Kobori qualifies for Open, joins Fox, Hillier
- Jul 1
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 5
There will be a trio of New Zealand golfers at the 2026 British Open Championship after Kazuma Kovori qualified for the tournament. .
He joins Ryan Fox and Daniel Hillier in the field at Royal Birkdale in his third major appearance after missing cuts at the PGA Championship and The Open in 2024.
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Ranked No 207 he tied for second after two rounds at the West Lancashire qualifying event, helped by a seven-under 65 in the second round.
Kobori finished at nine-under, to claim one of the five spots at the Open which will be held July 16-19.
Masters winners Sergio Garcia and Danny Willett both failed to qualify.
Kobori finsihed top-20 at the Italian Open in his last tournament and will play the BMW International Open in Munich where he finished third last year.
Twenty-four-year-old Kobori has had best results on the DP World Tour of tied sixth at the Catalunya Open and tied ninth at the Qatar Masters in 2026
