2025 Open Championship field: Who will tee up at Royal Portrush and how did they qualify?
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Who’s in the 2025 Open Championship field and what did they do to earn a spot at Royal Portrush? Here’s the full rundown…
The 2025 Open Championship field will once again feature a mixture of professionals and amateurs from all around the globe as the R&A continue with its bid for golf’s oldest major to also be its most diverse.
Where will the 2025 Open be played?
It’s like the old saying goes: You wait 68 years for an Open at Royal Portrush then two come along at once.
With the Claret Jug venturing outside the British Isles for the first time in 1951, when Englishman Max Faulkner won his sole major championship title, it returned to the Northern Ireland links in 2019 when Shane Lowry proved to be an incredibly popular winner.
Now, just six years later, the world’s finest are headed back to County Antrim for the 153rd battle for golf’s most famous trophy.
How do you qualify for The Open?
There are number of ways you can earn a spot in the 156-man field.
The majority of the field will be made up by exemptions dished out to professionals and amateurs– providing they retain their status up to and during the tournament – while there is also a series of qualifying events.
One of these is the Open Qualifying Series, which offers up to three places at 15 tour events in 11 countries.
There is also a series of qualifying events in the run up to the tournament.
Local Qualifying is open to any male professional golfer, any male amateur golfer with a handicap of 0.4 or lower, and any female golfer who finished in the top 5 and ties in the latest edition of any of the five women’s majors.
After that there is Final Qualifying, four simultaneous 36-hole, one-day events across the UK, with 12 spots in The Open up for grabs.
Open qualification categories
There are currently 28 categories – including a new one regarding LIV Golf players – as well as the Open Qualifying Series and Open Final Qualifying.
They are:
- The Open champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all Champions up until 2024)
- The Open champions aged 55 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all Champions from 2024)
- The Open champions for 2014-2024
- The top 10 (and ties) at the 2024 Open
- The top 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2025
- The top 25 in the final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2024
- The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2022-2024
- The top 5 DP World Tour members (and ties), who are not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2025 BMW International
- The Masters champions for 2020-2025
- The PGA champions for 2020-2025
- The US Open champions for 2020-2025
- The top 30 players from the final 2024 FedEx Cup Points List
- The Players champions for 2023-2025
- The top 5 PGA Tour members (and ties), who not exempt, in the top 20 of the FedEx Cup Points List for 2025 on completion of the 2025 Travelers Championship
- The top player (and ties), who are not otherwise exempt, in the top 5 of the 2025 LIV Golf Individual Season Standings on completion of LIV Golf Dallas
- The 2024 Olympic Men’s Gold Medallist
- The Visa Open de Argentina champion for 2025
- The top 5 players on the 2025 Federations Ranking List as of closing date
- The Japan Open champion for 2024
- The Senior Open champion for 2024
- The US Amateur champion for 2024
- The Mark H McCormack Medal for leading amateur winner for 2024
- The Asia-Pacific Amateur champion for 2024
- The Latin America Amateur champion for 2025
- The Africa Amateur champion for 2025
- The Amateur champion for 2025
- The European Amateur champion for 2025
- The Open Amateur Series winner for 2025
OQS Australia – ISPS Handa Australian Open
OQS New Zealand – New Zealand Open
OQS South Africa – Investec South African Open
OQS USA – Arnold Palmer Invitational
OQS Macau – International Series Macau
OQS Korea – KOLON Korea Open
OQS Japan – Mizuno Open
OQS USA – the Memorial Tournament
OQS Canada – RBC Canadian Open
OQS Italy – Italian Open
OQS Scotland – Genesis Scottish Open
Final Qualifying – Burnham & Berrow Golf Club
Final Qualifying – Dundonald Links
Final Qualifying – Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club
Final Qualifying – West Lancashire Golf Club
Full 2025 Open Championship field
| PLAYER | QUALIFICATION CRITERIA |
| Ludvig Aberg | 12 |
| Byeong Hun An | 12 |
| Jose Luis Ballester (a) | 21 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 12 |
| Akshay Bhatia | 12 |
| Keegan Bradley | 12 |
| Daniel Brown | 4 |
| Sam Burns | 12 |
| Laurie Canter | 6 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 12 |
| KJ Choi | 20 |
| Stewart Cink | 1 |
| Luke Clanton (a) | 22 |
| Wyndham Clark | 11, 12 |
| Darren Clarke | 1 |
| Corey Conners | |
| Ben Curtis | 1 |
| John Daly | 1 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 11 |
| David Duval | 1 |
| Ernie Els | 1 |
| Darren Fichardt | OQS South Africa |
| Tony Finau | 12 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 11 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 6, 12 |
| Ryan Fox | 7 |
| Julien Guerrier | 6 |
| Todd Hamilton | 1 |
| Brian Harman | 1, 3 |
| Padraig Harrington | 1 |
| Justin Hastings | 24 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 6 |
| Russell Henley | 4, 12 |
| Tom Hoge | 12 |
| Rasmus Hojgaard | 6 |
| Billy Horschel | 4, 6, 7, 12 |
| Rikuya Hoshino | 6 |
| Viktor Hovland | 12 |
| Sungjae Im | 4, 12 |
| Shugo Imahira | 19 |
| Dustin Johnson | 9 |
| Zach Johnson | 1, 3 |
| Ryggs Johnston | OQS Australia |
| Matthew Jordan | 4 |
| Chris Kirk | 12 |
| Brooks Koepka | 10 |
| Romain Langasque | 6 |
| Thriston Lawrence | 4, 6 |
| Paul Lawrie | 1 |
| Marc Leishman | OQS Australia |
| Justin Leonard | 1 |
| Shane Lowry | 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12 |
| Curtis Luck | OQS Australia |
| Robert MacIntyre | 6, 12 |
| Matteo Manassero | 6 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 9, 12 |
| Rory McIlroy | 1, 3, 6, 12 |
| Tom McKibbin | 6 |
| Phil Mickelson | 1, 10 |
| Guido Migliozzi | 6 |
| Francesco Molinari | 1, 3 |
| Collin Morikawa | 1, 3, 10, 12 |
| Dean Naidoo | OQS South Africa |
| Bryan Newman | 25 |
| Joaquin Niemann | 6 |
| Niklas Norgaard | 6 |
| Thorbjorn Olesen | 6 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 1 |
| Matthieu Pavon | 12 |
| Ryan Peake | OQS New Zealand |
| Taylor Pendrith | 12 |
| Marco Penge | OQS South Africa |
| Jon Rahm | 4, 9, 11 |
| Aaron Rai | 12 |
| Justin Rose | 4 |
| Antoine Rozner | 6 |
| Xander Schauffele | 2, 3, 4, 10, 12 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 4, 9, 12, 13, 16 |
| Adam Scott | 4, 6, 12 |
| Cameron Smith | 1, 3 |
| Jordan Smith | 6 |
| Sebastian Soderberg | 6 |
| Jordan Spieth | 1, 3 |
| Henrik Stenson | 1, 3 |
| Sepp Straka | 12 |
| Justin Suh | 17 |
| Jesper Svensson | 6 |
| Sahith Theegala | 12 |
| Justin Thomas | 10, 12 |
| Matt Wallace | 6 |
| Paul Waring | 6 |
| Tiger Woods | 1 |
*(a) denotes amateur
This article will be updated every Monday.
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Xander Schauffele will defend the Claret Jug against the 2025 Open Championship field.
