Priority Rankings

1. Winner of PGA Championship or U.S. Open prior to 1970 or in the last five seasons and the current season:
Jason Day
 Dow Finsterwald
 Raymond Floyd
Al Geiberger
 Don January
 Dustin Johnson
Brooks Koepka
 Bobby Nichols
 Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
 Jordan Spieth
 Justin Thomas
Lee Trevino
 Jimmy Walker
 Gary Woodland
2. Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship in the last five seasons and the current season:
Rickie Fowler
 Si Woo Kim
 Rory McIlroy
 Webb Simpson
3. Winners of the Masters Tournament in the last five seasons and the current season:
Sergio Garcia
 Patrick Reed
 Danny Willett
 Tiger Woods
4. Winners of The Open Championship in the last five seasons and the current season:
Zach Johnson
 Shane Lowry
 Francesco Molinari
 Henrik Stenson
5. Winners of TOUR Championship (2017 & 2018):
Xander Schauffele
6. Winners of World Golf Championships events in the last three seasons and the current season:
Kevin Kisner
 Hideki Matsuyama
 Phil Mickelson
 Justin Rose
Bubba Watson
6a. Winners of the Memorial Tournament in the last 3 years:
Patrick Cantlay
 Bryson DeChambeau
 Jason Dufner
6a. Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in the last 3 years:
Tyrrell Hatton
 Marc Leishman
6a. Winner - the Genesis Invitational (Last 3 Years)
Adam Scott
7. Winner of the FedExCup in each of the last five seasons:
8. Leader from the final PGA TOUR money list 2015-2016:
9. 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:
Ryan Armour
 Keegan Bradley
 Paul Casey
 Cameron Champ
 Corey Conners
 Austin Cook
 Tyler Duncan
 Dylan Frittelli
Brice Garnett
 Lanto Griffin
 Jim Herman
 J.B. Holmes
 Max Homa
 Billy Horschel
 Viktor Hovland
 Charles Howell III
Sungjae Im
 Sung Kang
 Michael Kim
 Patton Kizzire
 Russell Knox
 Satoshi Kodaira
 Matt Kuchar
 Andrew Landry
Nate Lashley
 Adam Long
 Graeme McDowell
 Troy Merritt
 Keith Mitchell
 Collin Morikawa
 Sebastián Muñoz
 Kevin Na
Joaquin Niemann
 Ryan Palmer
 Cheng Tsung Pan
 Pat Perez
 Scott Piercy
 J.T. Poston
 Ted Potter, Jr.
 Ian Poulter
Andrew Putnam
 Jon Rahm
 Chez Reavie
 Cameron Smith
 Brandt Snedeker
 Brendan Steele
 Nick Taylor
 Brendon Todd
Martin Trainer
 Kevin Tway
 Aaron Wise
 Matthew Wolff
10. Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments as an amateur, 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:
11. Career Money Exemption
K.J. Choi
 Tim Clark
 Luke Donald
 Steve Stricker
Bo Van Pelt

Note: 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

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

Note: A. Not less than two sponsor invitees shall be PGA TOUR members not otherwise exempt. B. Not less than two of the 2019 Top Finishers of the Korn Ferry 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 (7) per year.

13. Two international players designated by the Commissioner.
14. The current PGA Club Professional Champion
Alexander Beach

Note: Eligible for up to 6 open events (3 must be opposite World Golf Championships events and The Open Championship), in addition to any sponsor selections. The exemption does not apply to limited-field open events.

15. PGA Section Champion or Player of the Year from 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, as follows:

Note: A. Winners prior to July 28, 1970: unlimited exemptions for such events. B. Winners after Jan. 1, 2000: five seasons of exemptions for such events.

18. Life Members:
Davis Love III
 Vijay Singh

Note: Players who have been active members of the PGA TOUR for 15 years and have won at least 20 co-sponsored events while continually maintaining a competitive scoring average.

20. Top 125 on Prior Year's FedExCup Points List
Tony Finau
 Jason Kokrak
 Tommy Fleetwood
 Abraham Ancer
 Louis Oosthuizen
 Lucas Glover
 Rory Sabbatini
 Harold Varner III
Ryan Moore
 Vaughn Taylor
 Jim Furyk
 Adam Hadwin
 Byeong Hun An
 Joel Dahmen
 Wyndham Clark
 Emiliano Grillo
Rafa Cabrera Bello
 Adam Schenk
 Danny Lee
 Kevin Streelman
 Jhonattan Vegas
 Branden Grace
 Charley Hoffman
 Chesson Hadley
Brian Stuard
 Kiradech Aphibarnrat
 Matt Every
 Russell Henley
 Brian Harman
 Michael Thompson
 Matt Jones
 Luke List
Roger Sloan
 Sam Burns
 Bud Cauley
 Nick Watney
 Mackenzie Hughes
 J.J. Spaun
 Talor Gooch
 Chris Stroud
Kyle Stanley
 Patrick Rodgers
 Cameron Tringale
 Sam Ryder
 Kyoung-Hoon Lee
 Scott Stallings
 Denny McCarthy
 Scott Brown
Carlos Ortiz
 Sepp Straka
 Aaron Baddeley
 Peter Malnati
 Brian Gay
 Martin Laird
 Kelly Kraft
 Jonas Blixt
21. Players who finished greater than or equal to top 125 on the 2018-19 PGA TOUR Official Season FedExCup Points List through the Wyndham Championship as non-members:
Matthew Fitzpatrick
 Doc Redman
 Matt Wallace
 Lucas Bjerregaard
22. Major Medical Extension: If granted by the Commissioner, if not otherwise eligible, and if needed to fill the field, Special Medical Extension.
Daniel Berger
 Bronson Burgoon
 Kevin Chappell
 Chris Kirk
Kevin Stadler
 Charl Schwartzel
 Graham DeLaet
 William McGirt
James Hahn
 Sean O'Hair
 Morgan Hoffmann
 Jamie Lovemark
Camilo Villegas
 Grayson Murray
 Hudson Swafford
 Wesley Bryan
John Huh
 Seung-Yul Noh
 Briny Baird
 Harrison Frazar
Greg Chalmers
 D.A. Points
23. Leading Points Winner from the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour using combined points earned on the Official Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List and Korn Ferry Tour Finals Points List. Leading Points Winner from the previous season's Korn Ferry Finals. Three-Time Winners from previous season Korn Ferry Tour.
Scottie Scheffler
24. Leading points winner from Korn Ferry Tour & Korn Ferry Tour Finals 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. The Top 50 and ties from the Korn Ferry Tour Finals from the prior Year reordered based upon year to date FedExCup Points:
Tom Hoge
 Mark Hubbard
 Harry Higgs
 Scott Harrington
 Xinjun Zhang
 Maverick McNealy
 Zac Blair
Matthew NeSmith
 Henrik Norlander
 Robby Shelton
 Beau Hossler
 Richy Werenski
 Bo Hoag
 Hank Lebioda
Cameron Percy
 D.J. Trahan
 Cameron Davis
 Sebastian Cappelen
 Fabián Gómez
 David Hearn
 Joseph Bramlett
Robert Streb
 Rob Oppenheim
 Tim Wilkinson
 Chase Seiffert
 Mark Anderson
 Tyler McCumber
 Kramer Hickok
Michael Gligic
 Brandon Hagy
 Chris Baker
 Rafael Campos
 Rhein Gibson
 Ben Taylor
 Kristoffer Ventura
Vincent Whaley
 Ryan Brehm
 Michael Gellerman
 Doug Ghim
 Nelson Ledesma
 Anirban Lahiri
 Vince Covello
John Senden
 Tom Lewis
 Chad Collins
 Jim Knous
 David Berganio, Jr.

Note: Note: Reordered after the conclusion of The RSM Classic and The Genesis Invitational; thereafter, Mondays of the Masters, THE PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.

27. The Top 50 and ties from Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season.
28. 300 Career Cuts

Note: Players who have 300 PGA TOUR Career Cuts Made as of the end of the preceding season may elect to use a one-time exemptions for the next season as long as they have not previously used a Career Money Exemption (Reordered with the above category #26)

29. Top Finishers from the Korn Ferry Tour medical:

Note: NOTE: This category will be reordered with the above category #26.

30. Players winning three Korn Ferry Tour events in the current season:
31. Minor medical extension:
Padraig Harrington
 Nicholas Lindheim
32. 126-150 Prior Season's FEC Points List (Reordered)
Harris English
 Alex Noren
Stewart Cink
 Dominic Bozzelli
Ben Martin
 Zack Sucher
Wes Roach
 Shawn Stefani
Peter Uihlein
 Josh Teater
Seamus Power
 Bill Haas
Roberto Castro
 Johnson Wagner
Ryan Blaum
 Martin Kaymer

Note: Note: Reordered after the conclusion of The RSM Classic and The Genesis Invitational; thereafter, Mondays of the Masters, THE PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.

32a. 126-150 On Prior Season's FedExCup Points List
33. Non-Exempt Major Medical Extension.
34. Reorder category (34-39)
George McNeill
 Ricky Barnes
 Chad Campbell
 Boo Weekley
Alex Cejka
 Ben Crane
 John Merrick
 Tommy Gainey
Rod Pampling
 Jonathan Byrd
 David Lingmerth
 Jerry Kelly
Arjun Atwal
 Tim Herron
 Rich Beem
 Robert Garrigus
J.J. Henry
 Derek Ernst
 Daniel Chopra
 Sangmoon Bae
Ted Purdy
 Parker McLachlin
 Carlos Franco

Note: Note: Reordered based on current season's FedExCup Points after the conclusion of The RSM Classic and The Genesis Invitational; thereafter, Mondays of the Masters, THE PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.

35. Beyond 150 on the previous season's 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 Korn Ferry Tour points in the previous season
Ernie Els
 Hunter Mahan
 Billy Hurley III
 Cody Gribble
 Freddie Jacobson
Jason Gore
 Andres Romero
 David Toms
 Y.E. Yang
 Trevor Immelman
Mike Weir
 Stuart Appleby
 John Rollins
 Chris Couch
 Bernhard Langer
Fred Couples
 Charlie Beljan
 Robert Allenby
 Smylie Kaufman
 Tom Lehman
Dicky Pride
 Charlie Wi
 Omar Uresti
 Brendon de Jonge
 Brian Davis
Jason Bohn
 Ken Duke
 Will MacKenzie
 John Daly
 Heath Slocum
Jonathan Kaye
 Ángel Cabrera
 Eric Axley
 Brett Quigley
 Cameron Beckman
36. 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.
Tom Watson
 Hale Irwin
 Tom Kite
 Mark O'Meara
 Corey Pavin
 Kenny Perry
 Hal Sutton
 Mark Calcavecchia
 David Duval
 Scott Hoch
 John Cook
 David Frost
 Larry Nelson
 Jay Haas
Geoff Ogilvy
 Fred Funk
 Lee Janzen
 Loren Roberts
 Steve Jones
 Retief Goosen
 John Huston
 Joey Sindelar
 Mark Brooks
 Peter Jacobsen
 Bill Glasson
 Scott Simpson
 Jeff Sluman
 Rocco Mediate
José María Olazábal
 Steve Pate
 Bob Gilder
 Sandy Lyle
 Scott Verplank
 Billy Mayfair
 Mark Wilson
 Jesper Parnevik
 Dan Forsman
 Blaine McCallister
 Bob Estes
 Stephen Ames
 Steve Flesch
 Woody Austin
Joe Durant
 Billy Andrade
 Duffy Waldorf
 Larry Mize
 Michael Bradley
 Chris DiMarco
 Jeff Maggert
 Kirk Triplett
 Scott McCarron
 Bart Bryant
 Robert Gamez
 Darren Clarke
 Olin Browne
 Gene Sauers
Gary Hallberg
 Tom Pernice Jr.
 Paul Goydos
 Dudley Hart
 Frank Lickliter II
 Tommy Armour III
 Troy Matteson
 Craig Parry
 Paul Stankowski
 Steven Bowditch
 Todd Hamilton
 José Coceres
 Donnie Hammond
 Ted Tryba
Brian Henninger
 Keith Clearwater
 John Inman
 Kevin Sutherland
 Tim Petrovic
 Peter Lonard
 Glen Day
 Shaun Micheel
 Tom Byrum
 Mark Hensby
 Neal Lancaster
 Richard Johnson
 Greg Kraft
 Russ Cochran
Jay Don Blake
 Chris Smith
 Jim Carter
 Grant Waite
 Brandel Chamblee
 Brad Bryant
 Willie Wood
 Spike McRoy
 Mike Heinen
 Guy Boros
 Wes Short, Jr.
 T.C. Chen
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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.
Brandt Jobe
 Skip Kendall
 Michael Allen
 Jay Williamson
Kent Jones
 Marco Dawson
 Dick Mast