Former Open runner-up Thomas Levet has one more chance to play in this year's tournament at Carnoustie after missing out in final qualifying at Panmure. 
The Frenchman, who was pipped in a play-off at Muirfield by Ernie Els in 2002, will now play in the Scottish Open, which starts on Thursday.
He won the Loch Lomond event in 2004, enabling him to qualify for the Open.
The three men to earn places at Panmure were England's Kevin Harper and Steve Parry and New Zealander Steve Alker.
Zane Scotland, who eight years ago became the youngest player to qualify for the Open, had a nightmare in the final round at Panmure.
The 24-year-old was joint-leader with two holes to play but then had a triple-bogey seven.
Round of the day in final qualifying for the Open came at Montrose, where 40-year-old David Shacklady booked his place at Carnoustie with a 62, just a week after visiting an osteopath about his bad back.
Australian Matthew Zions and Ireland's Justin Kehoe also made the cut for the third major of the season.
The trio to qualify at Monifieth were all amateurs - England's David Coupland and Paul Waring, and Llewellyn Matthews of Wales.
At Downfield, the course where Paul Lawrie qualified in 1999 before going on to win at Carnoustie, English player Jon Bevan and Ireland's David Higgins grabbed the first two spots.
The third was decided after a play-off, with finished second a shot behind and four players went into a play-off for the final spot, which was taken by 2004 Volvo PGA champion Scott Drummond.
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