Japan's Shingo Katayama has become the sixth exempt player to withdraw from this coming week's Open Championship at Turnberry.
Katayama has an upper back problem and has been replaced by American Steve Marino, who will be making his Open debut.
Also missing from the field are world No 2 Phil Mickelson, last year's Masters champion Trevor Immelman, last season's European No 1 Robert Karlsson, New Zealander Tim Wilkinson and American Dudley Hart.
Australian Rod Pampling and France's Thomas Levet are now on stand-by - and would come in if no non-exempt players finish in the top five of the Scottish Open and the US Tour's John Deere Classic.
Marino owes his place at Turnberry not only to the fact that five players have pulled out, but also that four others ahead of him in the world rankings either did not enter or withdrew from qualifying tournaments.
They are Australian Aaron Baddeley and Americans Pat Perez, Kevin Na and Mark Wilson.
Replacements come off this week's world rankings and that quartet are respectively 65th, 69th, 72nd and 73rd. Marino is 74th.
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