The field consisted of 144 professional and amateur competitors. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 18 July, for players who were not already exempt. Players from the qualifying competition joined the exempt players for the championship. 71 players, all of them professionals and no amateurs, made the 36-hole cut.
Past champions in the field Five past Senior Open champions participated. Four of them made the 36-hole cut;
2010 and
2014 champion
Bernhard Langer (9th),
2003,
2005 and
2007 champion
Tom Watson (tied 27th),
2015 champion
Marco Dawson (tied 60th) and
2011 champion
Russ Cochran (tied 66th).
2002 champion
Noboru Sugai did not make the cut.
Past winners of The Open Championship in the field The field included seven former winners of
The Open Championship. Five of them made the cut;
1996 Open champion
Tom Lehman (tied 14th),
1998 Open champion
Mark O'Meara (tied 18th),
1975,
1977,
1980,
1982 and
1983 Open champion
Tom Watson (tied 27th),
1995 Open champion
John Daly (tied 54th) and
1989 Open champion
Mark Calcavecchia (70th).
2004 Open champion
Todd Hamilton and
1985 Open champion
Sandy Lyle missed the cut. ==Final results==