By Vishnu Mohan
The John Deere Classic 2025 will commence on Thursday, July 3. The PGA Tour event, being played at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, will see a stacked 156-player field compete for the winner鈥檚 paycheck from the $8.4 million purse. The event will be headlined by World No.17 Ben Griffin, who is also the outright favorite to win.According to SportsLine, Griffin walks into the competition as the top pick. Coming off of six back-to-back top-15 finishes, the 29-year-old ace golfer will be eyeing his second win of the season at John Deere Classic. He鈥檇 earlier won the Charles Schwab Challenge in May. However, the golfer, who finished T13 at Rocket Classic, will face tough competition from six other top 50 ranked golfers in the world.World No.25 Sungjae Im and No.28 Jason Day are the other Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) top-30 ranked golfers to watch this weekend. While Day enters the competition on the back of a strong T4 outing at Travelers Championship, Im will be looking to shake of his T61 finishing form from the same contest.World No.43 J.T. Poston, No.45 Denny McCarthy and No.46 Lucas Glover are among other top-rated players teeing up at the John Deere Classic. Notably, last week鈥檚 Rocket Classic champion Aldrich Potgieter also tees up this week in Illinois. The 20-year-old South African golfer currently sits 49th in the OWGR after jumping 74 places from 123 after his maiden PGA Tour win.John Deere Classic 2025 field rankingsListed below are the top-50 OWGR ranked players at the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run (Updated):17 – Ben Griffin25 – Sungjae Im28 – Jason Day43 – J.T. Poston45 – Denny McCarthy46 – Lucas Glover49 – Aldrich PotgieterListed below is the complete field for the John Deere Classic:Anders AlbertsonMason AndersenChristiaan BezuidenhoutZac BlairJoseph BramlettJacob BridgemanHayden BuckleyBronson BurgoonBrian CampbellRafael CamposFrankie Capan IIIRicky CastilloBud CauleyCameron ChampWill ChandlerLuke ClantonEric ColeTrevor ConePierceson CoodyAustin CookVince CovelloTrace CroweQuade CumminsJoel DahmenJason DayCristobal Del SolarTaylor DicksonNick DunlapNico EchavarriaAustin EckroatHarrison EndycottPatrick FishburnSteven FiskDavid FordRickie FowlerDylan FrittelliBrice GarnettRyan GerardDoug GhimJay GiannettoLucas GloverNoah GoodwinWill GordonChris GotterupBen GriffinLanto GriffinEmiliano GrilloChesson HadleyAdam HadwinJames HahnNick HardyGarrick HiggoHarry HiggsJoe HighsmithRyo HisatsuneLee HodgesRico HoeyMax HomaRikuya HoshinoBeau HosslerMark HubbardSungjae ImStephan JaegerBen JamesZach JohnsonTakumi KanayaChan KimMichael KimSi Woo KimTom KimChris KirkKevin KisnerKurt KitayamaPatton KizzireJake KnappPhilip KnowlesBen KohlesJackson KoivunMatt KucharMichael La SassoMartin LairdNate LashleyThriston LawrenceNicholas LindheimDavid LipskyLuke ListJustin LowerPeter MalnatiBen MartinBrandon MatthewsDenny McCarthyMatt McCartyMax McGreevyMac MeissnerKeith MitchellTaylor MontgomeryTaylor MooreWilliam MouwTrey MullinaxMatt NeSmithHenrik NorlanderThorbj酶rn OlesenKaito OnishiJohn PakRyan PalmerJeremy PaulVictor PerezPaul PetersonChandler PhillipsJ.T. PostonAldrich PotgieterSeamus PowerAndrew PutnamChad RameyMatthew RiedelPatrick RodgersThomas RosenmuellerKevin RoySam RyderIsaiah SalindaGordon SargentAdam SchenkGreyson SiggBen SilvermanDavid SkinnsAlex SmalleyBrandt SnedekerHayden SpringerKyle StanleySam StevensJackson SuberPreston SummerhaysAdam SvenssonJesper SvenssonDavis ThompsonMichael ThorbjornsenBraden ThornberryAlejandro TostiBrendan ValdesSami ValimakiKevin VeloKris VenturaKarl VilipsCamilo VillegasPaul WaringVince WhaleyTim WidingDanny WillettAaron WiseDylan WuCarson YoungKevin YuMore details on the PGA Tour event will be updated as the event progresses.