Mar 4, 2022

Inside the Field: THE PLAYERS Championship

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Inside the Field

Written by Staff

The best all-time shots on every hole at THE PLAYERS

The 144-player field set for THE PLAYERS Championship features representation from 25 countries. Other notes on the field include:

• The top 30 players in the FedExCup standings (First event of the 2021-22 season with the top 30 in the field)
• 48 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking
• 109 PGA TOUR winners combining for 423 TOUR titles
• 123 of the 125 players who qualified for the previous season’s FedExCup Playoffs, the most of any tournament in FedExCup era
• 8 PLAYERS Champions and 8 FedExCup Champions
• The last man in the field is Hayden Buckley (No. 62 in the FedExCup standings through The Honda Classic) and the first alternate is Taylor Moore (No. 64).

Harris English, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, and Tiger Woods are the only qualified players to not commit to the championship.

If not otherwise exempt, the winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and the Puerto Rico Open will qualify for THE PLAYERS.

THE PLAYERS Championship field list as of Friday, March 4 at 5 p.m. ET:

Check here for updates.

Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption)
Sergio Garcia
Dustin Johnson
Patrick Reed

Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)
Si Woo Kim
Webb Simpson
Justin Thomas

Winner of U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)
Brooks Koepka
Gary Woodland

Winner - PGA Championship (five-year exemption)
Jimmy Walker

Winner - The Open Championship (five-year exemption)
Shane Lowry
Francesco Molinari
Henrik Stenson

Winner - Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard
Tyrrell Hatton

Winners of The Genesis Invitational
Adam Scott

Winner - Olympic Golf Competition
Xander Schauffele

Top 125 on Prior Season's FedExCup Standings
Kevin Na
Daniel Berger
Louis Oosthuizen
Corey Conners
Charley Hoffman
Alex Noren
Keegan Bradley
Brian Harman
Cameron Tringale
Harold Varner III
Carlos Ortiz
Aaron Wise
Lee Westwood
Charl Schwartzel
Paul Casey
Sebastián Muñoz
Branden Grace
Russell Henley
Maverick McNealy
Emiliano Grillo
Robert Streb
Jhonattan Vegas
Chris Kirk
Patton Kizzire
Kevin Streelman
Keith Mitchell
Harry Higgs
Mackenzie Hughes
Ryan Palmer
Matthew Wolff
Matt Fitzpatrick
Martin Laird
Ian Poulter
Troy Merritt
J.T. Poston
Pat Perez
Bubba Watson
Andrew Putnam
Doug Ghim
Brandon Hagy
Adam Long
Peter Malnati
Wyndham Clark
Adam Schenk
Lanto Griffin
Kramer Hickok
Brian Stuard
Henrik Norlander
Doc Redman
Brian Gay
Roger Sloan
Brandt Snedeker
Hank Lebioda
Tyler McCumber
Denny McCarthy
Brendon Todd
Adam Hadwin
Chez Reavie
Brendan Steele
James Hahn
Zach Johnson
Russell Knox
Matt Wallace
Sam Ryder
Jason Day
Matt NeSmith
Scott Piercy
Kyle Stanley
Anirban Lahiri
Dylan Frittelli
Richy Werenski
C.T. Pan
Matt Kuchar
Brice Garnett
Scott Stallings
Chesson Hadley

Top 125 (Medical)
Danny Lee

Top 50 - Official World Golf Ranking
Will Zalatoris
Thomas Pieters
Justin Rose
Tommy Fleetwood

Leading Points Winner from Korn Ferry Tour Prior Year
Stephan Jaeger
Joseph Bramlett

Below Top 10 on Current Year FedExCup Standings
Cameron Young
Mito Pereira
Sahith Theegala
Nick Watney
J.J. Spaun
Kevin Tway
Beau Hossler
Lee Hodges
Taylor Pendrith
Hayden Buckley

The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories.

Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with 'reshuffle' notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred.

* = If all prior year Korn Ferry Tour graduates are eligible for event, exemptions become unrestricted

# = Latest medical extension information can be found here.

$ = Category breakdown can be found here.