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See who qualified for The Open via Final Qualifying

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Shane Lowry won the claret jug the last time The Open Championship was played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland. (David Cannon/Getty Images)

Shane Lowry won the claret jug the last time The Open Championship was played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland. (David Cannon/Getty Images)

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    Final Qualifying for The Open Championship, contested on Tuesday, July 1, provided one of the last chances for players to qualify for The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

    The R&A offered five spots in The Open via each of four 36-hole qualifying sites: Burnham & Berrow, Dundonald Links, Royal Cinque Ports and West Lancashire.

    The Open Final Qualifying exudes a similar vibe to U.S. Open Final Qualifying, with rising stars and wily veterans jockeying for tee times in a major championship (and ties for the last qualifying position settled by a hole-by-hole playoff).

    Here's a look at the 20 players who qualified for The 153rd Open Championship via Tuesday's Final Qualifying.

    Burnham & Berrow
    Burnham-on-Sea, England
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    Qualifiers
    1. Justin Walters, 65-68
    T2. Jacob Skov Olesen, 65-69
    T2. Harry Hall, 67-67
    4. Frazer Jones (a), 69-66
    5. OJ Farrell, 68-68

    Notables: England's Harry Hall, a PGA TOUR winner at the 2024 ISCO Championship, will make his first career appearance at The Open Championship. Hall currently stands No. 46 on the PGA TOUR's season-long FedExCup standings and finished T19 at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. ... Denmark's Jacob Skov Olesen, 26, made history in 2024 as the first Dane to win The Amateur Championship, winning at Ballyliffin GC in Ireland. That victory earned him a spot at The 152nd Open at Royal Troon, where he made the cut and finished T60.

    Dundonald Links
    Irvine, Scotland
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    Qualifiers
    1. Lee Westwood, 70-67
    T2. Daniel Young, 71-67
    T2. Angel Hidalgo, 71-67
    4. Jesper Sandborg, 68-71
    5. Connor Graham (a), 71-69
    * Graham advanced via a 2-for-1 playoff

    Notables: Scotland's Daniel Young played collegiate golf at Lynn University in Tampa, Florida, where he became the program's first three-time All-American and first three-time All-Sunshine State Conference selection; he was also the NCAA Division II individual runner-up in 2011. Young, 33, has made 27 career DP World Tour appearances (yet to make a cut) and has nine career top-10 finishes on the HotelPlanner Tour (formerly Challenge Tour). ... Scotland's Connor Graham recently completed his freshman season at Texas Tech, leading the Red Raiders with a 71.1 scoring average and being named to the GCAA All-Freshman Team.

    Royal Cinque Ports
    Deal, England
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    Qualifiers
    1. Dean Burmester, 70-64
    T2. Nathan Kimsey, 69-69
    T2. Curtis Knipes, 69-69
    4. Sebastian Cave (a), 67-72
    5. John Axelsen, 70-70

    Notables: England's Sebastian Cave just completed his sophomore collegiate season at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, leading the team with a 70.67 stroke average. Cave won twice as a freshman at the University of Alabama-Birmingham before transferring to Charlotte ... Denmark native John Axelsen, 27, is a four-time winner on the Nordic Golf League and won that circuit's 2022 Order of Merit. He was a member of the first Danish team to win the World Amateur Team Championship in 2018, alongside twin brothers Rasmus and Nicolai Højgaard.

    West Lancashire
    Liverpool, England
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    Qualifiers
    1. Lucas Herbert, 69-67
    2. Sampson Zhang, 68-69
    3. George Bloor, 69-69
    T4. Oliver Lindell
    T4. Richard Teder (a), 70-69
    * Lindell and Teder advanced via a 4-for-2 playoff

    Notables: Richard Teder will be the first Estonian to compete at The Open, and he earned his spot in dramatic fashion with a hole-out eagle on the first playoff hole. Teder stands No. 81 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking; in recent weeks, he has won the Estonian Match Play and finished fifth at The Amateur Championship. ... England's George Bloor, 29, has made just two career DP World Tour starts, in addition to 56 appearances on the HotelPlanner Tour (formerly the Challenge Tour). "It's a childhood dream kind of day," he posted on Instagram afterward.

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