Dustin Johnson will be at Quail Hollow Club next week after all.
The two-time major championship winner and LIV Golf member earned a special exemption from the PGA of America to compete in the PGA Championship next week in North Carolina. Johnson’s previous exemption into the second major championship of the year — a five-year pass for his win at the Masters in 2020 — ended last year.
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Johnson will be one of 16 LIV Golf members in the field at the PGA Championship next week, which is the same number as last year. The Saudi Arabian-backed circuit does not receive Official World Golf Rankings points from its events, which has made it increasingly difficult for its members to continue to qualify for the major championships.
The PGA of America automatically includes the top 70 golfers in PGA Championship points after The CJ Cup Byron Nelson into their field. The organization then usually adds all golfers inside the top 100 of the OWGR who have yet to qualify, all previous PGA Championship winners, winners of the last five major championships, the past three winners at The Players Championship and the top 15 finishers and ties from last year’s PGA Championship, among other criteria, to fill out the 156-man field.
Johnson, who once climbed as high as No. 1 in the world, now sits at No. 751. He won 24 times on the PGA Tour before leaving for LIV Golf, though he’s missed the cut in four of his last nine major championship starts — including last month at Augusta National. He’s never won the PGA Championship, though he finished in second in back-to-back years in 2019 and 2020.
Johnson will be joined in the field by fellow LIV Golfers Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, Patrick Reed, Cam Smith, Joaquín Niemann, Phil Mickelson, Tom McKibbin, Richard Bland, Dean Burmester, Brooks Koepka, David Puig, Jon Rahm, Martin Kaymer and John Caitlin. Garcia, McKibbin, Niemann and Puig also received a special invitation from the PGA of America.
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Rickie Fowler also received an invite to participate. Fowler’s first career PGA Tour win came at Quail Hollow in 2012, though the fan favorite has won just once in the past six years. The PGA of America allows all members of both Ryder Cup teams from 2023 into the event as long as they are ranked inside the top 100. Fowler is currently ranked No. 125.
Tiger Woods is not in the field next week, as he’s still recovering from a torn Achilles tendon. He’s expected to miss the rest of the season. John Daly, who won his second Wanamaker Trophy in 1991, is also not in the field.
There are two spots still open, reserved for the winner of both the Truist Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic this week on the PGA Tour.
The PGA Championship is set to kick off on May 15. Xander Schauffele edged out DeChambeau to grab a one-shot win last year in what was his first career major championship victory.
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The full 2025 PGA Championship field
As of May 6, 2025
Ludvig Åberg
Ben An
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
Laurie Cander
Patrick Cantlay
John Catlin
Bud Cauley
Eugenio Chacarra
Andre Chi
Wyndham Clark
Eric Cole
Tyler Collet
Corey Conners
Cameron Davis
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Thomas Detry
Luke Donald
Jesse Droemer
Jason Dufner
Nick Dunlap
Nico Echavarria
Austin Eckroat
Harris English
Tony Finau
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Sergio Garcia
Bobby Gates
Ryan Gerard
Lucas Glover
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Larkin Gross
Adam Hadwin
Harry Hall
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Justin Hicks
Garrick Higgo
Joe Highsmith
Ryo Hisatsune
Lee Hodges
Tom Hoge
Nicolai Højgaard
Rasmus Højgaard
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Beau Hossler
Viktor Hovland
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Nic Ishee
Stephan Jaeger
Dustin Johnson
Tom Johnson
Takumi Kanaya
Michael Kartrude
Martin Kaymer
John Keefer
Michael Kim
Si Woo Kim
Tom Kim
Chris Kirk
Kurt Kitayama
Patton Kizzire
Jake Knapp
Greg Koch
Brooks Koepka
Thriston Lawrence
Min Woo Lee
Ryan Lenahan
Justin Lower
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarty
Max McGreevy
Rory McIlroy
Tom McKibbin
Maverick McNealy
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
Keith Mitchell
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Keita Nakajima
Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson
Dylan Newman
Joaquin Niemann
Alex Noren
Niklas Norgaard
Shaun Norris
Andrew Novak
Thorbjørn Olesen
John Parry
Matthieu Pavon
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
J.T. Poston
Seamus Power
David Puig
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Patrick Reed
Davis Riley
Patrick Rodgers
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Scott
Vijay Singh
Cam Smith
Elvis Smylie
John Somers
Bob Sowards
J.J. Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Eric Steger
Sam Stevens
Sepp Straka
Nick Taylor
Rupe Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Sanu Vakunaju
Erik van Rooyen
Daniel Van Tonder
Jhonattan Vegas
Karl Vilips
Jimmy Walker
Matt Wallace
Timothy Wiseman
Gary Woodland
Cameron Young
Kevin Yu
Will Zalatoris
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