User:Phinumu/PGA Tour players/2021

* – Denotes a player who finished in the top 125 of the FedEx Cup points list.

Bold text – Denotes a player who won in 2021.

1. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open prior to 1970 or in the last 10 calendar years (Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

Bryson DeChambeau moved to this category after his U.S. Open win. Phil Mickelson and Jon Rahm moved to this category after their wins and extended their exemptions to 2021. Johnson's Masters win meant he would move to cat 3 in 2024. Thomas's Players win meant he would move to cat 2 in 2024. Koepka extended his exemption to 2026, in which year he would move to cat 10. Spieth extended his through 2024, in which year he would move to cat 10.

2. Winners of the THE PLAYERS Championship in the last 10 calendar years. (Beginning In 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

Kim extended his exemption to 2024, in which year he would move to cat 10.

3. Winners of the Masters Tournament in the last 10 calendar years. (Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

Hideki Matsuyama was promoted to this category after his win and earned an exemption through 2026. García extended his exemption to 2024, in which season he would fall to cat 10.

4. Winners of the British Open in the last 10 calendar years (1990-present). (Beginning In 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

5. THE TOUR Championship winners in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner

6. Winners of World Golf Championship events, beginning in 1999 (a three-year exemption)

Billy Horschel and Abraham Ancer were promoted to this category after their wins and earned exemptions through 2024. Kisner extended his exemption to 2024, in which season he would fall to cat 10.

7. Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament, and Genesis Invitational in the last three seasons and the current season

Max Homa was promoted to this category after his Genesis win and extended his exemption to 2024. Leishman extended his exemption to 2025. Cantlay extended his to 2026 and would fall to cat 8 in 2025.

Dufner finished outside the top 150 and fell to past champion status in 2022.

8. The winner of the FedEx Cup in each of the last five calendar years

9. The leader in PGA TOUR official earnings in each of the last five calendar years (up to 2016)

10. Winners of PGA TOUR cosponsored or approved events (except team events) within the last two calendar years, or during the current year; winners receive an additional year of exemption for each additional win, up to five years.

Nineteen players earned promotion to this category during the season. Cink, English, and Kokrak earned exemptions through 2024 with two wins. Hovland, Na, Berger, Smith, and Champ extended their exemptions to 2024.

Armour, Cook, Kodaira finished in the 126–150 range; Cook made it through the Finals, while Armour and Kodaira fell to conditional status for 2022. Kim and Potter finished outside the top 150 and fell to past champion status.

11a. Career money exemptions – top 50

Clark was granted a re-use. Van Pelt finished in the 126–150 range and fell to conditional status for 2022. The rest fell to past champion status.

11b. Career money exemptions – top 25

Donald used his top 50 exemption in 2022. Furyk and Toms fell to past champion status.

18. Life members

Singh no longer qualified for this category in 2022 and used a career money exemption instead.

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

Those finishing in the 126–150 range were Rodgers, Hoag, Sabbatini, Fleetwood, Hubbard, Moore, Hossler, and Taylor. Moore received a major medical extension, Sabbatini used a career money exemption, and Rodgers made it through the Finals; the rest fell to conditional status. Those finishing below 150th were Lewis, Brown, An, Shelton, Harrington, Zhang, Danny Lee, Cauley, and Blair. Cauley and Blair received major medical extensions, and Danny Lee a minor. Brown fell to past champion status; Lewis, An, Shelton, Harrington, and Zhang became non-members.

20. Non-member top 125

Gordon finished outside the top 150 and became a non-member.

21a. Top 125 (medical)

• Charl Schwartzel*

21b. Major Medical Extension

Swafford won in his second start. Kirk and Hahn met their terms in January. Chalmers's extension expired in October, Points's in May, Huh's in June, and O'Hair's and Frazar's in July; all fell to past champion status, but Huh made it through the Finals. Villegas's expired in March, but he had earned conditional status and fell to the conditional category; he finished in the 126–150 range and maintained conditional status in 2022. Murray's expired in February and he fell to the reshuffle category, eventually receiving another medical extension for 2022. Lovemark's expired in June and he became a non-member. Chappell, Stadler, DeLaet, McGirt, Hoffmann, Bryan, Noh, Kraft, Baird, and Blixt received carry-overs.

22. Korn Ferry Tour and Finals leading money-winners

23. Medical extension

25. Players from cats 19–26 who finished outside the top 125

Those finishing in the 126–150 range were Percy, Seiffert, Whaley, Gligic, and Bramlett. Whaley, Gligic, and Bramlett made it through the Finals; Percy received a minor medical extension, and Seiffert fell to conditional status. Those finishing below 150th were Campos, Burgoon, Oppenheim, Hearn, Ventura, Cabrera-Bello, Spaun, Anderson, Brehm, Ben Taylor, Gómez, Trahan, Ledesma, Gibson, Aphibarnrat, Cappelen, Baker, Baddeley, Gellerman, Watney, Wilkinson, Senden, Stroud, Bjerregaard, Every, and Covello. Watney used a career money exemption for 2022; Burgoon, Spaun, and Aphibarnrat made it through the Finals; Wilkinson, Stroud, and Covello received major medical extensions and Hearn, Cappelen, Brehm, and Trahan minors. Baddeley, Senden, and Every fell to past champion status, while the other 12 became non-members.

Grayson Murray fell to this category in February after his medical extension expired; he received another medical extension for 2022.

26. 300 career cuts made

27. Reshuffle medical

Both received carry-overs.

28. Three-time Korn Ferry Tour winners in the current year

One player achieved this:

29. Minor Medical Extension

Harrington fell to past champion status after his extension expired in May.

30. 126–150 from money list

Haas used a career money exemption for 2022; Uihlein made it through the finals, and Blaum received a medical extension. Martin, Wagner, and Kaymer fell to past champion status, while the other six became non-members.

31. Non-exempt medical extension

Camilo Villegas fell to conditional status in March after his medical extension expired; he finished in the 126–150 range and maintained conditional status for 2022.

Notable past champions

The following past champions finished in the top 200 of the FedEx Cup points list:

Notable non-members

One non-member won and accepted membership:

The following non-members finished the equivalent of top 200 on the FedEx Cup points list (^ denotes those eligible for full PGA Tour membership in 2022):

Zalatoris accepted membership for 2022. Zalatoris accepted STM in November and MacIntyre in August. Bezuidenhout, Herbert, Rai, Smalley, and Theegala were successful in the Finals; MacIntyre, Suh, Schniederjans, and Bhatia were not. Matthias Schwab and Kurt Kitayama were eligible for the Finals based on non-member points earned in 2020; both were successful in the Finals. Pendrith graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour.

Thirty players not listed made it from the Korn Ferry Tour to the PGA Tour for 2022 (23 via the regular-season points list including European Tour winner David Lipsky, 7 via the Finals).