06.03.2026

Who is playing at the 152nd Open Championship? Field as it stands ahead of Royal Troon major, live on Sky Sports

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Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Tiger Woods and more set to tee it up at Royal Troon in 152nd Open Championship, live on Sky Sports between July 18-21; Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson wins BMW International Open to clinch spot, while Davis Thompson victorious at John Deere Classic to nail place

The field is set for the final men’s major of the year – which players have qualified for The 152nd Open and how have they booked their place at Royal Troon?

The final event of the Open Qualifying Series concluded on Sunday at the Genesis Scottish Open, where the leading three players – not already exempt – secured a last-minute invite to this week’s major.

Aaron Rai finished tied-fourth at the Renaissance Club to take the first qualifying place, with Richard Mansell‘s final-round 61 also earning him a spot and Alex Noren claiming the last of the places on offer.

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Field for the 152nd Open Championship

Correct as of July 15; USA unless stated; (x) denotes amateurs

Ludvig Åberg (Swe)

Byeong Hun An (Kor)

Abraham Ancer (Mex)

Mason Andersen

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa)

Akshay Bhatia

Alexander Bjork (Swe)

Denwit Boriboonsub (Tha)

Dan Bradbury (Eng)

Keegan Bradley

Daniel Brown (Eng)

Dean Burmester (Rsa)

Sam Burns

Jorge Campillo (Esp)

Laurie Canter (Eng)

Patrick Cantlay

John Catlin

Alex Cejka (Ger)

Stewart Cink

Wyndham Clark

Darren Clarke (NIrl)

Dominic Clemons (Eng) (x)

Eric Cole

Corey Conners (Can)

Sean Crocker

John Daly

Jason Day (Aus)

Santiago de la Fuente (Mex) (x)

Joe Dean (Eng)

Bryson DeChambeau

Matthew Dodd-Berry (Eng) (x)

Austin Eckroat

Ernie Els (Rsa)

Nacho Elvira (Esp)

Harris English

Ewen Ferguson (Sco)

Darren Fichardt (Rsa)

Tony Finau

Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox (Nzl)

Lucas Glover

Ben Griffin

Emiliano Grillo (Arg)

Adam Hadwin (Can)

Todd Hamilton

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington (Irl)

Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

Michael Hendry (Nzl)

Russell Henley

Angel Hidalgo (Esp)

Daniel Hillier (Nzl)

Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)

Tom Hoge

Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)

Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)

Max Homa

Billy Horschel

Sam Horsfield (Eng)

Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn)

Viktor Hovland (Nor)

Mackenzie Hughes (Can)

Sam Hutsby (Eng)

Sungjae Im (Kor)

Aguri Iwasaki (Jpn)

Stephan Jaeger (Ger)

Dustin Johnson

Zach Johnson

Matthew Jordan (Eng)

Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn)

Yuto Katsuragawa (Jpn)

Tom Kim (Kor)

Si Woo Kim (Kor)

Minkyu Kim (Kor)

Ryosuke Kinoshita (Jpn)

Chris Kirk

Kurt Kitayama

Kazuma Kobori (Nzl)

Brooks Koepka

Gun-Taek Koh (Kor)

Romain Langasque (Fra)

Thriston Lawrence (Rsa)

Min Woo Lee (Aus)

Justin Leonard

Charlie Lindh (Swe)

Shane Lowry (Irl)

Joost Luiten (Ned)

Robert MacIntyre (Sco)

Matteo Manassero (Ita)

Richard Mansell (Eng)

Luis Masaveu (Esp) (x)

Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

Denny McCarthy

Jack McDonald (Sco)

Rory McIlroy (NIrl)

Tom McKibbin (NIrl)

Maverick McNealy

Adrian Meronk (Pol)

Phil Mickelson

Guido Migliozzi (Ita)

Francesco Molinari (Ita)

Jaime Montojo (Esp) (x)

Taylor Moore

Collin Morikawa

Tommy Morrison (x)

Keita Nakajima (Jpn)

Joaquin Niemann (Chi)

Liam Nolan (Ire) (x)

Alex Noren (Swe)

Vincent Norrman (Swe)

Andy Ogletree

Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)

Jacob Skov Olesen (Den) (x)

Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)

CT Pan (Tpe)

Yannik Paul (Ger)

Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

Victor Perez (Fra)

JT Poston

David Puig (Esp)

Jon Rahm (Esp)

Aaron Rai (Eng)

Justin Rose (Eng)

Gordon Sargent (x)

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Calum Scott (Sco) (x)

Adam Scott

Shubhankar Sharma (Ind)

Marcel Siem (Ger)

Jordan Smith (Eng)

Cameron Smith (Aus)

Elvis Smylie (Aus)

Sebastian Soderberg (Swe)

Younghan Song (Kor)

Matthew Southgate (Eng)

Jordan Spieth

Henrik Stenson (Swe)

Sepp Straka (Aut)

Jasper Stubbs (Aus) (a)

Jesper Svensson (Swe)

Nick Taylor (Can)

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Davis Thompson

Brendon Todd

Sami Valimaki (Fin)

Altin van der Merwe (Rsa) (x)

Ryan Van Velzen (Rsa)

Matt Wallace (Eng)

Jeung-Hun Wang (Kor)

Gary Woodland

Tiger Woods

Cameron Young

Will Zalatoris

Who qualified but isn’t playing?

Past champions not playing (winning year in brackets): Ben Curtis (2003), David Duval (2001), Paul Lawrie (Sco) (1999),

When is The Open on Sky Sports?

Sky Sports is once again the home of The Open, with round-the-clock action on Sky Sports Golf and live coverage from all seven days of tournament week at Royal Troon.

There’s seven of live coverage on both Monday and Tuesday, with 10 hours of build-up, news and interviews on Wednesday ahead of the final men’s major of the year getting under way on Thursday.

Wall-to-wall begins from 6.30am for the first two rounds, ahead of the opening tee shot at 6.35am. There is also lots of extra coverage available throughout each day via the red button on Sky Sports Golf, along with Sky Q and Sky Glass, with Featured Groups and Featured Hole feeds.

Watch the 152nd Open Championship, from Royal Troon, live on Sky Sports Golf from 6.30am on Thursday July 18. Stream The Open and more top sport with NOW.

Who is playing at the 152nd Open Championship? Field as it stands ahead of Royal Troon major, live on Sky Sports

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