PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Players who are exempt and expected to compete in the 148th British Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland on July 18-21. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible:
BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONS: Francesco Molinari, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Zach Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen, Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington, Tiger Woods, David Duval, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman.
TOP 10 AND TIES FROM 2018 BRITISH OPEN: Kevin Kisner, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele, Eddie Pepperell, Tony Finau, Matt Kuchar.
MASTERS CHAMPIONS (5 YEARS): Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Danny Willett.
U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONS (5 YEARS): Gary Woodland, Dustin Johnson.
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS (5 YEARS): Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Walker, Jason Day.
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS (3 YEARS): Webb Simpson, Si Woo Kim.
BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS (LAST 2 YEARS): Alex Noren, Chris Wood.
TOP 30 FROM THE 2018 FEDEX CUP: Billy Horschel, Hideki Matsuyama, Rickie Fowler, Paul Casey, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Kyle Stanley, Aaron Wise, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Smith, Patrick Cantlay, Patton Kizzire, Marc Leishman, Keegan Bradley, Bubba Watson.
TOP 30 IN THE 2018 RACE TO DUBAI: Thorbjorn Olesen, Li Haotong, Matt Wallace, Tyrrell Hatton, Lucas Bjerregaard, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Russell Knox, Lee Westwood, Alexander Bjork, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Ryan Fox, Adrian Otaegui, Matt Fitzpatrick, Brandon Stone, Jorge Campillo, Thomas Pieters, Shubhankar Sharma, Andy Sullivan, Alexander Levy.
2018 ARGENTINA OPEN WINNER: Isidro Benitez.
PLAYING MEMBERS OF 2018 RYDER CUP TEAMS: Ian Poulter.
LEADER OF 2018 SUNSHINE TOUR ORDER OF MERIT: Zander Lombard.
2018 JAPAN OPEN CHAMPION: Yuki Inamori.
2019 ASIA-PACIFIC DIAMOND CUP CHAMPION: Yosuke Asaji.
LEADING TWO PLAYERS FROM 2018 JAPAN GOLF TOUR MONEY LIST: Shugo Imahira, Shaun Norris.
TOP 50 FROM THE WORLD RANKING ON MAY 26: Adam Scott, Shane Lowry, Justin Harding, C.T. Pan, Brandt Snedeker, Andrew Putnam, Jim Furyk.
TOP 5 EUROPEAN TOUR MEMBERS AND TIES FROM THE TOP 20 IN THE RACE TO DUBAI THROUGH THE BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN: David Lipsky, Kurt Kitayama, Robert MacIntrye, Richard Sterne, Erik Van Rooyen.
TOP 5 AND TIES FROM AMONG THE TOP 20 IN THE FEDEX CUP THROUGH THE TRAVELERS CHAMIONSHIP: Chez Reavie, Ryan Palmer.
LEADER OF CUMULATIVE MONEY LIST FROM 2019 JAPAN GOLF TOUR EVENTS THROUGH JAPAN TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP: Mikumu Horikawa.
2018 SENIOR BRITISH OPEN CHAMPION: Miguel Angel Jimenez.
2019 BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-James Sugrue.
2019 EUROPEAN AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Matthias Schmid.
2018 ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Takumi Kanaya.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-AUSTRALIA: Abraham Ancer, Jake McLeod, Dimitrios Papadatos.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-SOUTH AFRICA: Romain Langasque, Oliver Wilson.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-SINGAPORE: Yoshinori Fujimoto, Jazz Janewattananond, Prom Meesawat, Doyeob Mun.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-BAY HILL: Sungjae Im, Sung Kang, Keith Mitchell.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-JAPAN: Yuta Ikeda, Chan Kim, Sang Hyun Park, Gunn Charoenkul.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-CANADA: Adam Hadwin, Graeme McDowell.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-KOREA: Innchoon Hwang, Dongkyu Jang.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-VALDERRAMA MASTERS: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Adri Arnaus.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-DETROIT: Nate Lashley, Doc Redman.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-IRISH OPEN: Bernd Wiesberger, Robert Rock, Paul Waring.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-SCOTTISH OPEN: Benjamin Hebert, Andrew Johnston, Nino Bertasio.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-JOHN DEERE: Dylan Frittelli.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-FAIRMONT: a-Brandon Wu, Connor Syme, Sam Locke.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-NOTTS: Andrew Wilson, a-Thomas Thurloway, Ashton Turner.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-PRINCES: a-Curtis Knipes, Callum Shinkwin, Austin Connelly.
OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES-ST. ANNES: Jack Senior, Garrick Porteous, Matthew Baldwin.
RESERVES TO FILL THE FIELD FROM WORLD RANKING: Byeong Hun An, J.B. Holmes, Emiliano Grillo, Branden Grace, Luke List, Jason Kokrak, Tom Lewis, Charley Hoffman, Joost Luiten, Lucas Glover, Joel Dahmen, Corey Conners, Andrea Pavan, Mikko Korhonen, Joaquin Niemann, Kevin Streelman, Rory Sabbatini, Brian Harman.
