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.[citation needed]
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]
Criteria and exemptions
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)
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.[7]
Regional qualifying events were held on 24 June at 15 locations.[8] Final qualifying events were played on 2 July at four locations, with a minimum of 16 total places available.[9][10]
12Will Zalatoris initially qualified through the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but after he subsequently qualified through category 5, his OQS spot was reallocated to Brendon Todd.
↑Sebastian Söderberg withdrew on the Wednesday before the championship due to a back and rib injury.[4]
12David Puig initially qualified through the IRS Prima Malaysian Open, but after he subsequently qualified through category 16, his OQS spot was reallocated to John Catlin.
12345678Players must remain amateurs in order to be exempt under this category.
↑Dunlap forfeited his exemption by turning professional.