2026 Major Championship Fields
UPDATED —
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Summary
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Open Championship
 Royal Birkdale Golf Club, July 16th–19th
Exemption Categories
Exemption Categories... (click circles to filter table)
1
Former Open Champions who... won prior to 2024 and are under the age of 60, won since 2024 and are under the age of 55, or won in last 11 years (2015 onwards).
2
Masters, PGA Championship, and U.S. Open winners from the last 5 years.
3
BMW PGA Championship winners from the last 3 years.
4
THE PLAYERS Championship winners from the last 3 years.
5
2025 U.S. Am, Asia-Pacific Am winners. 2026 British Am, Latin America Am, Africa Am, European Am, and Open Am Series winners.
6
2025 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner (WAGR #1).
7
Top 10 (including ties) at the 2025 Open Championship.
8
Inside the top 50 of the Week 21 (May 25, 2026) OWGR ranking.
9
Top 25 in the final 2025 Race to Dubai standings.
10
Top 30 in the final 2025 FedExCup standings.
15
The Open Qualifying Series (15 tournaments leading into The Open that offer spots for finishing highly).
11
First 5 players (and ties) in the top 20 of the 2026 Race to Dubai standings, not otherwise exempt as of June 29, 2026.
12
First 5 players (and ties) in the top 20 of the 2026 FedExCup standings, not otherwise exempt as of June 29, 2026.
13
Top player in 2026 LIV Golf standings, not otherwise exempt as of June 29, 2026.
14
Top 5 on the OWGR International Federation Ranking list as of Week 21 (May 25, 2026).
16
2025 Senior Open winner.
 Projected Field
The field is almost finalized (field page has been updated).

Brooks Koepka's inclusion will increase the field size to 123. With 105 exempt players, we are going 18 places down the 2026 FedExCup points list to fill the field (category 12). This number may be reduced to 16 if a non-exempt player wins the Puerto Rico Open and/or Arnold Palmer Invitational. For this reason Patton Kizzire and Seamus Power aren't quite locks to qualify yet (Kizzire will have priority over Power should someone win, so he is virtually locked).
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