The 153rd Open Championship heads to Royal Portrush Golf Club on the north coast of Northern Ireland. Hometown favorite Rory McIlroy and fellow three-time winner and major champion this season Scottie Scheffler headline a stacked field looking to win the famous claret jug. Xander Schaffele tees up as defending champion after winning his second major title last year. Shane Lowry was the last golfer to win The Open when Royal Portrush hosted in 2019.

The R&A uses several categories to determine The Open field. Here’s a look at The 153rd Open Championship field as of Wednesday, July 2.

See the full field list and any updates below.

The Open winners 60 or under on July 20

• Xander Schauffele
• Brian Harman
• Cameron Smith
• Collin Morikawa
• Shane Lowry
• Francesco Molinari
• Jordan Spieth
• Henrik Stenson
• Zach Johnson
• Rory McIlroy
• Phil Mickelson
• Ernie Els
• Darren Clarke
• Louis Oosthuizen
• Stewart Cink
• Padraig Harrington
• Justin Leonard

Top 10 and ties from the 2024 Open

• Justin Rose
• Thriston Lawrence
• Russell Henley
• Sungjae Im
• Scottie Scheffler
• Jon Rahm
• Adam Scott
• Daniel Brown
• Matthew Jordan

Masters winners (five-year exemption)

• Hideki Matsuyama
• Dustin Johnson

PGA Championship winners (five-year exemption)

• Brooks Koepka
• Justin Thomas

U.S. Open winners (five-year exemption)

• J.J. Spaun
• Bryson DeChambeau
• Wyndham Clark
• Matt Fitzpatrick

BMW PGA Championship winners (three-year exemption)

• Ryan Fox

Top 25 in the 2024 Race to Dubai

• Rasmus Hojgaard
• Tyrrell Hatton
• Paul Waring
• Tommy Fleetwood
• Robert MacIntyre
• Jesper Svensson
• Niklas Norgaard
• Matteo Manassero
• Thorbjorn Olesen
• Matt Wallace
• Antoine Rozner
• Rikuya Hoshino
• Tom McKibbin
• Jordan Smith
• Sebastian Soderberg
• Guido Migliozzi
• Romain Langasque
• Julien Guerrier
• Laurie Canter
• Joaquin Niemann

Top 30 from the 2024 FedExCup

• Sahith Theegala
• Viktor Hovland
• Sam Burns
• Ludvig Åberg
• Taylor Pendrith
• Matthieu Pavon
• Patrick Cantlay
• Keegan Bradley
• Byeong Hun An
• Aaron Rai
• Tony Finau
• Akshay Bhatia
• Chris Kirk
• Sepp Straka
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• Tom Hoge

Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking on May 25, 2025

• Maverick McNealy
• Harris English
• Ben Griffin
• Daniel Berger
• Min Woo Lee
• Thomas Detry
• Andrew Novak
• J.T. Poston
• Jason Day
• Lucas Glover
• Denny McCarthy
• Nick Taylor
• Tom Kim
• Max Greyserman
• Stephan Jaeger
• Mackenzie Hughes
• Jhonattan Vegas

Leading five players from the top 20 in the Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open

To be determined on July 6

Leading player not already exempt from the top five in LIV Golf standings through LIV Golf Dallas

• Sergio Garcia

Argentina Open winner

• Justin Suh

Qualifiers from the Federations ranking on OWGR

• John Catlin
• Daniel Van Tonder
• Takumi Kanaya
• Elvis Smylie

Japan Open champion

• Shugo Imahira

Senior Open champion

• K.J. Choi

The Amateur champion

• Ethan Fang (a)

European Amateur champion

• Filip Jakubcik (a)

Latin America Amateur champion

• Justin Hastings (a)

Open Amateur Series winner

• Cameron Adam (a)

Africa Amateur champion

• Bryan Newman (a)

Open Qualifying Series: ISPS Handa Australian Open

• Ryggs Johnston
• Marc Leishman
• Curtis Luck

Open Qualifying Series: New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport

• Ryan Peake

Open Qualifying Series: South African Investec Open Championship

• Dylan Naidoo
• Marco Penge
• Darren Fichardt

Open Qualifying Series: Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard

• Corey Conners

Open Qualifying Series: International Series Macau presented by Wynn

• Carlos Ortiz
• Patrick Reed
• Jason Kokrak

Open Qualifying Series: KOLON Korea Open

• Sadom Kaewkanjana

Open Qualifying Series: Mizuno Open

• Mikiya Akutsu
• Young-Han Song
• Riki Kawamoto

Open Qualifying Series: the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday

• Rickie Fowler

Open Qualifying Series: RBC Canadian Open

• Kevin Yu
• Cameron Young
• Matt McCarty

Open Qualifying Series: Italian Open

• Adrien Saddier
• Martin Couvra

Open Qualifying Series: Genesis Scottish Open (three spots)

To be determined July 13

Final Regional Qualifying

• Lee Westwood
• Daniel Young
• Angel Hidalgo
• Jesper Sandborg
• Connor Graham (a)
• Harry Hall
• Jacob Skov Olesen
• Justin Walters
• O.J. Farrell
• Frazer Jones (a)
• Dean Burmester
• Curtis Knipes
• Nathan Kimsey
• Sebastian Cave (a)
• John Axelsen
• Lucas Herbert
• Sampson Zheng
• George Bloor
• Richard Teder (a)
• Oliver Lindell

Reserve list

To be determined by July 6 via Official World Golf Ranking