This page lists the criteria used to determine the field for the 2024 Open Championship and the players who qualified.
The Open Championship field is made up of 157 players, who gained entry through various exemption criteria and qualifying tournaments. The criteria included past Open champions, recent major winners, top ranked players in the world rankings and from the leading world tours, and winners and high finishers from various designated tournaments, including the Open Qualifying Series; the winners of designated amateur events, including The Amateur Championship and U.S. Amateur, also gained exemption provided they remain an amateur. Anyone not qualifying via exemption, and had a handicap of 0.4 or lower, can gain entry through regional and final qualifying events.
Most exemption criteria remained unchanged from previous years. The previous Order of Merit exemptions for the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, and Sunshine Tour were replaced by a category based on the Official World Golf Ranking's International Federation Ranking List, and a new exemption was added for the winner of the Africa Amateur Championship; it was also announced that winners of the 2024 Open and future editions will remain exempt through age 55, instead of through age 60 as with previous winners.[1]
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[2] [3]
1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions up to 2024)
2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions from 2024)
3. The Open Champions for 2013–2023
4. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2023 Open Championship
5. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2024
6. Top 30 in the final 2023 Race to Dubai rankings
7. Recent winners of the BMW PGA Championship (2021–2023)
9. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2019–2024)
10. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2019–2024)
11. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2018–2024)
12. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2022–2024)
13. Top 30 players from the 2023 FedEx Cup points list
14. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2024 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship
15. Winner of the 2024 Visa Open de Argentina
16. Top five players from the OWGR's International Federation Ranking List as of closing date
17. Winner of the 2023 Japan Open Golf Championship
18. Winner of the 2023 Senior Open Championship
19. Winner of the 2024 Amateur Championship
20. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Amateur
21. Winner of the 2024 European Amateur
22. Recipient of the 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal
23. Winner of the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
24. Winner of the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship
25. Winner of the 2024 Open Amateur Series
26. Winner of the 2024 Africa Amateur Championship
27. Medical exemption
The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) for the 2024 Open Championship consists of 12 events. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who make the cut. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR. If a player who has qualified through OQS becomes exempt through other criteria before 1 June, the next highest non-exempt finisher from that OQS event will become exempt.[4]
| Location | Tournament | Date | Spots | Qualifiers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 26 Nov 2023 | 3 | Dan Bradbury, Dean Burmester, Darren Fichardt | ||
| Australia | 3 Dec 2023 | 3 | Rikuya Hoshino, Joaquín Niemann, Adam Scott | ||
| Malaysia | 18 Feb 2024 | 3 | Denwit Boriboonsub, John Catlin, Wang Jeung-hun | ||
| United States | 10 Mar 2024 | 1 | Brendon Todd | ||
| Japan | 26 May 2024 | 3 | Yuto Katsuragawa, Ryosuke Kinoshita, Koh Gun-taek | ||
| Canada | 2 Jun 2024 | 3 | Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes, Maverick McNealy | ||
| United States | 9 Jun 2024 | 1 | Adam Hadwin | ||
| Korea | 23 Jun 2024 | 2 | Kim Min-kyu, Song Young-han | ||
| Netherlands | 23 Jun 2024 | 2 | Joe Dean, Guido Migliozzi | ||
| Italy | 30 Jun 2024 | 2 | Sean Crocker, Tom McKibbin | ||
| United States | 7 Jul 2024 | 2 | Pan Cheng-tsung, Davis Thompson | ||
| Scotland | 14 Jul 2024 | 3 | Richard Mansell, Alex Norén, Aaron Rai |
Regional qualifying events were held on 24 June at 15 locations.[5] Final qualifying events were played on 2 July at four locations, with a minimum of 16 total places available.[6] [7]
| Location | Spots | Qualifiers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Abraham Ancer, Dominic Clemons (a), Charlie Lindh, Justin Rose | ||
| 4 | Ángel Hidalgo, Sam Hutsby, Jack McDonald, Liam Nolan (a) | ||
| 4 | Luis Masaveu (a), Jaime Montojo (a), Elvis Smylie, Matthew Southgate | ||
| 4 | Dan Brown, Matty Dodd-Berry (a), Sam Horsfield, Masahiro Kawamura |