The Open Championship 2025: Full field and how players qualified for Royal Portrush
The Open Championship takes place July 17-20 at Royal Portrush in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
Here's a look at the current players in the field and how they qualified based on the R&A's order of exemption criteria (several players would have qualified via multiple categories; a = amateur).
Open champions 60 or under on July 20
Xander Schauffele
Brian Harman
Cameron Smith
Collin Morikawa
Shane Lowry
Francesco Molinari
Jordan Spieth
Henrik Stenson
Zach Johnson
Rory McIlroy
Phil Mickelson
Ernie Els
Darren Clarke
Louis Oosthuizen
Stewart Cink
Padraig Harrington
Justin Leonard
Top 10 and ties from the 2024 Open
Justin Rose
Thriston Lawrence
Russell Henley
Sungjae Im
Scottie Scheffler
Jon Rahm
Adam Scott
Daniel Brown
Matthew Jordan
Masters champions (5-year exemption)
Hideki Matsuyama
Dustin Johnson
PGA champions (5-year exemption)
Brooks Koepka
Justin Thomas
U.S. Open champions (5-year exemption)
J.J. Spaun
Bryson DeChambeau
Wyndham Clark
Matt Fitzpatrick
BMW PGA Championship winners (3-year exemption)
Ryan Fox
Top 25 in the 2024 Race to Dubai
Rasmus Hojgaard
Tyrrell Hatton
Paul Waring
Tommy Fleetwood
Robert MacIntyre
Jesper Svensson
Niklas Norgaard
Matteo Manassero
Thorbjorn Olesen
Matt Wallace
Antoine Rozner
Rikuya Hoshino
Tom McKibbin
Jordan Smith
Sebastian Soderberg
Guido Migliozzi
Romain Langasque
Julien Guerrier
Laurie Canter
Joaquin Niemann
Top 30 from the 2024 FedExCup
Sahith Theegala
Viktor Hovland
Sam Burns
Ludvig Åberg
Taylor Pendrith
Matthieu Pavon
Patrick Cantlay
Keegan Bradley
Byeong Hun An
Aaron Rai
Tony Finau
Akshay Bhatia
Chris Kirk
Sepp Straka
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Tom Hoge
Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking on May 25, 2025
Maverick McNealy
Harris English
Ben Griffin
Daniel Berger
Min Woo Lee
Thomas Detry
Andrew Novak
J.T. Poston
Jason Day
Lucas Glover
Denny McCarthy
Nick Taylor
Tom Kim
Max Greyserman
Stephan Jaeger
Mackenzie Hughes
Jhonattan Vegas
Leading five players from the top 20 in the Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open
Kristoffer Reitan
John Parry
Haotong Li
Daniel Hillier
Shaun Norris
Leading player not already exempt from the top 5 in LIV Golf standings through LIV Golf Dallas
Sergio Garcia
Argentina Open winner
Justin Suh
Qualifiers from the Federations ranking on OWGR
John Catlin
Daniel Van Tonder
Takumi Kanaya
Elvis Smylie
Japan Open champion
Shugo Imahira
Senior Open champion
KJ Choi
British Amateur champion
Ethan Fang (a)
European Amateur champion
Filip Jakubcik (a)
Latin America Amateur champion
Justin Hastings (a)
Open Amateur Series winner
Cameron Adam (a)
Africa Amateur champion
Bryan Newman (a)
Open Qualifying Series-Australian Open
Ryggs Johnston
Marc Leishman
Curtis Luck
Open Qualifying Series-New Zealand Open
Ryan Peake
Open Qualifying Series-South African Open
Dylan Naidoo
Marco Penge
Darren Fichardt
Open Qualifying Series-Arnold Palmer Invitational
Corey Conners
Open Qualifying Series-International Series Macau
Carlos Ortiz
Patrick Reed
Jason Kokrak
Open Qualifying Series-Korea Open
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Open Qualifying Series-Mizuno Open
Mikiya Akutsu
Young-Han Song
Riki Kawamoto
Open Qualifying Series-Memorial
Rickie Fowler
Open Qualifying Series-Canadian Open
Kevin Yu
Cameron Young
Matt McCarty
Open Qualifying Series-Italian Open
Adrien Saddier
Martin Couvra
Open Qualifying Series-Scottish Open (3 spots)
To be determined July 13
Final Regional Qualifying
Lee Westwood
Daniel Young
Angel Hidalgo
Jesper Sandborg
Connor Graham (a)
Harry Hall
Jacob Skov Olesen
Justin Walters
OJ Farrell
Frazer Jones (a)
Dean Burmester
Curtis Knipes
Nathan Kimsey
Sebastian Cave (a)
John Axelsen
Lucas Herbert
Sampson Zheng
George Bloor
Richard Teder (a)
Oliver Lindell
Reserve list to fill the field to 156 players
Aldrich Potgieter
Nico Echavarria
Brian Campbell
Michael Kim
Bud Cauley
Davis Thompson
The Associated Press contributed to this field list
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