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PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Players who are exempt or have qualified for the 153rd British Open at Royal Portrush on July 17-20. Players are listed only in the first category for which they are eligible (a-amateur):
British Open champions 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 British Open
Justin Rose, Thriston Lawrence, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im, Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Adam Scott, Daniel Brown, Matthew Jordan.
Masters champions (5-year exemption)
Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson.
PGA champions (5-year exemption)
Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas.
U.S. Open champions (5-year exemption)
J.J. Spaun, Bryson DeChambeau, Wyndham Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick.
BMW PGA Championship winners (3-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 FedEx Cup
Sahith Theegala, Viktor Hovland, Sam Burns, Ludvig Aberg, 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
Kristoffer Reitan, John Parry, Haotong Li, Daniel Hillier, Shaun Norris.
Leading player not already exempt from the top 5 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 British Open champion
K.J. Choi.
British Amateur champion
a-Ethan Fang.
European Amateur champion
a-Filip Jakubcik.
Latin America Amateur champion
a-Justin Hastings.
Open Amateur Series winner
a-Cameron Adam.
Africa Amateur champion
a-Bryan Newman.
Open Qualifying Series-Australian Open
Ryggs Johnston, Marc Leishman, Curtis Luck.
Open Qualifying Series-New Zealand Open
Ryan Peake.
Open Qualifying Series-South African Open
Dylan Naidoo, Marco Penge, Darren Fichardt.
Open Qualifying Series-Arnold Palmer Invitational
Corey Conners.
Open Qualifying Series-International Series Macau
Carlos Ortiz, Patrick Reed, Jason Kokrak.
Open Qualifying Series-Korea Open
Sadom Kaewkanjana.
Open Qualifying Series-Mizuno Open
Mikiya Akutsu, Young-Han Song, Riki Kawamoto.
Open Qualifying Series-Memorial
Rickie Fowler.
Open Qualifying Series-Canadian Open
Kevin Yu, Cameron Young, Matt McCarty.
Open Qualifying Series-Italian Open
Adrien Saddier, Martin Couvra.
Open Qualifying Series-Scottish Open (3 spots)
To be determined July 13.
Final Regional Qualifying
Lee Westwood, Daniel Young, Angel Hidalgo, Jesper Sandborg, a-Connor Graham, Harry Hall, Jacob Skov Olesen, Justin Walters, O.J. Farrell, a-Frazer Jones, Dean Burmester, Curtis Knipes, Nathan Kimsey, a-Sebastian Cave, John Axelsen, Lucas Herbert, Sampson Zheng, George Bloor, a-Richard Teder, Oliver Lindell.
Reserve list to fill the field to 156 players
Aldrich Potgieter, Nico Echavarria, Brian Campbell, Michael Kim, Bud Cauley, Davis Thompson.
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Alternate list for any withdrawals of exempt players
Si Woo Kim, Davis Riley, Jacob Bridgeman, Sam Stevens.
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