The Open discipline 2025: Participant line-up for Royal Portrush, exemption classes and the way golfers qualify for main spot

The sphere is almost set for the ultimate males’s main of the yr, however who has certified for The 153rd Open and the way can gamers nonetheless earn their spot at Royal Portrush?

The Open returns to Northern Eire for the primary time since 2019, with Scottie Scheffler arriving as pre-tournament favorite and Rory McIlroy seeking to elevate the Claret Jug on dwelling soil and register a sixth main title.

Xander Schauffele returns as defending champion – after final yr’s victory at Royal Troon – and JJ Spaun chases back-to-back main titles, following his win on the US Open final month, with Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa and Bryson DeChambeau all wanting so as to add to their main tally.

There are 153 gamers – as of July 7 – already confirmed to tee it up in subsequent week’s main, solely reside on Sky Sports activities, with the ultimate three locations up for grabs this week on the Genesis Scottish Open.

The main three gamers – not already exempt – who make the reduce at The Renaissance Membership will safe a last-minute invite to The Open the next week, with previous Ryder Cup gamers and DP World Tour regulars amongst these seeking to safe a late main spot.

Which gamers in Scotland have but to qualify?

Alex Noren earned his place in The Open final yr via his end on the Genesis Scottish Open and goes to want to do the identical once more, with Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald additionally chasing a serious spot.

Danny Willett, the 2016 Masters champion, and his 2016 Ryder Cup team-mate Andy Sullivan are among the many others attempting to qualify, together with Scottish trio Connor Syme, Ewen Ferguson and Richie Ramsay.

Luke Clanton was awarded the Mark McCormack Medal as No 1 novice final summer season however misplaced his exemption by turning skilled, which means he’s not in The Open as issues stand, with US Ryder Cup vice-captain Brandt Snedeker wanting to make use of a sponsor’s invite into this week’s occasion to earn main qualification.

Nicolai Hojgaard goals to affix his brother Rasmus in The Open discipline, with Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Victor Perez, Pablo Larrazabal and Alex Fitzpatrick among the many others nonetheless chasing a serious place. The complete Genesis Scottish Open discipline is on the market right here.

Who has not too long ago certified for The Open?

Six gamers have earned their spots by way of the most recent world rankings, printed on July 7, with Aldrich Potgieter (50), Nicolas Echavarria (51), Brian Campbell (55), Michael Kim (56), Bud Cauley (59) and Davis Thompson (60) all going via.

John Parry, Haotong Li, Daniel Hillier and Shaun Norris all had their spots confirmed by way of the Race to Dubai rankings the day gone by, with the primary 5 DP World Tour members – not already exempt – and within the high 20 within the rankings incomes a spot.

Former world No 1 Lee Westwood was amongst 20 gamers to progress via Closing Qualifying on July 1 and safe his main return, whereas Adrien Saddier and Martin Couvra booked their spots with their Italian Open finishes.

Discipline for the 153rd Open Championship

Appropriate as of July 7; USA except said; (x) denotes amateurs

Ludvig Åberg (Swe)

Cameron Adam (Sco) (x)

Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn)

Byeong Hun An (Kor)

John Axelsen (Den)

Daniel Berger

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa)

Akshay Bhatia

George Bloor (Eng)

Keegan Bradley

Daniel Brown (Eng)

Dean Burmester (Rsa)

Sam Burns

Brian Campbell

Laurie Canter (Eng)

Patrick Cantlay

John Catlin

Bud Cauley

Sebastian Cave (Eng) (x)

KJ Choi (Kor)

Stewart Cink

Wyndham Clark

Darren Clarke (NIrl)

Corey Conners (Can)

Martin Couvra (Fra)

Jason Day (Aus)

Bryson DeChambeau

Thomas Detry (Bel)

Nicolas Echavarria (Col)

Ernie Els (Rsa)

Harris English

Ethan Fang (x)

OJ Farrell (Eng)

Darren Fichardt (Rsa)

Tony Finau

Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox (Nzl)

Sergio Garcia (Esp)

Lucas Glover

Connor Graham (Sco) (x)

Max Greyserman

Ben Griffin

Julien Guerrier (Fra)

Harry Corridor (Eng)

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington (Irl)

Justin Hasting (Cay) (x)

Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

Russell Henley

Lucas Herbert (Aus)

Angel Hidalgo (Esp)

Daniel Hillier (Nzl)

Tom Hoge

Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)

Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn)

Viktor Hovland (Nor)

Mackenzie Hughes (Can)

Sungjae Im (Kor)

Shugo Imahira (Jpn)

Stephan Jaeger (Ger)

Filip Jakubcik (Cze) (x)

Zach Johnson

Dustin Johnson

Ryggs Johnston

Frazer Jones (Eng) (x)

Matthew Jordan (Eng)

Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha)

Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)

Riki Kawamoto (Jpn)

Michael Kim

Tom Kim (Kor)

Nathan Kimsey (Eng)

Chris Kirk

Curtis Knipes (Eng)

Brooks Koepka

Jason Kokrak

Romain Langasque (Fra)

Thriston Lawrence (Rsa)

Min Woo Lee (Aus)

Marc Leishman (Aus)

Justin Leonard

Haotong Li (Chn)

Oliver Lindell (Fin)

Shane Lowry (Irl)

Curtis Luck (Aus)

Robert MacIntyre (Sco)

Matteo Manassero (Ita)

Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

Denny McCarthy

Matt McCarty

Rory McIlroy (NIrl)

Tom McKibbin (NIrl)

Maverick McNealy

Phil Mickelson

Guido Migliozzi (Ita)

Francesco Molinari (Ita)

Collin Morikawa

Dylan Naidoo (Rsa)

Bryan Newman (Rsa) (x)

Joaquin Niemann (Chl)

Niklas Norgaard (Den)

Shaun Norris (Rsa)

Andrew Novak

Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)

Jacob Skov Olesen (Den)

Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)

Carlos Ortiz (Mex)

John Parry (Eng)

Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

Ryan Peake (Aus)

Taylor Pendrith (Can)

Marco Penge (Eng)

JT Poston

Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa)

Jon Rahm (Esp)

Aaron Rai (Eng)

Patrick Reed

Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)

Justin Rose (Eng)

Antoine Rozner (Fra)

Adrien Saddier (Fra)

Jesper Sandborg (Swe)

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Scott (Aus)

Jordan Smith (Eng)

Cameron Smith (Aus)

Elvis Smylie (Aus)

Sebastian Soderberg (Swe)

Younghan Tune (Kor)

JJ Spaun

Jordan Spieth

Henrik Stenson (Swe)

Sepp Straka (Aut)

Justin Suh

Jesper Svensson (Swe)

Nick Taylor (Can)

Richard Teder (Est) (x)

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Davis Thompson

Daniel van Tonder (Rsa)

Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)

Matt Wallace (Eng)

Justin Walters (Rsa)

Paul Waring (Eng)

Lee Westwood (Eng)

Cameron Younger

Daniel Younger (Sco)

Kevin Yu (Tpe)

Sampson Zheng (Chn)

Previous champions not taking part in (profitable yr in brackets):

Ben Curtis (2003), John Daly (1995), David Duval (2001), Todd Hamilton (2004), Paul Lawrie (Sco) (1999), Tiger Woods (2000, 2005, 2006)

How do gamers qualify for The Open?

All previous champions underneath the age of 60 get to return, together with the highest 10 and ties from the earlier yr at Royal Troon and the final six winners of the opposite three majors.

The world’s high 50 firstly of July, the main 25 in final yr’s Race to Dubai standings and everybody who reaches the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship the earlier season all get a spot, as do the previous three winners of the BMW PGA Championship and The Gamers.

There’s a new class for the main participant – not already exempt – within the LIV Golf League standings, plus locations out there to winners of the largest novice occasions and those that high the Order of Deserves in quite a lot of excursions.

The Open Qualifying Collection – which incorporates the Genesis Scottish Open – gives golfers around the globe alternatives to earn qualification spots at sure occasions throughout the calendar, with 20 of these locations coming via Closing Qualifying.

When is The Open reside on Sky Sports activities?

Sky Sports activities is as soon as once more the unique dwelling of The Open, with reside protection from all seven days of event week from July 14-20 and round the clock protection of the ultimate males’s main of the yr.

There are seven hours of reside protection on the Monday and Tuesday apply days at Royal Portrush earlier than a bumper 9 hours of reside programming on Wednesday, beginning at 9am every morning.

Wall-to-wall protection of The Open then begins at 6.30pm on Thursday July 17, with reside motion out there for all 4 event days and a number of additional feeds additionally out there. Not bought Sky? Stream The Open and extra with no contract.