Who are the top-ranked players on The Open Championship 2025 field? Rankings explored

The Open Championship 2025 will commence on Thursday, June 17, at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The final major championship of the season will see a stacked field compete for the Claret Jug trophy and the winner’s paycheck from the $17 million purse. Unsurprisingly, World No.1 Scottie Scheffler headlines the event, which will have PGA and LIV stars lining up.

The 153rd Open Championship will feature 49 of the top 50-ranked golfers in the world, with World No. 27 Billy Horschel being the only name missing. Scheffler, who has three wins this season, including the PGA Championship, will lead the field alongside World No.2 and Masters champion Rory McIlroy. World No.3 and reigning champion Xander Schauffele will also return to defend his title this weekend.

World No.4 Justin Thomas and No.5 Russell Henley, who replaced Collin Morikawa in the rankings, will all be on the field. Interestingly, World No.7 and US Ryder Cup team skipper Keegan Bradley will tee up at Portrush eyeing a possible player spot in the Bethpage squad.

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For the unversed, The Open will feature a record 19 LIV Golf competitors in its 156-man field. World No.15 Bryson DeChambeau will be the highest-rated Saudi-backed circuit player at the event. World No.23 Tyrrell Hatton will join him as the only other breakaway tour player in the top-50 Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR).

Notably, Chris Gotterup leapt 109 players in the rankings from No.158 to sit No.49 after last week’s Genesis Scottish Open win at The Renaissance Club. The 25-year-old is among the latest entries to the British Open players list. Meanwhile, Nicolas Echavarria jumped one place in the rankings after a T22 finish in Scotland took the No.50 spot ahead of the final major.

The Open Championship 2025 field rankings

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Listed below are the top-50 OWGR-ranked players at The Open at Royal Portrush (Updated):

1 - Scottie Scheffler
2 - Rory McIlroy
3 - Xander Schauffele
4 - Justin Thomas
5 - Russell Henley
6 - Collin Morikawa
7 - Keegan Bradley
8 - Sepp Straka
9 - Ludvig Aberg
10 - J.J. Spaun
11 - Viktor Hovland
12 - Hideki Matsuyama
13 - Tommy Fleetwood
14 - Robert MacIntyre
15 - Bryson DeChambeau
16 - Ben Griffin
17 - Maverick McNealy
18 - Shane Lowry
19 - Harris English
20 - Patrick Cantlay
21 - Justin Rose
22 - Sam Burns
23 - Tyrrell Hatton
24 - Corey Conners
25 - Sungjae Im
26 - Brian Harman
28 - Wyndham Clark
29 - Nick Taylor
30 - Jason Day
31 - Andrew Novak
32 - Ryan Fox
33 - Max Greyserman
34 - Daniel Berger
35 - Taylor Pendrith
36 - Aaron Rai
37 - Min Woo Lee
38 - Akshay Bhatia
39 - Thomas Detry
40 - Adam Scott
41 - Cameron Young
42 - J.T. Poston
43 - Denny McCarthy
44 - Lucas Glover
45 - Tony Finau
46 - Sahith Theegala
47 - Jordan Spieth
48 - Byeong Hun An
49 - Chris Gotterup
50 - Nicolas Echavarria

More details on The 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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