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2015 Emirates Australian Open FINAL PLAYER LIST (Last updated 11/11/15 @ 4pm) FIELD SIZE 156 PLAYERS (1) Any former champion of the tournament in the past 5 years 1 Jordan SPIETH USA 2 Greg CHALMERS AUS 3 Peter SENIOR AUS 4 Geoff OGILVY AUS (2) Leading 10 Asia-Pacific players from the OWGR as at close of entries (capped to 250th position) 5 Adam SCOTT AUS 6 Marc LEISHMAN AUS 7 Steven BOWDITCH AUS 8 Matthew JONES AUS 9 John SENDEN AUS 10 Cameron SMITH AUS 11 Ryan FOX NZL 12 Marcus FRASER AUS 13 Richard GREEN AUS 14 Andrew DODT AUS (3) Leading 75 players from OneAsia categories 3a) Winner of any OneAsia Order of Merit (3 year exemption) 1 15 Matthew GRIFFIN AUS 4) Winner of any OneAsia Tournament (2 years) and Qualifying School (1year) 2 16 Jinho CHOI KOR 3 17 Gavin FLINT AUS 4 18 Ryan DILLON USA 5 19 Steven JEFFRESS AUS 6) Top 50 of 2014 OneAsia Order of Merit 6 20 Jun Seok LEE AUS 7 21 Jake HIGGINBOTTOM AUS 8 22 Ilhwan PARK KOR 9 23 Rhein GIBSON AUS 10 24 Terry PILKADARIS AUS 11 25 Michael SIM AUS 12 26 David BRANSDON AUS 13 27 Scott STRANGE AUS 14 28 Michael HENDRY NZL 15 29 Mark BROWN NZL 16 30 Stephen DARTNALL AUS 17 31 Garrett SAPP USA 18 32 Nathan HOLMAN AUS 19 33 Jason SCRIVENER AUS 20 34 Nick GILLESPIE NZL 21 35 Yikeun CHANG KOR 22 36 Michael WRIGHT AUS 23 37 David MCKENZIE AUS 24 38 Aaron TOWNSEND AUS 25 39 Josh YOUNGER AUS 26 40 Nick CULLEN AUS 27 41 Hyowon PARK KOR 28 42 Ryan HALLER AUS 29 43 Gareth PADDISON NZL 7a) 2nd & 3rd positions at OneAsia Qualifying School Final Stages 30 44 Ryan CARTER USA 31 45 Yeongsu KIM KOR 32 46 Gyoungyoon YU KOR 8a) Leading players from PGA Tour of Australasia Tournament Exemption Categories (capped at Cat. 12 of the 2015 Categories) (15 positions) 33 47 Winner 2015 UNIQLO Masters 34 48 Daniel POPOVIC AUS 35 49 Stuart APPLEBY AUS 36 50 Jordan ZUNIC AUS 37 51 Dimitrios PAPADATOS AUS 38 52 Rod PAMPLING AUS 39 53 Brett RUMFORD AUS 40 54 Wade ORMSBY AUS 41 55 James NITTIES AUS 42 56 Robert ALLENBY AUS 43 57 Craig PARRY AUS 44 58 Peter LONARD AUS 45 59 Peter O'MALLEY AUS 46 60 Nick O'HERN AUS 47 61 Peter FOWLER AUS 8b) Leading players from China Golf Tour Exemption Rankings (capped at CGA rank no. 100) (15 positions) 48 62 LIU Yan-wei CHN 49 63 LI Xin-yang CHN 50 64 ZHU Wei-yu CHN 51 65 YUAN Zhou-huan (AM) CHN 52 66 ZHANG Jin CHN 8c) Leading players from Korea Golf Tour Exemption Rankings (capped at Seed Priority 125) (15 positions) 53 67 Joonwoo CHOI KOR 54 68 Martin KIM ARG 55 69 Jason KANG USA 56 70 Yoonho BAE KOR 8d) Asean PGA Tour (Capped at position 25) (5 positions) 57 71 Supravee PHATAM THA 9a) Position 4-10 at 2015 OneAsia Qualifying School Final Stage 58 72 Hyunick BACK KOR 59 73 Jamie ARNOLD AUS 60 74 Dino GIACOMAZZI Jr. USA 61 75 Alexander KANG USA 62 76 Vincent COVELLO USA 63 77 Corey HALE AUS 64 78 Hamza AMIN PAK 65 79 Michael CHOI AUS 66 80 LIU Yen-hung TPE 67 81 Thane RINGLER USA 10a) Next leading 20 players from PGA Tour of Australasia Exemption Categories (capped at Cat. 12 of the 2015 Categories) 68 82 Stephen LEANEY AUS OA PGATA (1) 69 83 Lee WESTWOOD ENG OA PGATA (2) 70 84 David LINGMERTH SWE OA PGATA (3) 71 85 Mathew GOGGIN AUS OA PGATA (4) 72 86 Daniel FOX AUS OA PGATA (5) 73 87 Winner 2015 NSW Open OA PGATA (6) 74 88 Matthew MILLAR AUS OA PGATA (7) 75 89 Lincoln TIGHE AUS OA PGATA (8) (4) Any former Major Champion under the age of 65 (as at 26/11/15) 90 Darren CLARKE NIR 91 Paul LAWRIE SCO (5) 10 Tournament Invitations 92 Brett JONES AUS 93 Oliver GOSS AUS 94 George MCNEILL USA 95 Cheng-Tsung PAN TPE 96 Austin CONNELLY USA 97 Jarrod LYLE AUS 98 Stephen ALLAN AUS 99 Peter UIHLEIN USA 100 Nicolas COLSAERTS BEL 101 Tournament Invite TBA (6) 30 local exemptions as agreed between Golf Australia and PGA of Australia 102 Anthony BROWN AUS 103 Ryan LYNCH AUS 104 Adam STEPHENS AUS 105 Anthony SUMMERS AUS 106 Edward STEDMAN AUS 107 David KLEIN GER 108 Aron PRICE AUS 109 Matthew GILES AUS 110 Daniel NISBET AUS 111 Nathan GREEN AUS 112 Rohan BLIZARD AUS 113 Matthew GUYATT AUS 114 Ashley HALL AUS 115 Peter COOKE AUS 116 Josh GEARY NZL 117 Ryan RUFFLES (AM) AUS 118 Brett COLLETTA (AM) AUS 119 Chun-An YU (AM) TPE 120 Bryson DECHAMBEAU (AM) USA 121 Jordan NIEBRUGGE (AM) USA 122 Takumi KANAYA (AM) JPN 123 TBA (Golf Australia) 124 TBA Pre-Qualifying 125 TBA Pre-Qualifying 126 TBA Pre-Qualifying 127 TBA Pre-Qualifying 128 TBA Pre-Qualifying 129 TBA Pre-Qualifying 130 TBA Pre-Qualifying 131 TBA Pre-Qualifying Risidual positions to players not otherwise exempt from the OneAsia Categories until cat 8 a) and b) have been exhausted. After which, residual positions will be shard with players from the PGA Tour of Australasia Exemption Categories Alternating PGATA and OneAsia 132 Jason NORRIS AUS 133 Tom BOND AUS OA PGATA (9) 134 Adam BLYTH AUS 135 Andrew MARTIN AUS OA PGATA (10) 136 Anthony HOUSTON AUS 137 Alistair PRESNELL AUS OA PGATA (11) 138 Kristopher MUCK AUS 139 Scott ARNOLD AUS OA PGATA (12) 140 Aaron PIKE AUS 141 Harry BATEMAN NZL OA PGATA (13) 142 Andrew KELLY AUS 143 Daniel VALENTE AUS OA PGATA (14) 144 Todd SINNOTT AUS 145 Brad SHILTON NZL OA PGATA (15) 146 Michael LONG NZL 147 Aaron WILKIN AUS OA PGATA (16) 148 Max MCCARDLE AUS 149 Jamie HOOK AUS OA PGATA (17) 150 Brett RANKIN AUS 151 Michael MOORE AUS OA PGATA (18) 152 Jake STIRLING AUS 153 Daniel PEARCE NZL OA PGATA (19) 154 Leigh MCKECHNIE AUS 155 Ben WHARTON AUS OA PGATA (20) 156 Charles WRIGHT AUS OneAsia Alternates (to replace OneAsia withdrawals) 1 Rory HIE INA OA 51-100 OOM 2 Callan O'REILLY AUS OA 51-100 OOM 3 Benjamin LEIN USA OA 51-100 OOM 4 Matt JAGER AUS OA 51-100 OOM 5 Seukhyun BAEK KOR OA 51-100 OOM 6 Deukhee PARK KOR OA 51-100 OOM 7 Zack BYRD USA OA 11-30 Q-SCL 8 Seungsu HAN USA OA 11-30 Q-SCL 9 Kyuha SIM AUS OA 11-30 Q-SCL 10 Sam CHIEN USA OA 11-30 Q-SCL 11 Jongbeom JUNG KOR OA 11-30 Q-SCL 12 Sean MCNAMARA USA OA 11-30 Q-SCL 13 Kyle SOUZA USA OA 11-30 Q-SCL 14 Mark BAKER USA OA 11-30 Q-SCL 15 Corry WEBSTER CAN OA 11-30 Q-SCL 16 Jinoh SONG KOR OA 11-30 Q-SCL 17 Nabil ABDUL AUS OA 11-30 Q-SCL 18 Sunghyuk PARK KOR OA 11-30 Q-SCL 19 Sam YI USA OA 101-106 OOM 20 J.K JUNG KOR OA Q-SCL 31+ 21 Luke WHITBREAD AUS OA Q-SCL 31+ 22 Ryan ACOSTA USA OA Q-SCL 31+ 23 Scott JANUS USA OA Q-SCL 31+ PGA Tour of Australasia Alternates (to replace PGATA withdrawals) 1 Paul HAYDEN AUS Cat 11 2 Neven BASIC AUS Cat 11 3 Timothy WOOD AUS Cat 11 4 Rory BOURKE AUS Cat 11 5 Jack WILSON AUS Cat 11 6 Geoff DRAKEFORD AUS Cat 12 7 Kieran MUIR NZL Cat 12 8 Matt JAGER AUS Cat 12 9 Peter WILSON AUS Cat 12 10 Adam CRAWFORD AUS Cat 12 11 (Stephen ALLAN) AUS Cat 12 12 Blake McGRORY AUS Cat 13 13 Jared PENDER NZL Cat 13 14 Chris GAUNT AUS Cat 13 15 Marcus CAIN AUS Cat 13 16 Samuel EAVES AUS Cat 13 17 Tim HART AUS Cat 13 18 Troy COX AUS Cat 13 19 Mitchell A. BROWN AUS Cat 13 20 Josh CABBAN AUS Cat 14 21 Matthew STIEGER AUS Cat 14 22 Luke HUMPHRIES AUS Cat 14 23 Daniel MCGRAW AUS Cat 14 24 R.J. CARACELLA AUS Cat 14 25 Christopher WOOD AUS Cat 14 26 Sam LEE FJI Cat 14 27 Daniel HOEVE AUS Cat 14 28 Mitchell BROWN AUS Cat 14 29 Damien JORDAN AUS Cat 14 30 Benjamin CLEMENTSON AUS Cat 14 31 David LUTTERUS AUS Cat 14 32 Craig SCOTT AUS Cat 14 33 Hayden BEARD NZL Cat 14 34 Callan O'REILLY AUS Cat 14 35 Darren BECK AUS Cat 14 36 Christopher THORN AUS Cat 14 37 Andrew CAMPBELL AUS Cat 14 38 Jonothan HOLDER AUS Cat 14 39 Douglas HOLLOWAY NZL Cat 15 40 Martin PETTIGREW NZL Cat 15 41 Dyan HIGGINS AUS Cat 16 42 Clayton BRIDGES AUS Cat 16 43 Jordan MULLANEY AUS Cat 16 44 Deyen LAWSON AUS Cat 17 45 Taylor COOPER AUS Cat 17.