2025 Open Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17–20 July 2025 |
| Location | Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 55°12′00″N 6°38′06″W / 55.200°N 6.635°W |
| Course(s) | Royal Portrush Golf Club Dunluce Links |
| Organized by | The R&A |
| Tour(s) | |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,381 yards (6,749 m) |
| Field | 156 players |
| Champion | |
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| Location map | |
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The 2025 Open Championship, officially the 153rd Open Championship, is a golf tournament to be played from 17–20 July at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It will be the third Open Championship at Portrush.
Organisation
[edit]The 2025 Open Championship is organised by the R&A, and is included in the PGA Tour, European Tour, and Japan Golf Tour calendars under the major championships category. The tournament is a 72-hole (4 rounds) stroke play competition held over four days, with 18 holes played each day. Play will be in groups of three for the first two days, and groups of two in the final two days. Groupings for the first two days are decided by the organizers, with each group having one morning and one afternoon tee time. On the final two days, players will tee off in reverse order of aggregate score, with the leaders last. After 36 holes there will be a cut, after which the top 70 and ties progress through to compete in the third and fourth rounds. In the event of a tie for the lowest score after four rounds, a three-hole aggregate playoff will be held to determine the winner; this will be followed by sudden-death extra holes if necessary until a winner emerges.[1]
Venue
[edit]The 2025 event will be the third Open Championship played at Royal Portrush; the club had previously hosted in 1951 and 2019.
Card of the course
[edit]Dunluce Links – Championship tees
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hughie's | 420 | 4 | 10 | Himalayas | 450 | 4 | |
| 2 | Giant's Grave | 574 | 5 | 11 | P. G. Stevenson's | 475 | 4 | |
| 3 | Islay | 176 | 3 | 12 | Dhu Varren | 532 | 5 | |
| 4 | Fred Daly's | 502 | 4 | 13 | Feather Bed | 199 | 3 | |
| 5 | White Rocks | 372 | 4 | 14 | Causeway | 466 | 4 | |
| 6 | Harry Colt's | 193 | 3 | 15 | Skerries | 429 | 4 | |
| 7 | Curran Point | 607 | 5 | 16 | Calamity Corner | 236 | 3 | |
| 8 | Dunluce | 434 | 4 | 17 | Purgatory | 409 | 4 | |
| 9 | Tavern | 432 | 4 | 18 | Babington's | 474 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,711 | 36 | In | 3,670 | 35 | |||
| Source:[2] | Total | 7,381 | 71 | |||||
Field
[edit]The Open Championship field is made up of 156 players, who gained entry through various exemption criteria and qualifying tournaments. The criteria include past Open champions, recent major winners, top ranked players in the world rankings and from the leading world tours, and winners and high finishers from various designated tournaments, including the Open Qualifying Series; the winners of designated amateur events, including The Amateur Championship and U.S. Amateur, also gained exemption provided they remain an amateur. Anyone not qualifying via exemption, and had a handicap of 0.4 or lower, can gain entry through regional and final qualifying events.
Criteria and exemptions
[edit]Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[3]
1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all champions before 2024)
- Stewart Cink
- Darren Clarke
- Ernie Els
- Brian Harman (3,5)
- Pádraig Harrington
- Zach Johnson (3)
- Justin Leonard
- Shane Lowry (3,4,5,6,7,12)
- Rory McIlroy (3,5,6,9,12,13)
- Phil Mickelson (10)
- Francesco Molinari (3)
- Collin Morikawa (3,5,10,12)
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Cameron Smith (3)
- Jordan Spieth (3)
- Henrik Stenson (3)
- Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Todd Hamilton, Paul Lawrie, and Tiger Woods did not enter.
2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 20 July 2025 (for all champions from 2024)
- Xander Schauffele (3,4,5,10,12)
3. The Open Champions for 2014–2024[a]
4. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2024 Open Championship
- Dan Brown
- Russell Henley (5,12)
- Im Sung-jae (5,12)
- Matthew Jordan
- Thriston Lawrence (6)
- Jon Rahm (9,11)
- Justin Rose (5)
- Scottie Scheffler (5,9,10,12,13,16)
- Adam Scott (5,6,12)
- Billy Horschel (5,6,7,12) will not play.
5. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2025
- Ludvig Åberg (12)
- An Byeong-hun (12)
- Daniel Berger
- Akshay Bhatia (12)
- Keegan Bradley (12)
- Sam Burns (12)
- Patrick Cantlay (12)
- Wyndham Clark (11,12)
- Corey Conners[b]
- Jason Day
- Bryson DeChambeau (11)
- Thomas Detry
- Harris English
- Tony Finau (12)
- Tommy Fleetwood (6,12)
- Lucas Glover
- Max Greyserman
- Ben Griffin
- Tyrrell Hatton (6)
- Tom Hoge (12)
- Viktor Hovland (12)
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Stephan Jäger
- Tom Kim
- Min Woo Lee
- Robert MacIntyre (6,12)
- Hideki Matsuyama (9,12)
- Denny McCarthy
- Maverick McNealy
- Andrew Novak
- Taylor Pendrith (12)
- J. T. Poston
- Aaron Rai (12)
- J. J. Spaun (11)
- Sepp Straka (12)
- Nick Taylor
- Sahith Theegala (12)
- Justin Thomas (10,12)
- Jhonattan Vegas
6. Top 25 in the final 2024 Race to Dubai rankings
7. Recent winners of the BMW PGA Championship (2022–2024)
8. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2025 Race to Dubai Rankings through the BMW International Open
- 6 July
9. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2020–2025)
10. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2019–2025)
11. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2020–2025)
12. Top 30 players from the 2024 FedEx Cup points list
13. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2023–2025)
14. Top five players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2025 FedEx Cup points list through the Rocket Classic
- 29 June
15. Top player, not already exempt, in the top 5 of the 2025 LIV Golf League individual standings through LIV Golf Dallas
- 29 June
16. Winner of the 2024 Olympic gold medal
17. Winner of the 2025 Visa Open de Argentina
18. Top five players from the OWGR's International Federation Ranking List as of closing date
19. Winner of the 2024 Japan Open Golf Championship
20. Winner of the 2024 Senior Open Championship
21. Winner of the 2024 U.S. Amateur[c]
22. Recipient of the 2024 Mark H. McCormack Medal[c]
23. Winner of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship[c]
24. Winner of the 2025 Latin America Amateur Championship[c]
- Justin Hastings (a)
25. Winner of the 2025 Africa Amateur Championship[c]
- Bryan Newman (a)
26. Winner of the 2025 Amateur Championship[c]
- 21 June
27. Winner of the 2025 European Amateur[c]
- 28 June
28. Winner of the 2025 Open Amateur Series[c][e]
- 28 June
Open Qualifying Series
[edit]The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) for the 2024 Open Championship consists of 11 events. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who make the cut. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR. Unlike previous years, places won by players who later became exempt did not go to the next highest non-exempt player in that qualifying event.[4]
| Location | Tournament | Date | Spots | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | ISPS Handa Australian Open | 1 Dec 2024 | 3 | Ryggs Johnston, Marc Leishman, Curtis Luck |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Open | 2 Mar 2025 | 1 | Ryan Peake |
| South Africa | Investec South African Open Championship | 2 Mar 2025 | 3 | Darren Fichardt, Dylan Naidoo, Marco Penge |
| United States | Arnold Palmer Invitational | 9 Mar 2025 | 1 | Corey Conners (5) |
| Macau | International Series Macau | 23 Mar 2025 | 3 | Jason Kokrak, Carlos Ortiz, Patrick Reed (18) |
| Korea | Kolon Korea Open | 25 May 2025 | 1 | Sadom Kaewkanjana |
| Japan | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | 1 Jun 2025 | 3 | Mikiya Akutsu, Riki Kawamoto, Song Young-han |
| United States | Memorial Tournament | 1 Jun 2025 | 1 | Rickie Fowler |
| Canada | RBC Canadian Open | 8 Jun 2025 | 3 | Matt McCarty, Cameron Young, Kevin Yu |
| Italy | Italian Open | 29 Jun 2025 | 2 | |
| Scotland | Genesis Scottish Open | 13 Jul 2025 | 3 |
Final Qualifying
[edit]Regional qualifying events will be held on 23 June at 15 locations.[5] Final Qualifying events will be played on 1 July at four locations.[6]
| Location | Spots | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| Burnham & Berrow | ||
| Dundonald Links | ||
| Royal Cinque Ports | ||
| West Lancashire |
Notes
[edit]- ^ All will be aged 55 or under on 20 July 2025.
- ^ a b Corey Connors and Patrick Reed qualified via the Open Qualifying Series before becoming exempt.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Players must remain amateurs in order to be exempt under this category.
- ^ a b c Forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
- ^ Cumulative World Amateur Golf Ranking points from the St Andrews Links Trophy, The Amateur Championship, and the European Amateur.
References
[edit]- ^ Herrington, Ryan (23 July 2023). "British Open playoff 2023: The format, rules and holes played at Royal Liverpool". Golf Digest. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Royal Portrush Course Guide". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "The 153rd Open | Exemptions". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "The Open Qualifying Series". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Regional Qualifying". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Final Qualifying". The Open Championship. The R&A. Retrieved 15 June 2025.