Who is in the 2017 Open Championship field?

Here’s a full list of the 156 players who will compete at the 146th Open Championship, which will begin at Royal Birkdale on July 20.

With the 2017 U.S. Open in the books, it’s time to look ahead to the 146th Open Championship, which will be contested for the 10th time from historic Royal Birkdale Golf Club. The last time Royal Birkdale hosted The Open Championship was in 2008 when Padraig Harrington won his second consecutive Claret Jug.

The Open Championship is the oldest major championship in the world. First contested on a 12-hole course in 1860, this tournament has crowned some of the greatest champions in the history of the sport. Harry Vardon leads the way with six victories while Tom Watson and Peter Thomson are just behind with five victories each. Young Tom Morris holds the record for most consecutive victories with four.

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The best round in Open Championship history is a 63, achieved by 10 golfers, most recently last year at Royal Troon when Phil Mickelson accomplished the feat in the first round and Henrik Stenson duplicated it in the final round en route to shooting 20-under 264 for the tournament, which stands as not just the lowest cumulative score in Open Championship history, but in major championship history as well.

Stenson will be in the field at Royal Birkdale and he’ll be joined by 155 others who got into the field in one of 31 ways. Many players in the field would qualify under numerous categories, which is why you’ll notice some things are left blank. For example, The Open Championship invites any past winner aged 60 years or younger on the day of the final round, which would obviously include the last 10 winners. Basically, if you don’t see a player’s name where you think it should be, it’s because he’s already qualified in an earlier category.

The final field won’t be set until the Sunday before the tournament begins but we’ll continue to update this list as more competitors enter the field.

Here’s the most up-to-date list on the 156-player field for the 146th Open Championship.

The Open Championship winners aged 60 or under on July 23, 2017

Stewart Cink
Darren Clarke
Ben Curtis
John Daly
David Duval
Ernie Els
Todd Hamilton
Padraig Harrington
Zach Johnson
Paul Lawrie
Tom Lehman
Sandy Lyle
Rory McIlroy
Phil Mickelson
Mark O’Meara
Louis Oosthuizen
Henrik Stenson

**Ian Baker-Finch, Mark Calcavecchia, Nick Faldo, Justin Leonard, Nick Price and Tiger Woods are eligible to play but none of them are expected to compete.

Last 10 winners of The Open Championship

Top 10 and ties from the 2016 Open Championship

Sergio Garcia
Bill Haas
Tyrrell Hatton
J.B. Holmes
Dustin Johnson
Andrew Johnston
Soren Kjeldsen
Steve Stricker

Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking on May 28, 2017

Daniel Berger
Wesley Bryan
Rafael Cabrera-Bello
Paul Casey
Kevin Chappell
Jason Day
Ross Fisher
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Branden Grace
Emiliano Grillo
Adam Hadwin
Billy Horschel
Si Woo Kim
Kevin Kisner
Russell Knox
Brooks Koepka
Matt Kuchar
Marc Leishman
Hideki Matsuyama
William McGirt
Francesco Molinari
Ryan Moore
Alex Noren
Pat Perez
Thomas Pieters
Jon Rahm
Patrick Reed
Justin Rose
Charl Schwartzel
Adam Scott
Brandt Snedeker
Jordan Spieth
Hideto Tanihara
Justin Thomas
Jimmy Walker
Bubba Watson
Bernd Weisberger
Danny Willett
Gary Woodland

Top 30 on the 2016 Race to Dubai

Richard Bland
Scott Hend
David Horsey
Thongchai Jaidee
Martin Kaymer
Haotong Li
Shane Lowry
Joost Luiten
Thorbjorn Olesen
Andy Sullivan
Jeung-hun Wang
Lee Westwood
Chris Wood

Last three winners of the BMW PGA Championship

Byeong-hun An

Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2017 Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open

Dylan Frittelli
Pablo Larrazabal
Alexander Levy
David Lipsky
Fabrizio Zanotti

Last five winners of the U.S. Open

Last five winners of The Masters

Last five winners of the PGA Championship

Jason Dufner

Last three winners of THE PLAYERS Championship

30 qualifiers for the 2016 TOUR Championship

Roberto Castro
Kevin Na
Sean O’Hair
Jhonattan Vegas

Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the FedExCup standings through the Travelers Championship

Brian Harman
Russell Henley
Charley Hoffman
Brendan Steele

Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament

Winner of the 2016 Open de Argentina

Kent Bulle

Winner and runner-up from the 2017 Korea Open

Yi-Keun Chang
Gi-Whan Kim

Players from the 2016 Ryder Cup teams

Winner of the 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit

Winner of the 2016 PGA TOUR of Australasia Order of Merit

Matthew Griffin

Winner of the 2016-17 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Brandon Stone

Winner of the 2016 Japan Open

Top two on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List

Yuta Ikeda

Top two, not already exempt, on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through the Japan Golf Tour Championship

Yusaku Miyazoto
Shaun Norris

Winner of the 2016 Senior Open Championship

Paul Broadhurst

Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship

Harry Ellis (a)

Winner of the 2016 U.S. Amateur

Curtis Luck forfeited his exempt status when he turned professional

Winner of the 2016 & 2017 European Amateur

Luca Cianchetti (a), Alfie Plant (a)

Recipient of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal

Maverick McNealy (a)

Open Qualifying Series

-The Open Qualifying Series consists of 10 events on the six major tours and spots in The Open Championship are given to players who are not exempt based on their finish in these events. Players must finish within a certain spot (top 10, top 12) and in case of a tie, the player ranked highest in the Official World Golf Ranking gets the spot.

—Australia: Emirates Australian Open — 3 spots — must finish in top 10

Aaron Baddeley
Ashley Hall
Cameron Smith

—Singapore: SMBC Singapore Open — 4 spots — must finish in top 12

Phachara Khongwatmai
Jbe’ Kruger
Prayad Marksaeng
Young-han Song

—South Africa: Joburg Open — 3 spots — must finish in top 10

Darren Fichardt
Stuart Manley
Paul Waring

—Japan: Mizuno Open — 4 spots — must finish in top 12

Adam Bland
Michael Hendry
Chan Kim
Kyung-tae Kim

—France: HNA Open de France — 3 spots — must finish in top 10

Alexander Bjork
Michael Lorenzo-Vera
Peter Uihlein

—United States: Quicken Loans National — 4 spots — must finish in top 12

Charles Howell III
Sung Kang
Martin Laird
Kyle Stanley

—Ireland: Dubai Duty Free Irish Open — 3 spots — must finish in top 10

decided July 9

—United States: Greenbrier Classic — 4 spots — must finish in top 12

decided July 9

—Scotland: Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open — 3 spots — must finish in top 10

decided July 16

—United States: John Deere Classic — 1 spot — must finish in top 5

decided July 16

Final Qualifying

-Final Qualifying events will be played at five locations in England and Scotland on July 4.

Gailes Links
Hillside
Notts (Hollinwell)
Royal Cinque Ports
Woburn

Alternates

-If there are still spots remaining, the 156-player field will be filled using ranking order in the Official World Golf Ranking at the time these spots become available.

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