The 154th Open Championship takes place Royal Birkdale in Southport. Take a look at the field as it stands.
1. The Open champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all Champions up until 2024)
Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Brian Harman (3,4,12), Pádraig Harrington (17), Zach Johnson (3), Justin Leonard, Shane Lowry (3,5,12), Rory McIlroy (4,5,6,9,12,13), Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari (3), Collin Morikawa (3,5,12), Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith (3), Jordan Spieth (3,5), Henrik Stenson (3)
2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all Champions from 2024)
Xander Schauffele (3,4,5,10), Scottie Scheffler (3,4,5,9,10,12,13)
3. The Open Champions for 2014-2024
4. First 10 anyone tying for 10th place in The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in 2025
Wyndham Clark (5,11,), Corey Conners (12), Bryson DeChambeau (5, 11), Harris English (5,12), Matt Fitzpatrick (5,6,11), Chris Gotterup (5,12), Russell Henley (5,12), Haotong Li (6), Robert MacIntyre (5,6,12)
5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2026
Ludvig Aberg (12), Daniel Berger, Akshay Bhatia (12), Keegan Bradley (12), Jacob Bridgeman (12) Sam Burns (12), Patrick Cantlay (12), Jason Day, Tommy Fleetwood (6,12), Rickie Fowler, Ryan Gerard, Ben Griffin (12), Tyrrell Hatton (6), Nicolai Hojgaard (6), Viktor Hovland (12), Michael Kim, Si Woo Kim, Kurt Kitayama, Jake Knapp, Min Woo Lee, Hideki Matsuyama (12), Matt McCarty, Maverick McNealy (12), Alex Noren (6,7), Marco Penge (6), Jon Rahm (9) Aaron Rai (6,10), Patrick Reed, Kristoffer Reitan (6), Justin Rose (6,12), Adam Scott, Alex Smalley, JJ Spaun (11,12), Sepp Straka (12), Justin Thomas (10,12), Gary Woodland, Cameron Young (12,13)
6. First 25 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2025
Angel Ayora, Dan Brown, Laurie Canter, Martin Couvra, Daniel Hillier, Rasmus Hojgaard, Joakim Lagergren, Keita Nakajima, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, John Parry, Adrien Saddier, Jordan Smith, Elvis Smylie
7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2023-2025
Ryan Fox, Billy Horschel
8. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2026 Race to Dubai Rankings through the BMW International Open
July 5
9. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2022-2026
10. The PGA Champions for 2022-2026
Brooks Koepka
11. The US Open Champions for 2022-2026
12. Top 30 players from the 2025 FedEx Cup points list
Harry Hall, Sungjae Im, Andrew Novak, Nick Taylor
13. The PLAYERS Champions for 2024-2026
14. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2026 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship
June 28
15. Top player, not already exempt, in the top 5 of the 2026 LIV Golf League individual standings through LIV Golf Andalucía
June 7
16. Top five players from the OWGR’s International Federation Ranking List as of Week 21, 2026
Justin Suh
18. Winner of the 2025 US Amateur
Mason Howell (a)
19. Recipient of the 2025 Mark H. McCormack Medal
Jackson Koivun
20. Winner of the 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
Fifa Laopakdee
21. Winner of the 2026 Latin America Amateur Championship
Mateo Pulcini
22. Winner of the 2026 Africa Amateur Championship
Jack Buchanan
23. Winner of the 2026 Amateur Championship
June 20
24. Winner of the 2026 European Amateur
June 27
25. Winner of the 2026 Open Amateur Series
June 27
Exemptions 18-25 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.
Open Qualifying Series
Open de Espana – Marco Penge (5,6)
Japan Open Golf Championship – Naoyuki Kataoka
Link Hong Kong Open – Tom McKibbin
Crown Australia Open – Michael Hollick, Si Woo Kim (5), Adam Scott (5)
New Zealand Open – Lucas Herbert
Investec South African Open – Casey Jarvis (16), Frederic Lacroix, Francesco Laporta
Visa Argentina Open – Alistair Docherty
Arnold Palmer Invitational – Daniel Berger (5)
Singapore Open – Jeong-woo Ham , Cameron John
KOLON Korea Open – Jiho Yang
Mizuno Open – 3 spots
Memorial Tournament – 1 spot
RBC Canadian Open – 3 spots
Italian Open – 1 spot
Genesis Scottish Open – 3 spots
Final Qualifying
Burnham & Berrow – TBC
Dundonald Links – TBC
Royal Cinque Ports – TBC
West Lancashire – TBC
Last chance qualifier
One spot will be awarded to the winner of an 18-hole qualifier held on July 13
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