US PGA Championship field 2025: Who is playing at Quail Hollow?
US PGA Championship field 2025: Check out who is playing in the second men's major of the year at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.
Anticipation is building for the second men's major of the year.
The 2025 US PGA Championship will be played at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Rory McIlroy will headline the field fresh off his Masters victory which saw the Northern Irishman complete the career grand slam.
McIlroy will fancy his chances at Quail Hollow given it has been the scene of four PGA Tour victories (2010, 2015, 2021, 2024).
Standing in McIlroy's way, though, are the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas.
Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Hideki Matsuyama, Tyrrell Hatton, Patrick Cantlay, Shane Lowry, Jordan Spieth and plenty more will also believe they can challenge for the title.
The 2025 US PGA Championship will be played over 15-18 May.
The field - which will feature 156 players - is yet to be finalised.
You can take a look below to see who is playing.
How do you qualify for the PGA Championship?
The qualification criteria is listed at the bottom of this page. It is the only major championship that doesn't welcome amateur players.
Typically, the PGA of America offers spots in the field for the top 100 players in the Official World Golf Ranking.
The governing body also reserves 20 spots in the field for the top club professionals.
Which LIV Golf players are in the field?
Player name | Qualification method |
Brooks Koepka | Past champion |
Phil Mickelson | Past champion |
Martin Kaymer | Past champion |
Jon Rahm | Major winner |
Cameron Smith | Major winner |
Bryson DeChambeau | Major winner |
Dustin Johnson | Major winner |
Tyrrell Hatton | Ryder Cup / OWGR |
Joaquin Niemann | Invitation |
Sergio Garcia | Invitation |
Richard Bland | Senior PGA Championship winner |
John Catlin | International federation ranking |
Dean Burmester | Top 15 in 2024 PGA Championship |
Is Tiger Woods playing?
No, Tiger Woods will not be participating in the 2025 U.S. PGA Championship.
The 15-time major champion ruptured his left Achilles in March whilst he was ramping up his training ahead of the Masters Tournament.
Woods had surgery to repair the damage but it is understood the recovery period will be at least four to six months.
It means we also won't see Woods compete in the 2025 US Open at Oakmont or The Open at Royal Portrush.
*Last updated 26 April
Player name | Nationality |
Ludvig Aberg | Sweden |
Rich Beem | USA |
Richard Bland | England |
Keegan Bradley | USA |
Dean Burmester | South Africa |
Sam Burns | USA |
Rafael Campos | Puerto Rico |
Patrick Cantlay | USA |
Wyndham Clark | USA |
John Daly | USA |
Cam Davis | Australia |
Jason Day | Australia |
Bryson DeChambeau | USA |
Thomas Detry | Belgium |
Jason Dufner | USA |
Nick Dunlap | USA |
Nico Echavarria | Colombia |
Austin Eckroat | USA |
Harris English | USA |
Matt Fitzpatrick | England |
Tommy Fleetwood | England |
Rickie Fowler | USA |
Sergio Garcia | Spain |
Harry Hall | England |
Brian Harman | USA |
Padraig Harrington | Ireland |
Tyrrell Hatton | England |
Russell Henley | USA |
Joe Highsmith | USA |
Garrick Higgo | South Africa |
Lee Hodges | USA |
Nicolai Hojgaard | Denmark |
Max Homa | USA |
Billy Horschel | USA |
Viktor Hovland | Norway |
Martin Kaymer | Germany |
Patton Kizzire | USA |
Brooks Koepka | USA |
Min Woo Lee | Australia |
Shane Lowry | Ireland |
Robert MacIntyre | Scotland |
Hideki Matsuyama | Japan |
Matt McCarty | USA |
Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland |
Maverick McNealy | USA |
Shaun Micheel | USA |
Phil Mickelson | USA |
Taylor Moore | USA |
Collin Morikawa | USA |
Joaquin Niemann | Chile |
Alex Noren | Sweden |
JT Poston | USA |
Jon Rahm | Spain |
Aaron Rai | England |
Davis Riley | USA |
Justin Rose | England |
Xander Schauffele | USA |
Scottie Scheffler | USA |
Vijay Singh | Fiji |
Cameron Smith | Australian |
Jordan Spieth | USA |
Sepp Straka | Austria |
Nick Taylor | USA |
Sahith Theegala | USA |
Justin Thomas | USA |
Davis Thompson | USA |
Jhonattan Vegas | Venezuela |
Karl Vilips | Australia |
Jimmy Walker | USA |
Tiger Woods | USA |
YE Yang | South Korea |
Kevin Yu | Taiwan |
PGA Championship qualification criteria
- All winners of any PGA Championship
- All winners of the last five Masters
- All winners of the last five US Opens
- All winners of the last five Open Championships
- All winners of the last three Players Championships
- The top three on the Official World Golf Ranking International Federation Ranking List
- The current Senior PGA champion
- The top 15 (and ties) in the previous year's PGA Championship
- The top 20 in the PGA Professional Championship
- The 70 leaders in PGA Championship points list (based on official money earned on the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship)
- The members of the most recent US and European Ryder Cup teams who are ranked OWGR top 100 as of one week before the start of the tournament
- Any tournament winner co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship
- Any additional players not included in categories 1-12 that the PGA of America deems worthy of an invite
- The first available players from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings) to make the field up to 156
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