2024 Open Championship field
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.
Criteria and exemptions
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024
- Stewart Cink
- Darren Clarke
- John Daly
- Ernie Els
- Todd Hamilton
- Brian Harman
- Pádraig Harrington
- Zach Johnson
- Justin Leonard
- Shane Lowry
- Rory McIlroy
- Phil Mickelson
- Francesco Molinari
- Collin Morikawa
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Cameron Smith
- Jordan Spieth
- Henrik Stenson
- Tiger Woods
- Ben Curtis, David Duval, and Paul Lawrie did not play.
3. The Open Champions for 2013–2023
4. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2023 Open Championship
- Jason Day
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Emiliano Grillo
- Max Homa
- Matthew Jordan
- Tom Kim
- Jon Rahm
- Shubhankar Sharma
- Sepp Straka
- Cameron Young
- Ludvig Åberg
- An Byeong-hun
- Akshay Bhatia
- Keegan Bradley
- Sam Burns
- Patrick Cantlay
- Wyndham Clark
- Eric Cole
- Corey Conners
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Austin Eckroat
- Harris English
- Tony Finau
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Rickie Fowler
- Lucas Glover
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Russell Henley
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Viktor Hovland
- Im Sung-jae
- Stephan Jäger
- Kim Si-woo
- Chris Kirk
- Kurt Kitayama
- Brooks Koepka
- Min Woo Lee
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Denny McCarthy
- Matthieu Pavon
- J. T. Poston
- Xander Schauffele
- Scottie Scheffler
- Adam Schenk
- Nick Taylor
- Sahith Theegala
- Justin Thomas
- Will Zalatoris
- Alexander Björk
- Jorge Campillo
- Ryan Fox
- Daniel Hillier
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Rasmus Højgaard
- Romain Langasque
- Thriston Lawrence
- Joost Luiten
- Robert MacIntyre
- Adrian Meronk
- Vincent Norrman
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Yannik Paul
- Victor Perez
- Marcel Siem
- Jordan Smith
- Sami Välimäki
- Matt Wallace
- Sebastian Söderberg did not play.
- Billy Horschel
- Laurie Canter
- Nacho Elvira
- Ewen Ferguson
- Matteo Manassero
- Jesper Svensson
- Gary Woodland
- Dustin Johnson
12. Recent winners of The Players Championship
13. Top 30 players from the 2023 FedEx Cup points list
- Taylor Moore
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Tom Hoge
- Mason Andersen
- Kazuma Kobori
- Keita Nakajima
- Andy Ogletree
- David Puig
- Ryan van Velzen
- Aguri Iwasaki
- Alex Čejka
- Jacob Skov Olesen
Nick Dunlap
- Tommy Morrison
- Gordon Sargent
- Jasper Stubbs
- Santiago de la Fuente
- Calum Scott
- Altin van der Merwe
- Michael Hendry
Open Qualifying Series
| Location | Tournament | Date | Spots | Qualifiers |
| South Africa | Joburg Open | 26 Nov 2023 | 3 | Dan Bradbury, Dean Burmester, Darren Fichardt |
| Australia | ISPS Handa Australian Open | 3 Dec 2023 | 3 | Rikuya Hoshino, Joaquín Niemann, Adam Scott |
| Malaysia | IRS Prima Malaysian Open | 18 Feb 2024 | 3 | Denwit Boriboonsub, John Catlin, Wang Jeung-hun |
| United States | Arnold Palmer Invitational | 10 Mar 2024 | 1 | Brendon Todd |
| Japan | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | 26 May 2024 | 3 | Yuto Katsuragawa, Ryosuke Kinoshita, Koh Gun-taek |
| Canada | RBC Canadian Open | 2 Jun 2024 | 3 | Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes, Maverick McNealy |
| United States | Memorial Tournament | 9 Jun 2024 | 1 | Adam Hadwin |
| Korea | Kolon Korea Open | 23 Jun 2024 | 2 | Kim Min-kyu, Song Young-han |
| Netherlands | KLM Open | 23 Jun 2024 | 2 | Joe Dean, Guido Migliozzi |
| Italy | Italian Open | 30 Jun 2024 | 2 | Sean Crocker, Tom McKibbin |
| United States | John Deere Classic | 7 Jul 2024 | 2 | Pan Cheng-tsung, Davis Thompson |
| Scotland | Genesis Scottish Open | 14 Jul 2024 | 3 | Richard Mansell, Alex Norén, Aaron Rai |
Final qualifying
Regional qualifying events were held on 24 June at 15 locations. Final qualifying events were played on 2 July at four locations, with a minimum of 16 total places available.| Location | Spots | Qualifiers |
| Burnham & Berrow | 4 | Abraham Ancer, Dominic Clemons, Charlie Lindh, Justin Rose |
| Dundonald Links | 4 | Ángel Hidalgo, Sam Hutsby, Jack McDonald, Liam Nolan |
| Royal Cinque Ports | 4 | Luis Masaveu, Jaime Montojo, Elvis Smylie, Matthew Southgate |
| West Lancashire | 4 | Dan Brown, Matty Dodd-Berry, Sam Horsfield, Masahiro Kawamura |