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Jul 2, 2025

Full Field for The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush: Complete List of Qualifiers and Exemptions

The 153rd edition of The Open Championship is set to unfold at the historic Royal Portrush Golf Club, nestled along Northern Ireland’s stunning north coast. Local hero Rory McIlroy will be a crowd favorite as he returns to compete on home soil, while Scottie Scheffler, already a three-time winner and major champion this year, will look to continue his dominant form. Defending champion Xander Schauffele comes in aiming to add a third major title to his résumé after triumphing last year. Notably, the last time Royal Portrush hosted The Open in 2019, Shane Lowry emerged victorious in memorable fashion.

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Players qualify for The Open through a variety of exemption categories established by The R&A. Below is the official field for the 153rd Open Championship as of Wednesday, July 2.

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See the full field list and any updates below:

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The Open winners 60 or under on July 20
Xander Schauffele
Brian Harman
Cameron Smith
Collin Morikawa
Shane Lowry
Francesco Molinari
Jordan Spieth
Henrik Stenson
Zach Johnson
Rory McIlroy
Phil Mickelson
Ernie Els
Darren Clarke
Louis Oosthuizen
Stewart Cink
Padraig Harrington
Justin Leonard

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Top 10 and ties from the 2024 Open
Justin Rose
Thriston Lawrence
Russell Henley
Sungjae Im
Scottie Scheffler
Jon Rahm
Adam Scott
Daniel Brown
Matthew Jordan

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Masters winners (five-year exemption)
Hideki Matsuyama
Dustin Johnson

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PGA Championship winners (five-year exemption)
Brooks Koepka
Justin Thomas

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U.S. Open winners (five-year exemption)
J.J. Spaun
Bryson DeChambeau
Wyndham Clark
Matt Fitzpatrick

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BMW PGA Championship winners (three-year exemption)
Ryan Fox

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Top 25 in the 2024 Race to Dubai
Rasmus Hojgaard
Tyrrell Hatton
Paul Waring
Tommy Fleetwood
Robert MacIntyre
Jesper Svensson
Niklas Norgaard
Matteo Manassero
Thorbjorn Olesen
Matt Wallace
Antoine Rozner
Rikuya Hoshino
Tom McKibbin
Jordan Smith
Sebastian Soderberg
Guido Migliozzi
Romain Langasque
Julien Guerrier
Laurie Canter
Joaquin Niemann

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Top 30 from the 2024 FedExCup
Sahith Theegala
Viktor Hovland
Sam Burns
Ludvig Åberg
Taylor Pendrith
Matthieu Pavon
Patrick Cantlay
Keegan Bradley
Byeong Hun An
Aaron Rai
Tony Finau
Akshay Bhatia
Chris Kirk
Sepp Straka
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Tom Hoge

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Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking on May 25, 2025
Maverick McNealy
Harris English
Ben Griffin
Daniel Berger
Min Woo Lee
Thomas Detry
Andrew Novak
J.T. Poston
Jason Day
Lucas Glover
Denny McCarthy
Nick Taylor
Tom Kim
Max Greyserman
Stephan Jaeger
Mackenzie Hughes
Jhonattan Vegas

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Leading five players from the top 20 in the Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open
To be determined on July 6

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Leading player not already exempt from the top five in LIV Golf standings through LIV Golf Dallas
Sergio Garcia

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Argentina Open winner
Justin Suh

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Qualifiers from the Federations ranking on OWGR
John Catlin
Daniel Van Tonder
Takumi Kanaya
Elvis Smylie

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Japan Open champion
Shugo Imahira

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Senior Open champion
K.J. Choi

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The Amateur champion
Ethan Fang (a)

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European Amateur champion
Filip Jakubcik (a)

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Latin America Amateur champion
Justin Hastings (a)

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Open Amateur Series winner
Cameron Adam (a)

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Africa Amateur champion
Bryan Newman (a)

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Open Qualifying Series: ISPS Handa Australian Open
Ryggs Johnston
Marc Leishman
Curtis Luck

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Open Qualifying Series: New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport
Ryan Peake

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Open Qualifying Series: South African Investec Open Championship
Dylan Naidoo
Marco Penge
Darren Fichardt

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Open Qualifying Series: Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard
Corey Conners

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Open Qualifying Series: International Series Macau presented by Wynn
Carlos Ortiz
Patrick Reed
Jason Kokrak

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Open Qualifying Series: KOLON Korea Open
Sadom Kaewkanjana

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Open Qualifying Series: Mizuno Open
Mikiya Akutsu
Young-Han Song
Riki Kawamoto

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Open Qualifying Series: the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
Rickie Fowler

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Open Qualifying Series: RBC Canadian Open
Kevin Yu
Cameron Young
Matt McCarty

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Open Qualifying Series: Italian Open
Adrien Saddier
Martin Couvra

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Open Qualifying Series: Genesis Scottish Open (three spots)
To be determined July 13

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Final Regional Qualifying
Lee Westwood
Daniel Young
Angel Hidalgo
Jesper Sandborg
Connor Graham (a)
Harry Hall
Jacob Skov Olesen
Justin Walters
O.J. Farrell
Frazer Jones (a)
Dean Burmester
Curtis Knipes
Nathan Kimsey
Sebastian Cave (a)
John Axelsen
Lucas Herbert
Sampson Zheng
George Bloor
Richard Teder (a)
Oliver Lindell