The full field for The 153rd Open Championship has almost been finalized, with nine amateurs and 147 professional golfers set to take each other on in the final men’s Major of the year between July 17-20.
They have qualified via a wide variety of different methods, from historical consistency to significant one-off achievements over the past 12 months. But, rest assured, every player in The Open deserves their spot.
Royal Portrush is ready to host the world’s oldest Major for a third time after two previous iterations – the first in 1951 where Herbert Gustavus Max Faulkner – also known as simply ‘Max Faulkner’ – triumphed and the second just six years ago when Shane Lowry won in front of a partizan crowd.
Hopes remain high of what would be a magical home victory for five-time Major champion, Rory McIlroy, but there are several other capable rivals who will be doing their best to stop him.
Below, we’ve listed the full field as it stands for The 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush as well as how each player qualified, based on the highest relevant exemption criteria according to the R&A (players may have qualified via multiple categories).
1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under (for all Champions up until 2024)
- Stewart Cink
- Darren Clarke
- Ernie Els
- Brian Harman
- Padraig Harrington
- Zach Johnson
- Justin Leonard
- Shane Lowry
- Rory McIlroy
- Phil Mickelson
- Francesco Molinari
- Collin Morikawa
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Cameron Smith
- Jordan Spieth
- Henrik Stenson
Rory McIlroy won The Open at Royal Liverpool in 2014
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2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under (for all Champions from 2024)
Xander Schauffele kisses the Claret Jug after winning at Royal Troon in 2024
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4. The 2024 Open Top-10 And Ties
- Daniel Brown
- Russell Henley
- Sungjae Im
- Matthew Jordan
- Thriston Lawrence
- John Rahm
- Justin Rose
- Scottie Scheffler
- Adam Scott
Justin Rose made it through Final Qualifying and ended in the top-10 at Royal Troon
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5. The OWGR Top-50 After Week 21
- Ludvig Aberg
- Byeong Hun An
- Daniel Berger
- Akshay Bhatia
- Keegan Bradley
- Sam Burns
- Patrick Cantlay
- Wyndham Clark
- Corey Conners
- Jason Day
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Thomas Detry
- Harris English
- Tony Finau
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Lucas Glover
- Max Greyserman
- Ben Griffin
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Tom Hoge
- Viktor Hovland
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Stephan Jaeger
- Tom Kim
- Min Woo Lee
- Robert MacIntyre
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Denny McCarthy
- Maverick McNealy
- Andrew Novak
- Taylor Pendrith
- JT Poston
- Aaron Rai
- JJ Spaun
- Sepp Straka
- Nick Taylor
- Sahith Theegala
- Justin Thomas
- Jhonattan Vegas
