This page lists the criteria used to determine the field for the 2025 Open Championship and the players who qualified.
The Open Championship field is made up of 156 players, who gained entry through various exemption criteria and qualifying tournaments. The criteria include past Open champions, recent major winners, top ranked players in the world rankings and from the leading world tours, and winners and high finishers from various designated tournaments, including the Open Qualifying Series; the winners of designated amateur events, including The Amateur Championship and U.S. Amateur, also gained exemption provided they remain an amateur. Anyone not qualifying via exemption, and had a handicap of 0.4 or lower, can gain entry through regional and final qualifying events.
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.
1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all champions before 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. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2024 Open Championship
5. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2025
6. Top 25 in the final 2024 Race to Dubai rankings
7. Recent winners of the BMW PGA Championship (2022–2024)
8. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings through the BMW International Open
9. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2020–2025)
10. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2019–2025)
11. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2020–2025)
12. Top 30 players from the 2024 FedEx Cup points list
13. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2023–2025)
14. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2025 FedEx Cup points list through the Rocket Classic
15. Top player, not already exempt, in the top 5 of the 2025 LIV Golf League individual standings through LIV Golf Dallas
16. Winner of the 2024 Olympic gold medal
17. Winner of the 2025 Visa Open de Argentina
18. Top five players from the OWGR's International Federation Ranking List as of closing date
19. Winner of the 2024 Japan Open Golf Championship
20. Winner of the 2024 Senior Open Championship
21. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Amateur
22. Recipient of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal
23. Winner of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
24. Winner of the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship
25. Winner of the 2025 Africa Amateur Championship
26. Winner of the 2025 Amateur Championship
27. Winner of the 2025 European Amateur
28. Winner of the 2025 Open Amateur Series
The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) for the 2025 Open Championship consisted of 11 events. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who make the cut. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR. Unlike previous years, places won by players who later became exempt did not go to the next highest non-exempt player in that qualifying event.
| Location | Tournament | Date | Spots | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | ISPS Handa Australian Open | 1 December 2024 | 3 | Ryggs Johnston, Marc Leishman, Curtis Luck |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Open | 2 March 2025 | 1 | Ryan Peake |
| South Africa | Investec South African Open Championship | 2 March 2025 | 3 | Darren Fichardt, Dylan Naidoo, Marco Penge |
| United States | Arnold Palmer Invitational | 9 March 2025 | 1 | Corey Conners (5) |
| Macau | International Series Macau | 23 March 2025 | 3 | Jason Kokrak, Carlos Ortiz, Patrick Reed (18) |
| Korea | Kolon Korea Open | 25 May 2025 | 1 | Sadom Kaewkanjana |
| Japan | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | 1 June 2025 | 3 | Mikiya Akutsu, Riki Kawamoto, Song Young-han |
| United States | Memorial Tournament | 1 June 2025 | 1 | Rickie Fowler |
| Canada | RBC Canadian Open | 8 June 2025 | 3 | Matt McCarty, Cameron Young, Kevin Yu |
| Italy | Italian Open | 29 June 2025 | 2 | Martin Couvra, Adrien Saddier |
| Scotland | Genesis Scottish Open | 13 July 2025 | 3 | Chris Gotterup, Nicolai Højgaard, Matti Schmid |
Regional qualifying events were held on 23 June at 15 locations. Final qualifying events were played on 1 July at four locations.
| Location | Spots | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| Burnham & Berrow | 5 | O. J. Farrell (R), Harry Hall, Frazer Jones (a,R), Jacob Skov Olesen, Justin Walters |
| Dundonald Links | 5 | Connor Graham (a), Ángel Hidalgo, Jesper Sandborg, Lee Westwood, Daniel Young |
| Royal Cinque Ports | 5 | John Axelsen, Dean Burmester, Seb Cave (a), Nathan Kimsey, Curtis Knipes |
| West Lancashire | 5 | George Bloor, Lucas Herbert, Oliver Lindell, Richard Teder (a), Sampson Zheng |
In order to fill additional places or replace exempt players who had withdrawn prior to the start of the Championship, and maintain the full field of 156, additional players were taken in ranking order from the Week 27 (6 July) Official World Golf Ranking.