| The following players (qualifiers listed
below exempt players) will compete in the 1998 127th Open Championship 16th -19th
July at Royal Birkdale in Southport, Lancashire (a - amateur). NOTE:
Bill Glasson, who was exempt, withdrew on Tuesday, 14th July and was replaced
by Barry Lane. Exempt
Players (104) Stephen Allan Skip Kendall Robert Allenby Tom Kite Stephen Ames
a-Matt Kuchar Stuart Appleby Bernhard Langer Paul Azinger Stephen Leaney Peter
Baker Tom Lehman Seve Ballesteros Justin Leonard Thomas Bjorn Davis Love III Michael
Bradley Santiago Luna Mark Brooks Sandy Lyle Mark Calcavecchia Andrew Magee David
Carter Jeff Maggert Greg Chalmers Miguel Angel Martin Stewart Cink Shigeki Maruyama
Darren Clarke Billy Mayfair Russell Claydon Mark McNulty Andrew Coltart Phil Mickelson
Fred Couples Frankie Minoza Ben Crenshaw Yoshinori Mizumaki John Daly Colin Montgomerie
Glen Day Frank Nobilo a-Didier De Vooght Peter O'Malley Trevor Dodds Mark O'Meara
Joe Durant Jose Maria Olazabal David Duval Gary Orr Steve Elkington Joe Ozaki
Ernie Els Jesper Parnevik Bob Estes Corey Pavin Nick Faldo Craig Parry Brad Faxon
Gary Player Carlos Franco Nick Price Keiichiro Fukabori Phillip Price Jim Furyk
Loren Roberts a-Sergio Garcia Costantino Rocca Ignacio Garrido Eduardo Romero
Bill Glasson Raymond Russell Retief Goosen Peter Senior Joakim Haeggmen Vijay
Singh Predraig Harrington Patrik Sjoland Dudley Hart Payne Stewart JP Hayes Curtis
Strange Scott Hoch Steve Stricker Kazuhiro Hosokawa Toru Suzuki David Howell Toru
Taniguchi John Huston Greg Turner Mark James Sam Torrance Lee Janzen Bob Tway
Brandt Jobe Tom Watson Per-Ulrik Johannsson Brian Watts Tony Johnstone Lee Westwood
Steve Jones Tiger Woods Robert Karlsson Ian Woosnam Note: Ian Baker-Finch, Bob Charles, John Cook, Johnny Miller,
Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Jumbo Ozaki, Bill Rogers, Lee Trevino and Tom Weiskopf
were exempt from qualifying, but are not entered in the tournament. Five European
Tour players listed above received exempt status under the "current form"
category at the conclusion of the Loch Lomond World Invitational: Peter Baker,
David Carter, David Howell, Peter Senior, and Sam Torrance. Qualifiers (54) Steve Alker Miguel Angel Jiminez
Steven Armstrong Lee Jones Richard Bland Paul Lawrie Gordon Brand Jr. Daren Lee
Gary Brown Thomas Levet Michael Campbell Mark Litton Kyoung Ju Choi Michael Long
Andrew Clapp John Lovell Howard Clark Bob May Derrick Cooper a-Simon McCarthy
Brian Davis Paul McGinley Rodger Davis Matthew McGuire Grant Dodd Andrew McLardy
Peter Mitchell Bradley Dredge Ross Drummond Larry Mize Scott Dunlap Andrew Oldcorn
Gary Evans Jeff Remesy David Frost a-Justin Rose Robert Giles David Shacklady
Jean Louis Guepy Des Smyth Mats Hallberg Graham Spring Peter Hedblom Sven Struver
Scott Henderson Carl Suneson Fredrik Henge Steen Tinning Francis Howley Katsuyoshi
Tomori Greig Hutcheon Phillip Walton Fredrik Jacobson Steven Young
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