User:Tewapack/PGA Tour Exemptions

For 2020:

From All-Exempt Tour Priority Rankings

• Categories 1 to 24 shown in alphabetical order
• Categories 25 to 33 shown in priority order
• Categories 34+ shown in priority order, if they have appeared in a tournament
• Players eligible but declining card are in "()"

1a. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open (5 years)

• Jason Day
• Dustin Johnson
• Brooks Koepka
• Collin Morikawa (up from cat 9)
• Jordan Spieth
• Justin Thomas
• Jimmy Walker
• Gary Woodland

1b. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open (prior to 1970)

• Jack Burke, Jr.
• Dow Finsterwald
• Raymond Floyd
• Al Geiberger
• Don January
• Bobby Nichols
• Jack Nicklaus
• Gary Player
• Lee Trevino

2. Winners of The Players Championship (5 years)

• Rickie Fowler
• Kim Si-woo
• Rory McIlroy
• Webb Simpson

3. Winners of the Masters Tournament (5 years)

• Sergio García
• Patrick Reed
• Danny Willett
• Tiger Woods

4. Winners of the British Open (5 years)

• Zach Johnson
• Shane Lowry
• Francesco Molinari
• Henrik Stenson

5. Winners of The Tour Championship (3 years)

• Xander Schauffele

6. Winners of World Golf Championships (3 years)

• Kevin Kisner
• Hideki Matsuyama
• Phil Mickelson
• Justin Rose
• Bubba Watson

6a. Winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament, or Genesis Invitational (3 years)

• Patrick Cantlay
• Bryson DeChambeau
• Jason Dufner
• Tyrrell Hatton (up from cat 20)
• Marc Leishman
• Jon Rahm (up from cat 10)
• Adam Scott

7. Winner of the FedEx Cup (5 years)

8. Leader in PGA Tour official earnings (5 years)

9. Winners of PGA Tour events (2018 & 2019), or during 2020; winners receive 1 year of exemption for each additional win, up to 5 years

10. Winners of PGA Tour events as an amateur (2018 & 2019), or during 2020; winners receive 1 year of exemption for each additional win, up to 5 years

11a. Players among the top 50 in career earnings (one-time exemption)

• K. J. Choi (fail to meet cat 22 terms)
• Tim Clark
• Luke Donald (fail to meet cat 22 terms)
• Steve Stricker
• Bo Van Pelt

11b. Players among the top 25 in career earnings (one-time exemption)

12. Sponsor exemptions (maximum of eight)

13. Two international players designated by the Commissioner

14. The current PGA Club Professional Champion for a maximum of 6 open events (3 must be alternate events)

• Alex Beach

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

16. Four low scorers at Monday Qualifying

17. Past champions of the particular event being contested

18. Life Members (15-year PGA Tour members with 20+ wins)

• Davis Love III
• Vijay Singh

20. Top 125 on 2019 FedExCup points list

21. Players who finished in the Top 125 on 2019 FedEx Cup points list as non-members

• Lucas Bjerregaard
• Matthew Fitzpatrick
• Doc Redman
• Matt Wallace

22. Major Medical Extension

23. Leading money winner from 2019 Korn Ferry Tour, Korn Ferry Tour Finals winner, three-time Korn Ferry Tour winner from 2019

• Scottie Scheffler

24. Leading money winner from Korn Ferry Tour, medical

25. Top 10 and ties among professionals from the previous event

27. Top 50 from 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals
after the final reshuffle, Jul 12, 2020

28. Players who have 300 PGA Tour Career Cuts Made (one-time exemption)

• John Senden

29. Korn Ferry Tour, medical

• Chad Collins
• Jim Knous (recat from cat 31)

30. Players winning three Korn Ferry Tour events in 2020

31. Minor Medical Extension

• Pádraig Harrington

32. Players 126 to 150 from 2019 FedEx Cup points list

33. Non-Exempt, Major Medical/Family crisis

34. Re-order of categories 35–39

35. Past Champions, Team Tournament Winners and Veteran Members beyond 150 on money list

36. Past Champion Members, excluding team events

37. Special Temporary: Non-members who earn more than the 150th player on the 2019 FedEx Cup list (288 points)

• Will Gordon
• Erik van Rooyen

38. Team Tournament Winners

39. Veteran Member (150+ cuts made)

40. Players 151 to 200 from 2019 FedEx Cup points list

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