Open Championship Qualifying Preview

There will be fireworks in the United Kingdom on the Fourth of July, just not the kind you are thinking of. Final qualifying for the Open Championship will be played at four sites . A total of 19 spots will be available. Here is a breakdown. 

‍Dundonald Links 

Par: 72

Yards: 7269

Rating/slope: 76.3/138

‍Notables in the field 

‍Jason Kokrak: The three-time PGA Tour winner and LIV member highlights the field. He is coming off a sixth-place finish at Valderrama, where he was the first-round leader. 

Michael Block: The club pro who found fame after his T-15 at the PGA Championship is looking to play in his second Major of the year. 

Robert Rock: The Englishman has the most glorious hair in golf. 

Andy Olgetree: What a year Olgetree has had. He went from struggling badly to leading the Asian Tour Order of Merit and earning a few starts on the LIV tour. With how he has been playing of late, it would be no surprise to see him earn a spot in the 151st Open Championship. 

‍Americans in the field: Josh Anderson, Michael Block, Erik Flores, Dodge Kemmer, Andy Olgetree

‍Live Scoring: https://www.theopen.com/events/final-qualifying/dundonald-links

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‍Royal Cinque Ports 

Par: 72

Yards: 7334

Rating/slope: 76.9/148

‍Notables in the field

‍Harry Hall: In May, Hall had a chance at a win at the Charles Schwab Challenge until his drive at the 72nd hole found the water. He finished a shot out of the playoff. 

LIV contingent: This site has the largest group of LIV members, including Charl Schwartzel, Brendan Grace, David Puig and Wade Ormsby. 

Thomas Detry: The highest-ranked player in qualifying fields, at 92nd, Detry looks to earn a spot in his third consecutive Open Championship. He finished T-34 last year. 

Jonathan Sanders: Sanders played collegiately at Washington but has worked for Callaway the last four years as a manager for customer development. He is taking a day off from his full-time job to give a run at the Open.

Aaron Cockerill: The Canadian is a Monday Q favorite. 

‍Americans in the field: Dereck Akerman, Jonathan Sanders

‍Live Scoring: https://www.theopen.com/events/final-qualifying/royal-cinque-ports

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‍West Lancashire

Par: 72

Yards: 6973

Rating/slope: 75.4/140

‍Notables in the field 

‍Graeme McDowell: He is a U.S. Open champion and owns two career top 10s at the Open Championship, but hasn’t played a major in almost three years. In May, he had a chance to get into the U.S. Open via qualifying but stumbled late to miss out. 

Sergio Garcia: From 2001 to 2016, Garcia had 10 top 10 finishes at the Open, including two runner-up finishes. He is going through qualifying for the first time. He did get through U.S. Open final qualifying and made the cut at LACC. 

Tiger: But not that Tiger. This is Tiger Christensen, a rising star at Arizona. Christensen is from Germany, and he started his college career at Oklahoma State before transferring to Arizona. He had the second-best average on the team last year. 

Alex Fitzpatrick: He looks to join his brother, 2022 U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, in the field at Royal Liverpool. 

‍Americans in the field: Davis Shore

‍Live Scoring: https://www.theopen.com/events/final-qualifying/west-lancashire

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‍Royal Porthcrawl

Par: 71

Yards: 7061

Rating/slope: 76/141

‍Notables in the field

‍Hugh Foley: The rising Irish amateur finished runner-up in 2022 at the U.S Mid-Am, losing to fellow countryman Matthew McClean. 

Anirban Lahiri: The LIV member is looking to play in his first Open Championship since 2018. He has struggled this season on LIV with just one finish inside the top 13, although that was a runner-up showing in Australia. 

‍Americans in the field: None 

Live scoring: https://www.theopen.com/events/final-qualifying/royal-porthcawl