The PGA Championship is now on the clock. The second of four men’s majors in 2025, the PGA will be held May 15-18 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here’s hoping it can match the thrilling Masters that golf fans were treated to.
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. As of April 28, a little less than half the eventual field has a spot, according to the PGA Tour’s qualifier tracker, meaning there’s still some time for many more to get in.
75 golfers qualified for 2025 PGA Championship
Ludvig Aberg
Rich Beem
Richard Bland
Keegan Bradley
Dean Burmester
Sam Burns
Brian Campbell
Rafael Campos
Patrick Cantlay
Eugenio Chacarra
Wyndham Clark
John Daly
Cam Davis
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Thomas Detry
Jason Dufner
Nick Dunlap
Nico Echavarria
Austin Eckroat
Harris English
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Sergio Garcia
Ben Griffin
Harry Hall
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Garrick Higgo
Joe Highsmith
Lee Hodges
Billy Horschel
Viktor Hovland
Martin Kaymer
Patton Kizzire
Brooks Koepka
Min Woo Lee
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Hideki Matsuyama
Matt McCarty
Rory McIlroy
Maverick McNealy
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Keita Nakajima
Joaquin Niemann
Alex Noren
Andrew Novak
Marco Penge
J.T. Poston
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Davis Riley
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Vijay Singh
Cameron Smith
Sepp Straka
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Jhonattan Vegas
Karl Vilips
Jimmy Walker
Tiger Woods
Y.E. Yang
Kevin Yu
Qualifying criteria for the 2025 PGA Championship
According to the PGA of America, which conducts the PGA Championship, 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.
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