Aldrich Potgieter, of South Africa celebrates his winning putt in a playoff during the final round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
British Open adds Aldrich Potgieter and Brian Campbell among six alternates to Portrush field
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Aldrich Potgieter and Brian Campbell won PGA Tour events the last two weeks, and it wound up getting them into the British Open next week at Royal Portrush.
Aldrich Potgieter, of South Africa celebrates his winning putt in a playoff during the final round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Aldrich Potgieter and Brian Campbell won PGA Tour events the last two weeks, and it wound up getting them into the British Open next week at Royal Portrush.
The Open has a , 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 two weeks ago, while Campbell was at No. 115 when he on Sunday.
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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.
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