryan Armour Bronson Burgoon Sung-Hoon Kang Open Qualifying Series Ireland – Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 2018. Three places to the leading three players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 10 and ties Ryan Fox Zander Lombard Andy Sullivan Open Qualifying Series USA – The Greenbrier Classic 2018. Four places to the leading four players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top 12 and ties Austin Cook Jason Kokrak Kelly Kraft Brandt Snedeker Final Qualifying Notts (Hollinwell) – Three qualifying places Rhys Enoch Ashton Turner Oliver Wilson Final Qualifying Prince’s – Three qualifying places Retief Goosen Tom Lewis Haraldur Magnus Final Qualifying St Annes Old Links – Three qualifying places Marcus Armitage James Robinson Jack Senior Final Qualifying The Renaissance Club – Three qualifying places Thomas Curtis Grant Forrest Sam Locke Open Qualifying Series Scotland – Scottish Open (Three places for three players not otherwise exempt who finish in the top 10 and ties) Open Qualifying Series USA – John Deere Classic (One place for one player not otherwise exempt who finishes in the top 5 and ties)    

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