Who is playing in the Australian Open? Full field and qualification explored

The DP World Tour will head to Royal Melbourne GC in Melbourne for the Crown Australian Open. The second premier event will take place from Thursday, December 4 to Sunday, December 7 at Royal Queensland GC in Brisbane.

The Australian Open will welcome Rory McIlroy in the field, who is returning to the country for the first time in many years. Besides the local stars like Cameron Smith and Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee will also be in action. LIV stars like Joaquin Niemann, David Puig, and Carlos Ortiz are also competing this week.

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Australian Open field explored

Here's a look at the field for the Australian Open (via DP World Tour's website):

• Stephen Allan
• Abraham Ancer
• Greg Chalmers
• Cam Davis
• Matt Jones
• Peter Lonard
• Joaquin Niemann
• Geoff Ogilvy
• Adam Scott
• John Senden
• Rory McIlroy
• Jose Luis Ballester
• Nicolas Colsaerts
• Ryo Hisatsune
• Marc Leishman
• Sebastian Munoz
• Wade Ormsby
• Carlos Ortiz
• Ben Campbell
• Karl Vilips
• Caleb Surratt
• Si Woo Kim
• Jye Halls
• Pongsapak Laopakdee
• Kaito Sato
• Harry Takis
• Elvis Smylie
• Kazuma Kobori
• David Micheluzzi
• Jediah Morgan
• Brad Kennedy
• Ryan Fox
• Jack Munro
• Ryan Peake
• Min Woo Lee
• Brendan Jones
• Cam Smith
• Christopher Wood
• Matias Sanchez
• Oliver Bekker
• Austin Bautista
• Andrew Martin
• Cory Crawford
• Harrison Crowe
• James Conran
• Tyler Hodge
• Nick Voke
• Josh Geary
• Blake Proverbs
• Michael Wright
• Jordan Doull
• Ben Henkel
• Lucas Herbert
• Phoenix Campbell
• Jack Buchanan
• William Bruyeres
• Cameron John
• Daniel Gale
• Matthew Griffin
• Kerry Mountcastle
• Ben Eccles
• Simon Hawkes
• Lachlan Barker
• Anthony Quayle
• Curtis Luck
• Corey Lamb
• Jak Carter
• Jasper Stubbs
• Jack Thompson
• Jake McLeod
• James Marchesani
• Alexander Simpson
• Dylan Gardner
• Tim Hart
• Quinnton Croker
• Jeff Guan
• Matt McCarty
• Jimmy Zheng
• Chris Malec
• Rod Pampling
• Richard Green
• Brett Rumford
• Stephen Leaney
• Nathan Barbieri
• Will Florimo
• Jay Mackenzie
• Haydn Barron
• Adam Bland
• Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
• Daniel Hillier
• Joel Girrbach
• Alex Fitzpatrick
• Romain Langasque
• Ugo Coussaud
• Rafa Cabrera Bello
• Wenyi Ding
• Jason Scrivener
• Sam Bairstow
• Kiradech Aphibarnrat
• Sean Crocker
• Tom Vaillant
• Jack Senior
• Freddy Schott
• Ricardo Gouveia
• Jordan Gumberg
• David Puig
• Andrew Johnston
• Danny Willett
• Bernd Wiesberger
• Charley Hoffman
• Renato Paratore
• David Law
• Maximilian Steinlechner
• James Morrison
• Filippo Celli
• Stefano Mazzoli
• Sebastian Garcia
• Daniel Young
• Joshua Berry
• Quim Vidal
• Tobias Jonsson
• Rocco Repetto Taylor
• Clement Charmasson
• Cameron Adam
• Aaron Cockerill
• Shubhankar Sharma
• Connor McKinney
• Nathan Kimsey
• Daniel Rodrigues
• Gregorio De Leo
• Matthew Baldwin
• Davis Bryant
• Benjamin Follett-Smith
• Jack Yule
• Eddie Pepperell
• Adri Arnaus
• Andreas Halvorsen
• Mike Toorop
• Hunter Logan
• Sadom Kaewkanjana
• Andres German Gallegos
• Michael Hollick
• Clément Sordet