The Open Championship field 2025: Who is playing at Royal Portrush?
The Open Championship field 2025: See the full list of players competing in the final men's major of the year at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland.
The field for the 153rd Open Championship has been finalised.
A total of 156 players will tee it up at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland this week with hopes of lifting the famed Claret Jug.
Reigning PGA Tour player of the year Scottie Scheffler is the overwhelming favourite to clinch his first Open title.
Scheffler will face stiff competition from the likes of Masters champion Rory McIlroy as well as LIV Golf recruits Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm.
Reigning champion golfer of the year, Xander Schauffele, will attempt to defend his title.
Schauffele won his second major title 12 months ago at Royal Troon.
Elsewhere, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland, Robert MacIntyre and former winner Shane Lowry will believe they can contend.
Lowry, of course, was the winner here the last time The Open was played at Royal Portrush in 2019.
Final qualifying
A total of 20 players also punched their tickets to The Open following four separate 36-hole qualifiers that were held at Dundonald Links, Royal Cinque Ports, West Lancashire and Burnham & Berrow.
Former World No.1 Lee Westwood was among the notables who made it through the gruelling day but several big names, such as Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell, missed out.
Last men in
America's Chris Gotterup punched his ticket to this week's Open with victory last week in Scotland.
Gotterup, Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard and Germany's Matti Schmid were the final names added to the field.
Former Open winner Ernie Els was expected to play, but withdrew without specifying a reason.
Els has been replaced by Si Woo Kim, with Davis Riley now the first alternate should another player drop out.
GolfMagic has listed the entire field for the 2025 Open Championship below, along with how they qualified.
The qualifying criteria is also listed at the bottom of this page.
Will Tiger Woods play?
Three-time Open champion Woods is qualified to play the 153rd Open.
But Woods ruptured his left Achilles in March, forcing him out of action for the 2025 season.
*Last updated 14 July 2025
Player | How they qualified |
Ludvig Åberg | 5, 12 |
Cameron Adam (a) | 28 |
Mikiya Akutsu | OQS Japan |
Byeong Hun An | 5, 12 |
John Axelsen | Final Qualifying |
Daniel Berger | 5 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 12 |
Akshay Bhatia | 5, 12 |
George Bloor | Final Qualifying |
Keegan Bradley | 5, 12 |
Daniel Brown | 4 |
Dean Burmester | Final Qualifying |
Sam Burns | 5, 12 |
Brian Campbell | OWGR |
Laurie Canter | 6 |
Patrick Cantlay | 5, 12 |
John Catlin | 18 |
Bud Cauley | OWGR |
Sebastian Cave (a) | Final Qualifying |
K.J. Choi | 20 |
Stewart Cink | 1 |
Wyndham Clark | 5, 11, 12 |
Darren Clarke | 1 |
Corey Conners | 5, OQS USA, Arnold Palmer Invitational |
Martin Couvra | OQS Italy |
Jason Day | 5 |
Bryson DeChambeau | 5, 11 |
Thomas Detry | 5 |
Nicolas Echavarria | OWGR |
Harris English | 5 |
Ethan Fang (a) | 26 |
O.J. Farrell | Final Qualifying |
Darren Fichardt | OQS South Africa |
Tony Finau | 5, 12 |
Matt Fitzpatrick | 11 |
Tommy Fleetwood | 5, 6, 12 |
Rickie Fowler | OQS USA |
Ryan Fox | 7 |
Sergio Garcia | 15 |
Lucas Glover | 5 |
Chris Gotterup | OQS Scotland |
Connor Graham (a) | Final Qualifying |
Max Greyserman | 5 |
Ben Griffin | 5 |
Julien Guerrier | 6 |
Harry Hall | Final Qualifying |
Brian Harman | 1, 3, 2005 |
Padraig Harrington | 1 |
Justin Hastings (a) | 24 |
Tyrrell Hatton | 5, 6 |
Russell Henley | 4, 5, 12 |
Lucas Herbert | Final Qualifying |
Angel Hidalgo | Final Qualifying |
Daniel Hillier | 8 |
Tom Hoge | 5, 12 |
Nicolai Højgaard | OQS Scotland |
Rasmus Højgaard | 6 |
Rikuya Hoshino | 6 |
Viktor Hovland | 5, 12 |
Mackenzie Hughes | 5 |
Sungjae Im | 4, 5, 12 |
Shugo Imahira | 19 |
Stephan Jaeger | 5 |
Felip Jakubcik (a) | 27 |
Dustin Johnson | 9 |
Zach Johnson | 1, 3 |
Ryggs Johnston | OQS Australia |
Frazer Jones (a) | Final Qualifying |
Matthew Jordan | 4 |
Sadom Kaewkanjana | OQS Korea |
Takumi Kanaya | 18 |
Riki Kawamoto | OQS Japan |
Si Woo Kim | OWGR/Alternate |
Tom Kim | 5 |
Michael Kim | OWGR |
Nathan Kimsey | Final Qualifying |
Chris Kirk | 12 |
Curtis Knipes | Final Qualifying |
Brooks Koepka | 10 |
Jason Kokrak | OQS Macau |
Romain Langasque | 6 |
Thriston Lawrence | 4, 6 |
Min Woo Lee | 5 |
Marc Leishman | OQS Australia |
Justin Leonard | 1 |
Haotong Li | 8 |
Oliver Lindell | Final Qualifying |
Shane Lowry | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12 |
Curtis Luck | OQS Australia |
Robert MacIntyre | 5, 6, 12 |
Matteo Manassero | 6 |
Hideki Matsuyama | 5, 9, 12 |
Denny McCarthy | 5 |
Matt McCarty | OQS Canada |
Rory McIlroy | 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13 |
Tom McKibbin | 6 |
Maverick McNealy | 5 |
Phil Mickelson | 1, 10 |
Guido Migliozzi | 6 |
Francesco Molinari | 1, 3 |
Collin Morikawa | 1, 3, 5, 10, 12 |
Dylan Naidoo | OQS South Africa |
Bryan Newman (a) | 25 |
Joaquin Niemann | 6 |
Niklas Norgaard | 6 |
Shaun Norris | 8 |
Andrew Novak | 5 |
Thorbjørn Olesen | 6 |
Jacob Skov Olesen | Final Qualifying |
Louis Oosthuizen | 1 |
Carlos Ortiz | OQS Macau |
John Parry | 8 |
Matthieu Pavon | 12 |
Ryan Peake | OQS New Zealand |
Taylor Pendrith | 5, 12 |
Marco Penge | OQS South Africa |
J.T. Poston | 5 |
Aldrich Potgieter | OWGR |
Jon Rahm | 4, 9, 11 |
Aaron Rai | 5, 12 |
Patrick Reed | 18, OQS Macau |
Kristoffer Reitan | 8 |
Justin Rose | 4, 5 |
Antoine Rozner | 6 |
Adrian Saddier | OQS Italy |
Jesper Sandborg | Final Qualifying |
Xander Schauffele | 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12 |
Scottie Scheffler | 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16 |
Matti Schmid | OQS Scotland |
Adam Scott | 4, 5, 6, 12 |
Cameron Smith | 1, 3 |
Jordan Smith | 6 |
Elvis Smylie | 18 |
Sebastian Soderberg | 6 |
Younghan Song | OQS Japan |
J.J. Spaun | 5, 11 |
Jordan Spieth | 1, 3 |
Henrik Stenson | 1, 3 |
Sepp Straka | 5, 12 |
Justin Suh | 17 |
Jesper Svensson | 6 |
Nick Taylor | 5 |
Richard Teder (a) | Final Qualifying |
Sahith Theegala | 5, 12 |
Justin Thomas | 5, 10, 12 |
Davis Thompson | OWGR |
Daniel Van Tonder | 18 |
Jhonattan Vegas | 5 |
Matt Wallace | 6 |
Justin Walters | Final Qualifying |
Paul Waring | 6 |
Lee Westwood | Final Qualifying |
Cameron Young | OQS Canada |
Daniel Young | Final Qualifying |
Kevin Yu | OQS Canada |
Sampson Zheng | Final Qualifying |
Qualifying criteria for The Open
1. The Open champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all Champions up until 2024)
2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all Champions from 2024)
3. The Open Champions for 2014-2024
4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in The 152nd Open at Royal Troon in 2024
5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2025
6. First 25 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2024
7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2022-2024
8. First 5 DP World Tour members and any DP World Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2025 BMW International
9. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2020-2025
10. The PGA Champions for 2019-2025
11. The US Open Champions for 2020-2025
12. Top 30 players from the Final 2024 FedEx Cup Points List
13. The PLAYERS Champions for 2023-2025
14. First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List for 2025 on completion of the 2025 Rocket Classic.
15. The first player and anyone tying for that place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 5 of the 2025 LIV Golf Individual Season Standings on completion of LIV Golf Dallas.
16. The 2024 Olympic Men's Golf Gold Medallist
17. The 118th VISA Open de Argentina 2025 Champion
18. The first 5 players on the 2025 Federations Ranking List as of closing date
19. The Japan Open Champion for 2024
20. The Senior Open Champion for 2024
21. The US Amateur Champion for 2024
22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men's WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKING) winner for 2024
23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2024
24. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2025
25. The Africa Amateur Champion 2025
26. The Amateur Champion for 2025
27. The European Amateur Champion for 2025
28. The Open Amateur Series winner 2025
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