The R&A has updated a number of its exemption categories ahead of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon this summer, including its past champion category and new ways to qualify.
Currently, players can qualify for golf's oldest Major in one of four ways - via one of many exemptions, through local qualifying, as one of the top-50 golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking, or via the Open Qualifying Series (OQS) which takes place on every continent throughout the world in the months prior to the event.
