Here are the 16 LIV Golf players competing at the 151st British Open

Perhaps the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool will be the final time there will be a clear distinction between two sets of competitors: those who are in the LIV Golf League and those who are not.

There will be 16 members of LIV Golf in the field this week when the Open begins on Thursday. That’s nearly one-quarter of the entire LIV Golf membership and barring any withdrawals, will tie for the second-most LIV players in one of the four major championships this year.

There were 18 LIV players who qualified for the Masters but two withdrew, Kevin Na and Louis Oosthuizen. The PGA Championship had 17 LIV players and the U.S. Open had 15.

Leading the LIV pack will be four past champions, defending champion Cameron Smith of Ponte Vedra Beach, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen and Henrik Stenson.

By the time the 2024 Masters hits the calendar, it’s hopeful that the tentative peace and pending agreement between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (which bankrolls LIV) will have been finalized and its players allowed back on the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour.

Until then, LIV players are still barred from playing on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour and have only been able to play on the same course with them in the majors.

Here are the LIV players who qualified for the Open Championship:

Abraham Ancer throws a glove in the air on the 10th tee prior to the Mexico Open at Vidanta on April 27, 2022 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)

Open record: Four appearances, two cuts made.

Best finish: Tie for 11th in 2022.

Best finish at Royal Liverpool: First appearance.

Richard Bland of Cleeks GC plays his second shot on the 18th hole during day one of LIV Golf – AndalucÌa at Real Club Valderrama on June 30, 2023, in Cadiz, Spain. (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images)

Open record: Four appearances two cuts made.

Best finish: Tie for 22nd, 2017.

Best finish at Royal Liverpool: First appearance.

Laurie Canter readies to hit his tee shot on the 7th hole during the third round of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, OK. Gray Siegel/Cal Sport Media (Credit Image: © Gray Siegel/CSM via ZUMA Press Wire) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)

Open record: Three appearances, two cuts made.

Best finish: Tie for 37th, 2017.

Best finish at Royal Liverpool: First appearance.

Bryson DeChambeau walks on the…