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Paul Higham

The Open Championship 2026: Full Field And How They Qualified For Royal Birkdale

The leaderboard at The Open .

It's nearly time for the 154th Open Championship and the field for Royal Birkdale is almost complete.

After the R&A added a further 15 players from the Official World Golf Ranking that took the field up to 152 with 156 starters set to tee off on the Southport coast for the first round of the Open on Thursday July 16.

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