Final Qualifying for The 153rd Open will take place on Tuesday, July 1. Here is everything you need to know as players have the opportunity to earn their place at Royal Portrush.
Where is Final Qualifying taking place?
For the second year in a row, Final Qualifying is being held across Burnham & Berrow, Royal Cinque Ports and West Lancashire in England and Dundonald Links in Scotland.
How does Final Qualifying work?
For players not already exempt, Final Qualifying provides one of the last remaining avenues to secure a spot at the final Major Championship of 2025.
Across the four links venues, 288 players will be teeing it up, with 72 players competing over 36 holes at each site.
Five places will be available for The 153rd Open at each course.
Any ties for the last qualifying place in each event will be decided by a sudden-death play-off. Some Reserve spots will also be decided at these events.
A number of amateur and professional players are exempt directly into Final Qualifying based on their past playing achievements, while the rest of the fields will be made up of players who have come through Regional Qualifying.
When did Regional Qualifying take place?
Regional Qualifying took place over 18 holes at 15 venues across Great Britain and Ireland on June 23.
A total of 131 qualifying spots were allocated to the competition with each site receiving between seven and ten of these depending on its field size.
In total, almost 2,000 players entered Regional Qualifying.
Almost 2,000 teed it up. 131 players made it.
— The Open (@TheOpen) June 23, 2025
Regional Qualifying is a wrap.
Final Qualifying awaits and Royal Portrush looms. pic.twitter.com/7qDhLDvV8t
Who were the notables to progress from Regional Qualifying?
A four-time winner on the DP World Tour, Marc Warren came through Regional Qualifying at Kilmarnock (Barassie).
Talented English amateur pair Jamie Van Wyk and Kris Kim, who both competed in The Amateur Championship at Royal St George’s and Royal Cinque Ports at last week, moved one step closer to The Open as they progressed from Hesketh and Bearwood Lakes respectively.
2023 Walker Cup star John Gough, who is playing on the HotelPlanner Tour this season, progressed from Bearwood Lake, while Alex Maguire - his Great Britain & Ireland teammate at St Andrews - progressed from The Island in Ireland.
YouTuber and golf broadcaster Peter Finch moved one step closer as he finished in a tie for first place at Caldy.
Former Premier League footballers Jimmy Bullard and Peter Odemwingie were among those who were unable to progress.
Who is playing at Final Qualifying and where?
Burnham & Berrow
Harry Hall, a winner on the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour, will hope to secure his debut at The Open as the Englishman tees it up in Somerset.
There will be interest in the fortunes of former Open low amateur and Chris Wood, who was due to play alongside Eddie Pepperell prior to his withdrawal due to a back injury.
Brandon Robinson Thompson is enjoying a strong rookie season on the DP World Tour and the HotelPlanner Tour graduate will aim to progress from Final Qualifying for the second time, having done so at Royal Porthcawl in 2023.
Talented Dane Jacob Skov Olesen, a graduate of the Qualifying School last year, made his Major debut last year at Royal Troon after his victory at The Amateur Championship.
To view the full draw and tee times, click here.
Dundonald Links
Spain's DP World Tour winner Angel Hidalgo is aiming to progress from Dundonald Links for the second year in a row.
Johannes Veerman, Callum Tarren and 2014 Ryder Cup winner Jamie Donaldson are targeting returns to the Major stage, while Robin Williams is chasing his debut in one of golf's four biggest events.
Adrian Meronk and Lee Westwood are also teeing it up, with Warren and Liam Johnston in action on home soil.
To view the full draw and tee times, click here.
Royal Cinque Ports
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and Frederic Lacroix both came through qualifying for the U.S. Open on both sides of the Atlantic and will look to do the same on the Kent Coast.
They are joined by South African pair Dean Burmester and Erik van Rooyen, who have five DP World Tour wins between them.
Matthew Southgate has a strong bond with The Open as both a fan and then a player and he will look to come through Final Qualifying at the Deal links for the second year in a row.
Gough and Kim will aim to make it two stages of qualifying if they progress, while Tom Lewis will be hoping to earn a return to an event where he first made his name in 2011.
Major Champion Graeme McDowell and Ian Poulter are among the others making a bid to play at Portush.
To view the full draw and tee times, click here.
West Lancashire
English trio Joe Dean, Sam Bairstow and Alex Fitzpatrick have all come through Final Qualifying for The Open before.
Shubhankar Sharma of India, Australia's Lucas Herbert and New Zealand's Kazuma Kobori are among the international talent in action.
To view the full draw and tee times, click here.
How else can players qualify for The Open?
Final Qualifying is the penultimate of 15 events in 11 countries in the Open Qualifying Series, which offers golfers around the world opportunities to book their place at The Open.
The Genesis Scottish Open will be the final event on the Open Qualifying Series for 2025, with the leading three players, not already exempt, at the Renaissance Club earning their place at Royal Portrush for the following week.
When is The 153rd Open?
The 153rd Open is being held at Royal Portrush from July 17-20.
Who has already qualified?
The following players are exempt for the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush: (field up to date as of Monday, 23rd June 2025)
Ludvig Åberg
Mikiya Akutsa
Byeong-hun An
Daniel Berger
Akshay Bhatia
Keegan Bradley
Daniel Brown
Sam Burns
Laurie Canter
Patrick Cantlay
John Catlin
K J Choi
Stewart Cink
Wyndham Clark
Darren Clarke
Corey Conners
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Thomas Detry
Ernie Els
Harris English
Ethan Fang (a)
Darren Fichardt
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Fox
Lucas Glover
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Julien Guerrier
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Justin Hastings (a)
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Tom Hoge
Rasmus Højgaard
Billy Horschel
Rikuya Hoshino
Viktor Hovland
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Shugo Imahira
Stephan Jaeger
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Ryggs Johnston
Matthew Jordan
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Takumi Kanaya
Riki Kayamoto
Tom Kim
Chris Kirk
Brooks Koepka
Jason Kokrak
Romain Langasque
Thriston Lawrence
Min Woo Lee
Marc Leishman
Justin Leonard
Shane Lowry
Curtis Luck
Robert MacIntyre
Matteo Manassero
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarty
Rory McIlroy
Tom McKibbin
Maverick McNealy
Phil Mickelson
Guido Migliozzi
Francesco Molinari
Collin Morikawa
Dylan Naidoo
Bryan Newman (a)
Joaquin Niemann
Niklas Nørgaard
Andrew Novak
Thorbjørn Olesen
Louis Oosthuizen
Carlos Ortiz
Matthieu Pavon
Ryan Peake
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
JT Poston
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Patrick Reed
Justin Rose
Antoine Rozner
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Scott
Cameron Smith
Jordan Smith
Elvis Smylie
Sebastian Söderberg
Younghan Song
JJ Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Henrik Stenson
Sepp Straka
Justin Suh
Jesper Svensson
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Daniel van Tonder
Jhonattan Vegas
Matt Wallace
Paul Waring
Cameron Young
Kevin Yu
*bold denotes DP World Tour member or affiliate member.
