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Who is playing in the 2024 British Open? Field, top players and predictions
Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are among those hoping to get their hands on the Claret Jug, which Tiger Woods has done three times.
The biggest names in the world of golf descend on Royal Troon Golf Club in the west of Scotland for the 2024 Open Championship, which gets underway on Thursday, July 18 and runs through until Sunday, July 21. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods will draw much of the attention, although any number of players from a star-studded field could realistically claim the Claret Jug.
158 players will start round one on Thursday, including 17 LIV golfers. US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and previous major winners Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka lead the way there, although a number of Open regulars miss out after leaving the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
2024 Open full field
Here is the full field for the Open Championship. Names in alphabetical order.
Ludvig Aberg
Byeong Hun An
Abraham Ancer
Mason Andersen
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
Alexander Bjork
Denwit Boriboonsub
Dan Bradbury
Keegan Bradley
Daniel Brown
Dean Burmester
Sam Burns
Jorge Campillo
Laurie Canter
Patrick Cantlay
John Catlin
Alex Cejka
Stewart Cink
Wyndham Clark
Darren Clarke
Dominic Clemons (a)
Eric Cole
Corey Conners
Sean Crocker
John Daly
Jason Day
Santiago de la Fuente (a)
Joe Dean
Bryson DeChambeau
Matthew Dodd-Berry (a)
Austin Eckroat
Ernie Els
Nacho Elvira
Harris English
Ewen Ferguson
Darren Fichardt
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Fox
Lucas Glover
Ben Griffin
Emiliano Grillo
Adam Hadwin
Todd Hamilton
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Tyrrell Hatton
Michael Hendry
Russell Henley
Angel Hidalgo
Daniel Hillier
Ryo Hisatsune
Tom Hoge
Nicolai Hojgaard
Rasmus Hojgaard
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Sam Horsfield
Rikuya Hoshino
Viktor Hovland
Mackenzie Hughes
Sam Hutsby
Sungjae Im
Aguri Iwasaki
Stephan Jaeger
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Matthew Jordan
Yuto Katsuragawa
Masahiro Kawamura
Minkyu Kim
Si Woo Kim
Tom Kim
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Chris Kirk
Kurt Kitayama
Kazuma Kobori
Brooks Koepka
Gun-Taek Koh
Romain Langasque
Thriston Lawrence
Min Woo Lee
Justin Leonard
Charlie Lindh
Shane Lowry
Joost Luiten
Robert MacIntyre
Matteo Manassero
Richard Mansell
Luis Masaveu (a)
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Jack McDonald
Rory McIlroy
Tom McKibbin
Maverick McNealy
Adrian Meronk
Phil Mickelson
Guido Migliozzi
Francesco Molinari
Jaime Montojo (a)
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Tommy Morrison (a)
Keita Nakajima
Joaquin Niemann
Liam Nolan (a)
Alex Noren
Vincent Norrman
Andy Ogletree
Thorbjorn Olesen
Jacob Skov Olesen (a)
Louis Oosthuizen
C.T. Pan
Yannik Paul
Matthieu Pavon
Victor Perez
.J.T. Poston
David Puig
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Justin Rose
Gordon Sargent (a)
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Schenk
Adam Scott
Calum Scott (a)
Shubhankar Sharma
Marcel Siem
Jordan Smith
Cameron Smith
Elvis Smylie
Sebastian Soderberg
Younghan Song
Matthew Southgate
Jordan Spieth
Henrik Stenson
Sepp Straka
Jasper Stubbs (a)
Jesper Svensson
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Brendon Todd
Sami Valimaki
Altin van der Merwe (a)
Ryan Van Velzen
Matt Wallace
Jeung-Hun Wang
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
Cameron Young
Will Zalatoris
2024 British Open picks: Scheffler, McIlroy, Morikawa, Finau
At the time of writing, the Open odds has Scheffler (who sat out the Scottish Open) leading as the favorite at +450. Trailing behind him are McIlroy at +750, PGA Champion Xander Schauffele at +1100, and DeChambeau, Ludwig Aberg and Collin Morikawa all at +1400.
Morikawa, who won The Open at Royal St George’s in 2021, has been tipped to do well by many after being in the hunt to win (without doing so) on several occasions in recent months.
Tony Finau (+4000) also looks to be a reasonable shout to contend as he searches for his first major win. The 34-year-old has finished in the top 10 in his last three events and his ball-striking versatility could be just what is required on a links course.
Outside bets for the 2024 Open
Of course, golf being golf, there is also a chance that someone less fancied could make a big impact. England’s Aaron Rai (+6000) has also posted three top 10s in a row on the PGA Tour and will hope to repeat the trick after tying for fourth at the Scottish Open to just sneak into The Open.
Outwith the obvious names, Sepp Straka, Alex Noren and Akshay Bhatia (all +10000) are outside bets to gatecrash the party at the top of the leaderboard.
Robert MacIntyre (+3500) was last week’s victor at The Renaissance Club but surely won’t win two in a row (and three in six events) at Troon. He did say the Scottish Open was more important to him, at least.
What is the 2024 British Open purse?
The Claret Jug is a significant prize in itself, but the winner on Sunday will also receive a sizeable bump in their bank account. The R&A have announced the official purse is up $500,000 from last year to $17 million. From that, the winner will walk away with $3.1 million.