The following will qualify to play in the Tournament:
- Winners of the Open Golf Championship for the last 10 years (1992-2000)
- The current United States Masters Champion
3 The current United States Open Champion
- The current United States PGA Champion
- The current Japan Open Champion
- The current Australian Open Champion
- Winners of Volvo Order of Merit tournaments, decided during the period 9th August 1999-3rd August 2000
- Playing Members of the 1999 European Ryder Cup Team
- The leader of the 1999 PGA Tour of Japan Order of Merit
- The loeader of the 1999/2000 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
- The leader of the 2000 Asian PGA Order of Merit as at 30th June 2000
- The leading 20 players in the current Volvo Order of Merit after the Open Golf Championship, providing the top 20 from the final 1999 Volvo Order of Merit are qualified
- Any 8 players nomianted by the Sponsors in agreement with the PGA European Tour
- The leading players from the PGA European Tour Category Ranking List to make up the field, including 8 from the top 25 of the Swedish PGA Order of Merit.
PGA European Tour Category Ranking List