British Open, Field

By: The Associated Press Posted: 9:46 AM CDT Monday, Jul. 12, 2021 Last Modified: 9:46 AM CDT Monday, Jul. 12, 2021

SANDWICH, England (AP) — Players who are exempt or have qualified for the 149th British Open at Royal St. George's on July 15-18. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible (a-amateur):

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SANDWICH, England (AP) — Players who are exempt or have qualified for the 149th British Open at Royal St. George’s on July 15-18. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible (a-amateur):

BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONS: Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen, Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington.

TOP 10 AND TIES FROM 2019 BRITISH OPEN: Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau, Brooks Koepka, Lee Westwood, Rickie Fowler, Tyrrell Hatton, Robert MacIntyre, Danny Willett, Patrick Reed.

MASTERS CHAMPIONS (5-YEAR EXEMPTION): Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia.

U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONS (5-YEAR EXEMPTION): Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Gary Woodland.

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS (5-YEAR EXEMPTION): Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Walker, Jason Day.

PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS (3-YEAR EXEMPTION): Webb Simpson.

BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS (3-YEAR EXEMPTION): Alex Noren.

TOP 30 IN THE 2019 RACE TO DUBAI: Bernd Wiesberger, Matt Fitzpatrick, Matt Wallace, Erik van Rooyen, Marcus Kinhult, Victor Perez, Kurt Kitayama, Benjamin Hebert, Matthias Schwab, Christiaan Bezuidenhuit, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Jorge Campillo, Paul Waring, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Romain Langasque, Joost Luiten, Justin Harding, Ian Poulter, Paul Casey, Li Haotong.

TOP 10 IN THE 2020 RACE TO DUBAI: Aaron Rai.

TOP 30 FROM THE 2019 FEDEX CUP: Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott, Chez Reavie, Kevin Kisner, Jason Kokrak, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Cantlay, Abraham Ancer, Marc Leishman, Brandt Snedeker, Justin Rose, Corey Conners, Lucas Glover.

TOP 10 FROM THE 2020 FEDEX CUP: Scottie Scheffler, Sebastian Munoz.

TOP 50 FROM THE WORLD RANKING ON MAY 23, 2021: Viktor Hovland, Daniel Berger, Billy Horschel, Harris English, Cameron Smith, Will Zalatoris, Joaquin Niemann, Ryan Palmer, Sam Burns, Max Homa, Brian Harman.

TOP FIVE EUROPEAN TOUR MEMBERS AND TIES FROM THE TOP 20 IN THE RACE TO DUBAI THROUGH THE 2021 BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN: Guido Migliozzi, Jason Scrivener, Garrick Higgo, Richard Bland, Dean Burmester.

2019 ARGENTINA OPEN WINNER: Ricardo Celia.

2019 PRESIDENTS CUP PLAYERS: C.T. Pan, Byeong Hun An, Adam Hadwin.

ASIAN TOUR ORDER OF MERIT WINNER FOR 2019 AND 2020: Jazz Janewattananond.

PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA ORDER OF MERIT WINNER FOR 2019 AND 2020: Ryan Fox, Brad Kennedy.

SUNSHINE TOUR ORDER OF MERIT WINNER FOR 2019 AND 2020: JC Ritchie.

JAPAN OPEN CHAMPION FOR 2019 AND 2020: Chan Kim, Yuki Inamori.

ASIA-PACIFIC DIAMOND CUP CHAMPION: Rikuya Hoshino.

TOP TWO AND TIES FROM JAPAN GOLF TOUR MONEY LIST IN 2019 AND 2020: Shaun Norris.

LEADING TWO PLAYERS, NOT ALREADY EXEMPT, FROM 2021 MIZUNO OPEN: Ryutaro Nagano.

BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONS FOR 2020 AND 2021: a-Joe Long, a-Laird Shepherd.

EUROPEAN AMATEUR CHAMPION FOR 2020 AND 2021: a-Matthias Schmid, a-Christoffer Bring.

MARK H. MCCORMACK MEDAL AS AMATEUR NO. 1 FOR 2019 AND 2020 IF STILL AMATEUR: a-Cole Hammer.

ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONS FOR 2019 AND 2020: a-Yuxin Lin.

LATIN AMERICA AMATEUR CHAMPIONS FOR 2020 AND 2021: a-Abel Gallegos.

LEADING PLAYER, NOT ALREADY EXEMPT, WHO MAKES THE CUT IN THE KAZDADA GOLF CHALLENGE: Marcel Schneider.

LEADING THREE PLAYERS, NOT ALREADY EXEMPT, WHO MAKE THE CUT IN THE IRISH OPEN: Lucas Herbert, Rikard Karlberg, Johannes Veerman.

LEADING PLAYER, NOT ALREADY EXEMPT, WHO MAKES THE CUT IN LE VAUDREUIL GOLF CHALLENGE: Marcel Siem.

LEADING THREE PLAYERS, NOT ALREADY EXEMPT, WHO MAKE THE CUT IN THE SCOTTISH OPEN: Min Woo Lee, Thomas Detry, Jack Senior.

OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-AUSTRALIA: Matt Jones, Aaron Pike, Takumi Kanaya.

OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-SOUTH AFRICA: Branden Grace, Marcus Armitage, Jaco Ahlers.

OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-SINGAPORE: Richard T. Lee, Poom Saksansin, Ryosuke Knoshita.

OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-UNITED STATES: Joel Dahmen, Keith Mitchell.

OPEN FINAL QUALIYING: (June 29): Ben Hutchinson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Sam Bairstow, Nicholas Poppleton, Daniel Croft, Deyen Lawson, Sam Forgan, Connor Worsdall, Daniel Hillier, Jonathan Thomson, Richard Mansell.

TOP PLAYERS AVAILABLE FROM THE WORLD RANKING ON JUNE 30: Kevin Streelman, Russell Henley, Carlos Ortiz, Charley Hoffman, Brendon Todd, Mackenzie Hughes, Chris Kirk, Talor Gooch, Lanto Griffin, Cameron Tringale.

RESERVES: Emiliano Grillo, Keegan Bradley, Daniel von Tonder, Martin Kaymer, Andy Sullivan, Antoine Rozner, Troy Merritt, Harold Varner III, Brendan Steele, John Catlin, Adam Long, Sam Horsfield, Dylan Frittelli.

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ELIGIBLE BUT WITHDRAWN: Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, Justin Leonard, Paul Lawrie, Tiger Woods, Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Bernhard Langer, Juvic Pagunsan, Sungjae Im, Siwoo Kim, Joohyung Kim, Charles Howell, Shugo Imahira, Kevin Na, Matthew Wolff, Danny Lee, K.H. Lee, Hideki Matsuyama, Bubba Watson, David Duval, Zach Johnson, Louis de Jager, Ryan Moore.