2024 The Open Championship early predictions: Full field and picks explored

After the conclusion of the US Open, golf fans are looking forward to the next major, The Open Championship. The 152nd edition of the event will begin on July 18th and conclude on July 21. The major will take place at the Royal Troon Golf Club.

At the 2024 Open Championship, several big-name players like Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy will compete to win the major. 2023 winner, Brian Harman will also be an important feature at the event along with the likes of LIV golfers including Bryson DeChambeau.

In this article, we will take a look at the full field and early picks for The Open Championship 2024:

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A look at the field for The Open Championship 2024

Here is the list of the field for The Open Championship 2024 as of July 8th, 2024:

• Ludvig Aberg
• Byeong Hun An
• Abraham Ancer
• Mason Andersen
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• Akshay Bhatia
• Alexander Bjork
• Denwit Boriboonsub
• Dan Bradbury
• Keegan Bradley
• Daniel Brown
• Dean Burmester
• Sam Burns
• Jorge Campillo
• Laurie Canter
• Patrick Cantlay
• John Catlin
• Alex Cejka
• Stewart Cink
• Wyndham Clark
• Darren Clarke
• Dominic Clemons (a)
• Eric Cole
• Corey Conners
• Sean Crocker
• John Daly
• Jason Day
• Santiago de la Fuente (a)
• Joe Dean
• Bryson DeChambeau
• Matthew Dodd-Berry (a)
• David Duval
• Austin Eckroat
• Ernie Els
• Nacho Elvira
• Harris English
• Ewen Ferguson
• Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a)
• Darren Fichardt
• Tony Finau
• Matt Fitzpatrick
• Tommy Fleetwood
• Rickie Fowler
• Ryan Fox
• Lucas Glover
• Ben Griffin
• Emiliano Grillo
• Adam Hadwin
• Todd Hamilton
• Brian Harman
• Padraig Harrington
• Tyrrell Hatton
• Michael Hendry
• Russell Henley
• Angel Hidalgo
• Daniel Hillier
• Ryo Hisatsune
• Tom Hoge
• Nicolai Hojgaard
• Rasmus Hojgaard
• Max Homa
• Billy Horschel
• Sam Horsfield
• Rikuya Hoshino
• Viktor Hovland
• Mackenzie Hughes
• Sam Hutsby
• Sungjae Im
• Aguri Iwasaki
• Stephan Jaeger
• Dustin Johnson
• Zach Johnson
• Matthew Jordan
• Masahiro Kawamura
• Yuto Katsuragawa
• Tom Kim
• Si Woo Kim
• Minkyu Kim
• Ryosuke Kinoshita
• Chris Kirk
• Kurt Kitayama
• Kazuma Kobori
• Brooks Koepka
• Gun-Taek Koh
• Romain Langasque
• Thriston Lawrence
• Min Woo Lee
• Justin Leonard
• Charlie Lindh
• Shane Lowry
• Joost Luiten
• Robert MacIntyre
• Matteo Manassero
• Luis Masaveu (a)
• Hideki Matsuyama
• Denny McCarthy
• Jack McDonald
• Rory McIlroy
• Tom McKibbin
• Maverick McNealy
• Adrian Meronk
• Phil Mickelson
• Guido Migliozzi
• Francesco Molinari
• Taylor Moore
• Collin Morikawa
• Keita Nakajima
• Joaquin Niemann
• Liam Nolan (a)
• Vincent Norrman
• Andy Ogletree
• Thorbjorn Olesen
• Jacob Skov Olesen (a)
• Louis Oosthuizen
• C.T. Pan
• Yannik Paul
• Matthieu Pavon
• Victor Perez
• .J.T. Poston
• David Puig
• Jon Rahm
• Justin Rose
• Gordon Sargent (a)
• Xander Schauffele
• Scottie Scheffler
• Adam Schenk
• Adam Scott
• Shubhankar Sharma
• Marcel Siem
• Jordan Smith
• Cameron Smith
• Elvis Smylie
• Sebastian Soderberg
• Younghan Song
• Matthew Southgate
• Jordan Spieth
• Henrik Stenson
• Sepp Straka
• Jasper Stubbs (a)
• Jesper Svensson
• Nick Taylor
• Sahith Theegala
• Justin Thomas
• Davis Thompson
• Brendon Todd
• Sami Valimaki
• Altin van der Merwe (a)
• Ryan Van Velzen
• Matt Wallace
• Jeung-Hun Wang
• Gary Woodland
• Tiger Woods
• Cameron Young
• Will Zalatoris

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3 early picks for the 2024 Open Championship

Ahead of the 2024 Open Championship, Scottie Scheffler is tipped as the favorite to win the competition. This season, Scheffler has won six events in total, with his last victory coming at the 2024 Travelers Championship. Courtesy of his impeccable form, Scheffler is a 5-1 favorite to win the competition as per odds from Sportsline.

After Scheffler, the second favorite to win the Open Championship is Rory McIlroy. On the PGA Tour this season, McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship and finished 2nd at the US Open. McIlory is a 13-2 favorite to win The Open Championship.

In third place, LIV Golf professional Bryson DeChambeau is one of the contenders to win the 2024 Open Championship owing to his promising form. DeChambeau finished in 6th at the Masters and 2nd at the PGA Championship. His biggest result came at the US Open, where he beat Rory McIlroy to win the major. He is an 11-1 favorite to win the competition.