The five biggest names who failed to qualify for the 2025 Open Championship
Final Qualifying for this month's Open Championship at Royal Portrush produced its usual twists, turns and tales of drama.
Aldrich Potgieter earns British Open return after breakthrough PGA Tour win
The 20-year-old's maiden PGA Tour win two weeks ago vaulted him up the Official World Golf Ranking, making him one of the top six players not already exempt for the year's final major.
Ranked 123rd at the time of his win, Potgieter's rise came at just the right moment, as The Open filled the final six spots in its 156-man field using this week's world rankings.
Potgieter will be joined by fellow alternate Brian Campbell, who booked his place with a win at the John Deere Classic on Sunday. Nico Echavarria, Michael Kim, Bud Cauley, and Davis Thompson also made the cut, with Thompson narrowly edging out Si Woo Kim for the last spot.
Potgieter has one previous appearance at The Open, qualifying for the tournament in 2022 after his impressive victory in the Amateur Championship as a 17-year-old.
He missed the cut at St Andrews three years ago but will have another chance to take on golf's oldest major when this year's Open tees off at Royal Portrush on July 17.
SA's Aldrich Potgieter claims maiden PGA Tour title after marathon playoff
South Africa's Aldrich Potgieter won the Rocket Classic after finally sinking a birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole in Detroit on Sunday.
South Africa's Aldrich Potgieter on the cusp of PGA Tour win at Rocket Classic
PGA Tour rookie Aldrich Potgieter will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Rocket Classic in Detroit on Sunday.
Three-way tie for Rocket Classic lead as SA's Potgieter stays in the hunt
South Africa's Aldrich Potgieter remains in the hunt for his maiden PGA Tour title at the Rocket Classic, although the tournament has a new trio of leaders at the halfway mark.