2013 Qualifiers for majors, THE PLAYERS, WGCs

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June 10, 2013
By By Rob Bolton, PGATOUR.COM Fantasy Columnist PGATOUR.COM

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Golfers are omitted if they haven’t recently competed in majors for which they are eligible (e.g. Open Championship -- Greg Norman, Nick Price; PGA -- Paul Azinger, Nick Price).

3 = Open Championship (3# - via IFQ)
4 = PGA Championship
BI = WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Recent Additions

3 – none

4 – none
BI – none

2013 Qualifiers

GOLFER	Qualified
Blake Adams	4
Thomas Aiken	3
Kiradech Aphibarnrat	3#, BI
Sang-moon Bae	4, BI
Rich Beem	4
Charlie Beljan	4
Jonas Blixt	4
Keegan Bradley	3, 4, BI
Mark Brooks	4
Mark Brown	3#
Scott Brown	3#, 4
Angel Cabrera	3, 4
Rafael Cabrera-Bello	3
Mark Calcavecchia	3
Bud Cauley	3#
K.J. Choi	3
Stewart Cink	3, 4
Tim Clark	3, 4
Darren Clarke	3, 4
George Coetzee	3
Nicolas Colsaerts	3, 4*, BI
Fred Couples	3
Ben Curtis	3, 4
John Daly	3, 4
Stephen Dartnall	3#
Brian Davis	3#
Jason Day	3
Eduardo de la Riva	3#
Luke Donald	3, 4*, BI
Jamie Donaldson	3, 4, BI
Jason Dufner	3, 4*, BI
David Duval	3
Steve Elkington	4
Ernie Els	3, 4
Harris English	4, BI
Derek Ernst	4, BI
Nick Faldo	3
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	3, BI
Rickie Fowler	3
Steven Fox	3 (must remain an amateur to compete)
Marcus Fraser	3
Hiroyuki Fujita	3
Jim Furyk	3, 4*, BI
Tommy Gainey	4, BI
Stephen Gallacher	BI
Sergio Garcia	3, 4, BI
Robert Garrigus	3
Brian Gay	4, BI
Lucas Glover	3, 4
Branden Grace	3, BI
Luke Guthrie	3#
Bill Haas	3
Todd Hamilton	3
Peter Hanson	3, 4, BI
Justin Harding	3#
Padraig Harrington	3, 4
Russell Henley	4, BI
Billy Horschel	4, BI
John Huh	3
Kouki Idoki	4
Mikko Ilonen	BI
Thongchai Jaidee	3
Steven Jeffress	3#
Miguel Angel Jimenez	3, BI
Dustin Johnson	3, 4, BI
Zach Johnson	3, 4*, BI
Robert Karlsson	3#
Martin Kaymer	3, 4, BI
Kenichi Kuboya	3
Matt Kuchar	3, 4, BI
Martin Laird	4, BI
Paul Lawrie	3, 4*, BI
Tom Lehman	3
Justin Leonard	3
Darryn Lloyd	3#
Davis Love III	4
Shane Lowry	3, BI
Sandy Lyle	3
David Lynn	3, 4
Hunter Mahan	3
Matteo Manassero	3, BI
Daisuke Maruyama	3#
Hideki Matsuyama	3#
Graeme McDowell	3, 4, BI
Rory McIlroy	3, 4, BI
John Merrick	4, BI
Shaun Micheel	4
Phil Mickelson	3, 4, BI
Francesco Molinari	3, 4*, BI
Ryan Moore	3, 4, BI
Alexander Noren	3
Mark O'Meara	3
Geoff Ogilvy	3, 4
Thorbjorn Olesen	3
Louis Oosthuizen	3, 4, BI
Carl Pettersson	3, 4
Scott Piercy	3
D.A. Points	3, 4, BI
Daniel Popovic	BI
Ian Poulter	3, 4, BI
Rhys Pugh	3 (must remain an amateur to compete)
Richie Ramsay	3, BI
Justin Rose	3, 4, BI
Brett Rumford	BI
Charl Schwartzel	3, 4, BI
Adam Scott	3, 4, BI
John Senden	3
Peter Senior	3, BI
Marcel Siem	3
Webb Simpson	3, 4, BI
Vijay Singh	3, 4
Brandt Snedeker	3, 4, BI
Henrik Stenson	3
Kevin Streelman	3, 4, BI
Steve Stricker	3, 4, BI
Toru Taniguchi	3, BI
Josh Teater	3#
Michael Thompson	3, 4, BI
David Toms	4
Bo Van Pelt	3
Jaco Van Zyl	BI
Camilo Villegas	3#
Johnson Wagner	3#
Nick Watney	3, 4, BI
Bubba Watson	3, 4, BI
Tom Watson	3
Boo Weekley	4, BI
Lee Westwood	3, 4*, BI
Bernd Wiesberger	3
Danny Willett	3
Chris Williams	3 (must remain an amateur to compete)
Thaworn Wiratchant	3
Chris Wood	BI
Tiger Woods	3, 4, BI
Ashun Wu	3#
Y.E. Yang	3, 4

REMAINING QUALIFYING CRITERIA

Criteria are listed in chronological order where possible. Best estimates are given but all are subject to change.

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (3) @ Muirfield – July 18-21

• Winner of British Amateur (June 22).
• Top 9 from IFQ -- Europe (June 24).
• Top 4, not otherwise exempt, from Mizuno Open on Japan Golf Tour (June 30).
• Top 2, not otherwise exempt, from money list on Japan Golf Tour ending with Mizuno Open. (June 30).
• Top 3 at each of four venues -- LFQ (July 2).
• Top 5 and ties, not otherwise exempt, inside Top 20 in Race to Dubai thru Alstom Open de France (July 7).
• Top 5 and ties, not otherwise exempt, inside Top 20 in FedExCup points thru The Greenbrier Classic (July 7).
• Winner of the Scottish Open (July 14).
• Winner of the John Deere Classic (July 14).

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (4) @ Oak Hill Country Club – August 8-11

• Winners of PGA TOUR events thru the final week before the 2012 PGA Championship.
• Top 20 from PGA Professional National Championship (June 26).
• Winner of the Open Championship (July 21).
• Top 70 from special money list on PGA TOUR from 2012 WGC-Bridgestone through 2013 RBC Canadian Open (July 28).
• *All 2012 Ryder Cup members, provided they are inside top 100 of World Ranking on July 28.
• Special exemptions per PGA of America. (This will likely include all golfers inside Top 100 of World Ranking on July 28.)
• If necessary, golfers outside Top 70 from special money list (three lines above) will gain entry in order of position to complete the field of 156.

WGC-BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL (BI) @ Firestone Country Club (South Course) - August 1-4

• Winner of Japan Golf Tour Championship (June 23).
• Top 50 from World Ranking on July 22.
• Top 50 from World Ranking on July 29.
• Winners of official tournaments from the Federation Tours with an Official World Golf Ranking strength-of-field rating of 115 points or more.