The Open 2023: The field as it stands

With the US Open now behind us, attention quickly turns to the final major championship of the men’s calendar.

The Champion Golfer of the Year will be crowned at Royal Liverpool, as the world’s best players descend on Hoylake in July.

Rory McIlroy tasted his fourth major championship success at this summer’s venue in 2014, and he will hope for a turn in fortunes after finishing third at St. Andrews last year.

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LIV golfer Cameron Smith claimed the spoils at the 150th Open Championship and will look to defend his title alongside several other golfers based on the Saudi-backed circuit.

The most notable absentee is fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods. Any hope of a miraculous return for the 47-year-old was shut down last week, as the R&A announced his withdrawal.

In total, 156 players will compete for the prestigious honours between July 20 and July 23, but here is the field for the 151st Open Championship as it stands…

Field is correct as of June 20, 2023.

The colour of Royal Liverpool is setting up to suit Rory McIlroy’s eye this July.

Can Rory win his second Open at the site of his first?#ForgedByNature pic.twitter.com/w0VddLWsHh

— The Open (@TheOpen) June 12, 2023

1. The Open champions aged 60 or under on 23 July 2023

Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke (20), John Daly, Ernie Els (2), Pádraig Harrington, Zach Johnson (2), Shane Lowry (2,4,5,6), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4,5,12), Phil Mickelson (2,10), Francesco Molinari (2), Collin Morikawa (2,4,10,12), Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith (2,3,4,11,12), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4,12), Henrik Stenson (2)

Tiger Woods (9) will not play. Ben Curtis, David Duval, Todd Hamilton, Paul Lawrie, and Justin Leonard did not enter

2. The Open champions for 2012-2022

3. Top ten finishers and ties in the 2022 Open Championship

Patrick Cantlay (4,12), Bryson DeChambeau (8), Tommy Fleetwood (4,5), Brian Harman (4,12), Viktor Hovland (4,5,12), Dustin Johnson (9), Cameron Young (4,12)

4. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2023

Abraham Ancer, Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns (12), Wyndham Clark (8), Corey Conners (12), Jason Day, Harris English, Tony Finau (12), Matt Fitzpatrick (5,8,12), Rickie Fowler, Ryan Fox (5), Emilliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton (5,6), Russell Henley, Lucas Herbert, Tom Hoge (12), Max Homa (12), Billy Horschel (6,12), Sung-jae Im (12), Si-woo Kim, Tom Kim, Chris Kirk, Kirt Kitayama, Brooks Koepka (8,10), KH Lee (12), Hideki Matsuyama (9,12), Adrian Meronk (5), Taylor Moore, Joaquín Niemann (12), Séamus Power, Jon Rahm (5,8,9,12), Patrick Reed (9), Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele (12), Scottie Scheffler (9,11,12), Adam Scott (12), Sepp Straka (12), Sahith Theegala (12), Justin Thomas (10,11,12)

Will Zalatoris (5,12) did not enter

5. Top 30 in the final 2022 DP World Tour Rankings

Adri Arnaus, Richard Bland, Ewen Ferguson, Rasmus Højgaard, Pablo Larrazábal, Thriston Lawrence, Hurly Long, Robert MacIntyre, Guido Migliozzi, Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Adrián Otaegui, Yannik Paul, Victor Perez, Thomas Pieters, Richie Ramsay, Shubhankar Sharma, Callum Shinkwin, Jordan Smith, Connor Syme

6. Recent winners of the BMW PGA Championship

Danny Willett

7. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2023 Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open

Alexander Björk, Jorge Campillo, Romain Langasque, Joost Luiten, Marcel Siem

8. Recent winners of the US Open (2018-2023)

Gary Woodland

9. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2018-2023)

10. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2018-2023)

11. Recent winners of the Players Championship

12. The top 30 players from the 2022 FedEx Cup points list

Talor Gooch, J.T. Poston, Scott Stallings

13. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2022-23 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship

Nick Taylor

14. Winner of the 2022 Visa Open de Argentina

Zack Fischer

15. Winner of the 2022-23 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

David Micheluzzi

16. Winner of the 2022-23 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Ockie Strydom

17. Winner of the 2022 Japan Open Golf Championship

Taiga Semikawa

18. Top two players on the 2022 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List

Kazuki Higa, Rikuya Hoshino

19. The top player, not already exempt, on the 2023 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through the BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup

Hiroshi Iwata

The 151st Open is drawing near… 📆@RLGCHoylake is looking sensational in the sun as the grandstands go up! pic.twitter.com/BY9s7K1n90

— The Open (@TheOpen) June 8, 2023

20. Winner of the 2022 Senior Open Championship

21. Winner of the 2023 Amateur Championship

Christo Lamprecht (a)

22. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Amateur

Sam Bennett (forfeited his exemption by turning professional)

23. Winner of the 2023 European Amateur

José Luis Ballester (a)

24. Recipient of the 2022 Mark H. McCormack Medal

Keita Nakajima (forfeited his exemption by turning professional, but subsequently qualified through the Open Qualifying Series)

25. Winner of the 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Harrison Crowe (a)

26. Winner of the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship

Mateo Fernández de Oliveira

27. Winner of the 2023 Open Amateur Series

Alex Maguire (a)

Open Qualifying Series

Joburg Open – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Dan Bradbury, Sami Välimäki

ISPS Handa Australian Open – Haydn Barron, Alejandro Cañizares, Min Woo Lee

Arnold Palmer Invitational – Ben Griffin, Trey Mullinax, Davis Riley

World City Championship – Kho Taichi, Kim Bi-o, Travis Smyth

Wells Fargo Championship – Michael Kim, Denny McCarthy, Brendon Todd

Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open – Kensei Hirata, Takumi Kanaya, Keita Nakajima, Kazuki Yasumori

Memorial Tournament – Lee Hodges, Andrew Putnam, Adam Schenk

Kolon Korea Open – Seungsu Han, Kang Kyung-nam

Betfred British Masters – Daniel Hillier, Gunner Wiebe, Oliver Wilson

Made in HimmerLand – Nacho Elvira, Kalle Samooja, Marc Warren

Genesis Scottish Open – Byeong Hun An, Nicolai Højgaard, David Lingmerth

Final Qualifying

Dundonald Links – Connor McKinney, Marco Penge, Graeme Robertson, Michael Stewart

Royal Cinque Ports – Thomas Detry, Branden Grace, Martin Rohwer, Antoine Rozner, Charl Schwartzel

Royal Porthcawl – Laurie Canter, Oliver Farr, Jazz Janewattananond, Brandon Robinson-Thompson, Matthew Southgate

West Lancashire – Kyle Barker, Tiger Christensen (a), Alex Fitzpatrick, Matthew Jordan, Matt Wallace

John Turnbull A graduate of the University of Stirling, John joined the bunkered team in 2023 as a Content Producer, with a responsibility for covering all breaking news, tour news, grassroots content and much more besides. A keen golfer, he plays the majority of his golf at Falkirk Golf Club. Top of his 'bucket list' is a round of Pebble Beach... ideally in the company of Gareth Bale.