Due to the cancellation of International Final Qualifying (America) at Congressional, the 12 qualifying places for The Open have been allocated to players in the starting field, as of this morning, in Official World Golf Ranking Week 25 order.
In addition, The R&A has decided to accept transference, from IFQ (America) to Local Final Qualifying in the UK, of those competitors in this morning’s IFQ (America) draw who did not qualify for exempt places through OWGR for week 25.
The deadline for intimation of transference has been set at midnight BST on Thursday 29 June.
The 12 players who gain exempt status are: –
IFQ (AMERICA)
Tom Pernice Jnr
USA
Brett Wetterich
USA
Vaughn Taylor
USA
Lee Westwood
England
Greg Owen
England
Bo Van Pelt
USA
J.B. Holmes
USA
Jerry Kelly
USA
Ted Purdy
USA
Steve Elkington
Australia
Jeff Maggert
USA
Aaron Baddeley
Australia
Contact:
Stewart McDougall
Press Officer
The Open Championship
Tel: (44) 141 427 5344
Fax: (44) 141 427 2168
Email: stewart.mcdougall@btclick.com
