2025 Open Championship field: Who will tee up at Royal Portrush and how did they qualify?

Who’s in the 2025 Open Championship field and what did they do to earn a spot at Royal Portrush? Here’s the full rundown…

The 2025 Open Championship field will once again feature a mixture of professionals and amateurs from all around the globe as the R&A continue with its bid for golf’s oldest major to also be its most diverse.

Where will the 2025 Open be played?

It’s like the old saying goes: You wait 68 years for an Open at Royal Portrush then two come along at once.

With the Claret Jug venturing outside the British Isles for the first time in 1951, when Englishman Max Faulkner won his sole major championship title, it returned to the Northern Ireland links in 2019 when Shane Lowry proved to be an incredibly popular winner.

Now, just six years later, the world’s finest are headed back to County Antrim for the 153rd battle for golf’s most famous trophy.

How do you qualify for The Open?

There are number of ways you can earn a spot in the 156-man field.

The majority of the field will be made up by exemptions dished out to professionals and amateurs– providing they retain their status up to and during the tournament – while there is also a series of qualifying events.

One of these is the Open Qualifying Series, which offers up to three places at 15 tour events in 11 countries.

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There is also a series of qualifying events in the run up to the tournament.

Local Qualifying is open to any male professional golfer, any male amateur golfer with a handicap of 0.4 or lower, and any female golfer who finished in the top 5 and ties in the latest edition of any of the five women’s majors.

After that there is Final Qualifying, four simultaneous 36-hole, one-day events across the UK, with 12 spots in The Open up for grabs.

Open qualification categories

There are currently 28 categories – including a new one regarding LIV Golf players – as well as the Open Qualifying Series and Open Final Qualifying.

They are:

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. The top 10 (and ties) at the 2024 Open
5. The top 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2025
6. The top 25 in the final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2024
7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2022-2024
8. The top 5 DP World Tour members (and ties), who are not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2025 BMW International
9. The Masters champions for 2020-2025
10. The PGA champions for 2020-2025
11. The US Open champions for 2020-2025
12. The top 30 players from the final 2024 FedEx Cup Points List
13. The Players champions for 2023-2025
14. The top 5 PGA Tour members (and ties), who are not exempt, in the top 20 of the FedEx Cup Points List for 2025 on completion of the 2025 Travelers Championship
15. The top player (and ties), who are 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 Gold Medallist
17. The Visa Open de Argentina champion for 2025
18. The top 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 for leading amateur winner for 2024
23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur champion for 2024
24. The Latin America Amateur champion for 2025
25. The Africa Amateur champion for 2025
26. The Amateur champion for 2025
27. The European Amateur champion for 2025
28. The Open Amateur Series winner for 2025

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 – Memorial Tournament
OQS Canada – RBC Canadian Open
OQS Italy – Italian Open
OQS Scotland – Genesis Scottish Open

Final Qualifying – Burnham & Berrow Golf Club
Final Qualifying – Dundonald Links
Final Qualifying – Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club
Final Qualifying – West Lancashire Golf Club

Full 2025 Open Championship field

The following players are exempt for the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush.

A number of former champions are expected to play, though some – including Paul Lawrie, who played his last Open at St Andrews in 2022, and injured Tiger Woods – will be replaced in the final field.

Meanwhile, 2024 US Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester is no longer eligible under category 21 after opting to turn pro. The 21-year-old has joined Sergio Garcia’s LIV Golf team.

*(a) denotes amateur

This article will be updated every Monday.