Estos son los 86 jugadores que han quedado exentos, debido a diferentes factores, de las previas del British Open:
Padraig HARRINGTON
Andres ROMERO
Sergio GARCIA
KJ CHOI
Stewart CINK
Hunter MAHAN
Ernie ELS
Steve STRICKER
Mike WEIR
Richard GREEN
Mark O'MEARA
Tom WATSON
David DUVAL
Tom LEHMAN
Todd HAMILTON
John DALY
Tiger WOODS
Sandy LYLE
Mark CALCAVECCHIA
Greg NORMAN
Paul LAWRIE
Justin ROSE
Colin MONTGOMERIE
Retief GOOSEN
Nick DOUGHERTY
Gregory HAVRET
Henrik STENSON
Angel CABRERA
Graeme STORM
Soren KJELDSEN
Richard STERNE
Peter HANSON
Niclas FASTH
Soren HANSEN
Anders HANSEN
Paul CASEY
Lee WESTWOOD
David HOWELL
Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ
Jim FURYK
Sean O'HAIR
Rory SABBATINI
Martin KAYMER
Robert ALLENBY
Anthony KIM
Aaron BADDELEY
Stuart APPLEBY
Vijay SINGH
Phil MICKELSON
Scott VERPLANK
Geoff OGILVY
Zach JOHNSON
Luke DONALD
Boo WEEKLEY
Stephen AMES
Robert KARLSSON
Tim CLARK
Adam SCOTT
Trevor IMMELMAN
Ian POULTER
Brandt SNEDEKER
Oliver WILSON
JB HOLMES
Justin LEONARD
Rod PAMPLING
Jeff QUINNEY
Graeme McDOWELL
Damian McGRANE
Richard FINCH
Michael CAMPBELL
Shaun MICHEEL
Charles HOWELL III
Woody AUSTIN
Ryuji IMADA
Bart BRYANT
Lucas GLOVER
David TOMS
Nick O'HERN
Wen-Chong LIANG
Craig PARRY
David SMAIL
James KINGSTON
Toru TANIGUCHI
Brendan JONES
Hideto TANIHARA
Benjamin HEBERT (A)
