Who is playing in The Senior Open Presented by Rolex?

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

The Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex marks the fifth and final Major Championship for players aged 50 and over in 2023.

2005 U.S. Open Champion Michael Campbell is pictured alongside his son Thomas ahead of this year's Senior Open

A week on from The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool, legends of the game arrive in Wales as Royal Porthcawl plays host to the Senior Open for the third time.

Qualifying took place across four Welsh venues on Monday providing hundreds of hopefuls a final chance to progress, with 26 players securing their spots

Royal Porthcawl

How have players earned their way into the field for The Senior Open?

There are 17 different exemption categories available to qualify for The Senior Open, followed by the 35 spots that were made available via Qualifying events held across four Welsh venues and at Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio in July.

Find out who is playing at The Senior Open Presented by Rolex below:

The Senior Open Presented by Rolex field in full

Category 1 - Former winners of The Senior Open aged 65 or under

Bernhard Langer
Russ Cochran
Paul Broadhurst
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Stephen Dodd
Darren Clarke

Category 2 - Former winners of The Masters Tournament, US PGA Championship, US Open and The Open aged 65 or under

Ian Woosnam
José María Olazábal
Vijay Singh
Mike Weir
Pádraig Harrington
Rich Beem
Y.E. Yang
Michael Campbell
Paul Lawrie

Category 3 - Top 60 players on the Legends Tour Career Money List

Colin Montgomerie
Thongchai Jaidee
Anders Hansen
Niclas Fasth
Bradley Dredge
Richard Green
Phillip Price
Thomas Levet
Peter O'Malley
Jeev Milka Singh
Ricardo Gonzalez
Simon Khan
Gary Orr
James Kingston
Mark McNulty
Peter Fowler
Jarmo Sandelin
Joakim Haeggman
Markus Brier
Jean-Francois Remesy
Roger Chapman
Peter Baker
Jean Van de Velde
Alex Cejka
Miguel Angel Martin
Santiago Luna
Andrew Oldcorn
David Gilford

Category 4 - Top 60 players on the PGA TOUR Champions All Time Money List

Jerry Kelly
K J Choi
Stuart Appleby
Jeff Maggert
Bob Estes
Billy Mayfair
Chris DiMarco
John Senden
Rod Pampling

Category 5 - The leading 20 players, not otherwise exempt on the closing date, on the Legends Tour Order of Merit for 2022

Euan McIntosh
Phillip Archer
Emanuele Canonica
Michael Jonzon
Simon P Brown
Clark Dennis
Steen Tinning
Christian Cevaer
Gary Wolstenholme
Andrew Raitt
Chris Williams
Michael Long
Paul Eales
Philip Golding
Thomas Gogele
David Shacklady
Paul Streeter
Gary Evans
Carl Suneson
Jose Manuel Carriles

Category 6 - The leading 20 players, not otherwise exempt on the closing date, on the US Charles Schwab Cup Points List

David McKenzie
Scott Parel
Ken Duke
Tim Petrovic
Shane Bertsch
Rob Labritz
Scott Dunlap
Harrison Frazar
David Branshaw
Wesley Short Jr
Glen Day
Mario Tiziani
Tom Gillis

Category 7 - The leading 15 players, and those tying for 15th place, in The Senior Open 2022

Mauricio Molina
Steven Alker
Charlie Wi

Category 8 - Winners of Official Tournaments on the Legends Tour and PGA TOUR Champions since The Senior Open 2022

Adilson Da Silva
Gary Marks

Category 9 - Winners of Official Tournaments which are, or have been, part of the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR, including official co-sanctioned tournaments, when aged 50 years

Raymond Russell
Jason Norris
Anthony Kang
Arjun Atwal
Chris Hanell
Jason Bohn
Robert Damron

Category 10 - Past members of Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup teams aged 50

Notah Begay

Category 13 - Winners of the Senior PGA Championship 2018-2023

Ken Tanigawa

Category 14 - The leading two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 of the Japan PGA Senior Tour Money List for 2022

Hiroyuki Fujita
Keiichiro Fukabori

Category 15 - The first four players, and those tying for 4th place, who are not otherwise exempt, in the top 30 of the current Legends Tour Order of Merit