
British Open adds Aldrich Potgieter and Brian Campbell among six alternates to Portrush field
The Open has a
156-man field
, and it became clear two weeks ago that it would have only 150 players who either qualified or met the various exemption criteria.
The Open uses this week's world ranking for an alternate list. Potgieter was No. 123 in the world when he
won the Rocket Classic
two weeks ago, while Campbell was at No. 115 when he
won the John Deere Classic
on Sunday.
Both moved high enough in the world ranking to be among the leading six players not already exempt for the Open. The others added to the field were Nico Echavarria, Michael Kim, Bud Cauley and Davis Thompson, who narrowly got the final spot over Si Woo Kim.
The Open is July 17-20.
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