British Open 2025: Here’s every player in the field at Royal Portrush

The final men's major of 2025 is finally here as the 156-player field for the 153rd British Open Championship got its final three spots filled on the eve of the R&A's return to Royal Portrush. A year ago, the governing body ran into the unusual issue of having too many players qualify for the championship at Royal Troon—159 golfers meeting the 27 criteria. That wasn't the case this year; 153 players had earned spots heading into the Genesis Scottish Open, with winner Chris Gotterrup, Nicolai Hojgaard and Matti Schmid claiming the final three exemptions via automatic qualifying.

Also on Sunday, the R&A announced that two-time winner Ernie Els had withdrawn from the championship, with first alternate Si Woo Kim taking his place.

Below is everybody in the field as of July 13. We'll update this post as news of any other withdrawals or changes to the player list are announced.

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

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, 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

Daniel Hillier, 8

Tom Hoge, 5, 12

Nicolai Hojgaard, OQS Scotland

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

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

Thorbjorn 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

Davis Riley, OWGR/Alternate

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

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 QUALIFYING 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
OQS Scotland, Genesis Scottish Open

FINAL QUALIFYING SITE VENUES

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.