In 2025, numerous LIV Golf players are set to participate across all four major championships—The Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open—through various exemptions and invitations.(CBSSports.com)
PGA Championship (May 15–18, Quail Hollow Club)
The PGA Championship field includes several LIV players, with some receiving special invitations:
- Brooks Koepka – Two-time PGA Champion (2018, 2019)
- Martin Kaymer – 2010 PGA Champion
- Phil Mickelson – 2021 PGA Champion
- Jon Rahm – 2021 U.S. Open Champion; multiple major wins
- Bryson DeChambeau – 2020 U.S. Open Champion
- Cameron Smith – 2022 Open Champion
- Dustin Johnson – Special invitation
- Sergio Garcia – Special invitation
- Patrick Reed – Special invitation
- Joaquin Niemann – Special invitation
- Tyrrell Hatton – Special invitation
- Henrik Stenson – 2016 Open Champion(Reuters, NBC Sports)
U.S. Open (June 12–15, Oakmont Country Club)
The USGA has introduced new exemption criteria for LIV Golf players, allowing top performers to qualify
- Bryson DeChambeau – 2020 U.S. Open Champion
- Dustin Johnson – 2016 U.S. Open Champion
- Brooks Koepka – 2017 and 2018 U.S. Open Champion
- Jon Rahm – 2021 U.S. Open Champion
- Phil Mickelson – Multiple major wins
- Cameron Smith – 2022 Open Champion
- Richard Bland – 2023 U.S. Senior Open Champion
- Tyrrell Hatton – Based on world ranking and performance
- Dean Burmester – Qualified through final qualifying
- Eugenio Chacarra – Qualified through final qualifying
The Open Championship (July 17–20, Royal Portrush)
The R&A has established a new exemption pathway for LIV Golf players, with several already qualified:
- Cameron Smith – 2022 Open Champion
- Jon Rahm – Multiple major wins
- Brooks Koepka – Multiple major wins
- Dustin Johnson – Multiple major wins
- Bryson DeChambeau – 2020 U.S. Open Champion
- Phil Mickelson – 2013 Open Champion
- Louis Oosthuizen – 2010 Open Champion
- Tyrrell Hatton – Based on world ranking and performance
- Joaquin Niemann – Based on international performance
- Marc Leishman – Based on performance
- Tom McKibbin – Based on performance
- Henrik Stenson – 2016 Open Champion
These inclusions reflect the evolving relationship between LIV Golf and major championship organizers, offering top LIV players opportunities to compete at the highest levels of the sport.
