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OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP'S LIST OF 138 PLAYERS
EXEMPT FROM THE QUALIFYING PROCESS

The current list of 138 exempt players is given below.
The 18 places to complete the field of 156 will come from.
F(8) - The leading player, not exempt, in the first 10 and ties of each of the 2007 Smurfit Kappa European Open and the 2007 Barclays Scottish Open.
F(15) - First 2 USPGA Tour members and any USPGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from the USPGA Tour Players Championship and the five USPGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2007 AT&T.
F(16) - The leading player, not exempt, in the first 10 and ties of each of the 2007 AT&T and the 2007 John Deere Classic.
12 players from Local Final Qualifying on 9 and 10 July.

The Open Starting Field at Carnoustie with exemption and qualifying
Categories
Allenby, Robert Australia 3
Ames, Stephen Canada 3,12
Andersson Hed, Fredrik Sweden EU 10
Appleby, Stuart Australia 3,13
Baddeley, Aaron Australia 3
Bain, Ross Scotland AA 3
Baker, Peter England EU 16
Barham, Benn England EU 9
Beem, Rich USA 11
Bickerton, John England 4
Bjorn, Thomas Denmark 4
Botes, Desvonde South Africa AF 3
Bourdy, Gregory France EU 7
Brier, Markus Austria 6
Broadhurst, Paul England 4
Bunny, Ben Australia AU 4
Cabrera, Angel Argentina 1,3,4,5,9
Calcavecchia, Mark USA 2
Campbell, Chad USA 3,13,17
Campbell, Michael New Zealand 9
Casey, Paul England 3,4,17
Choi, KJ Korea 3
Cink, Stewart USA 3,17
Clarke, Darren Northern Ireland 17
Curtis, Ben USA 2
Da Silva, Adilson Brazil AF 1
Daly, John USA 2
Davis, Brian England AM 7
DiMarco, Chris USA 1,3,17
Donald, Luke England 3,4,13,17
Dougherty, Nick England EU 4
Dredge, Bradley Wales 7
Durant, Joe USA 3,13
Edfors, Johan Sweden 4
Eliasson, Mattias Sweden EU 11
Els, Ernie South Africa 1,2,3,4
Faldo, Nick England 2
Fasth, Niclas Sweden 3,4
Fisher, Ross England EU 5
Forsyth, Alastair Scotland EU 6
Foster, Mark England EU 14
Fowler, Peter Australia AU 2
Frost, David South Africa EU 13
Furyk, Jim USA 1,3,9,13,17,21
Garcia, Sergio Spain 1,3,4,17
Gleeson, David Australia AA 4
Goosen, Retief South Africa 3,4,9,13
Groom, Adam Australia AA 1
Hamilton, Todd USA 2
Hansen, Anders Denmark 3,5
Hanson, Peter Sweden EU 2
Harrington, Padraig Republic of Ireland 3,4,17
Henry, J J USA 17
Hensby, Mark Australia AM 11
Hoffman, Charley USA AM 4
Howell, Charles USA 3
Howell, David England 3,4,5,17
Hultman, Anders Sweden AM 6
Immelman, Trevor South Africa 3,13
Izawa, Toshi Japan 25
Jacklin, Tony England 2
Jacquelin, Raphael France 6
Jimenez, Miguel Angel Spain EU 3
Johnson, Zach USA 3,10,17
Karlsson, Robert Sweden 3,4,17
Katayama, Shingo Japan 23
Kelly, Jerry USA AM 8
Kondo, Tomohiro Japan 25
Kuchar, Matt USA AM 5
Lam, Chih-Bing Singapore AA 2
Lawrie, Paul Scotland 2
Laycock, Scott Australia AU 3
Lee, Dong Hwan Korea 24
Lee, Seung Ho Japan 24
Lee, Won Joon Australia AA 5
Lehman, Tom USA 2
Leonard, Justin USA 2
Levin, Spencer USA AM 12
Lima, Jose-Filipe Portugal EU 15
Love III, Davis USA 3,13
Lyle, Sandy Scotland 2
McDowell, Graeme Northern Ireland EU 1
McGinley, Paul Republic of Ireland 17
McGuigan, Douglas Scotland AF 2
McIlroy, Rory (A) Northern Ireland 29
Micheel, Shaun USA 11
Mickelson, Phil USA 3,10,11,13,17
Molinari, Francesco Italy EU 12
Montgomerie, Colin Scotland 3,4, 17
Moore, Ryan USA AM 3
Muto, Toshinori Japan 24
Oberholser, Arron USA 3
Ogilvy, Geoff Australia 3,9,13
O'Hair, Sean USA AM 9
O'Hern, Nick Australia 3,19
Olazabal, Jose Maria Spain 3,17
O'Meara, Mark USA 2
Pampling, Rod Australia 3,13
Pettersson, Carl Sweden 1,3,13
Pilkadaris, Terry Australia AF 4
Porter, Ewan Australia AU 1
Poulter, Ian England 3,4
Putnam, Michael USA AM 1
Quigley, Brett USA 13
Ramsay, Richie (A) Scotland 28
Roberts, Loren USA 26
Rollins, John USA 3
Romero, Andres Argentina 1
Rose, Justin England 3
Sabbatini, Rory South Africa 3,13
Sato, Achi Japan 24
Schwartzel, Charl South Africa 3,4,20
Scott, Adam Australia 1, 3, 13
Senden, John Australia AM 2
Sheehan, Paul Australia 22
Singh, Jeev Milkha India 4, 18
Singh, Vijay Fiji 3,11,13
Stadler, Kevin USA 19
Stenson, Henrik Sweden 3,4,17
Sterne, Richard South Africa 3
Storm, Graeme England 7
Stricker, Steve USA 3
Taniguchi, Toru Japan 23
Tanihara, Hideto Japan 1
Taylor, Vaughn USA 3,17
Toms, David USA 3,13,17
Verplank, Scott USA 3,17
Waldorf, Duffy USA AM 10
Wall, Anthony England 4
Watney, Nick USA 14
Weaver, Drew (A) USA 27
Weekley, Boo USA 14
Weir, Mike Canada 3,10
Westwood, Lee England 3,17
Wetterich, Brett USA 3,13,17
Wilson, Oliver England EU 8
Woods, Tiger USA 1,2,3,10,11,13,17
Yang, Yong-Eun Korea 6


(A) denotes Amateur