Northern Ireland’s Portrush – Aldrich Potgieter and Brian Campbell have won the PGA Tour event in the past two weeks, which has led them to hold the Open next week at Royal Prothush.
The Open had a 156-man field, which was obvious two weeks ago, with only 150 players eligible or meeting various exemption criteria.
The Open will use this week’s world rankings to replace the list. Potgieter ranked 123rd in the world when he won the Rockets Classic two weeks ago, while Campbell ranked 115th when he won the John Deere Classic on Sunday.
Both are high enough in the world rankings to be one of the six leading players yet to be publicly exempt. Others added were Nico Echavarria, Michael Kim, Bud Cauley and Davis Thompson, who barely got the last spot for Si Woo Kim.
The Open will be from July 17 to 20.
