The 150th Open | Exemptions

The following players have secured exemptions for The 150th Open, taking place at St Andrews from 10-17 July 2022.

Some players appear multiple times, as they have gained exemptions via a number of categories. Each player appears in bold the first time they are listed as exempt.

This page is up to date as of 10 July and will be updated as further exemptions are finalised.

Open Champions aged 60 or under on 17 July 2022

Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, Justin Leonard, Paul Lawrie, Tiger Woods, David Duval, Ernie Els, Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Padraig Harrington, Stewart Cink, Louis Oosthuizen, Darren Clarke, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Zach Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Jordan Spieth, Francesco Molinari, Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa

The Open Champions for 2011-2021

Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Zach Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Jordan Spieth, Francesco Molinari, Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa

First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in The 149th Open at Royal St George's in 2021

Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, Louis Oosthuizen, Dylan Frittelli, Brooks Koepka, Mackenzie Hughes, Dustin Johnson, Robert MacIntyre, Daniel Berger, Scottie Scheffler

The first 50 players on the OWGR (Week 21, 2022)

Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Cameron Smith, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson, Will Zalatoris, Matt Fitzpatrick, Billy Horschel, Joaquin Niemann, Louis Oosthuizen, Abraham Ancer, Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau, Sungjae Im, Tyrrell Hatton, Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau, Shane Lowry, Harris English, Daniel Berger, Max Homa, Cameron Young, Jason Kokrak, Kevin Kisner, Corey Conners, Kevin Na, Talor Gooch, Thomas Pieters, Tom Hoge, Patrick Reed, Harold Varner III, Seamus Power, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott, K.H. Lee, Lucas Herbert, Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Cameron Tringale, Webb Simpson, Mito Pereira, Marc Leishman, Aaron Wise, Brian Harman, Sebastian Munoz, Sepp Straka, Luke List, Si-woo Kim.

Italics indicates player qualified off OWGR on Week 26

First 30 in the DP World Tour rankings for 2021

Collin Morikawa, Billy Horschel, Jon Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Min Woo Lee, Paul Casey, Nicolai Hojgaard, Robert MacIntyre, Abraham Ancer, Richard Bland, Alexander Bjork, Bernd Wiesberger, Will Zalatoris, Tommy Fleetwood, Guido Migliozzi, Viktor Hovland, Dean Burmester, Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Jason Scrivener, Lucas Herbert, Ian Poulter, Laurie Canter, Thomas Detry, Thomas Pieters, Danny Willett, Justin Harding, Garrick Higgo, Justin Rose.

THE BMW PGA Championship winners for 2018-2021

2018 - Francesco Molinari, 2019 - Danny Willett, 2020 - Tyrrell Hatton, 2021 - Billy Horschel

The first 5 DP World Tour members and any DP World Tour members tying for fifth place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the DP World Tour rankings on completion of the 2022 BMW International Open.

Pablo Larrazabal, Jordan Smith, Adri Arnaus, Sam Horsfield, Haotong Li

The U.S. Open Champions for 2017-2022

2017 & 2018 - Brooks Koepka, 2019 - Gary Woodland, 2020 - Bryson DeChambeau, 2021 - Jon Rahm, 2022 - Matt Fitzpatrick

The Masters Tournament Champions for 2017-2022

2017 - Sergio Garcia, 2018 - Patrick Reed, 2019 - Tiger Woods, 2020 - Dustin Johnson, 2021 - Hideki Matsuyama, 2022 - Scottie Scheffler

The PGA Champions for 2016-2022

2016 - Jimmy Walker, 2017 - Justin Thomas, 2018 & 2019 - Brooks Koepka, 2020 - Collin Morikawa, 2021 - Phil Mickelson, 2022 - Justin Thomas

The PLAYERS Champions for 2019-2022

2019 - Rory McIlroy, 2020 - Cancelled, 2021 - Justin Thomas, 2022 - Cameron Smith

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Top 30 players from the final 2021 FedExCup Points List

Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm, Kevin Na, Justin Thomas, Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Billy Horschel, Abraham Ancer, Daniel Berger, Tony Finau, Jason Kokrak, Cameron Smith, Louis Oosthuizen, Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Sam Burns, Harris English, Jordan Spieth, Sungjae Im, Corey Conners, Erik van Rooyen, Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Reed, Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Stewart Cink, Joaquin Niemann, Brooks Koepka.

The first 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for fifth place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List for 2022 on completion of the 2022 Travelers Championship

All of the top 20 already exempt

The 115th VISA Open de Argentina 2021 Champion

Jorge Fernandez-Valdes

Playing members of the 2021 Ryder Cup Teams

Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth, Harris English, Daniel Berger, Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Bernd Wiesberger, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Paul Casey, Matt Fitzpatrick, Lee Westwood, Shane Lowry, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter

First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Final Order of Merit of the Tour of Australasia for 2021-22

Jediah Morgan

First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Final Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2021-22

Shaun Norris

The 150th Open at the Home of Golf

The Home of Golf, the home of great Champions. The 150th Open will be played on the historic links of The Old Course for the 30th time.

The Japan Open Champion for 2021

Shaun Norris

The Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Champion for 2022

Shugo Imahira

First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, on the Final Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2021

Chan Kim, Takumi Kanaya

First and anyone tying for 1st place, not exempt in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2022 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2022 Japan Tour Championship.

Kazuki Higa

The Senior Open Champion for 2021

Stephen Dodd

The Amateur Champion for 2022

Aldrich Potgieter (a)

The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2021

James Piot (a)

The European Amateur Champion for 2022

Filippo Celli (a)

The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men's WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKING) winner for 2021

Keita Nakajima (a)

The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion for 2021

Keita Nakajima (a)

The Latin America Amateur Champion for 2022

Aaron Jarvis (a)

OQS South Africa - The 2021 Joburg Open

Thriston Lawrence, Zander Lombard, Ashley Chesters

OQS Singapore - The 2022 SMBC Singapore Open

Sadom Kaewkanjana, Yuto Katsuragawa, Joohyung Kim, Sihwan Kim

OQS Australia - The Vic Open

Dimitrios Papadatos, Ben Campbell, Matthew Griffin

OQS USA - The 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational

Chris Kirk, Talor Gooch

OQS Japan - The 2022 Mizuno Open

Scott Vincent, Anthony Quayle, Brad Kennedy, Justin De Los Santos

OQS Netherlands - The 2022 Dutch Open

Victor Perez, Ryan Fox, Adrian Meronk

OQS Canada - The 2022 RBC Canadian Open

Keith Mitchell, Wyndham Clark

OQS Korea - The 2022 KOLON Korea Open

Minkyu Kim, Mingyu Cho

OQS Ireland - The 2022 Horizon Irish Open

John Catlin, Fabrizio Zanotti, David Law

OQS USA - The 2022 John Deere Classic

J.T. Poston, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Emiliano Grillo

OQS Scotland - The 2022 Genesis Scottish Open

Kurt Kitayama, Jamie Donaldson & Brandon Wu

OQS USA - The 2022 Barbasol Championship

Trey Mullinax

Final Qualifying - Fairmont St Andrews, Hollinwell, Prince's & St Annes Old Links

David Carey, Robert Dinwiddie, Lars van Meijel, Alex Wrigley, Barclay Brown (a), Richard Mansell, Oliver Farr, Marco Penge, Matthew Ford, Jamie Rutherford, Ronan Mullarney, Jack Floydd, Marcus Armitage, Sam Bairstow (a), Matthew Jordan, John Parry