2009 Open winner at Turnberry Stewart Cink withdraws

from field for Royal Troon

R and A NEWS RELEASE

Stewart Cink has withdrawn from The Open and is replaced by Daniel Summerhays, United States.

The next three competitors on the reserve list are :

1st Reserve: Jamie Lovemark, United States

2nd Reserve: Colt Knost, United States

3rd Reserve: Jon Curran, United States

Cink won the 2009 Open at Turnberry.

The final four qualifying places for The 145^th Open at Royal Troon are on offer this week as The Open Qualifying Series moves to Scotland for the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open.

The leading four players, who finish in the top 12 and ties and who are not already exempt, will earn a place in The Open from 14-17 July 2016.

Players in the field at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open who are already exempt for The 145^th Open at Royal Troon

Kiradech Aphibarnrat	Thongchai Jaidee	Colin Montgomerie	Marc Warren
Rafa Cabrera Bello	Lasse Jensen	James Morrison	Chris Wood
George Coetzee	Miguel Angel Jiménez	Alex Noren
Luke Donald	Andrew Johnston	Thorbjørn Olesen
Jamie Donaldson	Martin Kaymer	Thomas Pieters
Paul Dunne	Søren Kjeldsen	Haydn Porteous
Ryan Evans	Russell Knox	Patrick Reed
Ross Fisher	Paul Lawrie	Robert Rock
Matthew Fitzpatrick	Danny Lee	Callum Shinkwin
Tommy Fleetwood	Soomin Lee	Matthew Southgate
Branden Grace	David Lingmerth	Henrik Stenson
Padraig Harrington	Shane Lowry	Richard Sterne
Scott Hend	Joost Luiten	Steve Stricker
Nathan Holman	Sandy Lyle	Andy Sullivan
J B Holmes	Graeme McDowell	Anthony Wall
David Howell	Phil Mickelson	Jeunghun Wang

In the event of a tie for a qualifying place, the player with the higher ranking in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) at the beginning of the week commencing 04 July will be awarded a place in The 145^th Open.