Major Power Rankings: 2025 Open Championship Field

2025 Open Championship Power Rankings

Below are RotoWire's full-field Power Rankings for the 2025 Open Championship.

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The 153rd Open Championship will be played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland.

It is only the third time the world's oldest golf tournament will be contested outside of England or Scotland. And it will be the third time for Royal Portrush, founded in 1888. The first time was in 1951 and the second was in 2019, when Ireland's Shane Lowry forged an emotional victory.

The Dunluce Links, one of two 18-hole courses at Portrush, is the championship track. It is named after the nearby ruins of the medieval Dunluce Castle. The course record of 61 was set in 2005 by a 16-year-old amateur named Rory McIlroy.

The Open will play as a par-71 across 7,381 yards, almost identical to 2019's 71/7,344.

Lowry, ranked No. 33 in the OWGR at the time, won at 15-under, with an 8-under 63 in the third round. He finished six strokes better than runner-up Tommy Fleetwood and eight clear of Tony Finau in third. McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau all missed the cut. McIlroy, the tournament and local favorite, famously shot 79-65 to miss the cut by one shot. A total of 73 players made the 1-over cut. No amateurs did, so the Silver Medal was not awarded. There are nine amateurs in this year's field.

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Portrush is situated hard by the North Atlantic on the northern edge of Northern Ireland and weather always has the potential to greatly alter the conditions and outcome. Picking the right tee time could be vital. We don't have that luxury with these rankings, which are based on Open Championship history, major history and current form heading into the Scottish Open.

2025 Open Championship Field and Rankings

These rankings were formulated before the finish of the Genesis Scottish Open, and winner Chris Gotterup, Nicolai Hojgaard and Matti Schmid will join the 156-man field.

There are 53 players who competed in the 2019 Open in the field. There are 17 former champions and 37 Open first-timers, including the nine amateurs.

The top 70 and ties will make the 36-hole cut.

The 2025 Open Championship Power Rankings are broken down into five categories:

• Favorites
• Contenders
• Making the Cut
• Borderline
• Long Shots

Field changes and news updates will be noted at the bottom. 

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FAVORITES

1. Rory McIlroy
When McIlroy arrived at Royal Portrush in 2019, there was incredible pressure on a native son to win the Open. His first shot of the tournament was a disaster: an out-of-bounds tee shot resulting a quadruple-bogey eight. He also had a double bogey and closed Thursday with a triple. He shot 79. The next day, McIlroy shot 65 but missed the cut by one shot. It's one of only three times in 15 Opens he has missed the cut (another one was last year). McIlroy may not be the betting favorite this year, but he should handle this home game far better than six years ago. A two-time Open winner in 2012 and 2014, he has six career top-5s in the Open.

2. Scottie Scheffler
While Scheffler's game can adapt to any course or any conditions better than anyone else in golf, it's fair to say the Open has been his worst major. And by that we mean he's played in four of them with two top-25s and two top-10s. His best was last year's tie for seventh. Sounds terrible, right? Scheffler has finished T4-1-T7 in the first three majors this year. He will win an Open Championship at some point in his career, maybe more than one.

3. Jon Rahm
Last year, Rahm tied for seventh. The year before, he shared runner-up. And in 2019 at Royal Portrush, he tied for 11th. This season, he has shut down the narrative that LIV Golf has stripped him of his competitive fire (or maybe all that talk reignited that fire?). Rahm has finished T14-T8-T7 in the three 2025 majors.

4. Tommy Fleetwood
It surely seemed that Fleetwood felt the pressure last month at the Travelers when trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. But he's much more comfortable at the Open, even though it's a far larger stage. He finished second in 2019 at Royal Portrush, albeit six strokes behind Lowry, then T4 in 2022 and T10 in 2023. Fleetwood's game is well-suited for links golf, especially a short game that sees him ranked 17th on Tour in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green and 33rd in SG: Putting.

5. Shane Lowry
It should be evident rather quickly whether the enormity of the moment -- returning to the scene of his life-altering moment -- is too great for Lowry. As good of a player as he has been the past number of years, he has just one worldwide win since the 2019 Open. That was the 2022 BMW PGA championship on the DP World Tour, by one stroke over McIlroy and Rahm. Impressive. But even then, it was reduced to 54 holes because of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Lowry has done well in the Open in the years since winning: T12-T21-MC-6.

6. Collin Morikawa
Morikawa winning an Open in his first try, in 2021, is among the more surprising major results the past few years. Since then, he's gone MC-MC-T16. His tee-to-green game remains as good as ever -- he's ranked second on Tour. More importantly, Morikawa's revolving door of caddies -- he's on his fourth this season -- his inability to close out wins and his growing animosity with the media suggest there are underlying forces hindering his play on the course.

7. Robert MacIntyre
MacIntyre tied for sixth in his first Open, at Portrush in 2019. And he followed that up next time -- the 2020 version was canceled due to the pandemic -- in 2021 with a tie for eighth. He has not come close to matching that in his three ensuing Opens, never cracking the top 30. But it's not a stretch to envision this Scotsman showing out not far from home. MacIntyre won last year's Scottish Open (not true links but kinda/sorta) and is coming off his best career major result, a solo second at the U.S. Open behind J.J. Spaun.

8. Viktor Hovland
The key element for Hovland always is: How much can he avoid his wedges? If his iron game is going great, as it usually is, he can minimize usage. He's largely been able to do that at the Open. He strung together T12-T4-T13 before missing the cut last year in his fourth try. Hovland has not had a great season by his standards, but he was just solo third at the U.S. Open and is ranked fourth on Tour in SG: Approach.

9. Xander Schauffele
Schauffele clearly has not been the same golfer as he was last year. Of course, it's hard to replicate a two-major year. But when he suffered a side injury in January, costing him two months, that made things doubly hard. The reigning Champion Golfer of the Year has been decent in the first three majors – T8-T28-T12 – and by "decent," we mean 98 percent of golfers would take those three results every year. That Masters finish is Schauffele's lone top-10 of the year. He is ranked outside the top-100 on Tour in SG: Off-the-Tee, Around-the-Green and Putting. But he also stands 20th in SG: Approach to offer hope that his game is not that far off.

10. Jordan Spieth
It may be hard to envision Spieth winning a PGA Championship to complete the career grand slam. It's far easier to see him capturing a second Open (2017, Royal Birkdale). In 11 starts, he's never missed a cut, with three top-5s, five top-10s and eight top-25s. He's been in the top-25 every year since he won, including runner-up to Morikawa at Royal St. George's in 2021. Spieth is not the player he used to be, but he does have two top-25s in majors this season and is ranked 19th on Tour in SG: Tee-to-Green and 18th in SG: Total.

CONTENDERS

11. Tyrrell Hatton
Hatton's career ledger in Opens mirrors his personality: It's volatile. He's made 12 starts but only five cuts, though four of them were top-20s. Those include a tie for sixth in 2019 at Portrush and a tie for fifth in 2016 at Royal Troon. Hatton is coming off his best career major, a tie for fourth at the U.S. Open.

12. Russell Henley
The Open had never been Henley's cup of tea. Really, none of the majors were. Until recently, He's finished in the top-10 in three of the past five majors, including a solo fifth last year at Royal Troon that earned him an automatic invite back this year -- not that he needed it, being ranked sixth in the OWGR. Henley has made only 5 of 10 Open cuts, and he uncharacteristically also missed in the first two majors this year before a T10 at the U.S. Open.

13. Sam Burns
Burns is starting to up his game in majors -- top-10s the past two years at the U.S. Open, top-20 at this year's PGA -- but that has not yet translated to the Open Championship. He did have his best finish in four tries last year, a tie for 31st. He also tied for 42nd in 2022.  Burns is playing perhaps the best stretch of golf in his career coming in: He's had three top-10s and seven top-25s in his past eight starts.

14. Brooks Koepka
Koepka has four career top-10s at the Open, with a best of T4 at Portrush in 2019. But – and stop us if you've heard this before – his recent results have dropped off precipitously. He's gone MC-T64-T43 the past three years at the Open. And then after missing the cut in the first two majors this year, it was more of the same. So what should we make of Koepka's tie for 12th at the U.S. Open last month? Well, we've cautiously positioned him deep inside the top-25.

15. Adam Scott
The last couple of years have seen a renaissance in the majors for the 44-year-old Scott. This will be his 97th straight major start. He has two top-20s this year, which followed his tie for 10th at the Open last year. He's had three top-5s, six top-10s and 11 top-25s in 24 Opens through the years.

16. Ryan Fox
Fox has made the cut in 6 of 8 career Opens. He tied for 25th last year and for 16th in 2019 at Portrush. He recently earned his first two PGA Tour victories, at the Myrtle Beach Classic and Canadian Open, and moved inside the top 25 of the OWGR. But he actually qualified for this Open by winning the 2023 BMW PGA Championship, the flagship event on the DP World Tour that included the likes of McIlroy, Rahm, Hovland, Fleetwood, Hatton and others. Fox is coming off a top-20 at the U.S. Open.

17. Jason Day
Day has an excellent resume at the Open. He's missed only two cuts in 12 starts – one at Portrush in 2019 – with two top-5s and five top-25s. He shared runner-up two years ago and tied for 13th last year. It's been a quietly good season for Day on the PGA Tour. He has four top-10s in just 12 starts and sits top-30 in the FedExCup Standings.

18. Patrick Cantlay
Cantlay has made the cut in five of his six Opens. He had a top-25 last year and a top-10 in 2022. He also tied for 41st at Portrush in 2019. This season, he tied for 36th at the Masters and then missed the cut at the PGA Championship and U.S. Open. His overall winless stretch is now a month shy of three years. Cantlay is ranked ninth on Tour in SG: Tee-to-Green, 10th in Approach and 12th in Total, with his putting in the top-80, numbers that suggest he should be contending for titles.

19. Dean Burmester
Burmester is the rare LIV golfer to become more notable since joining the breakaway circuit. He had top-20s in two majors last year, including T19 at the Open. He also tied for 11th in 2022. He played in the PGA Championship in May but missed the cut. The South African won a tournament on the Sunshine Tour late last year. He had to go through final qualifying to get into this field, and he finished in the top-5 at Royal Cinque Ports a couple of weeks back.

20. Matt Fitzpatrick
The Englishman has struggled overall the past couple of seasons. But he has managed to make the cut in all three 2025 majors, including a tie for eighth at the PGA. That's part of a run of four top-25s in his past six starts, as his game has shown real signs of bouncing back. Fitzpatrick has been very good at the Open, making five straight cuts coming in, with two top-25s, including T20 in 2019 at Portrush.

21. Cameron Young
Young has been outstanding in his three career Opens, with a runner-up in 2022, then a T8 and last year's T31. He's also coming off a tie for fourth at the U.S. Open. Young has come on strong since missing the cut at the Masters, with three of his four top-10s on the season coming after Augusta. 

22. Justin Rose
Rose tied for second at the Open last year, a feat he also accomplished back in 2018. He's made the cut in 15 of 21 Opens, with four top-10s and 10 top-25s. After last year's runner-up at the Open, it happened again in this year's Masters, where Rose lost in a playoff vs. McIlroy. That loss seemed to take a lot out of him, as his game has fallen sharply since then. He missed the cut at the PGA and U.S. Open.

23. Hideki Matsuyama
Since tying for sixth in his first Open in 2013, Matsuyama has not come close to duplicating that result, though he does have three other top-20s. This season has been nothing short of a disaster – at least after winning the Sentry to begin the year. Matsuyama does not have another top-10 and hasn't cracked the top-20 in the first three majors. He missed the cut at the 2019 Open.

24. Bryson DeChambeau
This will be the toughest major for DeChambeau to win. The Open requires more imagination and creativity than sheer force. DeChambeau has gotten far better at Augusta National, another course that mandates shotmaking. He has made 4 of 7 cuts at the Open with a tie for eighth in 2022 but nothing else inside the top-30. He missed the cut last year and also in 2019.

25. Laurie Canter
The former LIV golfer has played in the past three Opens and made every cut, with top-25s the past two years. He qualified this year by finishing in the top-25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings. This season, the Englishman has a win, a second and a third on the DP World Tour. He's also played in THE PLAYERS and the three majors but couldn't make a cut until last month's U.S. Open (T55).

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MAKING THE CUT

26. Sergio Garcia
Garcia will play his first Open since 2022 and 26th lifetime. He qualified via the LIV Golf standings. He has been runner-up twice among his 10 top-10s through the years, though the last one was in 2018. Garcia tied for 67th in 2019 at Portrush. This season, he missed the cut at the Masters before making it at the PGA (T67).

27. Sepp Straka
Straka is a bit of a mystery. He's had by far his best season, winning twice, yet has face-planted three times in the 2025 majors. Now he heads to the Open, where he tied for 22nd last year and shared runner-up the year before. This is a guy ranked third on Tour in SG: Approach and sixth in Tee-to-Green, so you have to figure his problem in the majors this year has been more inside his head.

28. Ludvig Aberg
It's still a bit hard to remember that Aberg has been playing majors for only two years. His lone Open resulted in missed cut. He tied for seventh at the Masters in April but missed the next two major cuts as his game has slipped of late.  Aberg hasn't had a top-10 since Augusta and has had only two top-20s in the seven ensuing starts. Outside of his driver, no club is working for him right now.

29. Byeong Hun An
The 2015 European Tour Rookie of the Year has had two top-25s in his 10 Opens. And they've come in the past two years, a tie for 23rd followed by last year's T13. Overall, An has made the cut in six of his past eight majors, with both misses coming at the past two U.S. Opens. He played in the 2019 Open at Portrush and tied for 32nd.

30. Sungjae Im
This will be Im's fifth Open and he's gotten better every year. From missing the cut in his first at Portrush in 2019 to T81 to T20 to T7 last year. That is what's called getting better at links golf. And then Im tied for fifth at this year's Masters. But he has had some serious issues with his iron play this year, to the point that was ranked dead last on Tour in SG: Approach just two weeks ago.

31. Mackenzie Hughes
Hughes has played in three career Opens. He debuted with a T6 in 2021 and added a T16 last year. That tracks for a guy who's usually good with a wedge or putter in hand. Hughes has made the cut in 13 of 19 starts this season, three of them resulting in top-10s.

32. Tom McKibbin
After earning his PGA Tour card by finishing in the top-10 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings, the 22-year-old Northern Irishman/McIlroy protege stunned the golf world by joining LIV. He has made the cut in all three of his career majors – last year's U.S. Open and Open Championship and this year's PGA. He won the 2023 Porsche European Open as a 20-year-old and has made five DP World Tour starts this season, with two top-6 results.

33. Corey Conners
The Open has not been Conners' best major – that's the Masters – but he's been pretty good in it. After missing the cut in his 2019 debut at Portrush, he's made four straight, two of them top-25s, including last year's T25. But there is a concern about a wrist injury that led to his WD from the U.S. Open last month. He returned to action at the Scottish Open.

34. Ben Griffin
Griffin has become a breakout star this season, winning twice (once at the Zurich) to climb into the top 20 of the OWGR.  He had appeared in only four majors before this year without making a cut, including at the past two Open Championships. This season, he didn't qualify for the Masters, but then finished top-10 at both the PGA and U.S. Open. He has a whopping eight top-10s on the season.

35. J.J. Spaun
A month removed from winning the U.S. Open, Spaun now heads to the Open Championship for the first time. In theory, his all-around game is well-suited for links golf – he's top-10 in SG: Approach, top-40 in SG: Putting and accurate off the tee.  Spaun was playing in the Scottish Open for the first time and, while not a true links course, it could offer some clues on how he handles the conditions, plus his newfound fame.

36. Brian Harman
Harman finished T19 at the Open in 2021 and T6 in 2022 before emerging as the Champion Golfer of the Year in 2023. He slumped to T60 last year, which is understandable facing the pressures of being the defending champion. Harman has made 7 of 8 major cuts since winning at Royal Liverpool, though he has yet to crack the top-20. This year in the majors, he's gone T36-T60-T59.

37. Daniel Berger
Berger's bounce-back season has seen him make the cut in the first three majors of 2025. He's now set for his first Open Championship since 2021, when he tied for eighth. He also tied for 12th in 2018, so he's handled links golf quite nicely. After a great start to 2025, Berger has hit a bit of a wall. First, he has made only five starts since the PGA in May. And second, he's failed to crack the top-30 in any of them.

38. Patrick Reed
After a top-5 at the Masters and a top-25 at the U.S. Open, the drumbeat for Reed-to-the-Ryder-Cup has grown louder. Here's his chance to add fuel to that long-shot fire. And it is the longest of shots. But he did tie for 10th at Portrush in 2019. That's his best result in nine Opens. Since then, he's gone MC-T47-T33.

39. Rasmus Hojgaard
This will be the first year the young Dane will have played in all four majors. He's 3 for 3 so far, with a best of T32 at the Masters. Hojgaard also made the cut in last year's Open (T60) after missing in his debut in 2023. He qualified this year by finishing in the top-25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings. At age 24, he already has five DP World Tour victories, including last September's Irish Open.

40. Justin Thomas
Since playing his first Open in 2018, Thomas has shown little advancement at links golf. He has just one top-25 in making 5 of 8 cuts. That one was a T11 in 2019 in Royal Portrush. So this year, that offers at least a little more hope. Majors of all types have been troublesome for Thomas since winning the 2022 PGA. He's missed the cut in 7 of the 13, including his most recent two at the PGA and U.S. Open after a T56 at the Masters.

41. Louis Oosthuizen
Oosthuizen won the Open way back in 2010 at St. Andrews. He has also finished second and third. Great, right? Yes. But overall, very oddly, he's made only nine cuts in 17 Opens. One of them came at Portrush in 2019 (T20) and more recently in 2023 (T23). Oosthuizen missed the cut last year. He played a half-dozen tournaments outside of LIV in 2024 but none so far in 2025.

42. Thriston Lawrence
The South African came out of obscurity to contend for the title last year before winding up in a tie for fourth. He's been playing a PGA Tour schedule this year, and without much success – until lately. Lawrence tied for 12th at the U.S. Open and then for eighth at the Rocket Classic. A few weeks prior, he tied for fourth at the Soudal Open on the DP World Tour. Before that? Six straight missed cuts. 

43. Carlos Ortiz
Ortiz just played his first major in two years and tied for fourth at the U.S. Open. He's been in only one Open Championship, a missed cut in 2021. He has won twice outside of LIV the past two years, both on the Asian Tour. Ortiz's win at Macau qualified him for this year's tournament.

44. Min Woo Lee
This will be Lee's fifth Open. He's missed two cuts with a best of T21 in 2022. His game has been off since winning the Houston Open in March, going T49-MC-MC in the three majors. He didn't crack the top-40 in his first seven post-victory starts. But in the eighth, he tied for 13th at the Rocket Classic.

45. Cameron Smith
It's easy to remember Smith's brilliance in winning the 2022 Open at St. Andrews while crushing McIlroy and all his supporters. But like so many LIV guys, he has not been the same since. He tied for 33rd the next year and missed the cut last year. He's also missed the cut in all three majors this year.

46. Tony Finau
The last time the Open was at Portrush, Finau tied for third. He made the Open cut in his first six tries but has missed the past two years, as his overall game has sagged. He's been making cuts on Tour this season – 12 of 16 – but high finishes have eluded him, with just one top-10 and five top-25s.

47. Thomas Detry
This is the first year that Detry will play in all four majors. After missing the cut at the Masters and PGA, he tied for 23rd at the U.S. Open. His most recent Open Championship was in 2023, when he tied for 13th. He tied for 34th the year before. Detry broke through for his maiden PGA Tour win at Phoenix back in February, one of his two top-10s on the season.

48. Harry Hall
The Englishman was one of the few PGA Tour golfers to try to get into the field via final qualifying. He made it. This will only be Hall's third career major. He did pretty well in his second, tying for 19th at the 2025 PGA. With an excellent wedge and putter, Hall's game matches up well with links golf.

49. Aaron Rai
Rai has made six straight cuts in majors – three this year and three last year, including T75 at the Open Championship. He also tied for 19th at the 2021 Open before MCing in 2022. Rai has made 13 of 17 cuts with eight top-25s in PGA Tour play in 2025.

50. Tom Kim
Kim has proved proficient at making cuts in majors – 11 of 15 so far. But outside of a brief stretch in 2023, high finishes have eluded him. That stretch included a T8 at the U.S. Open followed by a shared runner-up at the 2023 Open Championship. Kim missed the cut at the Open last year. This year, he is 3 for 3 in the majors, albeit with nothing inside the top-30.

51. Marc Leishman
The LIV golfer is back in the Open for the first time since 2022 thanks to his tie for third at the 2024 Australian Open. He just played his first major in three years and tied for 38th at the U.S. Open. Leishman had a great stretch at the Open from 2014 to '17, when he finished top-6 three times. He missed the cut at Portrush in 2019.

52. Joaquin Niemann
Niemann has never matched his hype in majors, which has only been ratched up since he went to LIV. He did finally finish in the top-10 for the first time, at the PGA, but followed that up with a missed cut at the U.S. Open. In five Open Championships, Niemann has made three cuts, though has yet to crack the top-50. He MCed at Portrush in 2019.

53. Akshay Bhatia
The 23-year-old Bhatia missed the cut in his Open debut last year. Then after a T42 at the Masters in April, he's missed again at the PGA and U.S. Open. After a fast start to the season, including a T3 at THE PLAYERS in March, Bhatia has not had a top-15 since then. He's made 13 of 18 cuts.

54. Wyndham Clark
In eight majors since winning the 2023 U.S. Open, Clark has made the cut in four of them, with his T33 a month later at the Open Championship his best showing. He missed the cut last year at Royal Troon. Clark has had a poor season and would not be in the PGA Tour playoffs if they started today. He hasn't missed many cuts, just 5 of 18, but doesn't have many high finishes, five top-25s and one top-10.

55. Harris English
English has performed far better in the three U.S.-based majors than in the Open Championship. He's made 6 of 9 cuts, which is decent, but with just one top-25. That came way back in 2013. He tied for 12th at the Masters in April, then shared runner-up at the PGA and tied for 59th at the U.S. Open. English earned his fifth career PGA Tour win at the Farmers back in January.

56. Thorbjorn Olesen
Olesen has played five majors across the past two seasons and made four cuts, including last year's Open (T43). This will be his 11th Open altogether and he also made the cut in 2019 at Portrush. Olesen earned his PGA Tour card for this season as a top-10 finisher in the 2024 Race to Dubai standings. He's made 9 of 13 cuts.

57. Lee Westwood
The 52-year-old Westwood is back for his 28th Open and first since 2022 (T34), after which he joined LIV Golf. He has five top-5s in the Open through the years, including a stellar T4 in 2019 at Royal Portrush. Westwood had to go through final qualifying to get into the field.

58. Jordan Smith
This will be Smith's fifth career Open. He missed the cut last year but received a return invite after finishing in the top-25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings. He made the cut in 2022 and '23. He also went through U.S. Open qualifying last month and made the cut at Oakmont with a T61. He finished runner-up two weeks ago at the BMW International.

59. Matt Wallace
Wallace has proven to be quite good at making cuts in majors – he's 15 of 21 lifetime. He's been in five Opens and made three cuts, one of them last year (T41) and another in 2019 at Portrush (T51). He's coming off top-25s at both the PGA Championship and U.S. Open. Wallace finished in the top-25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings to earn an Open berth.

60. Rickie Fowler
Fowler has been a cut-maker in majors, especially at the Open, where he's made it through 12 of 13 times. He's had six top-25s and three top-10s, one of them a runner-up in 2014 and another a T6 at Portrush in 2019. He also made the cut the past two years. For all the Fowler haters out there, no, this is not a sponsor invite. It took a great week at Bay Hill.

61. Antoine Rozner
This will be the Frenchman's fourth career major. Two of them have been Opens and he's made both cuts, including last year's tie for 20th. Rozner made it to the PGA Tour this season after finishing in the top-10 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings. He's missed only one cut in 13 starts yet has struggled with low finishes, leaving him far back in the FedExCup Standings.

62. Aldrich Potgieter
This will be Potgieter's second Open. He missed the cut in 2022. Still only 20 years old, he won the 2025 Rocket Classic for his first pro win. At 17, Potgieter won the 2022 British Amateur at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. He is the longest driver on the PGA Tour.

63. Maverick McNealy
McNealy made sporadic appearances in majors before this year. He's made the cut in all three, finishing in the 30s every time. He's missed the cut in both his Open Championships, in 2017 and last year. This season has been McNealy's breakthrough on Tour, though his one win came at the very end of last year. He has six top-10s in 2025, with a runner-up at the Genesis Invitational.

64. Max Greyserman
Greyserman had played in only two majors before getting into all four this year. So far, he's 3 for 3, coming off a top-25 at the U.S. Open (T23). He also lost in a playoff at the Rocket Classic. Greyserman had missed only two cuts all season in 20 starts.

65. Kristoffer Reitan
Beginning the year at 425th in the OWGR, the 27-year-old Norwegian is now inside the top-100. Reitan won the Soudal Open in May to go along with two runners-up this season. Just a couple of weeks ago, he tied for fourth at the BMW International. This is his second major. He missed the cut at the 2018 U.S. Open. Reitan qualified two weeks ago via the 2025 Race to Dubai points list.

66. Martin Couvra
This will be the first career major for the 22-year-old Frenchman. He has made quite a splash on the DP World Tour. Couvra won the 2025 Turkish Airlines Open in just his 15th career DP World Tour start. He qualified for the Open last month by finishing as runner-up at the Italian Open, one of the qualifying events. That's one of his seven top-10s this season.

67. Haotong Li
Li famously finished third in his Open debut in 2017. This will be his sixth Open. He missed the cut in 2019. The Chinese star began the year outside the top 300 of the OWGR and now is on the brink of returning to the top 100. So far this year, he's won the Qatar Masters and was co-runner-up at the Turkish Airlines Open. Li qualified two weeks ago via the 2025 Race to Dubai points list.

68. Chris Kirk
Kirk would not have been in this Making the Cut category a month ago. Amid a terrible season, he turned in his two best results in his his past two starts – a tie for 12th at the U.S. Open and a playoff loss at the Rocket Classic. This will be Kirk's seventh open and he tied for 31st last year at Royal Troon. He qualified by reaching the 2024 TOUR Championship.

69. Denny McCarthy
McCarthy has played the Open the past two years and missed both cuts. He missed by nine shots and then three. So, improvement? Something will have to give this week, because McCarthy had not missed a cut all season on Tour in 16 starts. Half of them were top-25s.

70. J.T. Poston
Beginning with the 2022 Open Championship, Poston has qualified for every major. In three career Opens, he has two missed cuts sandwiching a T41 in 2023. He's gone 3 for 3 in the other majors this year, highlighted by a T5 at the PGA. That's his lone top-25 in 19 career majors. Poston has made 17 of 19 cuts overall in 2025. His putter has prevented more high finishes, though he's been better on the greens of late.

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BORDERLINE

71. Daniel Brown
Brown scored a top-10 last year in his major debut to automatically land a return invite. That's still his only major appearance. He just won the BMW International for his second career DP World Tour title. He also finished co-runner-up at Bahrain earlier this season.

72. Matteo Manassero
The Italian made his Open debut way back in 2009 as a 16-year-old and tied for 13th to win the Silver Medal as the  low amateur. He's been in only five other Opens through the years, but one of them was last year's T31. Manassero returns this year thanks to finishing in the top-25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings. He has played on the PGA Tour this season and has made 9 of 12 cuts.

73. Romain Langasque
The Frenchman has played in eight career majors and five of them have been Open Championships. He's made the cut three times, including in 2019 at Portrush. Langasque qualified this year by finishing in the top-25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings.

74. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Bezuidenhout has been so-so in majors throughout his career – 12 of 19 cuts, just one top-25. That happened to come in his most recent one, a tie for 12th at last month's U.S. Open. At the Open Championship, he's made 3 of 5 cuts, missing last year and also in 2019 at Portrush. This season has not been Bezuidenhout's best, and if the FedEx Cup playoffs started today, he would not be in them. He qualified for this Open by reaching the 2024 TOUR Championship.

75. Matthew Jordan
Jordan was the story early in the week at Royal Liverpool in 2023. It was his home club, and he was given the honor of hitting the opening tee shot of the tournament. The story got even better when he tied for 10th, earning a return invite last year. He tied for 10th again. So here he is again. Jordan just played his first U.S. Open and missed the cut.

76. Lucas Herbert
Herbert qualified for his first Open since 2023 by playing in a a final-qualifying tournament. This will be the LIV golfer's fifth Open, having missed two cuts but also tying for 15th in 2022. Herbert won the International Series Japan tournament in May.

77. Stephan Jaeger
Jaeger has become a regular presence in majors over the past two years. Before that, he had had only four career starts. He missed the cut last year in his first Open Championship and has missed in three of the seven majors over the past two years. Jaeger has made 15 of 19 cuts on Tour this season but missed two of his past three before withdrawing from the John Deere Classic, though no reason was cited.

78. Keegan Bradley
Bradley's chances to make the Ryder Cup team as a player, along with his captaincy, don't rest on his result at the Open. Which is a good thing for him. Beginning at Portrush in 2019, he has missed the cut five years running. It's the rare case of a player going backward in a tournament. Bradley had three top-25s at the Open earlier in his career.

79. Nick Taylor
After missing nine straight cuts in majors, Taylor has managed to stick around for the weekend in two of the three in 2025. He even had a top-25 at the U.S. Open. At the Open Championship, he's 0 for 2, missing the cut the past two years. Taylor is having a great season with a win and 10 top-25s. But can he break through in an Open?

80. Matthieu Pavon
Pavon has not been able to recreate the magic from his rookie season on the PGA Tour in 2024. He is sitting outside the top 150 in the FedExCup Standings. Yet he has made the cut in two of the three majors. He's made the cut in 12 of 18 starts overall, yet -- and this is incredible -- he has not had a top-40 finish in any of them. Pavon tied for 50th last year in his second career Open Championship. He qualified this year by reaching the 2024 TOUR Championship.

LONG SHOTS

81. Davis Thompson
2nd Open. T66 last year. T46 in the 2025 Masters. MCs in the 2025 PGA and U.S. Open.

82. Phil Mickelson
31st Open and 129th major. 2013 winner at Muirfield. T60 last year after three straight Open MCs, including in 2019 at Royal Portrush. Missed the cut in all three majors this year and in seven of the past nine.

83. Taylor Pendrith
1st Open. T5 at the 2025 PGA Championship. T38 at the 2025 U.S. Open.

84. Jesper Svensson
2nd Open. MC last year. Qualified by finishing in the top-25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings, Plays on the PGA Tour this season. Made 11 of 16 cuts.

85. Shaun Norris
6th Open. MC in past three tries, including 2019 at Portrush. Won Hana Bank Invitational last month. Qualified two weeks ago via the 2025 Race to Dubai points list.

86. Dustin Johnson
16th Open. T31 in 2024. T51 in 2019 at Royal Portrush. MC in the first three 2025 majors. Johnson's 5-year Open exemption for winning the 2020 Masters ends this year.

87. Padraig Harrington
28th Open. Winner in 2007 (Carnoustie) and 2008 (Royal Birkdale). T22 last year. MC in 2019 at Royal Portrush.

88. Nico Echavarria
1st Open. 51st at the 2025 Masters. T41 at the 2025 PGA Championship. MC at the 2025 U.S. Open.

89. Andrew Novak
1st Open. MC at the 2025 PGA. T42 at the 2025 U.S. Open. Eight top-25s this season but also seven missed cuts.

90. Michael Kim
3rd Open. MC in 2022. Three made cuts in the 2025 majors: T27-T55-T50. 

91. Adrien Saddier
1st major. Qualified by winning the Italian Open last month.

92. John Parry
2nd Open. T62 in 2022. MC at the 2025 PGA Championship. Qualified two weeks ago via the 2025 Race to Dubai points list.

93. Niklas Norgaard
1st Open. 3rd major. MC at the 2025 PGA. T46 at the 2025 U.S. Open. Qualified as a top-25 finisher in the 2024 Race to Dubai standings.

94. John Catlin
6th major. 4th Open. T16 in 2024. MC at the 2025 PGA Championship. Qualified via the 2025 OWGR's International Federation Rankings.

95. Lucas Glover
12th Open. 5 of 11 cuts made. T20 in 2019 at Royal Portrush. Glover has gone MC-T37-MC in the first three majors this year.

96. Jason Kokrak
5th Open. 1st major since 2023 Masters. Qualified by finishing third at the 2025 International Series Macau tournament.

97. Sahith Theegala
4th Open. 2 MCs. T34 in 2022. T29 at the 2025 Masters. WD before the 2025 PGA and U.S. Open. Also WD mid-tournament at the Truist Championship with a neck injury. Idle since the Memorial in June. Status uncertain.

98. Marco Penge
3rd Open. 2 MCs. Qualified via a solo third at the 2025 South Africa Open. T28 at the 2025 PGA Championship.

99. Sebastian Soderberg
1st Open. T68 at the 2024 PGA Championship. Qualified by finishing in the top-25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings.

100. Tom Hoge
4th Open. 2 MCs. T72 in 2024. T14 at the 2025 Masters. MCs at the 2025 PGA Championship and U.S. Open.

101. Bud Cauley
2nd Open. T32 in 2013. T72 at the 2025 PGA. MC at the 2025 U.S. Open.

102. Daniel van Tonder
2nd Open. T40 in 2021. MC at the 2025 PGA. Qualified by finishing top-5 in the OWGR's International Federations Ranking.

103. Daniel Hillier
4th Open. T19 in 2024. Qualified two weeks ago via the 2025 Race to Dubai points list.

104. Julien Guerrier
2nd Open. MC in 2006. Qualified via the top-25 in the 2024 Race to Dubai standings. Won the 2024 Andalucia Masters.

105. Guido Migliozzi
4th Open. 2 made cuts. T31 in 2024. Qualified by finishing in the top-25 of the 2024 Race to Dubai standings.

106. Zach Johnson
20th Open. 2015 winner at St. Andrews. MC last year. T55 in 2023. MC in 2019 at Royal Portrush.

107. Sadom Kaewkanjana
2nd Open. T11 in 2022 at St. Andrews. Qualified by winning the 2025 Korea Open.

108. Oliver Lindell
1st major. 4 top-25s in past six DP World Tour starts. Made it through final qualifying.

109. Elvis Smylie
2nd Open. MC in 2024. T75 at the 2025 PGA. Qualified by being top-5 in the OWGR's International Federations Rankings.

110. Francesco Molinari
17th Open. 2018 winner at Carnoustie. MC the past two Opens. T11 in 2019 at Royal Portrush.

111. Rikuya Hoshino
5th Open. 3 MCs. T60 in 2023. Qualified as a top-25 finisher in the 2024 Race to Dubai standings.

112. Brian Campbell
1st Open. Made the cut at the 2025 Masters and PGA, missed at the U.S. Open. Two-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, including the John Deere Classic earlier this month.

113. Jhonattan Vegas
3rd Open. MCs in 2017-18. MC at the 2025 Masters. T5 at the 2025 PGA. T46 at 2025 the U.S. Open.

114. Matt McCarty
1st Open. Qualified via a T4 at the 2025 Canadian Open. T14 at the 2025 Masters. MCs at the 2025 PGA and U.S. Open.

115. Kevin Yu
1st Open. Qualified via a solo 3rd at the 2025 Canadian Open. MC at the 2025 Masters. T50 at the 2025 PGA Championship.

116. Stewart Cink
26th Open. 2009 champion by beating Tom Watson in a playoff at Turnberry. T20 in 2019 at Royal Portrush. T23 in 2023. MC last year.

117. Henrik Stenson
20th Open. 2016 winner at Royal Troon in an epic duel with Mickelson. T20 in 2019 at Royal Portrush. MC in thee of the past four years.

118. Paul Waring

Els has withdrawn from The Open.

6th Open. T63 in 2019 at Portrush. Qualified as a top-25 finisher in the 2024 Race to Dubai standings.

119. Ernie Els

Els has withdrawn from The Open.

34th Open. Winner in 2002 (Muirfield) and 2012 (Royal Lytham). T32 in 2019 at Royal Portrush. MC/WD the past four years.

120. Shugo Imahira
4th Open. 3 MCs, including 2019 at Royal Portrush. Qualified by winning the 2024 Japan Open.

121. Justin Hastings (a) 
1st Open. Qualified as the 2025 Latin America Amateur winner. World's No. 12-ranked amateur. MC at the 2025 Masters. T55 at the 2025 U.S. Open (won low amateur).

122. Dylan Naidoo
1st major. Qualified by winning the 2025 South Africa Open.

123. Ethan Fang (a)
1st major. 20-year-old Oklahoma State rising junior. Won the 2025 British Amateur. World's No. 4-ranked amateur.

124. Angel Hidalgo Portillo
2nd Open. MC in 2024. In the field via final qualifying.

125. Filip Jakubcik (a)
1st major. 21-year-old U. of Arizona rising senior. Won the 2025 European Amateur. World's No. 7-ranked amateur.

126. Justin Suh
1st Open. Qualified by winning the 2025 Argentina Open on the Korn Ferry Tour.

127. Young-han Song
3rd Open. T72 in 2024 at Royal Troon. Qualified via a co-runner-up at the 2025 Mizuno Open.

128. Takumi Kanaya
5th Open. 4 MCs. Qualified by placing top-5 in the OWGR's International Federations Ranking.

129. Jacob Skov Olesen
2nd Open. T60 in 2024. In the field via final qualifying.

130. Ryggs Johnston
1st major. DP World Tour player. Qualified by winning the 2024 Australian Open.

131. Mikiya Akutsu
1st major. Qualified by winning the 2025 Mizuno Open.

132. Riki Kawamoto
1st Open. Qualified via a co-runner-up at the 2025 Mizuno Open. MC at the 2024 U.S. Open.

133. Darren Fichardt
8th Open. 6 MCs. T80 last year. Qualified via a T4 at 2025 South Africa Open. 50-year-old South African.

134. Darren Clarke
33rd Open. 2011 winner at Royal St. George's. Seven straight MCs, including 2019 at Royal Portrush, until a T75 last year..

135. Curtis Luck
1st Open. Qualified as runner-up at the 2024 Australian Open.

136. Ryan Peake
1st major. Qualified as winner of 2024 New Zealand Open, first pro win for the 31-year-old.

137. Daniel Young
1st Open. A 33-year-old from Scotland. In the field via final qualifying.

138. K.J. Choi
16th Open. 1st since 2014. Qualified by winning the 2024 Senior Open.

139. Nathan Kimsey
1st major. Advanced via final qualifying.

140. Justin Leonard
24th Open. 2007 winner at Royal Troon. MC last year.

141. Richard Teder (a)
1st major. 20 years old. First Estonian to play in the Open. Sank a walk-off eagle in a playoff in final qualifying that went viral.

142. Sebastian Cave (a)
1st major. 21-year-old rising junior at UNC Charlotte. Advanced via final qualifying. Won the 2024 St. Andrews Links Trophy. One of two UNC Charlotte golfers to reach the Open via final qualifying.

143. Frazer Jones (a)
1st major. 19-year-old rising junior at UNC Charlotte.One of two UNC-Charlotte golfers in the field.

144. Sampson Zheng
1st major. 23-year-old former Cal Berkeley golfer. Advanced via final qualifying.

145. John Axelsen
1st major. Plays on the HotelPlanner Tour (Like the Korn Ferry Tour in the U.S.) Advanced via final qualifying.

146. Justin Walters
2nd Open. MC in 2014. 44-year-old South African advanced in final qualifying.

147. Jesper Sandborg
1st major. Advanced via final qualifying.

148. George Bloor
1st major. Plays on the HotelPlanner Tour. Advanced via final qualifying.

149. Cameron Adam (a)
1st major. 21-year-old Scot qualified as the winner of 2025 Open Amateur Series, a three-tournament aggregate (British Amateur, European Amateur, St. Andrews Links Trophy).

150. OJ Farrell
1st major. Advanced via final qualifying.

151. Curtis Knipes
1st major. In the field via final qualifying.

152. Connor Graham (a)
1st major. 18-year-old rising sophomore at Texas Tech. Advanced via a playoff in final qualifying.

153. Bryan Newman (a)
1st major. 17-year-old winner of the 2025 Africa Amateur.

FIELD CHANGES

Gotterup won the Scottish Open to gain one of the three available spots in the field, along with Nicolai Hojgaard and Schmid. Ernie Els and Paul Waring have withdrawn and were replaced by alternates Si Woo Kim and Davis Riley.

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