PORTRUSH, Northern Eire — Aldrich Potgieter and Brian Campbell received PGA Tour occasions the final two weeks, and it wound up getting them into The Open subsequent week at Royal Portrush.
The Open has a 156-man area, and it grew to become clear two weeks in the past that it will have solely 150 gamers who both certified or met the assorted exemption standards.
The Open makes use of this week’s world rating for an alternate checklist. Potgieter was No. 123 on this planet when he received the Rocket Basic two weeks in the past, whereas Campbell was at No. 115 when he received the John Deere Basic on Sunday.
Each moved excessive sufficient on this planet rating to be among the many main six gamers not already exempt for The Open. The others added to the sphere have been Nico Echavarria, Michael Kim, Bud Cauley and Davis Thompson, who narrowly obtained the ultimate spot over Si Woo Kim.
The Open is July 17-20.