PGA Championship field 2025: Who is playing at Quail Hollow?
PGA Championship field 2025: Check out who is playing in the second men's major of the year at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte.
Anticipation is building for the second men's major of the year.
The 2025 PGA Championship will be played at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Rory McIlroy will headline the field fresh off his Masters victory which saw the Northern Irishman complete the career grand slam.
McIlroy will fancy his chances at Quail Hollow given it has been the scene of four PGA Tour victories (2010, 2015, 2021, 2024).
Standing in McIlroy's way, though, are the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas.
Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Hideki Matsuyama, Tyrrell Hatton, Patrick Cantlay, Shane Lowry, Jordan Spieth and plenty more will also believe they can challenge for the title.
The 2025 PGA Championship will be played over 15-18 May.
The field - which will feature 156 players - has now been finalised.
There are six alternates that could feature if some players have to withdraw because of injury.
The alternates are Alex Smalle, Vince Whaley, Doug Ghim, Matt Kuchar, Carson Young and David Lipsky.
Below, you can see the full field.
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How do you qualify for the PGA Championship?
The qualification criteria is listed at the bottom of this page. It is the only major championship that doesn't welcome amateur players.
Typically, the PGA of America offers spots in the field for the top 100 players in the Official World Golf Ranking.
The governing body also reserves 20 spots in the field for the top club professionals.
Which LIV Golf players are in the field?
Player name | Qualification method |
Brooks Koepka | Past champion |
Phil Mickelson | Past champion |
Martin Kaymer | Past champion |
Jon Rahm | Major winner |
Cameron Smith | Major winner |
Bryson DeChambeau | Major winner |
Dustin Johnson | Invitation |
Tyrrell Hatton | Ryder Cup / OWGR |
Joaquin Niemann | Invitation |
Sergio Garcia | Invitation |
Richard Bland | Senior PGA Championship winner |
John Catlin | International federation ranking |
Dean Burmester | Top 15 in 2024 PGA Championship |
David Puig | Invitation |
Tom McKibbin | Invitation |
Is Tiger Woods playing?
No, Tiger Woods will not be participating in the 2025 U.S. PGA Championship.
The 15-time major champion ruptured his left Achilles in March whilst he was ramping up his training ahead of the Masters Tournament.
Woods had surgery to repair the damage but it is understood the recovery period will be at least four to six months.
It means we also won't see Woods compete in the 2025 US Open at Oakmont or The Open at Royal Portrush.
*Last updated 13 May
PGA Championship field 2025
156 players
*Indicates PGA professional
Åberg, Ludvig - Sweden
An, Byeong Hun - Korea
Berger, Daniel - Jupiter, Fla.
Bergstol, Brian - Nazareth, Pa.*
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan - South Africa
Bhatia, Akshay - Jupiter, Fla.
Bingaman, Brandon - Dallas, Texas*
Bland, Richard - England
Block, Michael - Mission Viejo, Calif.*
Bradley, Keegan - Woodstock, Vt.
Bridgeman, Jacob - Inman, S.C.
Burmester, Dean - South Africa
Burns, Sam - Shreveport, La.
Campbell, Brian - Blufton, S.C.
Campos, Rafael - Puerto Rico
Canter, Laurie - England
Cantlay, Patrick - Jupiter, Fla.
Catlin, John - Sacramento, Calif.
Cauley, Bud - Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Chacarra, Eugenio - Spain
Chi, Andre - Flushing, N.Y.*
Clark, Wyndham - Denver, Colo.
Cole, Eric - Tequesta, Fla.
Collet, Tyler - Vero Beach, Fla.*
Conners, Corey - Canada
Davis, Cameron - Australia
Day, Jason - Australia
DeChambeau, Bryson - Dallas, Texas
Detry, Thomas - Belgium
Donald, Luke - England
Droemer, Jesse - Houston, Texas*
Dufner, Jason - Auburn, Ala.
Dunlap, Nick - Jupiter, Fla.
Echavarria, Nico - Colombia
Eckroat, Austin - Edmond, Okla.
English, Harris - Sea Island, Ga.
Finau, Tony - Lehi, Utah
Fishburn, Patrick - Ogden, Utah
Fitzpatrick, Matthew - England
Fleetwood, Tommy - England
Fowler, Rickie - Jupiter, Fla.
Fox, Ryan - New Zealand
Garcia, Sergio - Spain
Gates, Bobby - The Woodlands, Texas*
Gerard, Ryan - Raleigh, N.C.
Glover, Lucas - Jupiter, Fla.
Greyserman, Max - Short Hills, N.J.
Griffin, Ben - Chapel Hill, N.C.
Gross, Larkin - Center Cross, Va.*
Hadwin, Adam - Canada
Hall, Harry - England
Harman, Brian - St. Simons Island, Ga.
Harrington, Pádraig - Ireland
Hatton, Tyrrell - England
Henley, Russell - Macon, Ga.
Hicks, Justin - Wellington, Fla.*
Higgo, Garrick - South Africa
Highsmith, Joe - Lakewood, Wash.
Hisatsune, Ryo - Japan
Hodges, Lee - Athens, Ala.
Hoey, Rico - Philippines
Hoge, Tom - Fort Worth, Texas
Højgaard, Nicolai - Denmark
Højgaard, Rasmus - Denmark
Homa, Max - Scottsdale, Ariz.
Hossler, Beau - Mission Viejo, Calif.
Hovland, Viktor - Norway
Hughes, Mackenzie - Canada
Im, Sungjae - Korea
Ishee, Nic - Columbus, Miss.*
Jaeger, Stephan - Germany
Johnson, Dustin - West Palm Beach, Fla.
Johnson, Tom - San Francisco, Calif.*
Kanaya, Takumi - Japan
Kartrude, Michael - West Palm Beach, Fla.*
Kaymer, Martin - Germany
Keefer, John - Baltimore, Md.
Kim, Michael - Del Mar, Calif.
Kim, Si Woo - Korea
Kim, Tom - Korea
Kirk, Chris - Watkinsville, Ga.
Kitayama, Kurt - Chico, Calif.
Kizzire, Patton - St. Simons Island, Ga.
Knapp, Jake - Costa Mesa, Calif.
Koch, Greg - Orlando, Fla.*
Koepka, Brooks - West Palm Beach, Fla.
Lawrence, Thriston - South Africa
Lee, Min Woo - Australia
Lenahan, Ryan - New Hudson, Mich.*
Lower, Justin - Akron, Ohio
Lowry, Shane - Ireland
MacIntyre, Robert - Scotland
Matsuyama, Hideki - Japan
McCarthy, Denny - Jupiter, Fla.
McCarty, Matt - Scottsdale, Ariz.
McGreevy, Max - Edmond, Okla.
McIlroy, Rory - Northern Ireland
McKibbin, Tom - Northern Ireland
McNealy, Maverick - Stanford, Calif.
Micheel, Shaun - Colliersville, Tenn.
Mickelson, Phil - Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Mitchell, Keith - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Moore, Taylor - Edmond, Okla.
Morikawa, Collin - La Canada, Calif.
Nakajima, Keita - Japan
Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus - Denmark
Newman, Dylan - New Rochelle, N.Y.*
Niemann, Joaquin - Chile
Noren, Alex - Sweden
Norgaard, Niklas - Denmark
Novak, Andrew - St. Simons Island, Ga.
Olesen, Thorbjørn - Denmark
Parry, John - England
Pavon, Matthieu - France
Pendrith, Taylor - Canada
Penge, Marco - England
Perez, Victor - Spain
Poston, J.T. - Hickory, N.C.
Power, Seamus - Ireland
Puig, David - Spain
Rahm, Jon - Spain
Rai, Aaron - England
Reed, Patrick - The Woodlands, Texas
Riley, Davis - Hattiesburg, Miss.
Rodgers, Patrick - Jupiter, Fla.
Rose, Justin - England
Schauffele, Xander - San Diego, Calif.
Scheffler, Scottie - Dallas, Texas
Scott, Adam - Australia
Singh, Vijay - Fiji
Smalley, Alex - United States
Smith, Cameron - Australia
Smylie, Elvis - Australia
Somers, John - Clearwater, Fla.*
Sowards, Bob - Dublin, Ohio*
Spaun, J.J. - Los Angeles, Calif.
Spieth, Jordan - Dallas, Texas
Steger, Eric - Westfield, Ind.*
Stevens, Sam - Wichita, Kan.
Straka, Sepp - Austria
Taylor, Nick - Canada
Taylor, Rupe - Virginia Beach, Va.*
Thomas, Justin - Jupiter, Fla.
Thompson, Davis - St. Simons Island, Ga.
Valimaki, Sami - Finland
van Rooyen, Erik - South Africa
Van Tonder, Daniel - South African
Vegas, Jhonattan - Venezuela
Vilips, Karl - Australia
Walker, Jimmy - Terrell Hills, Texas
Wallace, Matt - England
Wiseman, Timothy - Corydon, Ind.*
Woodland, Gary - Topeka, Kan.
Young, Cameron - Jupiter, Fla.
Yu, Kevin - Chinese Taipei
Zalatoris, Will - Dallas, Texas
PGA Championship qualification criteria
- All winners of any PGA Championship
- All winners of the last five Masters
- All winners of the last five US Opens
- All winners of the last five Open Championships
- All winners of the last three Players Championships
- The top three on the Official World Golf Ranking International Federation Ranking List
- The current Senior PGA champion
- The top 15 (and ties) in the previous year's PGA Championship
- The top 20 in the PGA Professional Championship
- The 70 leaders in PGA Championship points list (based on official money earned on the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship)
- The members of the most recent US and European Ryder Cup teams who are ranked OWGR top 100 as of one week before the start of the tournament
- Any tournament winner co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship
- Any additional players not included in categories 1-12 that the PGA of America deems worthy of an invite
- The first available players from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings) to make the field up to 156
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