Tiger Woods‘ record Open entry

Tiger Woods’ entry to the Open Championship was received today by the Championship office of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club in St Andrews. He will be exempt from having to pre-qualify under a record ten categories as follows:

• First 15 in the 2000 Open Championship
• The Open Champions 1991 – 2000
• The first 50 players on the Official World Ranking as at 31^st May 2001
• The US Open Champions for 1992 – 2001
• The US Masters Champions for 1997 – 2001
• The USPGA Champions for 1996 – 2000
• The USPGA Tour Players Champions for 1998 – 2001
• First 20 on the Official Money List of the USPGA Tour for 2000
• Playing members of the 2000 President’s Cup teams
• The Canadian Open Champion for 2000

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Royal & Ancient Golf Club www.RandA.org