Lee Westwood will make his first major championship start in three years when he tees it up at the Open later this month at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
The 52-year-old Englishman was the medallist in his final qualifying group on Tuesday at Dundonald Links in Scotland, one of four sites where five spots in the Open field were on the line.
Also through is Australian Lucas Herbert, who went 69-67 for a score of 8 under par, one stroke better than China's Sampson Zheng and two above Englishmen George Bloor at West Lancashire.
A 4-for-2 playoff determined the final two available berths from the English course, which went to Finland's Oliver Lindell and Estonian amateur Richard Teder.
Westwood has never won a major but owns 19 top-10s, including a runner-up finish in 2010 and a T4 placement the last time the Open was played at Royal Portrush in 2019.
Now with LIV Golf, Westwood has not been eligible for any major since he tied for 34th at the Open Championship in 2022.
At the par-72 Dundonald Links, he shot rounds of 70 and 67 to finish 36 holes in 7 under par.
He was joined by Scotland's Daniel Young, Spaniard Angel Hidalgo, Sweden's Jesper Sandborg and Scottish amateur Connor Graham, who beat countryman Paul O'Hara in a playoff for the fifth and final spot available.
The Open Championship is being staged between July 17-20.