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:

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

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.