The current Open field stands at 133 players, but there are still several more avenues to Royal Troon this month.
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TheOpenChampionshipfieldcontinuestotakeshape.
Andit’sabigshape.
AsofMonday,theR&Alists133playersasqualifiedfortheJuly18-21championshipatRoyalTroon.ThatincludesTomMcKibbinandSeanCrocker,whopunchedtheirticketsviatheOpenQualifyingSeries’ItalianOpen.
Therearetwomoreeventsleftinthatseries:theJohnDeereClassic(toptwofinishersnotalreadyexempt)andGenesisScottishOpen(topthreefinishersnotalreadyexempt).
Also,finalqualifyingtakesplaceTuesdaywith16totalspotsupforgrabs,fourateachofthefoursites.
Andthereareuptofivespotsreservedforplayersthatarerankedinthetop20oftheRacetoDubaiandwhoaren’talreadyexempt.Currently,JesperSvensson(6),LaurieCanter(10),NachoElvira(11),MatteoManassero(15)andAdrianOtaegui(16)wouldgetthosefiveexemptions.
Doingthemathforyou,thatwouldrunthetotalnumberofcompetitorsto159.
GolfChannel.comhasreachedouttotheR&Aforhowitwouldhandleafieldlargerthan156playersbuthasyettohear
