Players
2026 Priority Ranking
- Wyndham Clark
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Raymond Floyd
- Al Geiberger
- Brooks Koepka
- Collin Morikawa
- Bobby Nichols
- Jack Nicklaus
- Gary Player
- Xander Schauffele
- Scottie Scheffler
- J.J. Spaun
- Justin Thomas
- Lee Trevino
Winners prior to 1970 and in the last five seasons and current season
- Rory McIlroy
In the last five seasons and current season
- Hideki Matsuyama
In the last five seasons and the current season
- Brian Harman
In the last five seasons and current season
- Sam Burns
In the last three seasons and the current season
- Viktor Hovland
Winners of the Memorial Tournament in the last 3 years
- Russell Henley
- Kurt Kitayama
Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in the last 3 years
- Ludvig Åberg
Winner of The Genesis Invitational in the last three years
- Patrick Cantlay
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Akshay Bhatia
- Keegan Bradley
- Michael Brennan
- Brian Campbell
- Rafael Campos
- Cam Davis
- Thomas Detry
- Nick Dunlap
- Nico Echavarria
- Austin Eckroat
- Harris English
- Tony Finau
- Steven Fisk
- Ryan Fox
- Brice Garnett
- Ryan Gerard
- Lucas Glover
- Chris Gotterup
- Ben Griffin
- Harry Hall
- Garrick Higgo
- Joe Highsmith
- Max Homa
- Billy Horschel
- Stephan Jaeger
- Tom Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Patton Kizzire
- Jake Knapp
- Min Woo Lee
- Shane Lowry
- Robert MacIntyre
- Peter Malnati
- Matt McCarty
- Maverick McNealy
- William Mouw
- Andrew Novak
- Matthieu Pavon
- Taylor Pendrith
- J.T. Poston
- Aldrich Potgieter
- Aaron Rai
- Davis Riley
- Justin Rose
- Adam Schenk
- Webb Simpson
- Sepp Straka
- Nick Taylor
- Davis Thompson
- Sami Valimaki
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Karl Vilips
- Tiger Woods
- Cameron Young
- Kevin Yu
Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, 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:
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Corey Conners
- Sungjae Im
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Sam Stevens
- Daniel Berger
- Denny McCarthy
- Si Woo Kim
- Michael Kim
- Jason Day
- Bud Cauley
- Tom Hoge
- Rickie Fowler
- Jordan Spieth
- Max Greyserman
- Patrick Rodgers
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Matti Schmid
- Emiliano Grillo
- Erik van Rooyen
Top 70 on Prior Years FedExCup Points List through the TOUR Championship
- Rico Hoey
- Max McGreevy
- Michael Thorbjornsen
- Alex Smalley
- Vince Whaley
- Eric Cole
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Keith Mitchell
- Rasmus Højgaard
- Mac Meissner
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Gary Woodland
- Kevin Roy
- Mark Hubbard
- Chad Ramey
- Chandler Phillips
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Danny Walker
- Takumi Kanaya
Top 100 prior season FedExCup Fall Points List
Up to two international players designated by the Commissioner
- Tyler Collet
Eligible for up to 6 open events (3 must be opposite a PGA TOUR event, Signature Event, or The Open Championship), in addition to any sponsor selections. The exemption does not apply to limited-field open events.
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Marco Penge
- Kristoffer Reitan
- Adrien Saddier
- Alex Noren
- John Parry
- Haotong Li
- Keita Nakajima
- Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
- Jordan Smith
- Dan Brown
- Johnny Keefer
- Chandler Blanchet
- Austin Smotherman
- Neal Shipley
- Emilio Gonzalez
- Hank Lebioda
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- S.H. Kim
- Christo Lamprecht
- Davis Chatfield
- Zach Bauchou
- Pierceson Coody
- S.T. Lee
- Jeffrey Kang
- Kensei Hirata
- Trace Crowe
- John VanDerLaan
- Zecheng Dou
- Sudarshan Yellamaraju
- Pontus Nyholm
- A.J. Ewart
- Alejandro Tosti
- Adam Svensson
- Marcelo Rozo
- Dylan Wu
- Luke Clanton
- Gordon Sargent
- David Ford
The No. 1 player in the final PGA TOUR University Ranking will become a PGA TOUR member and be eligible for all open, full-field events following the conclusion of the NCAA Championship in approximately June of each year. The Ranking includes seniors who meet eligibility criteria.
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Sahith Theegala
- Adam Scott
- Vijay Singh
A. Players among the Top 50 in career earning as of the end of the preceding season may elect to use a one-time exemption for the next season B. Players among the Top 25 in career earning as of the end of the preceding season may elect to use a one-time exemption for the next season
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Lee Hodges
- Ricky Castillo
- Matt Wallace
- Beau Hossler
- Isaiah Salinda
- David Lipsky
- Patrick Fishburn
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Will Zalatoris
- Brendon Todd
- K.H. Lee
- Aaron Wise
- Charley Hoffman
- Scott Stallings
- Michael Thompson
- Nate Lashley
- Danny Willett
- C.T. Pan
- Tyler McCumber
- Vincent Norrman
- John Huh
- David Lingmerth
- Kevin Streelman
- Jimmy Stanger
- Nicholas Lindheim
- Parker Coody
- Paul Waring
If granted by the Commissioner, if not otherwise eligible, and if needed to fill the field, Special Medical Extension.
No players exempt in this category
- Jesper Svensson
- Doug Ghim
- Andrew Putnam
- Kris Ventura
- Seamus Power
- Matt Kuchar
- Justin Lower
- Taylor Moore
- Joel Dahmen
- Sam Ryder
- Jackson Suber
- Lanto Griffin
No players exempt in this category
- Kevin Kisner
- Aaron Baddeley
- Rikuya Hoshino
No players exempt in this category
- Brandt Snedeker
- Frankie Capan III
- Carson Young
- Chan Kim
- Hayden Springer
- Harry Higgs
- Henrik Norlander
- Jeremy Paul
- Greyson Sigg
- Taylor Montgomery
- Adam Hadwin
- Ben Silverman
- Zach Johnson
- Noah Goodwin
- Paul Peterson
- Zac Blair
- Ben Kohles
- Cameron Champ
- David Skinns
- Will Gordon
- Trey Mullinax
- Kevin Tway
- Camilo Villegas
- Luke List
- Nick Hardy
- Ben Martin
- Jonathan Byrd
- Russell Knox
- Martin Laird
- Francesco Molinari
- Tyler Duncan
- Austin Cook
- S.Y. Noh
- Scott Piercy
- Ryan Palmer
- Chesson Hadley
- Fabián Gómez
- James Hahn
- Richy Werenski
- Troy Merritt
- Chez Reavie
- William McGirt
- Nick Watney
- Robert Streb
- Adam Long
- Jason Dufner
- Tommy Gainey
- Justin Leonard
- George McNeill
- Kevin Chappell
- Dylan Frittelli
- Luke Donald
- Ryan Armour
- Padraig Harrington
- Satoshi Kodaira
- Cody Gribble
- Ryan Brehm
- Bill Haas
- Ben Crane
- Brian Stuard
- Sangmoon Bae
- Bo Van Pelt
- Andrew Landry
- Jeff Overton
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 Korn Ferry Tour (through Korn Ferry Tour Championship) money in the previous season
- Davis Love III
- Ernie Els
- Jim Furyk
- Mark O'Meara
- Fred Couples
- Corey Pavin
- Kenny Perry
- David Toms
- Mark Calcavecchia
- Steve Stricker
- David Frost
- Stuart Appleby
- Jay Haas
- Stewart Cink
- K.J. Choi
- Geoff Ogilvy
- Mike Weir
- Fred Funk
- Lee Janzen
- Steve Jones
- Retief Goosen
- John Huston
- Rory Sabbatini
- Jimmy Walker
- Jeff Sluman
- Rocco Mediate
- Steve Pate
- Ryan Moore
- Scott Verplank
- J.B. Holmes
- Brian Gay
- Tom Lehman
- Billy Mayfair
- Mark Wilson
- Jesper Parnevik
- John Daly
- Dan Forsman
- Chad Campbell
- Sean O'Hair
- Bob Estes
- Stephen Ames
- Tim Herron
- Steve Flesch
- Woody Austin
- Heath Slocum
- Joe Durant
- Billy Andrade
- Duffy Waldorf
- Carlos Franco
- Larry Mize
- Notah Begay III
- Jerry Kelly
- Chris DiMarco
- Jeff Maggert
- John Rollins
- J.J. Henry
- Rod Pampling
- Boo Weekley
- Ángel Cabrera
- Kirk Triplett
- Scott McCarron
- D.A. Points
- Bernhard Langer
- Jonas Blixt
- Cameron Beckman
- Rich Beem
- Darren Clarke
- Robert Gamez
- Jim Herman
- Olin Browne
- Gene Sauers
- Gary Hallberg
- John Senden
- Kyle Stanley
- Jason Bohn
- Tom Pernice Jr.
- Paul Goydos
- Frank Lickliter II
- D.J. Trahan
- Jonathan Kaye
- Y.E. Yang
- Daniel Chopra
- Paul Stankowski
- Len Mattiace
- Steven Bowditch
- Ted Potter, Jr.
- José Coceres
- Ted Tryba
- Mike Springer
- Keith Clearwater
- Gabriel Hjertstedt
- Freddie Jacobson
- Kevin Sutherland
- Robert Garrigus
- Chris Stroud
- Alex Cejka
- Tim Petrovic
- Chris Riley
- Harrison Frazar
- Greg Chalmers
- Scott Brown
- Ken Duke
- Sung Kang
- Kevin Stadler
- Glen Day
- Shaun Micheel
- Ted Purdy
- Mark Hensby
- Robert Damron
- Neal Lancaster
- Richard Johnson
- Dicky Pride
- Russ Cochran
- Arjun Atwal
- Jim Carter
- Matt Gogel
- Brandel Chamblee
- Eric Axley
- Martin Trainer
- Willie Wood
- Spike McRoy
- Derek Ernst
- Guy Boros
- Derek Lamely
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- David Duval
- Brian Davis
- José María Olazábal
- Brett Quigley
- David Hearn
- Charlie Wi
- Brandt Jobe
- Ricky Barnes
- Skip Kendall
- Michael Allen
- Jay Williamson
- Kent Jones
- Craig Barlow
- Marco Dawson
- Omar Uresti
- Dick Mast
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.
No players exempt in this category