AKRON, Ohio - Jim Herman has qualified for The Open Championship, taking the spot at Royal Troon vacated earlier in the week by Billy Hurley III.
Herman, 38, will make his first Open Championship appearance. He earned his maiden PGA Tour victory earlier this season at the Shell Houston Open, and will now play in all four majors in 2016 after making only three total major championship starts prior to this year.
Hurley earned the spot as part of the Open Qualifying Series with his breakthrough win Sunday at the Quicken Loans National.