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.

Xander Schauffele is the reigning Open champion
Xander Schauffele is the reigning Open champion

The 153rd Open Championship heads to Northern Ireland in 2025. 

The race for the claret jug begins on 17 July. 

Royal Portrush will host the very best golfers from around the globe. 

Currently, 92 players have qualified for golf's oldest major. 

The latest to qualify is Corey Conners, who booked his spot in the field via The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) by virtue of his finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. 

Curtis Luck, Ryggs Johnston, Ryan Peake, Dylan Naidoo, Marco Penge and Darren Fichardt are the other golfers who have secured their spots in the field through the OQS. 

Royal Portrush last hosted The Open in 2019 when Shane Lowry lifted the claret jug after defeating runner-up Tommy Fleetwood by six shots.

The only other time the Northern Ireland course hosted The Open was when Max Faulkner won in 1951.

GolfMagic has listed the current field for the 2025 Open Championship below.

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 12 March 2025

Open Championship field 2025

Ludvig Åberg

Sweden

12

Byeong Hun An

South Korea

12

Jose Luis Ballester (a)

Spain

21

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

South Africa

12

Akshay Bhatia

United States

12

Keegan Bradley

United States

12

Daniel Brown

England

4

Sam Burns

United States

12

Laurie Canter

England

6

Patrick Cantlay

United States

12

KJ Choi

South Korea

20

Stewart Cink

United States

1

Luke Clanton (a)

United States

22

Wyndham Clark

United States

11, 12

Darren Clarke

Northern Ireland

1

Corey Conners

Canada

OQS USA

Ben Curtis

United States

1

John Daly

United States

1

Bryson DeChambeau

United States

11

David Duval

United States

1

Ernie Els

South Africa

1

Darren Fichardt

South Africa

OQS South Africa

Tony Finau

United States

12

Matt Fitzpatrick

England

11

Tommy Fleetwood

England

6, 12

Ryan Fox

New Zealand

7

Julien Guerrier

France

6

Todd Hamilton

United States

1

Brian Harman

United States

1, 3

Padraig Harrington

Ireland

1

Justin Hastings

Cayman Islands

24

Tyrrell Hatton

England

6

Russell Henley

United States

4, 12

Tom Hoge

United States

12

Rasmus Hojgaard

Denmark

6

Billy Horschel

United States

4, 6, 7, 12

Rikuya Hoshino

Japan

6

Viktor Hovland

Norway

12

Sungjae Im

South Korea

4, 12

Shugo Imahira

Japan

19

Dustin Johnson

United States

9

Zach Johnson

United States

1, 3

Ryggs Johnston

United States

OQS Australia

Matthew Jordan

England

4

Chris Kirk

United States

12

Brooks Koepka

United States

10

Romain Langasque

France

6

Thriston Lawrence

South Africa

4, 6

Paul Lawrie

Scotland

1

Marc Leishman

Australia

OQS Australia

Justin Leonard

United States

1

Shane Lowry

Ireland

1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12

Curtis Luck

Australia

OQS Australia

Robert MacIntyre

Scotland

6, 12

Matteo Manassero

Italy

6

Hideki Matsuyama

Japan

9, 12

Rory McIlroy

Northern Ireland

1, 3, 6, 12

Tom McKibbin

Northern Ireland

6

Phil Mickelson

United States

1, 10

Guido Migliozzi

Italy

6

Francesco Molinari

Italy

1, 3

Collin Morikawa

United States

1, 3, 10, 12

Dylan Naidoo

South Africa

OQS South Africa

Bryan Newman

South Africa

25

Joaquin Niemann

Chile

6

Niklas Norgaard

Denmark

6

Thorbjorn Olesen

Denmark

6

Louis Oosthuizen

South Africa

1

Matthieu Pavon

France

12

Ryan Peake

New Zealand

OQS New Zealand

Taylor Pendrith

Canada

12

Marco Penge

England

OQS South Africa

Jon Rahm

Spain

4, 9, 11

Aaron Rai

England

12

Justin Rose

England

4

Antoine Rozner

France

6

Xander Schauffele

United States

2, 3, 4, 10, 12

Scottie Scheffler

United States

4, 9, 12, 13, 16

Adam Scott

Australia

4, 6, 12

Cameron Smith

Australia

1, 3

Jordan Smith

England

6

Sebastian Soderberg

Sweden

6

Jordan Spieth

United States

1, 3

Henrik Stenson

Sweden

1, 3

Sepp Straka

Austria

12

Justin Suh

United States

17

Jesper Svensson

Sweden

6

Sahith Theegala

United States

12

Justin Thomas

United States

10, 12

Matt Wallace

England

6

Paul Waring

England

6

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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