British Open Golf Qualification

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Every player in the world wants to be at Turnberry this July for the 2009 British Open but there are only 156 places available when the tournament gets underway. There are several different ways for players to qualify for the British open and we are looking to outline these for you right here. The top players in the world qualify through exemptions where as the lower ranked players will have to go through qualifying events all over the globe.

Exemptions

Exemptions into a major championship means that a player automatically qualifies to play in the event without having to go through a qualifying tournament. They are many different exemptions that exist for the British Open Golf but here are some of the main ones:

  • The top 50 players on the current Golf World Rankings
  • The top 10 from the previous British Open Championship
  • All players who have won one of the other three majors in the previous five years
  • The top 30 players from previous years PGA Tour money list and European Order of Merit
  • All previous Open Champions who will be under 60 on the last day of the Tournament

Qualifying

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For all those players that are not exempt there is the qualifying tournaments that take place on every continent for any player who wants to enter. There are International Qualifying events, Local qualifying events and regional qualifying tournaments which offer players a route into the main draw.

International Final Qualifying

International Final qualifying is exactly that, it allows players from all corners of globe a chance to qualify for one of the great golf tournaments. Events are staged on each continent during the year for the players, here are this years events:

IFQ — Africa: Tues 3 & Wed 4 February 2009, Royal Durban Golf Club, Durban, South Africa
IFQ — Australasia: 10 February 2009, Kingston Heath Golf Club, Melbourne, Australia
IFQ — Asia: Tues 31 March & Wed 1 April 2009, Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore
IFQ — America: 25 May 2009, Gleneagles Country Club, Plano, Texas, USA
IFQ — Europe: 8 June 2009, Sunningdale Golf Club, Surrey, England

Regional Qualifying

Regional Qualifying takes place at 16 venues across the country just a few weeks before the tournament is due to get underway. Top performers at these events will then go through to the Local Final Qualifying event where there will be 12 places on offer for the 2009 British Open At Turnberry. The 16 venues are:

Abridge 
Alwoodley 
Berwick Upon Tweed (Goswick) 
Coventry  
Effingham 
Enville
Ferndown
Gog Magog
Lindrick
Mere
Musselburgh
Old Fold Manor
Pleasington
Rochester & Cobham Park 
Royal Ashdown Forest 
Royal Dublin 
Abridge 
Alwoodley
Berwick Upon Tweed (Goswick) 
Coventry
Effingham
Enville 
Ferndown 
Gog Magog 
Lindrick
Mere
Musselburgh
Old Fold Manor 
Pleasington 
Rochester & Cobham Park 
Royal Ashdown Forest
Royal Dublin