User:Tewapack/PGA Tour Exemptions

For 2020:

From All-Exempt Tour Priority Rankings


 * Categories 1 to 24 shown in alphabetical order
 * Categories 25 to 33 shown in priority order
 * Categories 34+ shown in priority order, if they have appeared in a tournament
 * Players eligible but declining card are in ""

1a. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open (5 years)
 * Jason Day
 * Dustin Johnson
 * Brooks Koepka
 * Collin Morikawa (up from cat 9)
 * Jordan Spieth
 * Justin Thomas
 * Jimmy Walker
 * Gary Woodland

1b. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open (prior to 1970)
 * Jack Burke, Jr.
 * Dow Finsterwald
 * Raymond Floyd
 * Al Geiberger
 * Don January
 * Bobby Nichols
 * Jack Nicklaus
 * Gary Player
 * Lee Trevino

2. Winners of The Players Championship (5 years)
 * Rickie Fowler
 * Kim Si-woo
 * Rory McIlroy
 * Webb Simpson

3. Winners of the Masters Tournament (5 years)
 * Sergio García
 * Patrick Reed
 * Danny Willett
 * Tiger Woods

4. Winners of the British Open (5 years)
 * Zach Johnson
 * Shane Lowry
 * Francesco Molinari
 * Henrik Stenson

5. Winners of The Tour Championship (3 years)
 * Xander Schauffele

6. Winners of World Golf Championships (3 years)
 * Kevin Kisner
 * Hideki Matsuyama
 * Phil Mickelson
 * Justin Rose
 * Bubba Watson

6a. Winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament, or Genesis Invitational (3 years)
 * Patrick Cantlay
 * Bryson DeChambeau
 * Jason Dufner
 * Tyrrell Hatton (up from cat 20)
 * Marc Leishman
 * Jon Rahm (up from cat 10)
 * Adam Scott

7. Winner of the FedEx Cup (5 years)

8. Leader in PGA Tour official earnings (5 years)

9. Winners of PGA Tour events (2018 & 2019), or during 2020; winners receive 1 year of exemption for each additional win, up to 5 years


 * Ryan Armour
 * Daniel Berger (up from cat 22)
 * Keegan Bradley
 * Paul Casey
 * Cameron Champ
 * Corey Conners
 * Austin Cook
 * Tyler Duncan (up from cat 27)
 * Dylan Frittelli
 * Brice Garnett
 * Lanto Griffin (up from cat 27)
 * Jim Herman
 * J. B. Holmes
 * Max Homa
 * Billy Horschel
 * Viktor Hovland (up from cat 27)
 * Charles Howell III
 * Im Sung-jae (up from cat 20)
 * Kang Sung-hoon
 * Michael Kim
 * Patton Kizzire
 * Russell Knox
 * Satoshi Kodaira
 * Matt Kuchar
 * Andrew Landry
 * Nate Lashley
 * Adam Long
 * Graeme McDowell
 * Troy Merritt
 * Keith Mitchell
 * Sebastián Muñoz (up from cat 20)
 * Kevin Na
 * Joaquín Niemann (up from cat 20)
 * Ryan Palmer
 * Pan Cheng-tsung
 * Pat Perez
 * Scott Piercy
 * J. T. Poston
 * Ted Potter Jr.
 * Ian Poulter
 * Andrew Putnam
 * Chez Reavie
 * Cameron Smith (up from cat 20)
 * Brandt Snedeker
 * Brendan Steele
 * Nick Taylor (up from cat 20)
 * Michael Thompson (up from cat 20)
 * Brendon Todd (up from cat 27)
 * Martin Trainer
 * Kevin Tway
 * Richy Werenski (up from cat 27)
 * Aaron Wise
 * Matthew Wolff

10. Winners of PGA Tour events as an amateur (2018 & 2019), or during 2020; winners receive 1 year of exemption for each additional win, up to 5 years

11a. Players among the top 50 in career earnings (one-time exemption)
 * K. J. Choi (fail to meet cat 22 terms)
 * Tim Clark
 * Luke Donald (fail to meet cat 22 terms)
 * Steve Stricker
 * Bo Van Pelt

11b. Players among the top 25 in career earnings (one-time exemption)

12. Sponsor exemptions (maximum of eight)

13. Two international players designated by the Commissioner

14. The current PGA Club Professional Champion for a maximum of 6 open events (3 must be alternate events)
 * Alex Beach

15. PGA Section Champion or Player of the Year of the Section in which the tournament is played

16. Four low scorers at Monday Qualifying

17. Past champions of the particular event being contested

18. Life Members (15-year PGA Tour members with 20+ wins)
 * Davis Love III
 * Vijay Singh

20. Top 125 on 2019 FedExCup points list


 * An Byeong-hun
 * Abraham Ancer
 * Kiradech Aphibarnrat
 * Aaron Baddeley
 * Jonas Blixt
 * Scott Brown
 * Sam Burns
 * Rafael Cabrera-Bello
 * Bud Cauley
 * Wyndham Clark
 * Joel Dahmen
 * Matt Every
 * Tony Finau
 * Tommy Fleetwood
 * Jim Furyk
 * Brian Gay
 * Lucas Glover
 * Talor Gooch
 * Branden Grace
 * Emiliano Grillo
 * Chesson Hadley
 * Adam Hadwin
 * Brian Harman
 * Russell Henley
 * Charley Hoffman
 * Mackenzie Hughes
 * Matt Jones
 * Jason Kokrak
 * Kelly Kraft
 * Martin Laird
 * Danny Lee
 * Lee Kyoung-hoon
 * Luke List
 * Peter Malnati
 * Denny McCarthy
 * Ryan Moore
 * Louis Oosthuizen
 * Carlos Ortiz
 * Patrick Rodgers
 * Sam Ryder
 * Rory Sabbatini
 * Adam Schenk
 * Roger Sloan
 * J. J. Spaun
 * Scott Stallings
 * Kyle Stanley
 * Sepp Straka
 * Kevin Streelman
 * Chris Stroud
 * Brian Stuard
 * Vaughn Taylor
 * Cameron Tringale
 * Harold Varner III
 * Jhonattan Vegas
 * Nick Watney

21. Players who finished in the Top 125 on 2019 FedEx Cup points list as non-members
 * Lucas Bjerregaard
 * Matthew Fitzpatrick
 * Doc Redman
 * Matt Wallace

22. Major Medical Extension


 * Charl Schwartzel (met terms, cat 22)
 * Bronson Burgoon (met terms, cat 29)
 * Briny Baird
 * Wesley Bryan
 * Greg Chalmers
 * Kevin Chappell
 * Graham DeLaet
 * Harrison Frazar
 * James Hahn
 * Morgan Hoffmann
 * John Huh
 * Chris Kirk
 * Jamie Lovemark
 * William McGirt
 * Grayson Murray
 * Noh Seung-yul
 * Sean O'Hair
 * D. A. Points
 * Kevin Stadler
 * Hudson Swafford (recat from cat 31)
 * Camilo Villegas

23. Leading money winner from 2019 Korn Ferry Tour, Korn Ferry Tour Finals winner, three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner from 2019
 * Scottie Scheffler

24. Leading money winner from Korn Ferry Tour, medical

25. Top 10 and ties among professionals from the previous event

27. Top 50 from 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals after the final reshuffle, Jul 12, 2020


 * Tom Hoge
 * Mark Hubbard
 * Maverick McNealy
 * Harry Higgs
 * Matthew NeSmith
 * Scott Harrington
 * Zhang Xinjun
 * Henrik Norlander
 * Zac Blair
 * Robby Shelton
 * Beau Hossler
 * Chase Seiffert
 * Cameron Davis
 * Bo Hoag
 * Joseph Bramlett
 * Hank Lebioda
 * Cameron Percy
 * Fabián Gómez
 * Tim Wilkinson
 * Rob Oppenheim
 * D. J. Trahan
 * Sebastian Cappelen
 * David Hearn
 * Robert Streb
 * Mark Anderson
 * Tyler McCumber
 * Brandon Hagy
 * Kramer Hickok
 * Kristoffer Ventura
 * Vincent Whaley
 * Rhein Gibson
 * Chris Baker
 * Michael Gligic
 * Tom Lewis
 * Rafael Campos
 * Ben Taylor
 * Ryan Brehm
 * Doug Ghim
 * Michael Gellerman
 * Nelson Ledesma
 * Anirban Lahiri
 * Vince Covello

28. Players who have 300 PGA Tour Career Cuts Made (one-time exemption)
 * John Senden

29. Korn Ferry Tour, medical
 * Chad Collins
 * Jim Knous (recat from cat 31)

30. Players winning three Korn Ferry Tour events in 2020

31. Minor Medical Extension
 * Pádraig Harrington

32. Players 126 to 150 from 2019 FedEx Cup points list


 * Ben Martin (down from cat 22)
 * Stewart Cink (down from cat 31)
 * Shawn Stefani
 * Alexander Norén
 * Peter Uihlein
 * Wes Roach
 * Ryan Blaum
 * Dominic Bozzelli
 * Bill Haas
 * Johnson Wagner
 * Roberto Castro
 * Séamus Power
 * Zack Sucher
 * Josh Teater
 * Harris English
 * Martin Kaymer

33. Non-Exempt, Major Medical/Family crisis

34. Re-order of categories 35–39

35. Past Champions, Team Tournament Winners and Veteran Members beyond 150 on money list


 * Hunter Mahan (dropped from cat 31)
 * Colt Knost (dropped from cat 22)
 * Jonathan Byrd
 * Ernie Els
 * Billy Hurley III
 * Cody Gribble
 * Ben Crane (dropped from cat 33)
 * George McNeill
 * Alex Čejka
 * J. J. Henry
 * Bae Sang-moon
 * Fredrik Jacobson
 * Boo Weekley
 * David Lingmerth
 * Rod Pampling
 * Robert Garrigus
 * Jason Gore
 * Andrés Romero
 * Arjun Atwal
 * David Toms
 * Chad Campbell
 * Derek Ernst
 * Tim Herron
 * John Merrick
 * Daniel Chopra
 * Yang Yong-eun
 * Ricky Barnes
 * Trevor Immelman
 * Tommy Gainey
 * Mike Weir
 * Stuart Appleby
 * John Rollins
 * Parker McLachlin
 * Chris Couch
 * Bernhard Langer
 * Fred Couples
 * Rich Beem
 * Charlie Beljan
 * Robert Allenby
 * Smylie Kaufman
 * Tom Lehman
 * Dicky Pride
 * Charlie Wi
 * Omar Uresti
 * Brendon De Jonge
 * Brian Davis
 * Jason Bohn
 * Ken Duke
 * Will MacKenzie
 * John Daly
 * Heath Slocum
 * Jonathan Kaye
 * Ángel Cabrera
 * Eric Axley
 * Brett Quigley
 * Cameron Beckman

36. Past Champion Members, excluding team events


 * Kenny Perry
 * David Duval
 * Justin Leonard
 * Geoff Ogilvy
 * Fred Funk
 * Retief Goosen
 * Carl Pettersson
 * Mark Wilson
 * Bob Estes
 * Larry Mize
 * Michael Bradley
 * Jerry Kelly
 * Robert Gamez
 * Olin Browne
 * Paul Goydos
 * Dudley Hart
 * Frank Lickliter
 * Troy Matteson
 * Len Mattiace
 * Steven Bowditch
 * Todd Hamilton
 * Tim Petrovic
 * Bryce Molder
 * Peter Lonard
 * Shaun Micheel
 * Ted Purdy
 * Mark Hensby
 * Neal Lancaster
 * Richard S. Johnson
 * Jay Don Blake
 * Chris Smith
 * Jim Carter
 * Bill Lunde
 * Matt Bettencourt
 * Spike McRoy
 * Marc Turnesa
 * Guy Boros

37. Special Temporary: Non-members who earn more than the 150th player on the 2019 FedEx Cup list (288 points)
 * Will Gordon
 * Erik van Rooyen

38. Team Tournament Winners

39. Veteran Member (150+ cuts made)

40. Players 151 to 200 from 2019 FedEx Cup points list


 * Trey Mullinax (dropped from cat 22)
 * Nicholas Lindheim (fail to meet cat 31 terms)
 * Stephan Jäger
 * Scott Langley
 * Roberto Díaz
 * Chase Wright
 * Brandon Harkins
 * Adam Svensson
 * Alex Prugh
 * Joey Garber
 * Anders Albertson
 * Sam Saunders
 * Curtis Luck
 * Julián Etulain
 * José de Jesús Rodríguez
 * Ollie Schniederjans
 * Ben Silverman
 * John Chin
 * Kyle Jones
 * Seth Reeves
 * Whee Kim
 * Brady Schnell

Red links


 * Alex Beach
 * Matthew NeSmith
 * Ben Taylor
 * Scott Harrington
 * Michael Gligic
 * Vincent Whaley
 * Rafael Campos
 * Vince Covello
 * Michael Gellerman
 * Jim Knous
 * Will Gordon
 * Adam Svensson
 * Joey Garber
 * Anders Albertson
 * John Chin
 * Kyle Jones
 * Seth Reeves
 * Brady Schnell