Entry List
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Entry List
As exempt players submit their entries for The 137th Open Championship in 2008 their names will be added to this page, together with the names of those who qualify through International Final Qualifying and Local Final Qualifying. A total of 156 players will compete at Royal Birkdale with the leading 70, and those tied for 70th place after two rounds, qualifying for the final 36 holes.
| name | country | categories | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas AIKEN | South Africa | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Robert ALLENBY | Australia | Category 7 | |||
| Stephen AMES | Canada | Category 7,Category 14 | |||
| Stuart APPLEBY | Australia | Category 7,Category 19 | |||
| Peter APPLEYARD | England | Local Final Qualifying - WEST LANCASHIRE | |||
| Phillip ARCHER | England | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Woody AUSTIN | USA | Category 7,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Aaron BADDELEY | Australia | Category 7,Category 15 | |||
| Peter BAKER | England | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Craig BARLOW | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Rich BEEM | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Jon BEVAN | England | Local Final Qualifying - SOUTHPORT & AINSDALE | |||
| Rohan BLIZARD | Australia | Local Final Qualifying - HILLSIDE | |||
| Adam BLYTH | Australia | International Final Qualifying - Asia | |||
| Gregory BOURDY | France | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Gary BOYD | England | Local Final Qualifying - SOUTHPORT & AINSDALE | |||
| Bart BRYANT | USA | Category 16 | |||
| Angel CABRERA | Argentina | Category 5,Category 7,Category 11,Category 19 | |||
| Mark CALCAVECCHIA | USA | Category 3,Category 15 | |||
| Michael CAMPBELL | New Zealand | Category 11 | |||
| Ariel CANETE | Argentina | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Paul CASEY | England | Category 5,Category 7 | |||
| Alex CEJKA | Germany | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Danny CHIA | Malaysia | International Final Qualifying - Asia | |||
| KJ CHOI | Korea | Category 1,Category 7,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Stewart CINK | USA | Category 1,Category 7,Category 19 | |||
| Tim CLARK | South Africa | Category 7 | |||
| Joshua CUNLIFFE | South Africa | International Final Qualifying - Africa | |||
| Ben CURTIS | USA | Category 1,Category 3,Category 4 | |||
| John DALY | USA | Category 3 | |||
| Nick DOUGHERTY | England | Category 5 | |||
| David DUVAL | USA | Category 3,Category 4 | |||
| Simon DYSON | England | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Pelle EDBERG | Sweden | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Johan EDFORS | Sweden | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Ernie ELS | South Africa | Category 1,Category 3,Category 4,Category 5,Category 7,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Jamie ELSON | England | Local Final Qualifying - HILLSIDE | |||
| Niclas FASTH | Sweden | Category 5,Category 7 | |||
| Darren FICHARDT | South Africa | International Final Qualifying - Africa | |||
| Richard FINCH | England | Category 8 | |||
| Ross FISHER | England | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Peter FOWLER | Australia | International Final Qualifying - Australasia | |||
| David FROST | South Africa | Category 10 | |||
| Jim FURYK | USA | Category 7,Category 15,Category 19,Category 23 | |||
| Sergio GARCIA | Spain | Category 1,Category 5,Category 7,Category 14,Category 15 | |||
| Tom GILLIS | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Lucas GLOVER | USA | Category 19 | |||
| Jean-Baptiste GONNET | France | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Retief GOOSEN | South Africa | Category 5,Category 7,Category 11,Category 19 | |||
| Paul GOYDOS | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Richard GREEN | Australia | Category 1 | |||
| Todd HAMILTON | USA | Category 3,Category 4 | |||
| Soren HANSEN | Denmark | Category 5,Category 7 | |||
| Anders HANSEN | Denmark | Category 5,Category 6 | |||
| Peter HANSON | Sweden | Category 5 | |||
| Padraig HARRINGTON | Republic of Ireland | Category 1,Category 3,Category 4,Category 5,Category 7 | |||
| Gregory HAVRET | France | Category 5 | |||
| Benjamin HEBERT | France | Category 31 | |||
| JB HOLMES | USA | Category 7 | |||
| David HORSEY | England | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Jamie HOWARTH | England | Local Final Qualifying - SOUTHPORT & AINSDALE | |||
| David HOWELL | England | Category 6 | |||
| Charles HOWELL III | USA | Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Barry HUME | Scotland | Local Final Qualifying - WEST LANCASHIRE | |||
| Ryuji IMADA | Japan | Category 16 | |||
| Trevor IMMELMAN | South Africa | Category 7,Category 12,Category 19 | |||
| Hiroshi IWATA | Japan | Category 27 | |||
| Fredrik JACOBSON | Sweden | Category 18 | |||
| Miguel Angel JIMENEZ | Spain | Category 6,Category 7 | |||
| Zach JOHNSON | USA | Category 7,Category 12,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Brendan JONES | Australia | Category 25 | |||
| Shintaro KAI | Japan | Category 27 | |||
| Robert KARLSSON | Sweden | Category 7 | |||
| Martin KAYMER | Germany | Category 7 | |||
| Jerry KELLY | USA | Category 7 | |||
| Simon KHAN | England | Category 10 | |||
| Anthony KIM | USA | Category 7 | |||
| James KINGSTON | South Africa | Category 22 | |||
| Soren KJELDSEN | Denmark | Category 5 | |||
| Matt KUCHAR | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Doug Labelle II | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Chih-Bing LAM | Singapore | International Final Qualifying - Asia | |||
| Bradley LAMB | Australia | International Final Qualifying - Australasia | |||
| Pablo LARRAZABAL | Spain | Category 8 | |||
| Paul LAWRIE | Scotland | Category 3,Category 4 | |||
| Tom LEHMAN | USA | Category 3 | |||
| Justin LEONARD | USA | Category 3,Category 7 | |||
| Michael LETZIG | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Wen Chong LIANG | China | Category 20 | |||
| Jose-Filipe LIMA | Portugal | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Jonathan LOMAS | England | Local Final Qualifying - WEST LANCASHIRE | |||
| Davis LOVE III | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Sandy LYLE | Scotland | Category 3 | |||
| Hunter MAHAN | USA | Category 1,Category 7,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Prayad MARKSAENG | Thailand | Category 26 | |||
| Michio MATSUMURA | Japan | Category 26 | |||
| Scott MCCARRON | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Graeme MCDOWELL | Northern Ireland | Category 8 | |||
| Damien MCGRANE | Republic of Ireland | Category 8 | |||
| Douglas MCGUIGAN | Scotland | International Final Qualifying - Africa | |||
| Rocco MEDIATE | USA | Category 17 | |||
| Phil MICKELSON | USA | Category 7,Category 12,Category 13,Category 14,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Colin MONTGOMERIE | Scotland | Category 5 | |||
| Alexander NOREN | Sweden | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Greg NORMAN | Australia | Category 3 | |||
| Geoff OGILVY | Australia | Category 7,Category 11,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Sean O'HAIR | USA | Category 7 | |||
| Nick O'HERN | Australia | Category 19 | |||
| Mark O'MEARA | USA | Category 3,Category 4 | |||
| Hennie OTTO | South Africa | International Final Qualifying - Africa | |||
| Jeff OVERTON | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Rod PAMPLING | Australia | Category 7 | |||
| Craig PARRY | Australia | Category 21 | |||
| Pat PEREZ | USA | Category 7 | |||
| Tim PETROVIC | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Ewan PORTER | Australia | International Final Qualifying - Australasia | |||
| Ian POULTER | England | Category 7 | |||
| Angelo QUE | Philippines | International Final Qualifying - Asia | |||
| Jeff QUINNEY | USA | Category 7 | |||
| John ROLLINS | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Andres ROMERO | Argentina | Category 1,Category 5,Category 7 | |||
| Justin ROSE | England | Category 5,Category 7,Category 15 | |||
| Rory SABBATINI | South Africa | Category 7,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Reinier SAXTON | Netherlands | Category 29 | |||
| Adam SCOTT | Australia | Category 7,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Thomas SHERREARD | England | Local Final Qualifying - SOUTHPORT & AINSDALE | |||
| Vijay SINGH | Fiji | Category 7,Category 13,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Heath SLOCUM | USA | Category 7 | |||
| David SMAIL | New Zealand | Category 21 | |||
| Brandt SNEDEKER | USA | Category 7,Category 15 | |||
| Kevin STADLER | USA | International Final Qualifying - America | |||
| Henrik STENSON | Sweden | Category 5,Category 7 | |||
| Richard STERNE | South Africa | Category 5,Category 7 | |||
| Graeme STORM | England | Category 5 | |||
| Scott STRANGE | Australia | Category 8 | |||
| Steve STRICKER | USA | Category 1,Category 7,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Andrew TAMPION | Australia | International Final Qualifying - Australasia | |||
| Hideto TANIHARA | Japan | Category 25 | |||
| Yoshinobu TSUKADA | Japan | Category 26 | |||
| Jean VAN DE VELDE | France | Local Final Qualifying - HILLSIDE | |||
| Scott VERPLANK | USA | Category 7,Category 15,Category 19 | |||
| Camilo VILLEGAS | Colombia | Category 7 | |||
| Simon WAKEFIELD | England | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Anthony WALL | England | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Philip WALTON | Republic of Ireland | Local Final Qualifying - WEST LANCASHIRE | |||
| Paul WARING | England | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Tom WATSON | USA | Category 3,Category 28 | |||
| Steve WEBSTER | England | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Boo WEEKLEY | USA | Category 7 | |||
| Mike WEIR | Canada | Category 1,Category 7,Category 19 | |||
| Lee WESTWOOD | England | Category 5,Category 7 | |||
| Martin WIEGELE | Austria | International Final Qualifying - Europe | |||
| Jay WILLIAMSON | USA | Category 18 | |||
| Oliver WILSON | England | Category 7 | |||
| Chris WOOD | England | Local Final Qualifying - HILLSIDE | |||
| Azuma YANO | Japan | Category 26 | |||