2015-2016 PGA TOUR Eligibility Ranking

1. Winner of PGA Championship or U.S. Open prior to 1970 or in the last five seasons and the current season:

Keegan Bradley

Jack Burke, Jr.

Jason Day

Jason Dufner

Dow Finsterwald

Raymond Floyd

Doug Ford

Al Geiberger

Don January

Dustin Johnson

Gene Littler

Rory McIlroy

Bobby Nichols

Jack Nicklaus

Arnold Palmer

Gary Player

Justin Rose

Webb Simpson

Jordan Spieth

Lee Trevino

Jimmy Walker

2. Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship in the last five seasons and the current season:

K.J. Choi

Rickie Fowler

Matt Kuchar

Tiger Woods

3. Winners of the Masters Tournament in the last five seasons and the current season:

Charl Schwartzel

Adam Scott

Bubba Watson

Danny Willett

4. Winners of the British Open in the last five seasons and the current season:

Darren Clarke

Ernie Els

Zach Johnson

Phil Mickelson

Henrik Stenson

5. Winners of the TOUR Championship in the last three seasons and the current season:

Billy Horschel

6. Winners of World Golf Championships events in the last three seasons and the current season:

Russell Knox

Shane Lowry

Patrick Reed

7. Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament in the last three seasons and the current season, beginning with the 2015 winners

Matt Every

David Lingmerth

William McGirt

8. Leader from the final FedExCup Points List in each of the last five seasons:

Bill Haas

Brandt Snedeker

9. Leader from the final PGA TOUR Money List in each of the last five seasons:

Luke Donald

10. Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved events (except team events) within the last two seasons, or during the current season; winners receive an additional season of exemption for each additional win, up to five seasons:

Aaron Baddeley

Sang-Moon Bae

Daniel Berger

Steven Bowditch

Angel Cabrera

Alex Cejka

Greg Chalmers

Tim Clark

Ben Crane

Harris English

Tony Finau

Jim Furyk

Sergio Garcia

Fabian Gomez

Branden Grace

Emiliano Grillo

Chesson Hadley

James Hahn

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington

Russell Henley

J.J. Henry

Jim Herman

Charley Hoffman

J.B. Holmes

Billy Hurley III

Matt Jones

Smylie Kaufman

Si Woo Kim

Chris Kirk

Kevin Kisner

Brooks Koepka

Danny Lee

Davis Love III

Hunter Mahan

Peter Malnati

Ben Martin

Hideki Matsuyama

Graeme McDowell

Troy Merritt

Ryan Moore

Seung-Yul Noh

Geoff Ogilvy

Scott Piercy

John Senden

Kevin Stadler

Scott Stallings

Robert Streb

Kevin Streelman

Steve Stricker

Brian Stuard

Nick Taylor

Vaughn Taylor

Justin Thomas

Brendon Todd

Jhonattan Vegas

Camilo Villegas

Nick Watney

11a. Players among the top 50 in career earnings as of the end of the preceding season may elect to use a one-time exemption for the next season:

Justin Leonard

Bo Van Pelt

Robert Allenby

11b. Players among the Top 25 in career earnings as of the end of the preceding season may elect to use this special one-time exemption for the next season.

12. Sponsor exemptions (a maximum of eight, which may include amateurs with handicaps of 0 or less), on the following basis:

A. Not less than two sponsor invitees shall be PGA TOUR members not otherwise exempt.
B. Not less than two of the 2015 Top Finishers of the Web.com Tour, if not all can otherwise be accommodated
NOTE: PGA TOUR members may receive an unlimited number of sponsor invitations. Non-TOUR members may receive a maximum of seven per year.

13. Two international players designated by the Commissioner.

14. The current PGA Club Professional Champion up to 6 open events (3 must be opposite The Open Championship and World Golf Championships events), in addition to any sponsor selections.

Matt Dobyns

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

16. Four low scorers at Open Qualifying which shall normally be held on Monday of tournament week.

17. Past champions of the particular event being contested that week, if cosponsored by the PGA TOUR and the same tournament sponsor (except for Team events), as follows:

A. Winners prior to July 28, 1970: unlimited exemptions for such events.

B. Winners after July 28, 1970 and prior to Jan. 1, 2000: 10 seasons of exemptions for such events.

C. Winners after Jan. 1, 2000: five seasons of exemptions for such events.

18. Life Members (who have been active members of the PGA TOUR for 15 years and have won at least 20 co-sponsored events).

Vijay Singh

19. Top 125 on the previous season’s FedExCup points list.

Paul Casey

Kevin Na

Louis Oosthuizen

Daniel Summerhays

Cameron Tringale

Ryan Palmer

Jason Bohn

Gary Woodland

Sean O'Hair

Pat Perez

Brendon de Jonge

Brendan Steele

Kevin Chappell

Shawn Stefani

David Hearn

Zac Blair

George McNeill

Rory Sabbatini

Ian Poulter

Jerry Kelly

Bryce Molder

Marc Leishman

Boo Weekley

Carl Pettersson

Kyle Reifers

Charles Howell III

Hudson Swafford

Spencer Levin

Scott Pinckney

Morgan Hoffmann

Johnson Wagner

Colt Knost

Jason Gore

Carlos Ortiz

Scott Brown

Mark Wilson

Chad Campbell

Will Wilcox

Martin Laird

Jason Kokrak

Stewart Cink

Greg Owen

John Peterson

Adam Hadwin

John Huh

Francesco Molinari

Graham DeLaet

Jon Curran

Steve Wheatcroft

Andres Gonzales

Chris Stroud

Ken Duke

Retief Goosen

Chad Collins

Ryo Ishikawa

Jonas Blixt

Erik Compton

Jeff Overton

20. Top 125 on previous season’s Official Money List through the Wyndham Championship

Jamie Donaldson

Will MacKenzie

Charlie Beljan

Blayne Barber

Whee Kim

David Toms

21. Players who finished greater than or equal to top 125 on the 2014-15 PGA TOUR Official Season FedExCup Points List or top 125 on the 2014-15 Official Season Money List through the Wyndham Championship as non-members:

Patrick Rodgers

Cameron Smith

22. Major Medical Extension: If granted by the Commissioner, if not otherwise eligible, and if needed to fill the field, Special Medical Extension.

Freddie Jacobson

Brian Gay

Bob Estes

Ted Potter, Jr.

Chris Couch

Troy Kelly

Briny Baird

Harrison Frazar

23. Leading Money Winner from the previous season’s Top 25 regular season players using combined money earned on the Official Web.com Tour Regular Season Money List and Web.com Tour Finals Money List , Leading Money Winner from the previous season’s Web.com Tour Finals and Three-Time Winners from previous season Web.com Tour.

Patton Kizzire

Chez Reavie

24. Leading money winner from Web.com Tour medical

25. Top 10 and ties, not otherwise exempt, among professionals from the previous open tournament whose victory has official status are exempt into the next open tournament whose victory has official status.

26. Top Finishers of the Web.com Tour:

Finishers 2-25 from the previous season’s Top 25 Web.com Tour Regular season players using combined money earned on the Web.com Tour Regular Season Money List and money earned in the Web.com Tour Finals and the top 25 players and ties on the Web.com Tour Finals Money List at the conclusion of the Finals who are not already exempt.

Jamie Lovemark

Roberto Castro

Harold Varner III

Lucas Glover

Ricky Barnes

Anirban Lahiri

Mark Hubbard

Andrew Loupe

Tyrone Van Aswegen

Derek Fathauer

Brett Stegmaier

Michael Kim

Bronson Burgoon

Sung Kang

Luke List

Kyle Stanley

Tim Wilkinson

Robert Garrigus

Steve Marino

Tom Hoge

Tyler Aldridge

Hiroshi Iwata

Rob Oppenheim

Martin Piller

Sam Saunders

Wes Roach

Bud Cauley

Michael Thompson

Dawie van der Walt

Thomas Aiken

Henrik Norlander

Andrew Landry

Kelly Kraft

D.H. Lee

Derek Ernst

Abraham Ancer

Miguel Angel Carballo

Shane Bertsch

Rod Pampling

Rhein Gibson

Lucas Lee

Dicky Pride

Brian Davis

Darron Stiles

Kris Blanks

Will Claxton

Bobby Gates

Lee Williams

Neal Lancaster

David Berganio, Jr.

Patrick Cantlay

NOTE: Reordered after the conclusion of The RSM Classic and the Northern Trust Open; thereafter, Mondays of the Masters, THE PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open and The Open Championship

27. Top Finishers from the Web.com Tour medical:

NOTE: This category has been reordered with the above category #26.

28. Players winning three Web.com Tour events in the current season:

Wesley Bryan

29. Minor medical extension:

30. Twenty-five finishers beyond 125th place on prior season’s FedExCup Points List (126-150):

Stuart Appleby

Luke Guthrie

Scott Langley

Brice Garnett

Cameron Percy

Alex Prugh

Michael Putnam

Tom Gillis

Nicholas Thompson

S.J. Park

NOTE: Reordered after the conclusion of The RSM Classic and the Northern Trust Open; thereafter, Mondays of the Masters, THE PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.

31. Nonexempt, major medical/family crisis:

NOTE: This category has been reordered with the above category #30.

32. Reorder Categories 33-37

Byeong Hun An

Tim Herron

D.A. Points

D.J. Trahan

Andres Romero

John Merrick

Jonathan Byrd

Michael Bradley

Marc Turnesa

John Rollins

Cameron Beckman

Bernhard Langer

Eric Axley

Billy Mayfair

Ted Purdy

Frank Lickliter II

Rocco Mediate

Charlie Wi

Fred Funk

Troy Matteson

Arjun Atwal

Steve Flesch

Larry Mize

Trevor Immelman

Mark Hensby

Tim Petrovic

Tommy Gainey

33. Past Champions, Team Tournament Winners and Veteran Members Beyond 150 on the FedExCup Points List: If not otherwise eligible and as needed to fill the field, Past Champion members, Team Tournament Winners and Veteran members beyond 150th place on the previous season’s FedExCup Points List in order of their combined official PGA TOUR and Web.com Tour earnings in the previous season.

Chris Smith

Bill Lunde

Kenny Perry

Heath Slocum

Mark O'Meara

Glen Day

Craig Barlow

John Daly

Troy Matteson

Mike Weir

Ben Curtis

Y.E. Yang

Matt Bettencourt

Lee Janzen

David Duval

Duffy Waldorf

Dudley Hart

Woody Austin

Scott Verplank

Bernhard Langer

Shaun Micheel

Chris Riley

Daniel Chopra

Tom Watson

Scott McCarron

Garrett Willis

Kent Jones

Stephen Ames

Parker McLachlin

Steve Lowery

Len Mattiace

Guy Boros

Todd Hamilton

Carlos Franco

34. Past Champion Members: If not otherwise eligible and if needed to fill the field, Past Champion members, in order of the total number of cosponsored or approved events won, excluding Team events. If two or more players are tied, the player who is higher on the PGA TOUR Career Money List shall be eligible.

35. Special Temporary Members: If during the course of a PGA TOUR season, a nonmember of the PGA TOUR wins an amount of points (e.g., by playing in PGA TOUR events through sponsor exemptions, Open Qualifying, etc.) equal to the amount won in the preceding season by the 150th finisher on the FedExCup points list, he will be eligible to become a special temporary member for the remainder of the season.

36. Team Tournament Winners: If not otherwise eligible and if needed to fill the field, winners of co-sponsored team championships, in order of the total number of team championship tournaments won. If two or more players are tied based on the number of such tournaments won, the player who is higher on the official PGA TOUR Career Money List shall be eligible.

37. Veteran Members: If not otherwise eligible and if needed to fill the field, Veteran members (players who have made a minimum of 150 cuts during their career), in order of their standing on the PGA TOUR Career Money List.