2025 British Open Championship field: PGA Tour players, rankings
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2025 British Open Championship field: PGA Tour players, rankings

CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 18: Scottie Scheffler (USA) plays his tee shot at the 10th hole during the final round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 18, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)


The 2025 British Open Championship field is set with the passing of the PGA Tour tournament entry deadline. The field is set for this FedEx Cup event, played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland, from July 17-20, 2025.

The British Open Championship field is headlined by the likes of Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Scottie Scheffler and more.

This is set to be a 156-player field is played out over four days, with this event marking the 33rd tournament of the 2025 PGA Tour schedule.

The 156-player tournament is being played in its originally intended slot, with this being the PGA Tour playing its final major of the year, with the R&A running the longest-run championship in golf.

We do not have Monday qualifiers for this event, which will be played Thursday though Sunday.

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The British Open Championship alternate list has already been set, with the top name on the list set to replace any withdrawn players.

The field will be playing for a $18 million purse, with 49 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.

2025 British Open Championship field

PLAYER
Ludvig Ã…berg
Cameron Adam
Mikiya Akutsu
Byeong Hun An
John Axelsen
Daniel Berger
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
George Bloor
Keegan Bradley
Daniel Brown
Dean Burmester
Sam Burns
Brian Campbell
Laurie Canter
Patrick Cantlay
John Catlin
Bud Cauley
Sebastian Cave
K.J. Choi
Stewart Cink
Wyndham Clark
Darren Clarke
Corey Conners
Martin Couvra
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Thomas Detry
Nico Echavarria
Ernie Els
Harris English
Ethan Fang
OJ Farrell
Darren Fichardt
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Fox
Sergio Garcia
Lucas Glover
Connor Graham
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Julien Guerrier
Harry Hall
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Justin Hastings
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Lucas Herbert
Angel Hidalgo Portillo
Daniel Hillier
Tom Hoge
Rasmus Højgaard
Rikuya Hoshino
Viktor Hovland
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Shugo Imahira
Stephan Jaeger
Filip Jakubcik
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Ryggs Johnston
Frazer Jones
Matthew Jordan
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Takumi Kanaya
Riki Kawamoto
Michael Kim
Tom Kim
Nathan Kimsey
Chris Kirk
Curtis Knipes
Brooks Koepka
Jason Kokrak
Romain Langasque
Thriston Lawrence
Min Woo Lee
Marc Leishman
Justin Leonard
Haotong Li
Oliver Lindell
Shane Lowry
Curtis Luck
Robert MacIntyre
Matteo Manassero
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarty
Rory McIlroy
Tom McKibbin
Maverick McNealy
Phil Mickelson
Guido Migliozzi
Francesco Molinari
Collin Morikawa
Dylan Naidoo
Bryan Newman
Joaquin Niemann
Niklas Norgaard
Shaun Norris
Andrew Novak
Jacob Skov Olesen
Thorbjørn Olesen
Louis Oosthuizen
Carlos Ortiz
John Parry
Matthieu Pavon
Ryan Peake
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
J.T. Poston
Aldrich Potgieter
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Patrick Reed
Kristoffer Reitan
Justin Rose
Antoine Rozner
Adrien Saddier
Jesper Sandborg
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Scott
Cameron Smith
Jordan Smith
Elvis Smylie
Sebastian Soderberg
Young-han Song
J.J. Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Henrik Stenson
Sepp Straka
Justin Suh
Jesper Svensson
Nick Taylor
Richard Teder
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Daniel van Tonder
Jhonattan Vegas
Matt Wallace
Justin Walters
Paul Waring
Lee Westwood
Cameron Young
Daniel Young
Kevin Yu
Sampson Zheng

Top 50 players in 2025 British Open Championship field

RANK PLAYER
1 Scottie Scheffler
2 Rory McIlroy
3 Xander Schauffele
4 Justin Thomas
5 Collin Morikawa
6 Russell Henley
7 Keegan Bradley
8 J.J. Spaun
9 Ludvig Ã…berg
10 Sepp Straka
11 Hideki Matsuyama
12 Viktor Hovland
13 Tommy Fleetwood
14 Robert MacIntyre
15 Bryson DeChambeau
16 Maverick McNealy
17 Ben Griffin
18 Shane Lowry
19 Harris English
20 Patrick Cantlay
21 Sam Burns
22 Tyrrell Hatton
23 Justin Rose
24 Corey Conners
25 Sungjae Im
26 Brian Harman
28 Jason Day
29 Ryan Fox
30 Nick Taylor
31 Daniel Berger
32 Max Greyserman
33 Wyndham Clark
34 Aaron Rai
35 Andrew Novak
36 Akshay Bhatia
37 Min Woo Lee
38 Thomas Detry
39 Taylor Pendrith
40 Cameron Young
41 Denny McCarthy
42 Adam Scott
43 Lucas Glover
44 J.T. Poston
45 Tony Finau
46 Sahith Theegala
47 Byeong Hun An
48 Jordan Spieth
49 Tom Hoge
50 Aldrich Potgieter

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