Open Qualifying Series 2025: One Final Chance Remaining To Earn Place At Royal Portrush

The 2025 Open Qualifying Series is almost at a close, and several big names have booked their place at the 153rd Open Championship over the course of the past seven months.

Lee Westwood, Rickie Fowler and Patrick Reed are among those who were not certain of a spot at the season's final men's Major this time last year but have taken steps to successfully address that via one of 13 different events since December 2024.

It has been possible for players from all over the world to appear at Royal Portrush in July, given tournaments on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, Asian Tour, Sunshine Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and Japan Golf Tour all make up part of the Open Qualifying Series.

The ISPS Handa Australian Open was the first tournament in the sequence, at which three pro golfers confirmed their respective appearances via high finishes. American, Ryggs Johnston won the Stonehaven Cup from Australia's Curtis Luck and LIV golfer, Marc Leishman.

Former convict, Ryan Peake followed suit via an emotional victory at his home Open in New Zealand on the same weekend as Dylan Naidoo, Marco Penge and Darren Fichardt all qualified at the DP World Tour event in South Africa.

Corey Conners made sure of his place at The Open after coming third at the Arnold Palmer Invitational before Carlos Ortiz, Reed, and Jason Kokrak all made it in through the Asian Tour's International Series Macau.

Another Asian Tour event, the Korea Open, presented Sadom Kaewkanjana with a path back to The Open Championship - three years after the former LIV player had surprised plenty with his T11th result at St Andrews.

And at the start of June, Fowler narrowly saw off Brandt Snedeker in a fight for the one spot available at the Memorial Tournament. Fowler and Snedeker both finished on the same score at Muirfield Village, but the former qualified via his higher position in the OWGR.

The same weekend, Mikiya Akutsu, Young-Han Song, and Riki Kawamoto all booked their spots at Royal Portrush thanks to finishing in the top-three of the Japan Golf Tour's Mizuno Open.

In the RBC Canadian Open at the start of June, Kevin Yu, Matt McCarty and Cameron Young were the three highest non-exempt finishers at TPC Toronto and negated any potential need to enter Final Qualifying later in the season.

Following Regional Qualifying across 15 sites in the British Isles, at which 131 players made it through, the Italian Open was the next tour stop for pros to seal the deal. At the DP World Tour event, the French duo of Adrien Saddier and Martin Couvra finished first and second to lock up their tee times.

Early July offered the penultimate opportunity for some huge names to clinch a last-gasp Open Championship appearance via Final Qualifying, and it was one that many took. Lee Westwood, Dean Burmester and Harry Hall were among the star names to be successful across four sites in the United Kingdom.

With just days until Royal Portrush, there is just one opportunity remaining to book a place in the season's final Major and that will be at the Genesis Scottish Open - one week before the action begins in Northern Ireland.

As well as each of the aforementioned tournaments offering between one and three exemptions to the leading players who make the cut, there were several other methods of qualifying for The Open, too.

They include; sitting inside the world's top-50 in the weeks before the championship begins, lifting any one of the four Majors within the past five years, and finishing among the top-10 and ties at the previous edition.

In addition, the LIV Golf League was presented with a direct pathway to The Open as well. The leading non-exempt player inside the top-five of the season's individual standings after LIV Golf Dallas locked down a place at Royal Portrush, and that proved to be Sergio Garcia who is now looking forward to a 25th Open appearance.

Below is the full Open Qualifying Series schedule for 2025 and the updated list of players who gained exemptions through it.

OPEN QUALIFYING SERIES 2025