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Highlights | Final Round | John Deere Classic

Highlights | Final Round | John Deere Classic

    Written by Rob Bolton

    Unlike previous years, the John Deere Classic wasn’t a stop along the Open Qualifying Series in 2025, but it doesn’t mean that Brian Campbell won’t squeeze into the field when it fills in a week.

    For the second time in 2025, Campbell prevailed in a playoff. With a par on the par-4 18th hole, he won the John Deere Classic over Emiliano Grillo.

    The problem, at least as these things are determined, is that Campbell did very little since he broke through at the Mexico Open at VidantaWorld in February. So, after rising to 97th in the Official World Golf Ranking at the time, he drifted to 115th when he arrived at TPC Deere Run. But now he’s 55th and in position to gain entry as an alternate when the latest version is used to complete the field of 156 at Royal Portrush. (Alternates are ranked in order via their OWGR.) The commitment deadline for automatic qualifiers is Friday, July 11.

    Until then, Campbell can book starts at the 2026 editions of THE PLAYERS Championship, the Masters and the PGA Championship as rewards for winning in the Quad Cities. His PGA TOUR membership exemption is extended one year through his age-35 season of 2028.

    Earlier on Sunday when the DP World Tour’s BMW International Open concluded, the top five, not otherwise exempt into The Open, inside the top 20 of the updated Race to Dubai ranking, punched tickets for the last major of the year.

    Kristoffer Reitan of Norway was at fifth in the Race to Dubai. John Parry of England (sixth), Haotong Li of China (seventh), Daniel Hillier of New Zealand (10th) and Shaun Norris of South Africa (12th) follow. Hillier is the only member of this class without a victory this season on the DP World Tour, while Reitan is the only golfer among them who hasn’t made at least one appearance in The Open previously. The others are a combined 6-for-14 with each cashing at least once.

    UPDATE (July 7): With the commitment deadline for The Open Championship on Friday and only the Genesis Scottish Open remaining as the last conduit for automatic entry into the last major of the year, The R&A announced today that six golfers have been added to the field of 156 at Royal Portrush.

    Beginning with Rocket Classic champion Aldrich Potgieter at 50th in the latest Official World Golf Ranking, the additions slot in order of the latest update. It will be the 20-year-old’s second appearance in The Open (MC, 2022).

    Nico Echavarria (51st) and Brian Campbell (55th) follow. It’ll mark the tournament debut for both. Michael Kim (56th), Bud Cauley (59th) and Davis Thompson (60th) round out the set. Each has appeared at least once previously. Only Thompson isn’t in this week’s field at The Renaissance Club where 77 qualifiers of The Open are slated to compete.

    Because former Open champions John Daly, Todd Hamilton and Tiger Woods will not compete at Royal Portrush, they have been removed from the alphabetical list below. The only automatic qualifier among non-winners of The Open who will not play is Billy Horschel. He remains sidelined to recover from surgery on his right hip two months ago.

    NOTE: Until all methods of entry are released by the governing bodies, traditional criteria are used to determine qualifiers. Refer to remaining qualifying criteria at the bottom of the page for details.

    OPEN = The Open Championship

    Recent additions

    OPEN -- Brian Campbell; Bud Cauley; Nico Echavarria; Daniel Hillier; Michael Kim; Hatong Li; Shaun Norris; John Parry; Aldrich Potgieter; Kristoffer Reitan; Davis Thompson

    NOTE: Golfers are omitted if they recently haven’t competed in majors for which they are eligible (e.g., The Open Championship = David Duval, Paul Lawrie).

    GolferQualified
    Cameron AdamOPEN (must remain an amateur to compete)
    Mikiya AkutsuOPEN
    Byeong Hun AnOPEN
    John AxelsenOPEN
    Ludvig ÅbergOPEN
    Daniel BergerOPEN
    Christiaan BezuidenhoutOPEN
    Akshay BhatiaOPEN
    George BloorOPEN
    Keegan BradleyOPEN
    Daniel BrownOPEN
    Dean BurmesterOPEN
    Sam BurnsOPEN
    Brian CampbellOPEN
    Laurie CanterOPEN
    Patrick CantlayOPEN
    John CatlinOPEN
    Bud CauleyOPEN
    Seb CaveOPEN
    K.J. ChoiOPEN
    Stewart CinkOPEN
    Wyndham ClarkOPEN
    Darren ClarkeOPEN
    Corey ConnersOPEN
    Martin CouvraOPEN
    Jason DayOPEN
    Bryson DeChambeauOPEN
    Thomas DetryOPEN
    Nico EchavarriaOPEN
    Ernie ElsOPEN
    Harris EnglishOPEN
    Ethan FangOPEN (must remain an amateur to compete)
    OJ FarrellOPEN
    Darren FichardtOPEN
    Tony FinauOPEN
    Matt FitzpatrickOPEN
    Tommy FleetwoodOPEN
    Rickie FowlerOPEN
    Ryan FoxOPEN
    Sergio GarciaOPEN
    Lucas GloverOPEN
    Connor GrahamOPEN
    Max GreysermanOPEN
    Ben GriffinOPEN
    Julien GuerrierOPEN
    Harry HallOPEN
    Brian HarmanOPEN
    Padraig HarringtonOPEN
    Justin HastingsOPEN (must remain an amateur to compete)
    Tyrrell HattonOPEN
    Russell HenleyOPEN
    Lucas HerbertOPEN
    Ångel HidalgoOPEN
    Daniel HillierOPEN
    Tom HogeOPEN
    Rasmus HøjgaardOPEN
    Billy HorschelOPEN (will not compete)
    Rikuya HoshinoOPEN
    Viktor HovlandOPEN
    Mackenzie HughesOPEN
    Sungjae ImOPEN
    Shugo ImahiraOPEN
    Stephan JaegerOPEN
    Filip JakubcikOPEN (must remain an amateur to compete)
    Dustin JohnsonOPEN
    Zach JohnsonOPEN
    Ryggs JohnstonOPEN
    Frazer JonesOPEN
    Matthew JordanOPEN
    Sadom KaewkanjanaOPEN
    Takumi KanayaOPEN
    Riki KawamotoOPEN
    Michael KimOPEN
    Tom KimOPEN
    Nathan KimseyOPEN
    Chris KirkOPEN
    Curtis KnipesOPEN
    Brooks KoepkaOPEN
    Jason KokrakOPEN
    Romain LangasqueOPEN
    Thriston LawrenceOPEN
    Min Woo LeeOPEN
    Marc LeishmanOPEN
    Justin LeonardOPEN
    Haotong LiOPEN
    Oliver LindellOPEN
    Shane LowryOPEN
    Curtis LuckOPEN
    Robert MacIntyreOPEN
    Matteo ManasseroOPEN
    Hideki MatsuyamaOPEN
    Denny McCarthyOPEN
    Matt McCartyOPEN
    Rory McIlroyOPEN
    Tom McKibbinOPEN
    Maverick McNealyOPEN
    Phil MickelsonOPEN
    Guido MigliozziOPEN
    Francesco MolinariOPEN
    Collin MorikawaOPEN
    Dylan NaidooOPEN
    Bryan NewmanOPEN (must remain an amateur to compete)
    Joaquin NiemannOPEN
    Niklas NørgaardOPEN
    Shaun NorrisOPEN
    Andrew NovakOPEN
    Jacob Skov OlesenOPEN
    Thorbjørn OlesenOPEN
    Louis OosthuizenOPEN
    Carlos OrtizOPEN
    John ParryOPEN
    Matthieu PavonOPEN
    Ryan PeakeOPEN
    Taylor PendrithOPEN
    Marco PengeOPEN
    J.T. PostonOPEN
    Aldrich PotgieterOPEN
    Jon RahmOPEN
    Aaron RaiOPEN
    Patrick ReedOPEN
    Kristoffer ReitanOPEN
    Justin RoseOPEN
    Antoine RoznerOPEN
    Adrien SaddierOPEN
    Jesper SandborgOPEN
    Xander SchauffeleOPEN
    Scottie SchefflerOPEN
    Adam ScottOPEN
    Cameron SmithOPEN
    Jordan SmithOPEN
    Elvis SmylieOPEN
    Sebastian SöderbergOPEN
    Young-han SongOPEN
    J.J. SpaunOPEN
    Jordan SpiethOPEN
    Henrik StensonOPEN
    Sepp StrakaOPEN
    Justin SuhOPEN
    Jesper SvenssonOPEN
    Nick TaylorOPEN
    Richard TederOPEN
    Sahith TheegalaOPEN
    Justin ThomasOPEN
    Davis ThompsonOPEN
    Daniel van TonderOPEN
    Jhonattan VegasOPEN
    Matt WallaceOPEN
    Justin WaltersOPEN
    Paul WaringOPEN
    Lee WestwoodOPEN
    Cameron YoungOPEN
    Daniel YoungOPEN
    Kevin YuOPEN
    Sampson ZhengOPEN

    Remaining qualifying criteria

    Criteria are listed in chronological order where possible. Best estimates are given but all are subject to change.

    The Open Championship (OPEN) at Royal Portrush: July 17-20

    • Top three, not otherwise exempt, who make the cut at the Genesis Scottish Open (July 13).

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