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2020 Qualifiers for majors, THE PLAYERS, WGCs
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April 06, 2020
By Rob Bolton, PGATOUR.COM
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Tyrrell Hatton won the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard for his first PGA TOUR victory. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
On Monday, April 6, the governing bodies of the four majors collectively announced the following changes to scheduling in response to the current pandemic around the world.
• The Masters (originally scheduled for April 9-12) has been rescheduled for Nov. 12-15.
• The PGA Championship (originally scheduled for May 14-17) has been rescheduled for Aug. 6-9.
• The U.S. Open (originally scheduled for June 18-21) has been rescheduled for Sept. 17-20.
• The Open Championship (originally scheduled for July 16-19) has been canceled until 2021.
To make room for the PGA Championship, the Wyndham Championship and the three FedExCup Playoffs events that follow were shifted one week later than originally scheduled. The TOUR Championship now will conclude on Labor Day, Sept. 7.
As of this update, it is unknown if or how the 2020 editions of the Masters and the U.S. Open will contribute to the FedExCup during the 2020-21 PGA TOUR season.
Because long-range planning remains fluid, this page will continue to illustrate which golfers would have qualified for the events yet to have been played. Remaining qualifying criteria beneath the alphabetical list of qualifiers will remain frozen until updated are released. However, in its own statement on April 6, Augusta National Golf Club announced that it will “intend to invite those professionals and amateurs who would have qualified for our original April date” to the rescheduled tournament in November.
The 2019-20 PGA TOUR season is scheduled to resume with the Charles Schwab Challenge on May 21-24.
NOTE: Golfers are omitted if they recently haven’t competed in majors for which they are eligible (e.g. PGA Championship=David Toms; Open Championship=Ben Curtis, Justin Leonard).
MAS = Masters
PGA = PGA Championship
US = U.S. Open
OPEN = Open Championship
SJI = WGC-FedEx St. Jude InvitationalRecent Additions
MAS -- none
PGA -- none
US -- none
OPEN -- none
SJI -- noneGolfer Qualified Jaco Ahlers OPEN Byeong Hun An MAS, OPEN, SJI Abraham Ancer MAS, US, OPEN, SJI Marcus Armitage OPEN John Augenstein MAS, US (must remain an amateur to compete in each) Michael Auterson PGA Danny Balin PGA Alex Beach PGA Rich Beem PGA Rich Berberian, Jr. PGA Justin Bertsch PGA Christiaan Bezuidenhout OPEN, SJI Keegan Bradley PGA Ángel Cabrera MAS Rafa Cabrera Bello MAS, OPEN Jorge Campillo OPEN Patrick Cantlay MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Jason Caron PGA Paul Casey MAS, PGA*, US, OPEN, SJI Ricardo Celia OPEN Cameron Champ MAS, PGA, SJI Stewart Cink OPEN Darren Clarke OPEN Corey Conners MAS, US, OPEN Ben Cook PGA Fred Couples MAS Joel Dahmen OPEN John Daly PGA, OPEN Jason Day MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Bryson DeChambeau MAS, PGA*, US, OPEN, SJI Tyler Duncan MAS, PGA, SJI David Duval OPEN Ernie Els OPEN Tony Finau MAS, PGA*, US, OPEN, SJI Matthew Fitzpatrick MAS, OPEN Tommy Fleetwood MAS, PGA*, US, OPEN, SJI Rickie Fowler MAS, PGA*, US, OPEN, SJI Ryan Fox OPEN Dylan Frittelli MAS, PGA Abel Gallegos MAS, OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete in each) Sergio Garcia MAS, PGA, US, OPEN Judd Gibb PGA Lucas Glover MAS, US, OPEN Branden Grace OPEN Lanto Griffin MAS, PGA Chesson Hadley US Adam Hadwin MAS, OPEN, SJI Todd Hamilton OPEN Cole Hammer US, OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete in each) Justin Harding MAS, OPEN Padraig Harrington PGA, OPEN Jeff Hart PGA Tyrrell Hatton MAS, PGA, OPEN, SJI Benjamin Hebert OPEN Lucas Herbert SJI Jim Herman PGA Max Homa MAS Billy Horschel MAS Viktor Hovland PGA Charles Howell III MAS, US, OPEN Sungjae Im MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Shugo Imahira MAS, OPEN, SJI Trevor Immelman MAS Jazz Janewattananond MAS, PGA, OPEN, SJI Marty Jertson PGA Dustin Johnson MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Zach Johnson MAS, PGA, US, OPEN Zach J. Johnson PGA Matt Jones OPEN, SJI Takumi Kanaya OPEN Sung Kang MAS, PGA Martin Kaymer PGA, US Chan Kim OPEN Joohyung Kim OPEN Si Woo Kim MAS Marcus Kinhult OPEN Ryosuke Kinoshita OPEN Kevin Kisner MAS, US, OPEN Kurt Kitayama OPEN Alex Knoll PGA Brooks Koepka MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Jason Kokrak MAS, US, OPEN Matt Kuchar MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Rob Labritz PGA Andrew Landry MAS, PGA, SJI Romain Langasque OPEN Bernhard Langer MAS, OPEN Nate Lashley MAS, PGA Paul Lawrie OPEN Danny Lee OPEN Richard T. Lee OPEN Marc Leishman MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Hao Tong Li OPEN, SJI Yuxin Lin MAS, OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete in each) Luke List PGA Mike Lorenzo-Vera OPEN Davis Love III PGA Shane Lowry MAS, PGA, US, OPEN Joost Luiten OPEN Sandy Lyle MAS Robert MacIntyre OPEN Hideki Matsuyama MAS, US, OPEN, SJI Graeme McDowell US, SJI Rory McIlroy MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Shaun Micheel PGA Lukas Michel MAS, US (must remain an amateur to compete in each) Phil Mickelson MAS, PGA, OPEN Keith Mitchell OPEN Larry Mize MAS Francesco Molinari MAS, PGA, US, OPEN Collin Morikawa PGA Sebastian Muñoz MAS, PGA David Muttitt PGA Kevin Na MAS, PGA, SJI Joaquin Niemann MAS, PGA, OPEN, SJI Alex Noren PGA* Shaun Norris OPEN John O'Leary PGA Andy Ogletree MAS, US, OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete in the Masters and The Open Championship) José Maria Olazábal MAS Thorbjørn Olesen PGA* Louis Oosthuizen MAS, US, OPEN, SJI C.T. Pan MAS, OPEN, SJI Victor Perez MAS, OPEN, SJI Rod Perry PGA Aaron Pike OPEN J.T. Poston MAS, PGA, SJI Ian Poulter MAS, PGA*, OPEN Andrew Putnam MAS Jon Rahm MAS, PGA*, US, OPEN, SJI Chez Reavie MAS, PGA, US, OPEN Patrick Reed MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI JC Ritchie OPEN Justin Rose MAS, PGA*, US, OPEN Jeff Roth PGA Poom Saksansin OPEN Xander Schauffele MAS, US, OPEN, SJI Matthias Schwab OPEN Charl Schwartzel MAS Adam Scott MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Webb Simpson MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Vijay Singh MAS, PGA Cameron Smith MAS, PGA, OPEN, SJI Brandt Snedeker MAS, US, OPEN Sebastian Soderberg SJI Bob Sowards PGA Jordan Spieth MAS, PGA, US, OPEN Henrik Stenson MAS, PGA, US, OPEN Steve Stricker US James Sugrue MAS, US (must remain an amateur to compete in each) Preston Summerhays US (must remain an amateur to compete) Ken Tanigawa PGA Nick Taylor MAS, PGA, SJI Justin Thomas MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Brendon Todd MAS, PGA, SJI Erik van Rooyen MAS, PGA, OPEN Ryan Vermeer PGA Jimmy Walker MAS, PGA, US, OPEN Matt Wallace MAS, PGA, OPEN Paul Waring OPEN Shawn Warren PGA Bubba Watson MAS, PGA* Mike Weir MAS Lee Westwood MAS, OPEN, SJI Bernd Wiesberger MAS, OPEN, SJI Danny Willett MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Matthew Wolff MAS, PGA Gary Woodland MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Tiger Woods MAS, PGA, US, OPEN, SJI Y.E. Yang PGA REMAINING QUALIFYING CRITERIA
Criteria are listed in chronological order where possible. Best estimates are given but all are subject to change.
MASTERS (MAS) @ Augusta National Golf Club – Nov. 12-15 (originally scheduled for April 9-12)
• Winners of PGA TOUR events that award full FedExCup points allocation for THE TOUR Championship through the week before the Masters.
• Top 50 from Official World Golf Ranking (March 30).
• Special invitations to international players per Masters Tournament Committee as its discretion.PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (PGA) @ TPC Harding Park – Aug. 6-9 (originally scheduled for May 14-17)
• Winners of PGA TOUR events thru the final week before the 2020 PGA Championship.
• Top 20 from PGA Professional National Championship (postponed; originally scheduled to conclude on April 29, these exemptions were replaced on March 15 using the top-20 eligible players on the final 2019 PGA Professional Player of the Year standings).
• Top 70 from special money list (i.e. "PGA Championship Points") on PGA TOUR from 2019 AT&T Byron Nelson through 2020 Wells Fargo Championship (May 3).
• *All 2018 Ryder Cup members, provided they are inside Top 100 of Official World Golf Ranking (May 3).
• Special exemptions per PGA of America. (This will likely include all golfers inside Top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking on May 3.)
• If necessary to compete the field of 156, golfers outside Top 70 from special money list (three lines above) will gain entry in order of position.U.S. OPEN (US) @ Winged Foot Golf Club – Sept. 17-20 (originally scheduled for June 18-21)
• Winners of multiple PGA TOUR events that award full FedExCup points allocation since the 2019 U.S. Open.
• Winner of the Masters (postponed, TBD).
• Winner of the PGA Championship (May 17).
• Top 60 from Official World Golf Ranking (May 18).
• Sectional qualifying at one site in Dallas (May 18).
• Sectional qualifying at one site in Japan (May 25).
• Sectional qualifying at one site in England, one site in Canada and eight sites in the United States (June 8).
• Top 60 from Official World Golf Ranking (June 15).
• Special exemptions per the USGA.OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (OPEN) @ Royal St. George’s Golf Club – CANCELED (originally scheduled for July 16-19)
• Winner of the Masters (postponed, TBD).
• Winner of the PGA Championship (May 17).
• Top 50 from Official World Golf Ranking (May 25).
• Top 4, not otherwise exempt, inside top 12 at The Mizuno Open (May 31).
• Top 4, not otherwise exempt, inside top 12 at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open (May 31).
• Top 2, not otherwise exempt, from Order of Merit on Japan Golf Tour ending with Japan Golf Tour Championship (June 7).
• Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, inside top 5 at the Trophee Hassan II (June 7).
• Top 3, not otherwise exempt, inside top 10 at the RBC Canadian Open (June 14).
• Winner of British Amateur, if still an amateur (June 20).
• Winner of U.S. Open (June 21).
• Top 5 and ties, not otherwise exempt, inside Top 20 in Race to Dubai thru a European Tour event in 2020 (TBD).
• Winner of the European Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (June 27).
• Top 2, not otherwise exempt, inside top 8 at the KOLON Korea Open (June 28).
• Top 2, not otherwise exempt, inside top 8 at the Travelers Championship (June 28).
• Top 5 and ties, not otherwise exempt, inside Top 20 in FedExCup points thru the Travelers Championship (June 28).
• Local Final Qualifying. Top 3 at each of four sites: Fairmont St. Andrews, Notts, Prince's, St. Annes Old Links (June 30).
• Top 4, not otherwise exempt, inside top 12 at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open (July 12).
• Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, inside top 5 at the John Deere Classic (July 12).WGC-FEDEX ST. JUDE INVITATIONAL (SJI) @ TPC Southwind - July 2-5
• Winner of 2020 Japan Golf Tour Championship (June 7).
• Top 50 from Official World Golf Ranking (June 22).
• Top 50 from Official World Golf Ranking (June 29).
• Winners of official tournaments from the Federation Tours with an Official World Golf Ranking strength-of-field rating of 115 points or more.
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