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We’re inside a month until the final men’s major of the year, and the 156-player field for the 153rd Open Championship, coming back to Royal Portrush, is slowly but surely filling up. A year ago, the R&A ran into the unusual issue of having too many players qualify for the championship at Royal Troon—159 golfers meeting the 27 criteria outlined by the governing body. It’s not expected to happen again this year; 142 players had earned spots for 2025 as of July 1—20 more securing their places via Final Qualifying—with a few more qualifying criteria still to be filled.
Specifially, at next week’s Genesis Scottish Open, a co-sanctioned event on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour schedule, top the top three finishers not already in the Open Championship field will also earn invites.
Below is everybody in the field as of July 1. We’ll update this file in the next few days as more players qualify for the golf’s oldest major.
FIELD
Ludvig Aberg, 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
Laurie Canter, 6
Patrick Cantlay, 5, 12
John Catlin, 18
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
Ernie Els, 1
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
Connor Graham (a), Final Qualifying
Max Greyserman, 5
Ben Griffin, 5
Julien Guerrier, 6
Harry Hall, Final Qualifying
Brian Harman, 1, 3, 5
Padraig Harrington, 1
Justin Hastings (a), 24
Tyrrell Hatton, 5, 6
Russell Henley, 4, 5, 12
Lucas Herbert, Final Qualifying
Angel Hidalgo, Final Qualifying
Tom Hoge, 5, 12
Rasmus Hojgaard, 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
Tom Kim, 5
Nathan Kimsey, Final Qualifying
Chris Kirk, 12
Chris 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
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
Matthieu Pavon, 12
Ryan Peake, OQS New Zealand
Taylor Pendrith, 5, 12
Marco Penge, OQS South Africa
J.T. Poston, 5
Jon Rahm, 4, 9, 11
Aaron Rai, 5, 12
Patrick Reed, 18, OQS Macau
Justin Rose, 4, 5
Antoine Rozner, 6
Adrian Saddier, OQS Italy
Jacob Sandborg, Final Qualifying
Xander Schauffele, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 12
Scottie Scheffler, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16
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
Sahith Theegala, 5, 12
Justin Thomas, 5, 10, 12
Richard Tider (a), Final Qualifying
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
Note: Past champions Ben Curtis, John Daly, Todd Hamilton, Paul Lawrie and Tiger Woods are eligible to compete but have not entered the championship.
Exemption Categories
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. Masters Champions for 2020-2025
10. PGA Champions for 2019-2025
11. U.S. 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 FedEx Cup 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 Medalist
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. 2024 Japan Open Champion
20. 2024 Senior Open Champion
21. 2024 U.S. Amateur Champion
22. 2024 Mark H McCormack Medal (Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking) winner
23. 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion
24. 2025 Latin America Amateur Champion
25. 2025 Africa Amateur Champion
26. 2025 Amateur Champion
27. 2025 European Amateur Champion
28. 2025 Open Amateur Series winner
Note: Exemptions 21-28 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.
OPEN QUAILFYING SITE VENUES
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
REMAINING QUALIFYING EVENTS
OQS Scotland, Genesis Scottish Open
Final Qualifying, Burnham & Berrow
Final Qualifying, Dundonald Links
Final Qualifying, Royal Cinque Ports
Final Qualifying, West Lancashire
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Is it the British Open or the Open Championship? The name of the final men’s major of the golf season is a subject of continued discussion. The event’s official name, as explained in this op-ed by former R&A chairman Ian Pattinson, is the Open Championship. But since many United States golf fans continue to refer to it as the British Open, and search news around the event accordingly, Golf Digest continues to utilize both names in its coverage.
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