The Greenbrier Classic was cancelled due to the damage sustained by the course in the 2016 West Virginia flood . The Open Qualifying Series event originally slated for the Greenbrier was shifted to the Barracuda Championship . The Final Qualifying events were played on 28 June at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West , Central and South-coast regions of England . Three qualifying places were available at each location . None of the twelve qualifiers had played in Regional Qualifying on 20 June : each was exempted by virtue of holding an Official World Golf Ranking
2016 West Virginia flood
2016 West Virginia flood
2016 Open Championship