The last biggest major tournament of this year, The Open Championship is starting next week. And every golfer wishes to be a part of such an exclusive tournament. But there is a certain group of players who will find this dream difficult to achieve.

After the formation of LIV Golf, last year its defectors were barred from PGA Tournaments. Although with the recent news of the merger, lots of changes have occurred. But a big question that remains is whether LIV Defector Brooks Koepka is playing in the event or not.

Does Brooks Koepka qualify for the Open Championship?

Koepka is among the top names in golf. His club game is on point. And that is why the PGA Tour suffered a great loss when Koepka chose to ditch them and move to LIV Golf last year.  Although after much debate, it was decided that the LIV defectors will be allowed to play in the major PGA Tour events given that they qualified for them. And Koepka made a strike at this golden opportunity when he won the PGA Championship in May earlier this year and earned praises. But now fans are left wondering whether  Koepka will be able to display his skills at the Liverpool Golf Club next week.

The answer is yes. The official page of the Open Championship has listed the names of the participants and Koepka is among them. He has earned his qualification under multiple categories.

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Firstly winners of the last five US Opens are given a spot at The Open and Brooks has won the US Open twice in 2017 and 2018. His win from 2018 came to his aid here. After that winners of the last six PGA Championships are also given entry into the tournament. And once again Koepka has struck gold as he has claimed victory at the PGA Championship thrice in 2018 and 2019, and 2023.

Koepka’s previous attempts at winning the Open

Brooks has been trying to win at the event for a long time now. He first participated in the event in 2013 when he missed the cut after the second round. The next year he made some improvement and finished T67. 2015 was much better when he landed a T10 position. He didn’t play in 2016. To date, he hasn’t won the event and clearly he harbors the dream of winning here.

With the hot streak Koepka is on, this appears to be his best opportunity to win the event. What do you think about Brooks Koepka’s chances of winning the Open Championship? Let us know in the comments section below.

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