Who's Eligible to Play in the 2003 Open Championship?

The following players were granted exemption from regional and final qualifying for The 2003 Open Championship. Click the definitions below to view the current list of players in each category.

Category 1

First 15 and anyone tying for 15th place in the 2002 Open Championship

Category 2

Open Champions 1993-2002

Category 3

Open Champions aged of 65 or under on 20 July 2003

Category 4

The first 50 players in the official world ranking as at 29 May 2003

Category 5

First 20 on the PGA European Tour Final Volvo Order of Merit for 2002

Category 6

The Volvo PGA Champions for 2000-2003

Category 7

First 5 and anyone tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 25 of the PGA European Tour Volvo order of merit for 2003 as at 29 May

Category 8

First 7 and anyone tying for 7th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list take from all official PGA European Tour events from the Volvo PGA Championship up to and including the Barclays Scottish Open

Category 9

The leading 8 players, not otherwise exempt having applied (8) above, in the 2003 Barclays Scottish Open

Category 10

The US Open Champions for 1994-2003

Category 11

The US Masters Champions for 1999-2003

Category 12

The USPGA Champions for 1998-2002

Category 13

The USPGA Tour Players Champions for 2000-2003

Category 14

First 20 in the official money list on the USPGA Tour for 2002

Category 15

First 5 and anyone tying for 5th place not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the official money list of the USPGA Tour for 2003 as at 29 May

Category 16

First 7 and anyone tying for 7th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list taken from the Players Championship and the five USPGA Tour events leading up to and including the Advil Western Open

Category 17

The leading 8 players, not otherwise exempt having applied (16) above, in the 2003 Advil Western Open

Category 18

Playing members of the 2002 Ryder Cup Teams

Category 19

The Canadian Open Champion for 2002

Category 20

The Japan Open Champion for 2002

Category 21

First place on the Asian PGA Davidoff Tour for 2002

Category 22

First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place on the Tour of Australasia for 2002/2003

Category 23

First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place on the Japan Golf Tour for 2002

Category 24

First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place on the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2002/2003

Category 25

The leading player, not otherwise exempt, in the 2003 Mizuno Open

Category 26

First 4 and anyone tying for 4th place, not otherwise exempt having applied (25) above, in the top 20 of a cumulative money list taken from all official 2003 Japan Tour events from the Japan PGA Championship up to and including the Mizuno Open

Category 27

The Senior British Open Champion for 2002

Category 28

The Amateur Champion for 2003

Category 29

The US Amateur Champion for 2002 THE US AMATEUR CHAMPION FOR 2002

Category 30

The European individual Amateur Champion for 2002

Category 1

Ernie Els
Thomas Levet
Stuart Appleby
Steve Elkington
Gary Evans
Padraig Harrington
Shigeki Maruyama
Peter O’Malley
Scott Hoch
Retief Goosen
Thomas Bjorn
Sergio Garcia
Soren Hansen
Davis Love III
Nick Price
Peter Lonard
Justin Leonard

Category 2

1993, Greg Norman
1994, Nick Price
1995, John Daly
1996, Tom Lehman
1997, Justin Leonard
1998, Mark O’Meara
1999, Paul Lawrie
2000, Tiger Woods
2001, David Duval
2002, Ernie Els

Category 3

Jack Nicklaus
Tony Jacklin
Lee Trevino
Tom Weiskopf
Tom Watson
Johnny Miller
Severiano Ballesteros
Bill Rogers
Sandy Lyle
Mark Calcavecchia
Ian Baker-Finch
Nick Faldo

Category 4

Category 5

Retief Goosen
Padraig Harrington
Ernie Els
Colin Montgomerie
Eduardo Romero
Sergio Garcia
Adam Scott
Michael Campbell
Justin Rose
Paul Lawrie
Angel Cabrera
Thomas Bjorn
Jose Maria Olazabal
Trevor Immelman
Stephen Leaney
Anders Hansen
Niclas Fasth
Bradley Dredge
Bernhard Langer
Soren Hansen

Category 6

2000, Colin Montgomerie
2001, Andrew Oldcorn
2002, Anders Hansen
2003,

Category 7

Category 8

Category 9

Category 10

1994, Ernie Els
1995, Corey Pavin
1996, Steve Jones
1997, Ernie Els
1998, Lee Janzen
1999, Payne Stewart
2000, Tiger Woods
2001, Retief Goosen
2002, Tiger Woods
2003,

Category 11

1999, Jose Maria Olazabal
2000, Vijay Singh
2001, Tiger Woods
2002, Tiger Woods
2003,

Category 12

1998, Vijay Singh
1999, Tiger Woods
2000, Tiger Woods
2001, David Toms
2002, Rich Beem

Category 13

2000, Hal Sutton
2001, Tiger Woods
2002, Craig Perks
2003,

Category 14

Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Vijay Singh
David Toms
Ernie Els
Jerry Kelly
Rich Beem
Justin Leonard
Charles Howell III
Retief Goosen
Chris DiMarco
Sergio Garcia
Fred Funk
Jim Furyk
Jeff Sluman
Shigeki Maruyama
K J Choi
Len Mattiace
Nick Price
Robert Allenby

Category 15

Category 16

Category 17

Category 18

Thomas Bjorn
Darren Clarke
Niclas Fasth
Pierre Fulke
Sergio Garcia
Padraig Harrington
Bernhard Langer
Paul McGinley
Colin Montgomerie
Jesper Parnevik
Phillip Price
Lee Westwood
Paul Azinger
Mark Calcavecchia
Stewart Cink
David Duval
Jim Furyk
Scott Hoch
Davis Love III
Phil Mickelson
Hal Sutton
David Toms
Scott Verplank
Tiger Woods

Category 19

John Rollins

Category 20

David Smail

Category 21

Jyoti Randhawa

Category 22

Craig Parry
Peter Lonard
Peter O’Malley

Category 23

Toru Taniguchi
Nobuhito Sato
Shingo Katayama

Category 24

Trevor Immelman
Mark Foster

Category 25

Category 26

Category 27

Noboru Sugai

Category 28

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Category 29

Ricky Barnes (A)

Category 30

Raphael Pellicioli