With its history and traditions, there is something altogether unique about playing in the Open Championship. Now crank that up to 11 and you’ll get the feeling of anticipation for being a participant in The 150th Open set to take place at St. Andrews.
The R&A has been planning for the championship for years. When the pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 Open, officials juggled the schedule to be certain the 150th would still take place at the Home of Golf, even if it came a year later than originally planned.
The R&A received more than 1.3 million ticket applications with a record-breaking 290,000 fans expected to attend during the July 10-17 week, passing the previous high mark set at the 2000 Open.
To be a golfer in the field, there were 41 different criteria for entry with three spots still up for grabs this coming weekend at the Scottish Open and three more at the Barbasol Championship.
Below is the field as it stands on July 3:
Abraham Ancer (4, 5, 12)
Marcus Armitage (41)
Adri Arnaus (7)
Sam Bairstow (a) (41)
Daniel Berger (3, 4, 12, 15)
Christian Bezuidenhout (38)
Alexander Bjork (5)
Richard Bland (5)
Keegan Bradley (4)
Barclay Brown (a) (41)
Dean Burmester, (5)
Sam Burns (4, 12)
Mark Calcavecchia (1)
Ben Campbell (31)
Patrick Cantlay (4, 12, 15)
Laurie Canter (5)
David Carey (41)
Paul Casey (4, 5, 15)
John Catlin (37)
Filippo Celli (a) (25)
Ashley Chesters (29)
Mingyu Cho (36)
Stewart Cink (1, 12)
Wyndham Clark (35)
Darren Clarke (1, 2)
Corey Conners (4, 12)
Ben Curtis (1)
John Daly (1)
Justin De Los Santos (33)
Bryson DeChambeau (4, 8, 12, 15)
Thomas Detry (5)
Robert Dinwiddie (41)
Stephen Dodd (22)
David Duval (1)
Ernie Els (1, 2)
Harris English (4, 12, 15)
Oliver Farr (41)
Jorge Fernandez-Valdes (14)
Tony Finau (4, 12, 15)
Matt Fitzpatrick (4, 5, 15)
Tommy Fleetwood (4, 5, 8, 15)
Jack Floydd (41)
Matthew Ford (41)
Ryan Fox (34)
Dylan Frittelli (3)
Sergio Garcia (9, 12, 15)
Talor Gooch (4, 32)
Matthew Griffin (31)
Emiliano Grillo (38)
Todd Hamilton (1)
Justin Harding (5)
Padraig Harrington (1)
Tyrrell Hatton (4, 5, 6, 15)
Russell Henley (4)
Lucas Herbert (4, 5)
Kazuki Higa (21)
Garrick Higgo (5)
Tom Hoge (4)
Nicolai Hojgaard (5)
Max Homa (4)
Billy Horschel (4, 5, 6, 12)
Sam Horsfield (7)
Viktor Hovland (4, 5, 12, 15)
Mackenzie Hughes (3)
Sungjae Im (4, 12)
Shugo Imahira (19)
Aaron Jarvis (a) (28)
Dustin Johnson (3, 4, 9, 12, 15)
Zach Johnson (1, 2)
Matthew Jordan (41)
Sadom Kaewkanjana (30)
Yuto Katsuragawa (30)
Takumi Kanaya (20)
Brad Kennedy (33)
Chan Kim (20)
Minkyu Kim (36)
Joohyung Kim (30)
Sihwan Kim (30)
Chris Kirk (32)
Kevin Kisner (4)
Jason Kokrak (4, 12)
Brooks Koepka (3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 15)
Pablo Larrazabal (7)
Thriston Lawrence (29)
David Law (37)
Paul Lawrie (1)
K.H. Lee (4)
Min Woo Lee (5)
Marc Leishman (4).
Justin Leonard (1)
Haotong Li (7)
Zander Lombard (29)
Shane Lowry (1, 2, 4, 5, 15)
Robert MacIntyre (3, 5)
Richard Mansell (41)
Hideki Matsuyama (4, 9, 12)
Rory McIlroy (1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 12, 15)
Adrian Meronk (34)
Phil Mickelson (1, 2, 10)
Guido Migliozzi (5)
Keith Mitchell (35)
Francesco Molinari (1, 2, 6)
Jediah Morgan (16)
Collin Morikawa (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, 15)
Ronan Mullarney (41)
Kevin Na (4, 12)
Keita Nakajima (a) (26, 27)
Joaquin Niemann (4, 12)
Shaun Norris (17, 18)
Louis Oosthuizen (1, 3, 4, 12)
Dimitrios Papadatos (31)
John Parry (41)
Marco Penge (41)
Mito Pereira (4)
Victor Perez (34)
Thomas Pieters (4, 5)
J.T. Poston (38)
Aldrich Potgieter (a) (23)
Ian Poulter (5, 15)
Seamus Power (4)
Anthony Quayle (33)
Jon Rahm (3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 15)
Patrick Reed (4, 9, 12)
Justin Rose (5)
Jamie Rutherford (41)
Xander Schauffele (4, 12, 15)
Scottie Scheffler (3, 4, 9, 12, 15)
Adam Scott (4)
Jason Scrivener (5)
Webb Simpson (4)
Cameron Smith (4, 11, 12)
Jordan Smith (7)
Jordan Spieth (1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 15)
Henrik Stenson (1, 2)
Justin Thomas (4, 10, 11, 12, 15)
Cameron Tringale (4)
Harold Varner III (4)
Erik van Rooyen (12)
Lars van Meijel (41)
Scott Vincent (33)
Jimmy Walker (10)
Lee Westwood (15)
Bernd Wiesberger (5, 15)
Danny Willett (5, 6)
Alex Wrigley (41)
Gary Woodland (8)
Tiger Woods (1, 9)
Cameron Young (4)
Will Zalatoris (4, 5)
Fabrizio Zanotti (37)
1: Open Champions aged 60 or under on July 17, 2022
2: Open Champions for 2011-2021
3: Top 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in 2021 Open at Royal St George’s
4: Top 50 players on World Ranking (Week 21, 2022)
5: Top 30 in the DP World Tour rankings for 2021
6: BMW PGA Championship winners for 2018-2021
7: Top 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 2022 BMW International Open
8: U.S. Open winners for 2017-2022
9: Masters winners for 2017-2022
10: PGA Championship winners for 2016-2022
11: Players Championship winners for 2019-2022
12: Top 30 players from the final 2021 FedEx Cup Points List
13: Top 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for fifth place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedEx Cup Points List for 2022 on completion of the 2022 Travelers Championship
14: 2021 VISA Open de Argentina winner
15: Playing members of the 2021 Ryder Cup teams
16: Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner (2021-22)
17: Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner (2021-22)
18: 2021 Japan Open winner
19: 2022 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup champion
20: Top two on the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit for 2021
21: First on 2022 Japan Golf Tour money list (from all official 2022 events up to and including the Japan Tour Championship)
22: 2021 Senior Open winner
23: 2022 Amateur Championship winner
24: 2021 U.S. Amateur winner
25: 2022 European Amateur winner
26: 2021 Mark H McCormack Medal winner
27: 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur winner
28: 2022 Latin America Amateur winner
29: OQS South Africa – 2021 Joburg Open
30: OQS Singapore – 2022 SMBC Singapore Open
31: OQS Australia – Vic Open
32: OQS USA – 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational
33: OQS Japan – 2022 Mizuno Open
34: OQS Netherlands – 2022 Dutch Open
35: OQS Canada – 2022 RBC Canadian Open
36: OQS Korea – 2022 KOLON Korea Open
37: OQS Ireland – 2022 Irish Open
38: OQS USA – 2022 John Deere Classic
39: OQS Scotland – 2022 Genesis Scottish Open (TBC July 10)
40: OQS USA – 2022 Barbasol Championship (TBC July 10)
41: Final Qualifying—Fairmont St Andrews, Hollinwell, Prince’s & St Annes Old Links