The 2026 Open Championship field is finally complete, with 156 players set to compete in the 154th Open Championship for one of golf’s most prestigious prizes, the Claret Jug. The world’s best professionals, former champions, rising stars, and leading amateurs will gather at Royal Birkdale for the final men’s major of the season.
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This year’s championship returns to Royal Birkdale for the first time since Jordan Spieth’s memorable victory in 2017. The famous Southport course has undergone several changes since then, but it still promises the same demanding test that has made it one of the most respected venues on The Open rota.
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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler arrives as the defending champion after winning at Royal Portrush last year. He now hopes to become the first player since Padraig Harrington in 2008 to successfully defend The Open title. However, with a strong field featuring major champions, Ryder Cup stars, and several in-form players, lifting the Claret Jug will be anything but easy.
Below is the complete 156-player field for the 2026 Open Championship, listed by qualification category.
Former Open Champions
Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Brian Harman, Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Collin Morikawa, Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler.
Top Finishers at the 2025 Open Championship
Wyndham Clark, Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, Matt Fitzpatrick, Chris Gotterup, Russell Henley, Haotong Li, Robert MacIntyre.
OWGR Top 50 (Week 21, 2026)
Ludvig Åberg, Daniel Berger, Akshay Bhatia, Keegan Bradley, Jacob Bridgeman, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Jason Day, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler, Ryan Gerard, Ben Griffin, Tyrrell Hatton, Nicolai Højgaard, Viktor Hovland, Michael Kim, Si Woo Kim, Kurt Kitayama, Jake Knapp, Min Woo Lee, Hideki Matsuyama, Matt McCarty, Maverick McNealy, Alex Noren, Jon Rahm, Aaron Rai, Patrick Reed, Kristoffer Reitan, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Alex Smalley, JJ Spaun, Sepp Straka, Justin Thomas, Gary Woodland, Cameron Young.
Race to Dubai Qualifiers
Angel Ayora, Dan Brown, Laurie Canter, Martin Couvra, Daniel Hillier, Rasmus Højgaard, Joakim Lagergren, Keita Nakajima, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, John Parry, Adrien Saddier, Jordan Smith, Ryan Fox, Billy Horschel, Jayden Schaper, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger, Dan Bradbury, Hennie du Plessis.
Recent Major Champions
Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, Bryson DeChambeau.
FedEx Cup Qualifiers
Harry Hall, Sungjae Im, Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor, Alex Fitzpatrick.
LIV Golf Qualifier
Joaquin Niemann.
International Federation Ranking
Kazuki Higa, Casey Jarvis, Kota Kaneko, Travis Smyth, Scott Vincent.
Amateur Champions
Mason Howell (a), Fifa Laopakdee (a), Mateo Pulcini (a), Jack Buchanan (a), Stuart Grehan (a), Tim Wiedemeyer (a), Lev Grinberg (a).
Official World Golf Ranking Qualifiers
Sam Stevens, Nico Echavarria, Pierceson Coody, Ryo Hisatsune, Michael Brennan, David Puig, Tom Kim, Eric Cole, Keith Mitchell, Matt Wallace, Sami Välimäki, Max Homa, Thomas Detry, Max Greyserman, Sahith Theegala.
Open Qualifying Series
Marco Penge, Naoyuki Kataoka, Tom McKibbin, Michael Hollick, Lucas Herbert, Frederic Lacroix, Francesco Laporta, Alistair Docherty, Jeongwoo Ham, Cameron John, Jiho Yang, Shaun Norris, Ryutaro Nagano, Ren Yonezawa, JT Poston, Bud Cauley, Jackson Suber, Jesper Svensson, Eugenio Chacarra, Johnny Keefer, Michael Thorbjornsen, Victor Perez.
Final Qualifying
James Nicholas, Caleb Surratt, Tom Sloman, Alejandro De Castro Piera (a), Austen Truslow, Jack McDonald, Matthew Baldwin, David Howard (a), Nevill Ruiter (a), Marcus Plunkett, Baard Bjoernevik Skogen, MJ Daffue, Matthew Southgate, Peter Uihlein, Antoine Rozner, Sam Bairstow, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Kazuma Kobori, Tiger Christensen, Matthew Jordan.
Last Chance Qualifier
Joe Dean.
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