The PGA Championship, the second of four men’s majors in 2025, is May 15-18 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The field is shaping up and while the official announcement from the PGA of America is expected later this week, there’s a good number of golfers already qualified. For example, all winners of the PGA are in and recent winners of the other majors also get in.
The PGA is the only major with no amateurs and many argue it boasts the best field of the four majors. When the golf balls start flying at Quail Hollow in three weeks, there will be 156 golfers in the field. The latest from the PGA Tour’s qualifier tracker explains some recent updates to field, including Rickie Fowler in particular, who’s listed with an asterisk. One of the provisions for qualification is “all 2023 Ryder Cup members inside top 100 of Official World Golf Ranking as of May 5.”
The latest OWGR update shows Fowler has moved down two spots to No. 125, and it’s noted that he’s now the only one of the 2023 Ryder Cuppers from either team not yet in the field.
Some other fluctuations show that Sam Stevens, solo third at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, will qualify for the PGA and Erik van Rooyen, solo second at the CJ Cup, most certainly will get in. Van Rooyen is up from 101 to 66 in the OWGR and the PGA Tour tracker states that the “PGA of America usually adds all golfers inside the top 100 of the OWGR who have yet to qualify.”
The two PGA Tour events this week — the Truist Championship and the Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic — offer one last chance to the winners who are not already eligible. Further, the PGA of America will pass out special exemptions and golfers inside the top 100 in OWGR not already qualified typically get a spot.
There are 122 names listed below as projected qualifiers.
Golfers qualified for 2025 PGA Championship
Ben An
Ludvig Aberg
Rich Beem
Daniel Berger
Brian Bergstol
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
Brandon Bingaman
Richard Bland
Michael Block
Keegan Bradley
Jacob Bridgeman
Dean Burmester
Sam Burns
Brian Campbell
Rafael Campos
Patrick Cantlay
Eugenio Chacarra
Andre Chi
Wyndham Clark
Eric Cole
Tyler Collett
Corey Conners
John Daly
Cam Davis
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Thomas Detry
Jesse Droemer
Jason Dufner
Nick Dunlap
Nico Echavarria
Austin Eckroat
Harris English
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Sergio Garcia
Bobby Gates
Lucas Glover
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Lakin Gross
Adam Hadwin
Harry Hall
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Justin Hicks
Garrick Higgo
Joe Highsmith
Lee Hodges
Tom Hoge
Nicolai Hojgaard
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Viktor Hovland
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Nic Ishee
Stephan Jaeger
Tom Johnson
Takumi Kanaya
Michael Kartrude
Martin Kaymer
Michael Kim
Si Woo Kim
Tom Kim
Patton Kizzire
Greg Koch
Brooks Koepka
Min Woo Lee
Ryan Lenahan
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarty
Rory McIlroy
Maverick McNealy
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Keita Nakajima
Dylan Newman
Joaquin Niemann
Alex Noren
Andrew Novak
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
J.T. Poston
Seamus Power
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Davis Riley
Patrick Rodgers
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Scott
Vijay Singh
Cameron Smith
John Somers
Bob Sowards
J.J. Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Eric Steger
Sam Stevens
Sepp Straka
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Jhonattan Vegas
Karl Vilips
Jimmy Walker
Timothy Wiseman
Tiger Woods
Y.E. Yang
Kevin Yu
Qualifying criteria for the 2025 PGA Championship
According to the PGA of America, there are 13 ways to qualify:
- Past champions of the PGA Championship
- Winners of the last five Masters
- Winners of the last five U.S. Opens
- Winners of the last five Open Championships
- Winners of the last three Players Championships
- Top three on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking
- Winner of the 2024 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
- Top 15 finishers and ties from the 2024 PGA Championship
- Top 20 finishers from the 2025 PGA Professional Championship
- Top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship points from the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson
- Playing members of the last-named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2023) provided they remain within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking
- Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments
- Top three finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing event rankings
- The PGA of America says it reserves the right to invite additional players, if necessary, to get the field to 156.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: PGA Championship 2025: These golfers are projected to qualify
The PGA Championship, the second of four men’s majors in 2025, is May 15-18 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The field is shaping up and while the official announcement from the PGA of America is expected later this week, there’s a good number of golfers already qualified. For example, all winners of the PGA are in and recent winners of the other majors also get in.
The PGA is the only major with no amateurs and many argue it boasts the best field of the four majors. When the golf balls start flying at Quail Hollow in three weeks, there will be 156 golfers in the field. The latest from the PGA Tour’s qualifier tracker explains some recent updates to field, including Rickie Fowler in particular, who’s listed with an asterisk. One of the provisions for qualification is “all 2023 Ryder Cup members inside top 100 of Official World Golf Ranking as of May 5.”
The latest OWGR update shows Fowler has moved down two spots to No. 125, and it’s noted that he’s now the only one of the 2023 Ryder Cuppers from either team not yet in the field.
Some other fluctuations show that Sam Stevens, solo third at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, will qualify for the PGA and Erik van Rooyen, solo second at the CJ Cup, most certainly will get in. Van Rooyen is up from 101 to 66 in the OWGR and the PGA Tour tracker states that the “PGA of America usually adds all golfers inside the top 100 of the OWGR who have yet to qualify.”
The two PGA Tour events this week — the Truist Championship and the Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic — offer one last chance to the winners who are not already eligible. Further, the PGA of America will pass out special exemptions and golfers inside the top 100 in OWGR not already qualified typically get a spot.
There are 122 names listed below as projected qualifiers.
Golfers qualified for 2025 PGA Championship
Ben An
Ludvig Aberg
Rich Beem
Daniel Berger
Brian Bergstol
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
Brandon Bingaman
Richard Bland
Michael Block
Keegan Bradley
Jacob Bridgeman
Dean Burmester
Sam Burns
Brian Campbell
Rafael Campos
Patrick Cantlay
Eugenio Chacarra
Andre Chi
Wyndham Clark
Eric Cole
Tyler Collett
Corey Conners
John Daly
Cam Davis
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Thomas Detry
Jesse Droemer
Jason Dufner
Nick Dunlap
Nico Echavarria
Austin Eckroat
Harris English
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Sergio Garcia
Bobby Gates
Lucas Glover
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Lakin Gross
Adam Hadwin
Harry Hall
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Justin Hicks
Garrick Higgo
Joe Highsmith
Lee Hodges
Tom Hoge
Nicolai Hojgaard
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Viktor Hovland
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Nic Ishee
Stephan Jaeger
Tom Johnson
Takumi Kanaya
Michael Kartrude
Martin Kaymer
Michael Kim
Si Woo Kim
Tom Kim
Patton Kizzire
Greg Koch
Brooks Koepka
Min Woo Lee
Ryan Lenahan
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarty
Rory McIlroy
Maverick McNealy
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Keita Nakajima
Dylan Newman
Joaquin Niemann
Alex Noren
Andrew Novak
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
J.T. Poston
Seamus Power
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Davis Riley
Patrick Rodgers
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Scott
Vijay Singh
Cameron Smith
John Somers
Bob Sowards
J.J. Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Eric Steger
Sam Stevens
Sepp Straka
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Jhonattan Vegas
Karl Vilips
Jimmy Walker
Timothy Wiseman
Tiger Woods
Y.E. Yang
Kevin Yu
Qualifying criteria for the 2025 PGA Championship
According to the PGA of America, there are 13 ways to qualify:
- Past champions of the PGA Championship
- Winners of the last five Masters
- Winners of the last five U.S. Opens
- Winners of the last five Open Championships
- Winners of the last three Players Championships
- Top three on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking
- Winner of the 2024 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
- Top 15 finishers and ties from the 2024 PGA Championship
- Top 20 finishers from the 2025 PGA Professional Championship
- Top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship points from the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson
- Playing members of the last-named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2023) provided they remain within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking
- Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments
- Top three finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing event rankings
- The PGA of America says it reserves the right to invite additional players, if necessary, to get the field to 156.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: PGA Championship 2025: These golfers are projected to qualify
