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1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship
Tournament Winner
Masters   Danny Willett
Players Championship Jason Day (not playing)
U.S. Open   Dustin Johnson
The Open Championship   Henrik Stenson
PGA Championship   Jimmy Walker
2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
Tournament Winner
HSBC Champions   Russell Knox
Cadillac Championship   Adam Scott
Dell Match Play Jason Day (1)
Bridgestone Invitational Dustin Johnson (1)
3. Top 50 from the OWGR as of October 10
4. Top 30 from the final 2015 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)
5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai
6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit
7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
8. The leading two available players from the final 2014 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
9. The leading two available players from the final 2014 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
10. Six players from China
11. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players
  • The next available player on the Orders of Merit of the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia, ranked in order of their position in the OWGR as of 10 October, followed by the next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 17 October, OWGR as of 10 October, FedEx Cup list
  •   Song Young-han
  •   Lee Soo-min
  •   Dean Burmester
  •   Matthew Millar
  •   Richard Sterne
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The field consists of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Order of Merit from the six main professional golf tours.

1. The top 30 players from the final 2016 FedExCup Points List
2. The top 20 players from the final 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai
3. The top 2 players from the final 2016 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
4. The top 2 players from the final 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
5. The top 2 players from the 2016 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, as of December 4
6. The top 2 players from the final 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit
7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 19, 2017
8. The top 10 players from the 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 19, 2017
9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 26, 2017
10. The top 10 players from the 2016 FedExCup Points List, as of February 26, 2017
11. The highest-ranked player from Mexico, as of February 19, 2017
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1. Past Masters Champions
Year(s) Winner
1985, 1993   Bernhard Langer
1987   Larry Mize
1988   Sandy Lyle
1991   Ian Woosnam
1992   Fred Couples
1994, 1999   José María Olazábal
1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 Tiger Woods (not playing)
1998   Mark O'Meara
2000   Vijay Singh
2003   Mike Weir
2004, 2006, 2010   Phil Mickelson
2007   Zach Johnson
2008   Trevor Immelman
2009   Ángel Cabrera
2011   Charl Schwartzel
2012, 2014   Bubba Watson
2013   Adam Scott
2015   Jordan Spieth
2016   Danny Willett

Past champions not expected to play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke, Jr., Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Year Winner
2012   Webb Simpson
2013   Justin Rose
2014   Martin Kaymer
2015 Jordan Spieth (1)
2016 Dustin Johnson (11)
3. Last five British Open Champions
Year Winner
2012   Ernie Els
2013 Phil Mickelson (1)
2014   Rory McIlroy
2015 Zach Johnson (1)
2016   Henrik Stenson
4. Last five PGA Champions
Year Winner
2012 Rory McIlroy (3)
2013   Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (3)
2015   Jason Day
2016   Jimmy Walker
5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
Year(s) Winner
2014 Martin Kaymer (2)
2015   Rickie Fowler
2016 Jason Day (4)
6. Winner of 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
7. Top two finishers in the 2016 U.S. Amateur
8. Winner of the 2016 Amateur Championship
9. Winner of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
10. Winner of the 2017 Latin America Amateur Championship
11. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur
12. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2016 Masters Tournament
13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 U.S. Open
14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 Open Championship
15. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 PGA Championship
16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2015 Masters Tournament and the 2016 Masters Tournament
Date Tournament Winner
Apr 17 RBC Heritage   Branden Grace
Apr 24 Valero Texas Open   Charley Hoffman
May 1 Zurich Classic of New Orleans   Brian Stuard
May 8 Wells Fargo Championship   James Hahn
May 22 AT&T Byron Nelson   Sergio García
May 29 Dean & DeLuca Invitational Jordan Spieth (1)
Jun 5 The Memorial Tournament   William McGirt
Jun 12 FedEx St. Jude Classic Daniel Berger (12)
Jun 26 Quicken Loans National   Billy Hurley III
Jul 3 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Dustin Johnson (12)
Jul 24 RBC Canadian Open   Jhonattan Vegas
Aug 7 Travelers Championship   Russell Knox
Aug 14 John Deere Classic   Ryan Moore
Aug 21 Wyndham Championship   Kim Si-woo
Aug 28 The Barclays   Patrick Reed
Sep 5 Deutsche Bank Championship Rory McIlroy (3)
Sep 11 BMW Championship Dustin Johnson
Oct 16 Safeway Open   Brendan Steele
Oct 23 CIMB Classic Justin Thomas (17)
Oct 30 WGC-HSBC Champions Hideki Matusyama (12)
Nov 6 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open   Rod Pampling
Nov 13 OHL Classic at Mayakoba   Pat Perez
Nov 20 RSM Classic   Mackenzie Hughes
Jan 8 SBS Tournament of Champions Justin Thomas
Jan 15 Sony Open in Hawaii Justin Thomas
Jan 22 CareerBuilder Challenge   Hudson Swafford
Jan 29 Farmers Insurance Open   Jon Rahm
Feb 5 Waste Management Phoenix Open Hideki Matsuyama
Feb 12 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Jordan Spieth
Feb 19 Genesis Open Dustin Johnson
Mar 26 Honda Classic Rickie Fowler (5)
Mar 5 WGC-Mexico Championship Dustin Johnson
Mar 12 Valspar Championship   Adam Hadwin
Mar 19 Arnold Palmer Invitational   Marc Leishman
Mar 26 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Dustin Johnson
Apr 2 Shell Houston Open   Russell Henley
17. All players qualifying for the 2016 Tour Championship
18. Top 50 in the final 2016 Official World Golf Ranking
19. Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking on March 27, 2016
20. International invitees
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Top 125 from 2016 FedEx Cup points list
Winners of PGA Tour events since 2016 Players
Top 125 (medical extension)
Major champions from the past five years
Players Championship winners from the past five years
Arnold Palmer Invitational winners from the past three years
Senior Players champion from 2016
Web.com Tour money leader from prior season
Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals
OWGR top 50
FedEx Cup standings (to fill field)
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1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
Year Player
2007   Ángel Cabrera
2008 Tiger Woods (not playing)
2009   Lucas Glover
2010   Graeme McDowell
2011   Rory McIlroy
2012   Webb Simpson
2013   Justin Rose
2014   Martin Kaymer
2015   Jordan Spieth
2016   Dustin Johnson
2. Winner and runner-up of the 2016 U.S. Amateur Championship
3. Winner of the 2016 Amateur Championship
4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years
Year Winner
2013   Adam Scott
2014   Bubba Watson
2015 Jordan Spieth (1)
2016   Danny Willett
2017 Sergio García (11)
6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
Year Winner
2012   Ernie Els
2013 Phil Mickelson (not playing)
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015   Zach Johnson
2016   Henrik Stenson
7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years
Year Winner
2012 Rory McIlroy (1,6)
2013   Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (1,6)
2015   Jason Day
2011   Jimmy Walker
8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
Year Winner
2015   Rickie Fowler
2016 Jason Day (7)
2017 Kim Si-woo (12)
9. Winner of the 2017 BMW PGA Championship
10. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Senior Open Championship
11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2016 U.S. Open
12. Players who qualified for the 2016 Tour Championship
13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 22, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking
14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 12, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking
15. Special exemptions given by the USGA
Japan
England
California
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
New Jersey
Texas
Washington
Ohio (Springfield)
Tennessee
Ohio (Columbus)
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Due to categories that specify "not already exempt", players are classified according to the category in which they first qualified.

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 23 July 2017
2. The Open Champions for 2007–2016
Year(s) Winner
1985   Sandy Lyle
1995   John Daly
1996   Tom Lehman
1998   Mark O'Meara
1999   Paul Lawrie
2001   David Duval
2002, 2012   Ernie Els
2004   Todd Hamilton
2007, 2008   Pádraig Harrington
2009   Stewart Cink
2010   Louis Oosthuizen
2011   Darren Clarke
2013   Phil Mickelson
2014 Rory McIlroy (10)
2015   Zach Johnson
2016   Henrik Stenson

Eligible past champions who will not play: Ian Baker-Finch, Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, Nick Faldo, Justin Leonard, Nick Price, Tiger Woods

3. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2016 Open Championship
4. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) as of May 28
5. Top 30 on the 2016 Race to Dubai
6. Last three BMW PGA Championship winners
Year(s) Winner
2015   An Byeong-hun
2016   Chris Wood
2017 Alexander Norén (5)
7. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2017 Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open
8. Last five U.S. Open winners
Year Winner
2013   Justin Rose
2014   Martin Kaymer
2015 Jordan Spieth (10)
2016   Dustin Johnson
2017 Brooks Koepka (17)
9. Last five Masters Tournament winners
Year Winner
2013   Adam Scott
2014   Bubba Watson
2015   Jordan Spieth
2016   Danny Willett
2017 Sergio García (3)
10. Last five PGA Championship winners
Year Winner
2012   Rory McIlroy
2013   Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy
2015   Jason Day
2016   Jimmy Walker
11. Last three Players Championship winners
Year(s) Winner
2015   Rickie Fowler
2016 Jason Day (10)
2017 Kim Si-woo (12)
12. The 30 qualifiers for the 2016 Tour Championship
13. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2017 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship
14. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
15. Winner of the 2016 Open de Argentina
16. Winner and runner-up from the 2017 Korea Open
17. Playing members of the 2016 Ryder Cup teams
18. Winner of the 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit
19. Winner of the 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
20. Winner of the 2016–17 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
21. Winner of the 2016 Japan Open
22. Top 2 on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List
23. Top 2, not already exempt, on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through the Japan Golf Tour Championship
24. Winner of the 2016 Senior Open Championship
25. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship
26. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Amateur
27. Winner of the 2016 and 2017 editions of the European Amateur
28. Recipient of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal
Open Qualifying Series

The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consists of 10 events from the six major tours. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players highest according to that week's OWGR.

Tournament Spots Top Qualifiers
Emirates Australian Open 3 10   Cameron Smith   Ashley Hall   Aaron Baddeley
SMBC Singapore Open 4 12   Prayad Marksaeng   Song Young-han   Phachara Khongwatmai   Jbe' Kruger
Joburg Open 3 10   Darren Fichardt   Stuart Manley   Paul Waring
Mizuno Open 4 12   Chan Kim   Michael Hendry   Adam Bland   Kim Kyung-tae
HNA Open de France 3 10   Peter Uihlein   Michael Lorenzo-Vera   Alexander Björk
Quicken Loans National 4 12   Kyle Stanley   Charles Howell III   Martin Laird   Kang Sung-hoon
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 3 10   Richie Ramsay   David Drysdale   Ryan Fox
Greenbrier Classic 4 12   Xander Schauffele   Robert Streb   Jamie Lovemark   Sebastián Muñoz
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 3 10   Callum Shinkwin   Matthieu Pavon   Andrew Dodt
John Deere Classic 1 5   Bryson DeChambeau
Final Qualifying

The Final Qualifying events will be played on July 4 at five courses.

Location Qualifiers
Gailes Links   Julian Suri   Connor Syme (a)   Ryan McCarthy
Hillside   Haydn McCullen   Nick McCarthy   Adam Hodkinson
Notts (Hollinwell)   Joe Dean   Mark Foster   Laurie Canter
Royal Cinque Ports   Matthew Southgate   Robert Dinwiddie   Austin Connelly
Woburn   Shiv Kapur   Ian Poulter   Toby Tree
Alternates

To make up the full field of 156, additional places will be allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places are made available by the Championship Committee.

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1. Playing members of the 2016 Ryder Cup teams
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 24, 2017
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 31, 2017
4. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more
5. The winners of designated tournaments, marked with an asterisk
Tournament Winner
Bridgestone Invitational Dustin Johnson (1)
Open de France   Thongchai Jaidee
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open   Alexander Norén
Open Championship Henrik Stenson (1)
RBC Canadian Open   Jhonattan Vegas
PGA Championship Jimmy Walker (1)
Travelers Championship   Russell Knox
Wyndham Championship   Kim Si-woo
The Barclays Patrick Reed (1)
Omega European Masters Alexander Norén
Deutsche Bank Championship Rory McIlroy (1)
BMW Championship Dustin Johnson
Italian Open   Francesco Molinari
The Tour Championship Rory McIlroy
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship   Tyrrell Hatton
Safeway Open   Brendan Steele
British Masters Alexander Norén
CIMB Classic   Justin Thomas
Bridgestone Open*   Satoshi Kodaira
HSBC Champions   Hideki Matsuyama
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open   Rod Pampling
Turkish Airlines Open   Thorbjørn Olesen
OHL Classic at Mayakoba   Pat Perez
Nedbank Golf Challenge Alexander Norén
RSM Classic   Mackenzie Hughes
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai Matthew Fitzpatrick (1)
UBS Hong Kong Open   Sam Brazel
Asian Tour Order of Merit*   Scott Hend
Australian PGA Championship*   Harold Varner III
SBS Tournament of Champions Justin Thomas
Sony Open in Hawaii Justin Thomas
Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship   Tommy Fleetwood
CareerBuilder Challenge   Hudson Swafford
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters   Wang Jeung-hun
Farmers Insurance Open   Jon Rahm
Omega Dubai Desert Classic Sergio García (1)
Waste Management Phoenix Open Hideki Matsuyama
Maybank Championship   Fabrizio Zanotti
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Jordan Spieth (1)
Dimension Data Pro-Am*   Paul Lawrie
Genesis Open Dustin Johnson
The Honda Classic Rickie Fowler (1)
Mexico Championship Dustin Johnson
Valspar Championship   Adam Hadwin
Arnold Palmer Invitational   Marc Leishman
Dell Technologies Match Play Dustin Johnson
Shell Houston Open   Russell Henley
Masters Tournament Sergio García
RBC Heritage   Wesley Bryan
Valero Texas Open   Kevin Chappell
Wells Fargo Championship   Brian Harman
Players Championship Kim Si-woo
AT&T Byron Nelson   Billy Horschel
BMW PGA Championship Alexander Norén
Dean & DeLuca Invitational   Kevin Kisner
The Memorial Tournament   Jason Dufner
Japan Golf Tour Championship*   Shaun Norris
Nordea Masters   Renato Paratore
FedEx St. Jude Classic   Daniel Berger
U.S. Open Brooks Koepka (1)
BMW International Open   Andrés Romero
Travelers Championship Jordan Spieth
HNA Open de France Tommy Fleetwood
Quicken Loans National   Kyle Stanley
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Jon Rahm
Greenbrier Classic   Xander Schauffele
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Rafael Cabrera-Bello (1)
John Deere Classic   Bryson DeChambeau
Open Championship Jordan Spieth
RBC Canadian Open Jhonattan Vegas
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1. All former PGA Champions
Year Winner
1991   John Daly
1997   Davis Love III
1998, 2004   Vijay Singh
1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 Tiger Woods (not playing)
2001 David Toms (not playing)
2002   Rich Beem
2003   Shaun Micheel
2005   Phil Mickelson
2008   Pádraig Harrington
2009   Yang Yong-eun
2010 Martin Kaymer (not playing)
2011   Keegan Bradley
2012, 2014   Rory McIlroy
2013   Jason Dufner
2015   Jason Day
2016   Jimmy Walker

The following former champions are not expected to compete: Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Jack Burke, Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins

2. Last five Masters Champions
Year Winner
2013   Adam Scott
2014   Bubba Watson
2015   Jordan Spieth
2016   Danny Willett
2017   Sergio García
3. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Year Winner
2013   Justin Rose
2014 Martin Kaymer (1)
2015 Jordan Spieth (2)
2016   Henrik Stenson
2017 Brooks Koepka (6)
4. Last five British Open Champions
Year Winner
2013 Phil Mickelson (1)
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015   Zach Johnson
2016   Dustin Johnson
2017 Jordan Spieth (2)
5. Current Senior PGA Champion
6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2016 PGA Championship
7. 20 low scorers in the 2017 PGA Professional Championship
8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2016 RBC Canadian Open to the 2017 Canadian Open
9. Members of the United States and European 2016 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 30, 2017)
10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2014 PGA Championship
Tournament Winner
Travelers Championship   Russell Knox
John Deere Classic   Ryan Moore
Wyndham Championship   Kim Si-woo
The Barclays Patrick Reed (6)
Deutsche Bank Championship Rory McIlroy (1)
BMW Championship Dustin Johnson (4)
Tour Championship Rory McIlroy
Safeway Open   Brendan Steele
CIMB Classic   Justin Thomas
WGC-HSBC Champions Hideki Matsuyama (6)
Sanderson Farms Championship   Cody Gribble
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open   Rod Pampling
OHL Classic at Mayakoba   Pat Perez
RSM Classic   Mackenzie Hughes
SBS Tournament of Champions Justin Thomas
Sony Open in Hawaii Justin Thomas
CareerBuilder Challenge   Hudson Swafford
Farmers Insurance Open   Jon Rahm
Waste Management Phoenix Open Hideki Matsuyama
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Jordan Spieth (2)
Genesis Open Dustin Johnson
The Honda Classic   Rickie Fowler
WGC-Mexico Championship Dustin Johnson
Valspar Championship   Adam Hadwin
Arnold Palmer Invitational   Marc Leishman
WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Dustin Johnson
Puerto Rico Open   D. A. Points
Shell Houston Open   Russell Henley
RBC Heritage   Wesley Bryan
Valero Texas Open   Kevin Chappell
Zurich Classic of New Orleans   Jonas Blixt
  Cameron Smith
Wells Fargo Championship   Brian Harman
Players Championship Kim Si-woo
AT&T Byron Nelson   Billy Horschel
Dean & DeLuca Invitational   Kevin Kisner
The Memorial Tournament Jason Dufner (1)
FedEx St. Jude Classic   Daniel Berger
Travelers Championship Jordan Spieth
Quicken Loans National   Kyle Stanley
Greenbrier Classic   Xander Schauffele
John Deere Classic   Bryson DeChambeau
Barbasol Championship   Grayson Murray
RBC Canadian Open   Jhonattan Vegas
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Hideki Matsuyama
Barracuda Championship   Chris Stroud
11. Olympic gold medalist
12. Special invitations
Top 115 OWGR
Other invitees
13. Alternates

See also

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