Is Rory McIlroy playing in the 2025 Mexico Open?

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27-time PGA Tour winner Rory McIlroy will not be playing at this year's Mexico Open. The 2025 Mexico Open is set to kick off at VidantaWorld from February 20 - 23. It is the eighth event on the PGA Tour schedule, following the Genesis Invitational, which wrapped up on Sunday (Feb. 16).

This year, the Mexico Open will feature several stars, including Brian Campbell, Mason Andersen, Joel Dahmen, Nicolas Hojgaard and defending champion Jake Knapp.

While the reason for the Northern Irishman's absence from the Mexico Open remains unclear, McIlroy had mentioned last year that he plans to compete in fewer events in 2025. He told the media (via Bunkered):

“It’s been a long season, and I’m going to just have to think about trying to build in a few extra breaks here and there next year and going forward because I felt like I hit a bit of a wall sort of post-US Open, and I still feel a little bit of that hangover.”

“I’m usually sort of like a 22 sort of person, but that was when I was sort of in my 20s and didn’t have the responsibilities that I do now. I’m going to try to cut it back to like 18 or 20 a year going forward, I think,” McIlroy added.

McIlroy played in the Dubai Desert Classic in January and finished T4, unable to defend his title. He then headed to The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he finished in first position, securing his 27th PGA Tour victory. Following that, he played at the Genesis Invitational with a T17 finish. He has also competed in two TGL matches at The So-Fi Center in Florida.

In addition to Rory McIlroy, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas will also be absent from the 2025 Mexico Open.

Players who will be present at the Mexico Open this year will be competing for a total prize purse of $7 million. The winner of the event will go home with $1.26 million and 500 FedExCup points. Last year's Mexico Open champion, Jake Knapp, won $1.45 million, while the runner-up Sami Valimaki won $882,900.

A look at the 2025 Mexico Open field

Here’s a list of the players who will be present at the Mexico Open at the VidantaWorld Course in Vallarta, Mexico:

1. Anders Albertson
2. Mason Andersen
3. Aaron Baddeley
4. Jose Luis Ballester Barrio
5. Akshay Bhatia
6. Fred Biondi
7. Jacob Bridgeman
8. Blades Brown
9. Hayden Buckley
10. Brian Campbell
11. Rafael Campos
12. Frankie Capan III
13. Ricky Castillo
14. Will Chandler
15. Trevor Cone
16. Vince Covello
17. Quade Cummins
18. Joel Dahmen
19. Santiago de la Fuente
20. Cristobal Del Solar
21. Taylor Dickson
22. Jesse Droemer
23. Patrick Fishburn
24. Steven Fisk
25. Erich Fortlage
26. Ryan Fox
27. Ryan Gerard
28. Luke Gifford
29. Gerardo Gomez
30. Noah Goodwin
31. Will Gordon
32. Chris Gotterup
33. Ben Griffin
34. Lanto Griffin
35. Emiliano Grillo
36. Harry Hall
37. Nick Hardy
38. Padraig Harrington
39. Justin Hastings
40. Harry Higgs
41. Joe Highsmith
42. Ryo Hisatsune
43. Rico Hoey
44. Charley Hoffman
45. Nicolai Højgaard
46. Rasmus Højgaard
47. Rikuya Hoshino
48. Beau Hossler
49. José Cristóbal Islas
50. Stephan Jaeger
51. Takumi Kanaya
52. Chan Kim
53. Michael Kim
54. Kurt Kitayama
55. Patton Kizzire
56. Jake Knapp
57. Philip Knowles
58. Ben Kohles
59. Nate Lashley
60. Thriston Lawrence
61. K.H. Lee
62. Riley Lewis
63. David Lipsky
64. Luke List
65. Justin Lower
66. Peter Malnati
67. Matteo Manassero
68. Ben Martin
69. Matt McCarty
70. Tyler McCumber
71. Max McGreevy
72. Mac Meissner
73. Leandro Mihaich
74. Francesco Molinari
75. Taylor Montgomery
76. Taylor Moore
77. William Mouw
78. Trey Mullinax
79. Niklas Nørgaard
80. Henrik Norlander
81. Vincent Norrman
82. Thorbjørn Olesen
83. Kaito Onishi
84. Alvaro Ortiz
85. John Pak
86. Ryan Palmer
87. C.T. Pan
88. Jeremy Paul
89. Victor Perez
90. Paul Peterson
91. Chandler Phillips
92. Scott Piercy
93. Aldrich Potgieter
94. Andrew Putnam
95. Aaron Rai
96. Chad Ramey
97. Matthew Riedel
98. Davis Riley
99. Patrick Rodgers
100. Thomas Rosenmueller
101. Kevin Roy
102. Antoine Rozner
103. Sam Ryder
104. Jose Antonio Safa
105. Isaiah Salinda
106. Matti Schmid
107. Greyson Sigg
108. Ben Silverman
109. David Skinns
110. Alex Smalley
111. Hayden Springer
112. Sam Stevens
113. Jackson Suber
114. Adam Svensson
115. Jesper Svensson
116. Michael Thorbjornsen
117. Braden Thornberry
118. Alejandro Tosti
119. Sami Valimaki
120. Erik van Rooyen
121. Kevin Velo
122. Kris Ventura
123. Karl Vilips
124. Danny Walker
125. Matt Wallace
126. Paul Waring
127. Matthew Watkins
128. Vince Whaley
129. Tim Widing
130. Norman Xiong
131. Carson Young
132. Kevin Yu

Edited by Luke Koshi