Qualifiers for all 2025 Signature Events, THE PLAYERS and majors
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Keegan Bradley sinks final birdie to capture a win at Travelers
Written by Rob Bolton
For the second time in three years, Keegan Bradley is the champion of the Travelers Championship.
With a birdie conversion that required only 68 inches to travel, Bradley traded spots atop the leaderboard with Tommy Fleetwood, who missed his par attempt from a foot longer and on the same line, for a one-stroke margin of victory at TPC River Highlands. It puts a wrap on the series of Signature Events this season.
It’s Bradley’s eighth career PGA TOUR title and fourth since the 2022-23 season, including the 2023 edition of the Travelers. This one extends his membership exemption as a winner through 2028 and yields spots in The Sentry, THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters next year. (His eligibility for the 2026 PGA Championship already was secured with a top 10 at this year’s staging of that major.)
As the captain for the United States in the Ryder Cup at the end of September, speculation was already simmering on whether he’d insert himself into the 12-man squad as a captain’s pick. But now at ninth in Ryder Cup points, he’s that much closer to qualifying automatically. The top six at the conclusion of the BMW Championship make the team on merit.
Although The Open didn’t add any PGA TOUR members on Sunday, it did identify another entrant in Ethan Fang, winner of the British Amateur at Royal St. George’s on Saturday. In a battle for the championship with Gavin Tiernan of Ireland, Fang emerged with the victory with a birdie-3 on the last hole of the 36-hole match. He’s the first American to win the tournament since Drew Weaver in 2007.
Neither finalist stood better than 1 up until Fang won the 33rd hole with par to go 2 up, but Tiernan then birdied the next two to even the marathon and set up the theatrics at the last.
Fang just completed his sophomore year at Oklahoma State University (after a fantastic freshman campaign at the University of California, Berkeley) and arrived for the British Amateur at seventh in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. In addition to the exemption into The Open, he earns spots in the 2026 editions of the Masters and the U.S. Open. He must retain amateur status to play in all of them via this victory.
NOTE: Until all methods of entry are released by the governing bodies, traditional criteria are used to determine qualifiers. Refer to remaining qualifying criteria at the bottom of the page for details.
OPEN = The Open Championship
Recent additions
OPEN -- Ethan Fang
NOTE: Golfers are omitted if they recently haven’t competed in majors for which they are eligible (e.g., The Open Championship = David Duval, Paul Lawrie).
Golfer | Qualified |
Mikiya Akutsu | OPEN |
Byeong Hun An | OPEN |
Ludvig Åberg | OPEN |
Daniel Berger | OPEN |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | OPEN |
Akshay Bhatia | OPEN |
Keegan Bradley | OPEN |
Daniel Brown | OPEN |
Sam Burns | OPEN |
Laurie Canter | OPEN |
Patrick Cantlay | OPEN |
John Catlin | OPEN |
K.J. Choi | OPEN |
Stewart Cink | OPEN |
Wyndham Clark | OPEN |
Darren Clarke | OPEN |
Corey Conners | OPEN |
John Daly | OPEN |
Jason Day | OPEN |
Bryson DeChambeau | OPEN |
Thomas Detry | OPEN |
Ernie Els | OPEN |
Harris English | OPEN |
Ethan Fang | OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete) |
Darren Fichardt | OPEN |
Tony Finau | OPEN |
Matt Fitzpatrick | OPEN |
Tommy Fleetwood | OPEN |
Rickie Fowler | OPEN |
Ryan Fox | OPEN |
Lucas Glover | OPEN |
Max Greyserman | OPEN |
Ben Griffin | OPEN |
Julien Guerrier | OPEN |
Todd Hamilton | OPEN |
Brian Harman | OPEN |
Padraig Harrington | OPEN |
Justin Hastings | OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete) |
Tyrrell Hatton | OPEN |
Russell Henley | OPEN |
Tom Hoge | OPEN |
Rasmus Højgaard | OPEN |
Billy Horschel | OPEN |
Rikuya Hoshino | OPEN |
Viktor Hovland | OPEN |
Mackenzie Hughes | OPEN |
Sungjae Im | OPEN |
Shugo Imahira | OPEN |
Stephan Jaeger | OPEN |
Dustin Johnson | OPEN |
Zach Johnson | OPEN |
Ryggs Johnston | OPEN |
Matthew Jordan | OPEN |
Sadom Kaewkanjana | OPEN |
Takumi Kanaya | OPEN |
Riki Kawamoto | OPEN |
Tom Kim | OPEN |
Chris Kirk | OPEN |
Brooks Koepka | OPEN |
Jason Kokrak | OPEN |
Romain Langasque | OPEN |
Thriston Lawrence | OPEN |
Min Woo Lee | OPEN |
Marc Leishman | OPEN |
Justin Leonard | OPEN |
Shane Lowry | OPEN |
Curtis Luck | OPEN |
Robert MacIntyre | OPEN |
Matteo Manassero | OPEN |
Hideki Matsuyama | OPEN |
Denny McCarthy | OPEN |
Matt McCarty | OPEN |
Rory McIlroy | OPEN |
Tom McKibbin | OPEN |
Maverick McNealy | OPEN |
Phil Mickelson | OPEN |
Guido Migliozzi | OPEN |
Francesco Molinari | OPEN |
Collin Morikawa | OPEN |
Dylan Naidoo | OPEN |
Bryan Newman | OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete) |
Joaquin Niemann | OPEN |
Niklas Nørgaard | OPEN |
Andrew Novak | OPEN |
Thorbjørn Olesen | OPEN |
Louis Oosthuizen | OPEN |
Carlos Ortiz | OPEN |
Matthieu Pavon | OPEN |
Ryan Peake | OPEN |
Taylor Pendrith | OPEN |
Marco Penge | OPEN |
J.T. Poston | OPEN |
Jon Rahm | OPEN |
Aaron Rai | OPEN |
Patrick Reed | OPEN |
Justin Rose | OPEN |
Antoine Rozner | OPEN |
Xander Schauffele | OPEN |
Scottie Scheffler | OPEN |
Adam Scott | OPEN |
Cameron Smith | OPEN |
Jordan Smith | OPEN |
Elvis Smylie | OPEN |
Sebastian Söderberg | OPEN |
Young-han Song | OPEN |
J.J. Spaun | OPEN |
Jordan Spieth | OPEN |
Henrik Stenson | OPEN |
Sepp Straka | OPEN |
Justin Suh | OPEN |
Jesper Svensson | OPEN |
Nick Taylor | OPEN |
Sahith Theegala | OPEN |
Justin Thomas | OPEN |
Daniel van Tonder | OPEN |
Jhonattan Vegas | OPEN |
Matt Wallace | OPEN |
Paul Waring | OPEN |
Tiger Woods | OPEN |
Cameron Young | OPEN |
Kevin Yu | OPEN |
Remaining qualifying criteria
Criteria are listed in chronological order where possible. Best estimates are given but all are subject to change.
The Open Championship (OPEN) at Royal Portrush: July 17-20
- Winner of the European Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (June 28).
- Leader in World Amateur Golf Ranking points accumulated at the St. Andrews Links Trophy (June 8), British Amateur (June 21) and European Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (June 28).
- Top two, not otherwise exempt, who make the cut at the Italian Open (June 29).
- Top five, not otherwise exempt, inside the top 20 in the FedExCup at the conclusion of the Rocket Classic (June 29).
- Leader, not otherwise exempt, in the top five of the LIV Golf Individual Season Standings (June 30).
- Final Qualifying. Top four at each of four sites: Burnham & Berrow, Dundonald Links, Royal Cinque Ports, West Lancashire (July 1).
- Top five, not otherwise exempt, inside the top 20 in the Race to Dubai at the conclusion of the BMW International Open (July 6).
- Top three, not otherwise exempt, who make the cut at the Genesis Scottish Open (July 13).