2024 Open final qualifying: How many LIV Golf players made the final field at Royal Troon?
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Sixteen LIV Golf players have made it to the final field for the 2024 Open Championship. The fourth and final Major of the year will be played at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland, from July 18 to 21, 2024.

This will be the maximum number of LIV Golf players in a Majors field equivalent to the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club. Thirteen LIV players played at the 2024 Masters Tournament and 12 played at US Open 2024.

The 16 LIV Golf players to qualify for the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon are as follows:

Abraham Ancer
Dean Burmester
Bryson DeChambeau
Tyrrell Hatton
Sam Horsfield
Brooks Koepka
Dustin Johnson
Adrian Meronk
Phil Mickelson
Joaquin Niemann
Andy Ogletree
Louis Oosthuizen
David Puig
Jon Rahm
Cameron Smith
Henrik Stenson
Among the 16 LIV golfers, Abraham Ancer and Sam Horsfield qualified for the Open Championship through final qualifying event. 11 LIV Golf players competed at four different venues to qualify for the fourth Major.

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Abraham Ancer qualified from Burnham & Berrow whereas Sam Horselfield qualified from West Lancashire. Notably, LIV golfer Sergio Garcia failed to qualify for the tournament after he carded 71 and 70 in the two rounds at Liverpool’s West Lancashire Golf Club. He had failed to qualify for the event last year as well.

After failing to qualify, Garcia said (via ESPN):

“I come here and I try my hardest to get into The Open. It would be nice to make The Open my 100th Major, but it was tough conditions and sometimes things don’t go your way. … I tried everything that I could and that’s all I can ask myself for.”
Kieran Vincent, Carlos Ortiz, Peter Uihlein, Laurie Canter, Anirban Lahiri, Graeme McDowell, Eugenio Chacarra, and Branden Grace failed to advance to the tournament through qualifying event.

A look at the 16 LIV Golf players’ performance at the Open Championship
Four of the 16 LIV Golf players – Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Stenson, and Cameron Smith – have won the Open Championship in the past. Whereas, Andy Ogletree and David Puig will be appearing at the tournament for the first time this year.

Let’s take a look at the performance of the remaining LIV Golf players at the Open Championship in the past:

Abraham Ancer
Abraham Ancer has played the tournament five times. His best performance was in 2022 where he finished T11. Let’s take a look at his performances at the Open Championship.

2018: CUT
2019: CUT
2021: T59
2022: T11
2023: T49
Dean Burmester
Dean Burmester will be playing his third tournament this year. In 2021, he finished T40 whereas in 2020 he finished T11.

Sam Horsfield
Sam Horsfield has participated twice, in 2021 he finished T67 and in 2022 he failed to make the cut.

Adrian Meronk
Adrian Meronk has also played in the tournament twice. In 2022, he finished as T42 whereas in 2023 he finished as T23.

Bryson DeChambeau
In six appearances, Bryson DeChambeau finished best in 2022 as T8. Let’s take a look at his performances at the Open Championship:

2017: CUT
2018: T51
2019: CUT
2021: T33
2022: T8
2023: T60
Tyrrell Hatton
Tyrrell Hatton has made the cut in six of his 12 appearances at the tournament. His best performance came in 2016 where he finished T5.

2010: CUT
2013: CUT
2014: CUT
2015: CUT
2016: T5
2017: CUT
2018: T51
2019: T6
2020: NT
2021: CUT
2022: T11
2023: T20
Brooks Koepka
Brooks Koepka’s best performance came in 2019 where he finished T4. He has a pair of T6 in 2017 and 2021.

2013: CUT
2014: T67
2015: T10
2017: T6
2018: T39
2019: T4
2020: NT
2021: T6
2022: CUT
2023: T64
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson is a veteran at the tournament and finished as the runner-up in 2011.

2009: CUT
2010: T14
2011: T2
2012: T9
2013: T32
2014: T12
2015: T49
2016: T9
2017: T54
2018: CUT
2019: T51
2020: NT
2021: T8
2022: T6
2023: CUT
Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson is the most veteran LIV Golf player at the tournament. He won the Open Championship in 2013. However, he has failed to make the cut in five of his last six starts.

1991: T73
1994: CUT
1995: T40
1996: T41
1997: T24
1998: 79
1999: CUT
2000: T11
2001: T30
2002: T66
2003: T59
2004: 3
2005: T60
2006: T22
2007: CUT
2008: T19
2010: T48
2011: T2
2012: CUT
2013: 1
2014: T23
2015: T20
2016: 2
2017: CUT
2018: T24
2019: CUT
2021: CUT
2022: CUT
2023: CUT
Joaquin Niemann
Joaquin Niemann’s best performance in his four appearances came in 2022 where he finished T53.

2019: CUT
2021: T59
2022: T53
2023: CUT
Louis Oosthuizen
Oosthuizen won the Open Championship in 2010. The LIV Golf player finished as the runner-up in 2015 and as T3 in 2021.

2004: CUT
2006: CUT
2009: CUT
2010: 1
2011: T54
2012: T19
2013: WD
2014: T36
2015: T2
2016: CUT
2017: CUT
2018: T28
2019: T20
2021: T3
2022: CUT
2023: T23
Jon Rahm
Jon Rahm finished as the runner-up in his last appearance in 2023.

2016: T59
2017: T44
2018: CUT
2019: T11
2020: NT
2021: T3
2022: T34
2023: T2
Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith won the tournament in 2022.

2017: CUT
2018: 78
2019: T20
2021: T33
2022: 1
2023: T33
Henrik Stenson
Henrik Stenson, the 48-year-old LIV Golf player, won the tournament in 2016. He was the runner-up in 2013.

2001: CUT
2005: T34
2006: T48
2007: CUT
2008: T3
2009: T13
2010: T3
2011: 68
2013: 2
2014: T39
2015: T40
2016: 1
2017: T11
2018: T35
2019: T20
2020: NT
2021: CUT
2022: CUT
2023: T13
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Edited by Sudeshna Banerjee