2007 Open Championship - Field

Field

The field consisted of 156 golfers. Seventy players made the 36-hole cut at 146 (+4) or better.

1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2006 Open Championship
Ángel Cabrera, Chris DiMarco, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Carl Pettersson, Andrés Romero, Adam Scott, Hideto Tanihara, Tiger Woods.

2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under
Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton, Tony Jacklin, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara,
(Eligible but not competing: Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, David Duval, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Bill Rogers, Tom Watson)

3. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings for May 28, 2007
Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey, K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Luke Donald, Joe Durant, Niclas Fasth, Retief Goosen, Anders Hansen, Pádraig Harrington, Charles Howell III, David Howell, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson, Robert Karlsson, Davis Love III, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie, Aaron Oberholser, Geoff Ogilvy, Nick O'Hern, José María Olazábal, Rod Pampling, Ian Poulter, John Rollins, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini, Charl Schwartzel, Vijay Singh, Henrik Stenson, Richard Sterne Steve Stricker, Vaughn Taylor, David Toms, Scott Verplank, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Brett Wetterich
(Eligible but not competing: Tim Clark)

4. First 20 in the European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2007
John Bickerton, Thomas Bjørn, Paul Broadhurst, Johan Edfors, Jeev Milkha Singh, Anthony Wall

5. Top three players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit through May 27
Markus Brier, Raphaël Jacquelin, Yang Yong-eun

6. Top two players, not otherwise exempt, with the most European Tour prize money from the Italian Open through the French Open, including the U. S. Open
Bradley Dredge, Graeme Storm

7. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2007 European Open and the 2007 Barclays Scottish Open.
Pelle Edberg, Grégory Havret

8. The U.S. PGA Champions for 2002-2006
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel

9. Top 20 on the Official Money List of the 2006 PGA Tour
Brett Quigley

11. The U.S. Open Champions for 2004-2008
Michael Campbell

12. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the 2007 PGA Tour on completion of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
Nick Watney, Boo Weekley

13. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from The Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2008 AT&T National
Hunter Mahan
(Eligible but not competing: Woody Austin)

14. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2008 AT&T National and the 2008 John Deere Classic
Pat Perez, Jonathan Byrd

15. Playing members of the 2006 Ryder Cup teams
Darren Clarke, J. J. Henry, Paul McGinley

16. First 2 on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2007
Kevin Stadler

17. The Japan Open Champion for 2006
Paul Sheehan

18. First 2 on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2006
Shingo Katayama, Toru Taniguchi

19. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2007 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
Lee Dong-hwan, Lee Seung-ho, Toshinori Muto, Achi Sato

20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (26) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2007 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2007 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
Tomohiro Kondo, Toshimitsu Izawa

21. The Senior British Open Champion for 2006
Loren Roberts

22. The 2007 Amateur Champion
Drew Weaver (a)

23. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2006
Richie Ramsay (a)

31. The European Individual Amateur Champion for 2006
Rory McIlroy (a)

International Final Qualifying

Africa: Desvonde Botes, Adilson da Silva, Doug McGuigan, Terry Pilkadaris

Australasia: Ben Bunny, Peter Fowler, Scott Laycock, Ewan Porter:

Asia: Ross Bain, David Gleeson, Adam Groom, Lam Chih Bing, Won Joon Lee

America: Brian Davis, Mark Hensby, Charley Hoffman, Anders Hultman, Jerry Kelly, Matt Kuchar,, Spencer Levin Ryan Moore, Sean O'Hair, Michael Putnam, John Senden, Duffy Waldorf

Europe:Fredrik Andersson Hed, Benn Barham Grégory Bourdy, Peter Baker, Nick Dougherty, Mattias Eliasson, Ross Fisher, Alastair Forsyth, Mark Foster, David Frost, Peter Hanson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, José-Filipe Lima, Graeme McDowell, Francesco Molinari, Oliver Wilson

Local Final Qualifying

Downfield: Jon Bevan, Scott Drummond, David Higgins

Monifieth: David Coupland (a), Paul Waring (a), Llewellyn Matthews (a)

Montrose: Justin Kehoe, David Shacklady, Matthew Zions

Panmure: Kevin Harper, Steven Alker, Steve Parry

Alternates

• Richard Green - took spot not taken by Woody Austin