2025 British Open Dates, Golf Course, Players
The 2025 British Open will be the 153rd time the tournament is played. The Open Championship, one of the four professional major championships in men's golf, dates to 1860 and is the oldest golf tournament existing.
2025 British Open dates: July 17-20, 2025
Golf course: Royal Portrush in Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Defending champion: Xander Schauffele won the 2024 Open by two strokes over runners-up Justin Rose and Billy Horschel. Schauffele scored 65 in the final round, posting 9-under 275 as the winning score.
The Open Championship is the fourth of the four majors on the calendar each year, following The Masters (April), PGA Championship (May) and U.S. Open (June). The Open is run by the R&A. That organization announces the player groupings and tee times roughly a week prior to the tournament's start.
Tournament FAQs:
- What is the Open Championship cut rule?
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- Has an amateur ever won the British Open?
- What is the 18-hole scoring record?
- What are the lowest winning scores in The Open?
Players In the Field
Ludvig Aberg, a-Cameron Adam, Mikiya Akutsu, Byeong Hun An, John AxelsenDaniel Berger, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Akshay Bhatia, George Bloor, Keegan Bradley, Daniel Brown, Dean Burmester, Sam Burns
Brian Campbell, Laurie Canter, Patrick Cantlay, John Catlin, Bud Cauley, a-Sebastian Cave, K.J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Wyndham Clark, Darren Clarke, Corey Conners, Martin Couvra
Jason Day, Bryson DeChambeau, Thomas Detry
Nicolas Echavarria, Ernie Els, Harris English
a-Ethan Fang, O.J. Farrell, Darren Fichardt, Tony Finau, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler, Ryan Fox
Sergio Garcia, Lucas Glover, a-Connor Graham, Max Greyserman, Ben Griffin, Julien Guerrier
Harry Hall, Brian Harman, Padraig Harrington, a-Justin Hastings, Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Lucas Herbert, Angel Hidalgo, Daniel Hillier, Tom Hoge, Rasmus Hojgaard, Rikuya Hoshino, Viktor Hovland, Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im, Shugo Imahira
Stephan Jaeger, a-Felip Jakubcik, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Ryggs Johnston, a-Frazer Jones, Matthew Jordan
Sadom Kaewkanjana, Takumi Kanaya, Riki Kawamoto, Tom Kim, Michael Kim, Nathan Kimsey, Chris Kirk, Chris Knipes, Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak
Romain Langasque, Thriston Lawrence, Min Woo Lee, Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Haotong Li, Oliver Lindell, 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, a-Bryan Newman, Joaquin Niemann, Niklas Norgaard, Shaun Norris, Andrew Novak
Thorbjorn Olesen, Jacob Skov Olesen, Louis Oosthuizen, Carlos Ortiz
Matthieu Pavon, Ryan Peake, Taylor Pendrith, Marco Penge, John Perry, J.T. Poston, Aldrich Potgieter
Jon Rahm, Aaron Rai, Patrick Reed, Kristoffer Reitan, Justin Rose, Antoine Rozner
Adrian Saddier, Jacob Sandborg, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Adam Scott, Cameron Smith, Jordan Smith, Elvis Smylie, Sebastian Soderberg, Younghan Song, J.J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Sepp Straka, Justin Suh, Jesper Svensson
Nick Taylor, Sahith Theegala, Justin Thomas, Davis Thompson, a-Richard Tider
Daniel Van Tonder, Jhonattan Vegas
Matt Wallace, Justin Walters, Paul Waring, Lee Westwood
Cameron Young, Daniel Young, Kevin Yu
Sampson Zheng
2025 British Open Links: Royal Portrush
The Dunluce Links, one of the two courses at Royal Portrush, is the site of the 2025 Open. Dunluce is the only links outside of Great Britain to host an Open, something it first did in 1951. The Open did not return to Northern Ireland until 2019, but Portrush was so popular with players and fans that the R&A slotted the club in again just six years later.The winners of the previous Opens played on the Dunluce links at Royal Portrush:
In recent years, the Dunluce course was also the site of the 2012 Irish Open, won by Jamie Donaldson. That was the first Irish Open played in Northern Ireland since 1953.