Qualifiers for all 2025 Signature Events, THE PLAYERS and majors
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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).
Golfer | Qualified |
Cameron Adam | OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete) |
Mikiya Akutsu | OPEN |
Byeong Hun An | OPEN |
John Axelsen | OPEN |
Ludvig Åberg | OPEN |
Daniel Berger | OPEN |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | OPEN |
Akshay Bhatia | OPEN |
George Bloor | OPEN |
Keegan Bradley | OPEN |
Daniel Brown | OPEN |
Dean Burmester | OPEN |
Sam Burns | OPEN |
Brian Campbell | OPEN |
Laurie Canter | OPEN |
Patrick Cantlay | OPEN |
John Catlin | OPEN |
Bud Cauley | OPEN |
Seb Cave | OPEN |
K.J. Choi | OPEN |
Stewart Cink | OPEN |
Wyndham Clark | OPEN |
Darren Clarke | OPEN |
Corey Conners | OPEN |
Martin Couvra | OPEN |
Jason Day | OPEN |
Bryson DeChambeau | OPEN |
Thomas Detry | OPEN |
Nico Echavarria | OPEN |
Ernie Els | OPEN |
Harris English | OPEN |
Ethan Fang | OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete) |
OJ Farrell | OPEN |
Darren Fichardt | OPEN |
Tony Finau | OPEN |
Matt Fitzpatrick | OPEN |
Tommy Fleetwood | OPEN |
Rickie Fowler | OPEN |
Ryan Fox | OPEN |
Sergio Garcia | OPEN |
Lucas Glover | OPEN |
Connor Graham | OPEN |
Max Greyserman | OPEN |
Ben Griffin | OPEN |
Julien Guerrier | OPEN |
Harry Hall | OPEN |
Brian Harman | OPEN |
Padraig Harrington | OPEN |
Justin Hastings | OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete) |
Tyrrell Hatton | OPEN |
Russell Henley | OPEN |
Lucas Herbert | OPEN |
Ångel Hidalgo | OPEN |
Daniel Hillier | OPEN |
Tom Hoge | OPEN |
Rasmus Højgaard | OPEN |
Billy Horschel | OPEN (will not compete) |
Rikuya Hoshino | OPEN |
Viktor Hovland | OPEN |
Mackenzie Hughes | OPEN |
Sungjae Im | OPEN |
Shugo Imahira | OPEN |
Stephan Jaeger | OPEN |
Filip Jakubcik | OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete) |
Dustin Johnson | OPEN |
Zach Johnson | OPEN |
Ryggs Johnston | OPEN |
Frazer Jones | OPEN |
Matthew Jordan | OPEN |
Sadom Kaewkanjana | OPEN |
Takumi Kanaya | OPEN |
Riki Kawamoto | OPEN |
Michael Kim | OPEN |
Tom Kim | OPEN |
Nathan Kimsey | OPEN |
Chris Kirk | OPEN |
Curtis Knipes | OPEN |
Brooks Koepka | OPEN |
Jason Kokrak | OPEN |
Romain Langasque | OPEN |
Thriston Lawrence | OPEN |
Min Woo Lee | OPEN |
Marc Leishman | OPEN |
Justin Leonard | OPEN |
Haotong Li | OPEN |
Oliver Lindell | OPEN |
Shane Lowry | OPEN |
Curtis Luck | OPEN |
Robert MacIntyre | OPEN |
Matteo Manassero | OPEN |
Hideki Matsuyama | OPEN |
Denny McCarthy | OPEN |
Matt McCarty | OPEN |
Rory McIlroy | OPEN |
Tom McKibbin | OPEN |
Maverick McNealy | OPEN |
Phil Mickelson | OPEN |
Guido Migliozzi | OPEN |
Francesco Molinari | OPEN |
Collin Morikawa | OPEN |
Dylan Naidoo | OPEN |
Bryan Newman | OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete) |
Joaquin Niemann | OPEN |
Niklas Nørgaard | OPEN |
Shaun Norris | OPEN |
Andrew Novak | OPEN |
Jacob Skov Olesen | OPEN |
Thorbjørn Olesen | OPEN |
Louis Oosthuizen | OPEN |
Carlos Ortiz | OPEN |
John Parry | OPEN |
Matthieu Pavon | OPEN |
Ryan Peake | OPEN |
Taylor Pendrith | OPEN |
Marco Penge | OPEN |
J.T. Poston | OPEN |
Aldrich Potgieter | OPEN |
Jon Rahm | OPEN |
Aaron Rai | OPEN |
Patrick Reed | OPEN |
Kristoffer Reitan | OPEN |
Justin Rose | OPEN |
Antoine Rozner | OPEN |
Adrien Saddier | OPEN |
Jesper Sandborg | OPEN |
Xander Schauffele | OPEN |
Scottie Scheffler | OPEN |
Adam Scott | OPEN |
Cameron Smith | OPEN |
Jordan Smith | OPEN |
Elvis Smylie | OPEN |
Sebastian Söderberg | OPEN |
Young-han Song | OPEN |
J.J. Spaun | OPEN |
Jordan Spieth | OPEN |
Henrik Stenson | OPEN |
Sepp Straka | OPEN |
Justin Suh | OPEN |
Jesper Svensson | OPEN |
Nick Taylor | OPEN |
Richard Teder | OPEN |
Sahith Theegala | OPEN |
Justin Thomas | OPEN |
Davis Thompson | OPEN |
Daniel van Tonder | OPEN |
Jhonattan Vegas | OPEN |
Matt Wallace | OPEN |
Justin Walters | OPEN |
Paul Waring | OPEN |
Lee Westwood | OPEN |
Cameron Young | OPEN |
Daniel Young | OPEN |
Kevin Yu | OPEN |
Sampson Zheng | OPEN |
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).