The following players have secured exemptions for The 152nd Open, taking place at Royal Troon from 14-21 July 2024.
A list of exemption categories is shown at the foot of the page.
This page is up to date as of March 10 and will be updated as further exemptions are finalised.
Andersen, Mason - 15
Bjork, Alexander - 6
Boriboonsub, Denwit - OQS Malaysia
Bradbury, Dan - OQS South Africa
Bradley, Keegan - 13
Burmester, Dean - OQS South Africa
Burns, Sam - 13
Campillo, Jorge - 6
Cantlay, Patrick - 13
Cejka, Alex - 18
Cink, Stewart - 1
Clark, Wyndham - 9, 13
Clarke, Darren - 1
Conners, Corey - 13
Curtis, Ben - 1
Daly, John - 1
Day, Jason - 4, 13
DeChambeau, Bryson - 9
De La Fuente, Santiago - 24
Duval, David - 1
Els, Ernie - 1
Fichardt, Darren - OQS South Africa
Finau, Tony - 13
Fitzpatrick, Matt - 6, 9, 13
Fleetwood, Tommy - 4, 6, 13
Fowler, Rickie - 13
Fox, Ryan - 6, 7
Glover, Lucas - 13
Grillo, Emiliano - 4, 13
Hamilton, Todd - 1
Harman, Brian - 1, 3, 4, 13
Harrington, Padraig - 1
Hatton, Tyrrell - 6, 13
Hendry, Michael - 27
Henley, Russell - 13
Hillier, Daniel - 6
Hisatsune, Ryo - 6
Hojgaard, Nicolai - 6
Hojgaard, Rasmus - 6
Homa, Max - 4, 13
Horschel, Billy - 7
Hoshino, Rikuya - OQS Australia
Hovland, Viktor - 6, 13
Im, Sungjae - 13
Iwasaki, Aguri - 17
Johnson, Dustin - 10
Johnson, Zach - 1, 3
Jordan, Matthew - 4
Kim, Tom - 4, 6, 13
Kim, Si Woo - 13
Koepka, Brooks - 11
Langasque, Romain - 6
Lawrence, Thriston - 6
Lawrie, Paul - 1
Lee, Min Woo - 6
Leonard, Justin - 1
Lowry, Shane - 1, 3, 7
Luiten, Joost - 6
MacIntyre, Robert - 6
Matsuyama, Hideki - 10
McIlroy, Rory - 1, 3, 4, 6, 13
Meronk, Adrian - 6
Mickelson, Phil - 1, 3, 11
Molinari, Francesco - 1, 3
Moore, Taylor - 13
Morikawa, Collin - 1, 3, 11, 13
Niemann, Joaquin - OQS Australia
Norrman, Vincent - 6
Olesen, Thorbjorn - 6
Oosthuizen, Louis - 1
Paul, Yannik - 6
Pavon, Mathieu - 6
Perez, Victor - 6
Puig, David - OQS Malaysia
Rahm, Jon - 4, 6, 9, 10, 13
Sargent, Gordon - 22
Schauffele, Xander - 13
Scheffler, Scottie - 10, 12, 13
Schenk, Adam - 13
Scott, Adam - OQS Australia
Sharma, Shubhankar - 4
Siem, Marcel - 6
Smith, Cameron - 1, 3, 12
Smith, Jordan - 6
Soderberg, Sebastian - 6
Spieth, Jordan - 1, 3, 13
Stenson, Henrik - 1, 3
Straka, Sepp - 4, 13
Stubbs, Jasper - 23
Taylor, Nick - 13
Thomas, Justin - 11
Valimaki, Sami - 6
Van der Merwe, Altin - 26
Wallace, Matt - 6
Wang, Jeunghun - OQS Malaysia
Woodland, Gary - 9
Woods, Tiger - 1, 10
Young, Cameron - 4
Zalatoris, Will - OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational
Exemption Categories:
1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions up to 2024)
2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions from 2024)
3. The Open Champions for 2013-2023
4. First 10 anyone tying for 10th place in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in 2023
5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2024
6. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2023
7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2021-2023
8. First 5 DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International
9. The US Open Champions for 2019-2024
10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2019-2024
11. The PGA Champions for 2018-2024
12. The PLAYERS Champions for 2022-2024
13. Top 30 players for the Final 2023 FedEx Cup
14. First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedEx Cup for 2024 on completion of the 2024 Travelers Championship
15. The 117th VISA Open de Argentina 2024 Champion
16. The first 5 players on the 2024 Federations Ranking List as of closing date
17. The Japan Open Champion for 2023
18. The Senior Open Champion for 2023
19. The Amateur Champion for 2024
20. The US Amateur Champion for 2023
21. The European Amateur Champion for 2024
22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men's WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKING) winner for 2023
23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2023
24. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2024
25. The Open Amateur Series winner 2024
26. The Africa Amateur Champion 2024
27. Medical Exemption
Exemptions 19-26 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.
OQS South Africa - Joburg Open
OQS Australia - ISPS Handa Australian Open
OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational
OQS Malaysia - IRS Prima Malaysian Open
OQS Japan - Mizuno Open
OQS Canada - RBC Canadian Open
OQS USA - the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
OQS Korea - KOLON Korea Open
OQS Netherlands - KLM Open
OQS Italy - Italian Open
OQS USA - John Deere Classic
OQS Scotland - Genesis Scottish Open
Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow
Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
Final Qualifying - West Lancashire