The 6 LIV Golfers Fully Exempt For All Four Majors In 2025

There are just six LIV Golf stars who are fully exempt for all four Majors in 2025, take a look at who they are and how they qualify

LIV Golf players qualified for all four Majors in 2025
Six LIV golfers have booked their places in all four of the 2025 Majors
(Image credit: Getty Images)

LIV Golf has been up and running for three seasons now, and still without Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points it's getting harder for players to qualify automatically for the Majors.

Winning or performing well in golf's big four tournaments is the main route to continued entry into them, outside of entering qualifying events for the US Open and Open Championship.

Given all that, it's not a huge surprise that there aren't too many LIV Golf players who are already qualified for the four Majors to be played in 2025 - with just six of them in fact guaranteed spots in the premier golf events in the globe.

And as you'd expect all six are only in all four 2025 Majors due to previously winning one of the big ones. Let's check them out.

Bryson DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau acknowledges the crowd after being presented with the US Open trophy

Bryson DeChambeau's US Open win means he has no concerns over Major appearances for the next five years

(Image credit: Getty Images)

Bryson DeChambeau's thrilling victory over Rory McIlroy at Pinehurst No.2 not only gave him a second US Open title but also rebooted his exemptions into all four Major tournaments.

The US Open is the stingiest Major with its exemption for winners, as DeChambeau gets just a 10-year free pass to keep on competing - but he also gets the usual five-year exemption into the other three Majors as well.

So we'll be seeing a lot more of DeChambeau in the Majors in the next few years.

Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka's most recent Major win came in the 2023 PGA Championship

(Image credit: Getty Images)

Another recent Major champion, Brooks Koepka is still early on in his five-year Major exemption from winning the 2023 PGA Championship.

You wouldn't bet against someone with his big-game expertise landing another one in the next few years either - but he's got until 2027 when he'll play the final Open of his current exemption.

The 2028 Masters is currently the final one from that 2023 PGA Championship win, while the 2028 US Open will be his last under the exemption he got for his last win in the event in 2018.

Jon Rahm

Jon Rahm speaks to the press ahead of The Open at Royal Troon

Jon Rahm can play in The Masters for life, while his 2023 victory mean's he's free to play in the other three Majors in 2025

(Image credit: Getty Images)

The 2023 Masters winner can obviously play at Augusta for life having won a Green Jacket - and his US Open exemption for winning that Major won't expire until after the 2031 event.

For the Open and PGA Championship, Rahm is exempt until 2028 as part of the regular-five-year pass for winning a Major.

Again, though, with a player like Rahm you fancy him to land another Major at some point - or even at least grab a high enough finish in his final Open or PGA to qualify for the following year.

Cameron Smith

Smith holds the Claret Jug

Cameron Smith can play in all four Majors until the end of 2026

(Image credit: Getty Images)

Australian Cameron Smith is now over halfway in his five-year exemption for winning the 2021 Open at the Old Course in St Andrews.

He can compete for the Claret Jug until he turns 60, but for the other three he has until the end of the 2026 season to win another title and extend his exemption status, or pull out a high enough finish in each one to qualify for the next year.

Dustin Johnson

Dustin Johnson wearing the Green Jacket after his 2019 Masters title

Dustin Johnson's Masters win in 2020 means he's in all four of the 2025 Majors

(Image credit: Getty Images)

Johnson has his 2020 Masters win to thank for his involvement in all four Majors next year.

That victory means he never needs to worry about his place in the Augusta National tournament again, while it also means he can compete in the remaining three until the end of 2025.

However, with limited opportunities to move up the world rankings, he may well need to win in one of his appearances next year to continue his involvement in all four beyond 2025.

Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson with the Wanamaker Trophy after he won the PGA Championship in 2021

Phil Mickelson has exemptions to all four Majors - helped by winning the 2021 PGA Championship

(Image credit: Getty Images)

Six-time Major champion Phil Mickelson is pretty much set in the three Majors he's won during his illustrious career, with lifetime exemptions handed out for winning The Masters and PGA Championship.

He's another one who can also play in The Open until he turns 60, with just the US Open, the only Major he's failed to win, the one he has to worry about getting into pretty soon.

Mickelson's stunning PGA Championship victory in 2021 gave him five more goes to win his coveted national Open title that has agonizingly eluded him - but 2025 will represent his final exemption year so he'll need a big display to continue playing.

Paul Higham
Contributor

Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website.  Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush. 

With contributions from