2024 Priority Ranking
- Wyndham Clark
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Raymond Floyd
- Al Geiberger
- Collin Morikawa
- Bobby Nichols
- Jack Nicklaus
- Gary Player
- Xander Schauffele
- Justin Thomas
- Lee Trevino
- Gary Woodland
Winners prior to prior to 1970 and in the last five seasons and current season
- Rory McIlroy
- Scottie Scheffler
- Webb Simpson
In the last five seasons and current season
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Tiger Woods
In the last five seasons and the current season
- Brian Harman
- Shane Lowry
- Francesco Molinari
In the last five seasons and current season
- Sam Burns
- Billy Horschel
In the last three seasons and the current season
- Viktor Hovland
Winners of the Memorial Tournament in the last 3 years
- Kurt Kitayama
Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in the last 3 years
- Max Homa
- Jon Rahm
- Adam Scott
Winner of The Genesis Invitational in the last three years
- Justin Rose
- Patrick Cantlay
- Ludvig Åberg
- Daniel Berger
- Akshay Bhatia
- Keegan Bradley
- Ryan Brehm
- Rafael Campos
- Cameron Champ
- Stewart Cink
- Corey Conners
- Cam Davis
- Jason Day
- Nick Dunlap
- Nico Echavarria
- Austin Eckroat
- Harris English
- Tony Finau
- Rickie Fowler
- Brice Garnett
- Lucas Glover
- Chris Gotterup
- Emiliano Grillo
- Harry Hall
- Nick Hardy
- Russell Henley
- Lee Hodges
- Tom Hoge
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Sungjae Im
- Stephan Jaeger
- Si Woo Kim
- Tom Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Kevin Kisner
- Patton Kizzire
- Jake Knapp
- K.H. Lee
- Luke List
- Robert MacIntyre
- Peter Malnati
- Matt McCarty
- Maverick McNealy
- Taylor Moore
- Trey Mullinax
- Vincent Norrman
- Matthieu Pavon
- Taylor Pendrith
- J.T. Poston
- Seamus Power
- Aaron Rai
- Chad Ramey
- Chez Reavie
- Davis Riley
- J.J. Spaun
- Jordan Spieth
- Sepp Straka
- Adam Svensson
- Nick Taylor
- Sahith Theegala
- Davis Thompson
- Brendon Todd
- Erik van Rooyen
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Camilo Villegas
- Matt Wallace
- Kevin Yu
- Will Zalatoris
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
- Tim Clark
- Charley Hoffman
- Zach Johnson
- Davis Love III
- 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
- Braden Shattuck
Eligible for up to 6 open events (3 must be opposite a PGA TOUR event, World Golf Championships event, and 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
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Adam Schenk
- Aaron Wise
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Cameron Young
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Scott Stallings
- Denny McCarthy
- Adam Hadwin
- Byeong Hun An
- Andrew Putnam
- Eric Cole
- Patrick Rodgers
- Taylor Montgomery
- Alex Smalley
- Thomas Detry
- Brandon Wu
- Beau Hossler
- Hayden Buckley
- Sam Ryder
- Ben Griffin
- Keith Mitchell
- Sam Stevens
- Matt Kuchar
- Mark Hubbard
- Matt NeSmith
- Max Greyserman
- Min Woo Lee
- Alex Noren
- Victor Perez
- Justin Suh
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Joel Dahmen
- Ben Kohles
- Tyler Duncan
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Michael Kim
- Ben Taylor
- Garrick Higgo
- Robby Shelton
- Mac Meissner
- Callum Tarren
- Justin Lower
- Doug Ghim
- C.T. Pan
- Chan Kim
- David Lingmerth
- Nate Lashley
- Chandler Phillips
- Greyson Sigg
- Will Gordon
- Sami Valimaki
- David Lipsky
- Rico Hoey
- Carson Young
- Tyson Alexander
- Patrick Fishburn
- Danny Willett
- Kevin Streelman
- Ryan Fox
- Chesson Hadley
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- David Skinns
- Zac Blair
- Aaron Baddeley
- Ben Silverman
- Joseph Bramlett
- S.H. Kim
- Martin Laird
- Ben Martin
- Ryan Moore
- Dylan Wu
- Pierceson Coody
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Matti Schmid
- Andrew Novak
- Vince Whaley
- Kevin Tway
- Troy Merritt
- Carl Yuan
No players exempt in this category
- Bud Cauley
- Michael Thompson
- J.B. Holmes
- Tyler McCumber
- John Huh
If granted by the Commissioner, if not otherwise eligible, and if needed to fill the field, Special Medical Extension.
- Adrian Meronk
The leading player (not otherwise exempt) on the season ending's DP World Tour Race to Dubai Rankings.
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Hayden Springer
- Alejandro Tosti
- Trace Crowe
- Jorge Campillo
- Michael Thorbjornsen
- Jimmy Stanger
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Joe Highsmith
- Parker Coody
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- Alexander Björk
- Ryan McCormick
- Roger Sloan
- Paul Barjon
- Tom Whitney
- Kevin Dougherty
- Bronson Burgoon
- Norman Xiong
- Harrison Endycott
- Wilson Furr
- Nicholas Lindheim
- Blaine Hale, Jr.
- Scott Gutschewski
- Raul Pereda
- Josh Teater
- Anders Albertson
- Brian Gay
- Tim Wilkinson
- Brandon Matthews
- Philip Knowles
- Vince Covello
Note: Periodic reordering shall take place on the Mondays of the Masters and after then Wyndham Championship
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Henrik Norlander
- Wesley Bryan
- Erik Barnes
- Martin Trainer
- Kevin Chappell
- Lanto Griffin
- Austin Smotherman
- Kelly Kraft
- S.Y. Noh
- Scott Piercy
- Brandt Snedeker
- Padraig Harrington
- Austin Cook
- Sean O'Hair
- Ryan Palmer
- Cody Gribble
- Bill Haas
- James Hahn
- Harry Higgs
- Nick Watney
- MJ Daffue
- Richy Werenski
- William McGirt
- Russell Knox
- Zecheng Dou
- Sangmoon Bae
- José María Olazábal
- Tommy Gainey
- Sung Kang
- Robert Streb
- Adam Long
- Dylan Frittelli
- Luke Donald
- Jonathan Byrd
- Darren Clarke
- Alex Cejka
- Jim Herman
- Jimmy Walker
- Satoshi Kodaira
- Paul Haley II
- David Hearn
- Kyle Stanley
- Ryan Armour
- Brian Stuard
- Chris Stroud
Note: • All conditional categories (126-150, Beyond 150, Past Champions, Veteran Members, and STMs) will undergo reshuffling collectively, as opposed to reshuffling within their specific categories approximately every fourth full-field event (i.e. after the West Coast (WM Phoenix), after the Florida Swing (Valspar Championship), and following the Zurich Classic, RBC Canadian Open, Barracuda Championship, and every fourth event through the Fall schedule TBD).
- Kramer Hickok
- Matthias Schwab
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Ernie Els
- Jim Furyk
- Mark O'Meara
- Fred Couples
- Corey Pavin
- Kenny Perry
- David Toms
- Mark Calcavecchia
- Steve Stricker
- Justin Leonard
- David Frost
- Stuart Appleby
- Jay Haas
- K.J. Choi
- Mike Weir
- Fred Funk
- Lee Janzen
- Steve Jones
- Retief Goosen
- John Huston
- Joey Sindelar
- Rory Sabbatini
- Hunter Mahan
- Jeff Sluman
- Rocco Mediate
- Steve Pate
- Sandy Lyle
- Jason Dufner
- Scott Verplank
- Carl Pettersson
- Ben Crane
- Tom Lehman
- Billy Mayfair
- Mark Wilson
- Jesper Parnevik
- John Daly
- Dan Forsman
- Robert Allenby
- Chad Campbell
- 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
- Vaughn Taylor
- Jeff Maggert
- John Rollins
- J.J. Henry
- Rod Pampling
- Boo Weekley
- Kirk Triplett
- Scott McCarron
- Johnson Wagner
- D.A. Points
- Bernhard Langer
- Jonas Blixt
- Cameron Beckman
- Rich Beem
- Robert Gamez
- Olin Browne
- Gene Sauers
- Gary Hallberg
- John Senden
- Jason Bohn
- Tom Pernice Jr.
- Paul Goydos
- George McNeill
- Frank Lickliter II
- D.J. Trahan
- Jonathan Kaye
- Matt Every
- Y.E. Yang
- Daniel Chopra
- Paul Stankowski
- Fabián Gómez
- Len Mattiace
- Steven Bowditch
- Andrew Landry
- Ted Potter, Jr.
- José Coceres
- Ted Tryba
- Keith Clearwater
- Gabriel Hjertstedt
- Bo Van Pelt
- Freddie Jacobson
- Kevin Sutherland
- Robert Garrigus
- Tim Petrovic
- Chris Riley
- Harrison Frazar
- Greg Chalmers
- Scott Brown
- Ken Duke
- Kevin Stadler
- Andres Romero
- Glen Day
- Ryuji Imada
- John Merrick
- Ted Purdy
- Tom Byrum
- Mark Hensby
- Neal Lancaster
- Richard Johnson
- Dicky Pride
- Russ Cochran
- Arjun Atwal
- Matt Gogel
- Brandel Chamblee
- Charlie Beljan
- Eric Axley
- Willie Wood
- Parker McLachlin
- Spike McRoy
- Derek Ernst
- Guy Boros
- Derek Lamely
- Andre Stolz
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Geoff Ogilvy
- David Duval
- Ángel Cabrera
- Brian Davis
- Jeff Overton
- Brett Quigley
- Charlie Wi
- Shaun Micheel
- Brandt Jobe
- Ricky Barnes
- Skip Kendall
- Michael Allen
- Jay Williamson
- Kent Jones
- Craig Barlow
- Jim Carter
- Marco Dawson
- Omar Uresti
- Mike Springer
- 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.