Who is playing in the 2025 RBC Canadian Open? Full field and qualification criteria explored

The 2025 RBC Canadian Open is set to start next week at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley in Ontario. The event, falling a week ahead of the US Open, will feature a stacked field headlined by World No.2 Rory McIlroy. The Northern Irishman, who skipped the Signature Event Memorial Tournament this weekend, will return to the playing field ahead of the major.

Committing to the event means McIlroy playing three weeks straight at the RBC Canadian Open, US Open, and Travelers Championship, which is the final Signature Event of the season. Having won the Canadian event twice in 2019 and 2022, the Masters champion qualified with multiple criteria met. Interestingly, he finished T4 in the event last year and will be eyeing a better result next weekend.

McIlroy will be joined by the likes of US Open winners Wyndham Clark and Gary Woodland, and his long-term friend Shane Lowry, who qualified for the Canadian Open with The Open Championship winner status. Ludvig Aberg, Sam Burns, Max Homa, Mackenzie Hughes, Tom Kim, and Sahith Theegala are among other big names on the field.

Notably, Canadian Open reigning champion Robert MacIntyre, who beat Ben Griffin to take the win in Hamilton Golf and Country Club last year, will also return to defend his title.

2025 RBC Canadian Open full field

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Listed below is the complete finalized field for the Canadian Open (with their qualification criteria):

Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)

Rory McIlroy

Winner of U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)

Wyndham Clark
Gary Woodland

Winner of The Open Championship (five-year exemption)

Shane Lowry

Winner of World Golf Championship event (three-year exemption)

Sam Burns

Winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Memorial Tournament, and the Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)

Kurt Kitayama
Ludvig Aberg

PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)

Brian Campbell
Rafael Campos
Corey Conners
Thomas Detry
Nick Dunlap
Ryan Fox
Brice Garnett
Chris Gotterup
Emiliano Grillo
Harry Hall
Nick Hardy
Lee Hodges
Max Homa
Mackenzie Hughes
Tom Kim
Jake Knapp
Luke List
Robert MacIntyre
Peter Malnati
Matt McCarty
Taylor Moore
Matthieu Pavon
Taylor Pendrith
Seamus Power
Davis Riley
Justin Rose
Adam Svensson
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Erik van Rooyen
Karl Vilips
Camilo Villegas
Matt Wallace
Kevin Yu

Career money exemption

Kevin Kisner
Ryan Palmer
Brandt Snedeker

Sponsor exemption (PGA TOUR members not otherwise exempt)

David Hearn
Mike Weir

Top 30 from the prior season's FedExCup Points List

Sungjae Im
Adam Schenk
Byeong Hun An

Top 70 from the prior season's FedExCup Points List

Cameron Young
Adam Hadwin
Alex Noren
Eric Cole
Patrick Rodgers
Mark Hubbard
Victor Perez

Top 125 from the prior season's FedExCup Fall Points List

Beau Hossler
Justin Lower
Doug Ghim
Keith Mitchell
Patrick Fishburn
Andrew Putnam
Rico Hoey
Carson Young
Charley Hoffman
Ryo Hisatsune
Chandler Phillips
Matti Schmid
David Lipsky
Ben Kohles
Vince Whaley
Michael Kim
K.H. Lee
Mac Meissner
Greyson Sigg
Nicolai Højgaard
Matt Kuchar
Chan Kim
Ben Silverman
Chad Ramey
Nate Lashley
Henrik Norlander
Alex Smalley
David Skinns
Joel Dahmen
Sam Ryder

Major medical extension

Aaron Wise
Trey Mullinax
Danny Willett
Will Gordon
Ben Martin

Leading points winner from the DP World Tour

Rasmus Højgaard

PGA TOUR University Accelerated from the current season

Luke Clanton
Gordon Sargent

Top 10 and ties from the previous event

Harry Higgs
Niklas Norgaard
Thorbjørn Olesen
Hayden Buckley

More details on the PGA Tour's 2025 RBC Canadian Open will be updated as the event progresses.

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Vishnu is a Golf journalist at Sportskeeda. He completed his post-graduation diploma in Print Media Journalism. Before joining Sportskeeda, he worked as an entertainment writer at Zee5 and a news writer at Republic.

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