The 151st Open Championship: Everything you need to know!

This is everything you need to know about the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

23 Jul 2023

The 151st Open Championship: Everything you need to know!

The Open Championship 2023

Venue: Royal Liverpool
Course details: 7,218 yards, par 71
Date: 16-23 July
Defending champion: Cameron Smith

Open Championship 2023 leaderboard

The final major of the year is nearly upon us. Jon Rahm is your Masters champion, Brooks Koepka claimed the PGA Championship and Wyndham Clark triumphed at the US Open to ensure Rory McIlroy's major drought continued.

Open Championship 2023 info:

The Open Championship field
The Open Championship tee times
The Open Championship odds
LIV Golf players in the field
Streaming information
How to watch
Schedule
Prize money information
Exemption categories
Players who are exempt but not competing

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The Open Championship 2023 field

Ancer, Abraham
Arnaus, Adri
Ballester, Jose Luis
Barker, Kyle
Barron, Haydn
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Bjork, Alexander
Bland, Richard
Bradbury, Dan
Bradley, Keegan
Burns, Sam
Campillo, Jorge
Canizares, Alejandro
Canter, Laurie
Cantlay, Patrick
Christensen, Tiger (a)
Cink, Stewart
Clark, Wyndham
Clarke, Darren
Conners, Corey
Crowe, Harrison (a)
Daly, John
Day, Jason
DeChambeau, Bryson
Detry, Thomas
Els, Ernie
Elvira, Nacho
English, Harris
Farr, Oliver
Ferguson, Ewen
Fernandez De Oliveira, Mateo (a)
Finau, Tony
Fischer, Zack
Fitzpatrick, Alex
Fitzpatrick, Matt
Fleetwood, Tommy
Fowler, Rickie
Fox, Ryan
Gooch, Talor
Grace, Branden
Griffin, Ben
Grillo, Emiliano
Han, Seungsu
Harman, Brian
Harrington, Padraig
Hatton, Tyrrell
Henley, Russell
Herbert, Lucas
Higa, Kazuki
Hillier, Daniel
Hirata, Kensei
Hodges, Lee
Hoge, Tom
Hojgaard, Rasmus
Homa, Max
Horschel, Billy
Hoshino, Rikuya
Hovland, Viktor
Im, Sungjae
Iwata, Hiroshi
Janewattananond, Jazz
Johnson, Dustin
Johnson, Zach
Jordan, Matthew
Kanaya, Takumi
Kang, Kyungnam
Kho, Taichi
Kim, Bio
Kim, Michael
Kim, Si Woo
Kim, Tom
Kirk, Chris
Kitayama, Kurt
Koepka, Brooks
Lamprecht, Christo
Langasque, Romain
Larrazabal, Pablo
Lawrence, Thriston
Lee, KH
Lee, Min Woo
Long, Hurly
Lowry, Shane
Luiten, Joost
MacIntyre, Robert
Maguire, Alex
Matsuyama, Hideki
McCarthy, Denny
McIlroy, Rory
McKinney, Connor
Meronk, Adrian
Micheluzzi, David
Mickelson, Phil
Migliozzi, Guido
Molinari, Francesco
Moore, Taylor
Morikawa, Collin
Mullinax, Trey
Nakajima, Keita
Niemann, Joaquin
Noren, Alex
Olesen, Thorbjorn
Oosthuizen, Louis
Otaegui, Adrian
Paul, Yannik
Penge, Marco
Perez, Victor
Pieters, Thomas
Poston, JT
Power, Seamus
Putnam, Andrew
Rahm, Jon
Ramsay, Richie
Reed, Patrick
Riley, Davis
Robertson, Graeme
Robinson Thompson, Brandon
Rohwer, Martin
Rose, Justin
Rozner, Antoine
Samooja, Kalle
Schauffele, Xander
Scheffler, Scottie
Schenk, Adam
Schwartzel, Charl
Scott, Adam
Semikawa, Taiga
Sharma, Shubhankar
Shinkwin, Callum
Siem, Marcel
Smith, Cameron
Smith, Jordan
Smyth, Travis
Southgate, Matthew
Spieth, Jordan
Stallings, Scott
Stenson, Henrik
Stewart, Michael
Straka, Sepp
Strydom, Ockie
Syme, Connor
Taylor, Nick
Theegala, Sahith
Thomas, Justin
Todd, Brendon
Valimaki, Sami
Wallace, Matt
Warren, Marc
Wiebe, Gunner
Willett, Danny
Wilson, Oliver
Woodland, Gary
Yasumori, Kazuki
Young, Cameron
Ben An
David Lingmerth
Nicolai Hojgaard

The Open Championship tee times

The Open Championship 2023 tee times and pairings:

Round four: Sunday, 23 July (all times BST)

07:45 Christo Lamprecht (SA), Danny Willett (Eng)

07:55 Scott Stallings (US), Zack Fischer (US)

08:05 Bryson DeChambeau (US), Andrew Putnam (US)

08:15 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Robert MacIntyre (Sco)

08:25 Adrian Otaegui (Spa), Adrian Meronk (Pol)

08:35 Gary Woodland (US), Brandon Robinson Thompson (Eng)

08:45 Brooks Koepka (US), Scottie Scheffler (US)

08:55 Thriston Lawrence (SA), Marcel Siem (Ger)

09:10 Kurt Kitayama (US), Richie Ramsay (Sco)

09:20 Victor Perez (Fra), Adam Scott (Aus)

09:30 Matthew Southgate (Eng), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA)

09:40 Zach Johnson (US), Hurly Long (Ger)

09:50 Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Daniel Lingmerth (Swe)

10:00 Laurie Canter (Eng), Alex Noren (Swe)

10:10 Abraham Ancer (Mex), Oliver Wilson (Eng)

10:20 Thomas Pieters (Bel), Joost Luiten (Ned)

10:35 Jordan Smith (Eng), Rikuya Hoshino (Jap)

10:45 Sami Valimaki (Fin), Ryan Fox (NZ)

10:55 Brendon Todd (US), JT Poston (US)

11:05 Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Michael Stewart (Sco)

11:15 Stewart Cink (US), Henrik Stenson (Swe)

11:25 Wyndham Clark (US), Richard Bland (Eng)

11:35 Alexander Bjork (Swe), Byeong Hun An (Kor)

11:45 Corey Conners (Can), Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

12:00 Patrick Reed (US), Cameron Smith (Aus)

12:10 Xander Schauffele (US), Patrick Cantlay (US)

12:20 Rickie Fowler (US), Min-Woo Lee (Aus)

12:30 Jordan Spieth (US), Max Homa (US)

12:40 Hideki Matsuyama (Jap), Romain Langasque (Fra)

12:50 Sungjae Im (Kor), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

13:00 Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Rory McIlroy (NI)

13:10 Matthew Jordan (Eng), Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)

13:25 Tom Kim (Kor), Thomas Detry (Bel)

13:35 Shubhankar Sharma (Ind), Alex Fitzpatrick (Eng)

13:45 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Sepp Straka (Aut)

13:55 Jason Day (Aus), Antoine Rozner (Fra)

14:05 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jon Rahm (Spa)

14:15 Cameron Young (US), Brian Harman (US)

The Open Championship odds

Rory McIlroy 8/1
Jon Rahm 10/1
Scottie Scheffler 10/1
Brooks Koepka 16/1
Cameron Smith 18/1
Jordan Spieth 20/1
Xander Schauffele 20/1
Viktor Hovland 22/1
Patrick Cantlay 25/1
Tommy Fleetwood 28/1
Collin Morikawa 28/1
Will Zalatoris 28/1
Dustin Johnson 30/1
Shane Lowry 33/1
Tyrrell Hatton 33/1
Matt Fitzpatrick 33/1
Cameron Young 40/1
Justin Thomas 40/1
Max Homa 50/1
Hideki Matsuyama 50/1
Bryson DeChambeau 50/1
Justin Rose 50/1
Tom Kim 66/1
Adam Scott 66/1
Sam Burns 80/1
Min Woo Lee 80/1
Patrick Reed 80/1
Corey Conners 90/1
Louis Oosthuizen 100/1
Ryan Fox 100/1
Sahith Theegala 100/1
Talor Gooch 125/1
Joaquin Niemann 125/1
Keegan Bradley 125/1
Si Woo Kim 125/1
Harris English 150/1
Paul Casey 150/1
Seamus Power 150/1
Padraig Harrington 150/1
Robert MacIntyre 150/1
Gary Woodland 150/1
Sergio Garcia 150/1
Victor Perez 150/1
Marc Leishman 160/1
Lucas Herbert 175/1
Kurt Kitayama 175/1
Adrian Meronk 175/1
Rasmus Hojgaard 175/1
Matt Kuchar 200/1
Ian Poulter 200/1
Russell Henley 200/1
Thomas Pieters 200/1
Jordan Smith 200/1
Abraham Ancer 200/1
Mito Pereira 200/1
Harold Varner III 200/1

LIV Golf players in the field

Bland, Richard
DeChambeau, Bryson
Gooch, Talor
Johnson, Dustin
Mickelson, Phil
Stenson, Henrik
Reed, Patrick
Oosthuizen, Louis
Koepka, Brooks

Streaming information

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How to watch

Sky Sports has live coverage for viewers in the UK. The BBC are providing highlights after each round on BBC Two. For US viewers, there is a combination of coverage on streaming service Peacock and the Golf Channel. NBC takes over coverage on Saturday and Sunday.

Schedule

Tuesday, 18 July: Gates open

Wednesday, 19 July: Practice round

Thursday, 20 July: Round 1

Friday, 21 July: Round 2

Saturday, 22 July: Round 3

Sunday, 23 July: Round 4

Prize money information

Here's a full breakdown of the 2023 Open Championship prize fund:

WIN: $3,000,000

2 $1,708,000
3 $1,095,000
4 $851,000
5 $684,500
6 $593,000
7 $509,500
8 $429,700
9 $377,000
10 $340,500
11 $310,000
12 $274,700
13 $258,300
14 $241,800
15 $224,800
16 $206,600
17 $196,600
18 $187,500
19 $179,600
20 $171,100
21 $163,100
22 $155,000
23 $146,700
24 $138,500
25 $133,800
26 $128,000
27 $123,300
28 $119,100
29 $113,900
30 $108,000
31 $104,500
32 $99,200
33 $95,700
34 $93,000
35 $89,800
36 $86,200
37 $82,200
38 $78,000
39 $75,200
40 $72,800
41 $69,800
42 $66,400
43 $63,400
44 $59,800
45 $56,400
46 $53,400
47 $51,300
48 $49,300
49 $47,000
50 $45,900
51 $44,900
52 $44,100
53 $43,400
54 $42,800
55 $42,100
56 $41,500
57 $41,100
58 $40,800
59 $40,500
60 $40,200
61 $40,000
62 $39,800
63 $39,600
64 $39,400
65 $39,200
66 $38,900
67 $38,600
68 $38,300
69 $38,000
70 $37,800

Exempt players not competing:

Curtis, Ben
Duval, David
Hamilton, Todd
Hendry, Michael
Lawrie, Paul
Leonard, Justin
Woods, Tiger
Zalatoris, Will

Exemption categories

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 23 July 2023
2. The Open Champions for 2012-2022
3. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in The 150th Open at St Andrews
4. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2023
5. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2022
6. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2019-2022
7. First 5 DP World Tour members and any DP World Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2023 BMW International Open
8. The US Open Champions for 2018-2023
9. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2018-2023
10. The PGA Champions for 2017-2023
11. THE PLAYERS Champions for 2021-2023
12. Top 30 players from the Final 2022 FedExCup Points List
13. First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List for 2023 on completion of the 2023 Travelers Championship
14. The 116th VISA Open de Argentina 2022 Champion
15. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Final Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2022-23
16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Final Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2022-23
17. The Japan Open Champion for 2022
18. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, on the Final Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2022
19. First and anyone tying for 1st place, not exempt in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2023 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2023 Japan Tour Championship. Blank entries will be made on behalf of competitors qualifying in this category
20. The Senior Open Champion for 2022
21. The Amateur Champion for 2023
22. The US Amateur Champion for 2022
23. The European Amateur Champion for 2023
24. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men’s WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKINGTM) winner for 2022
25. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2022
26. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2023
27. The Open Amateur Series winner 2023 (A new exemption added for elite amateur golfers, in which the player who accumulates the most points awarded by the World Amateur Golf Ranking in the St Andrews Links Trophy, The Amateur Championship and European Amateur Championship will earn a place in The Open).