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- 1. Winners of majors, Order of Merit or Race to Dubai 2016–2018 (7 years + 1 for covid); 2019–present (5 years + 1 if it was pre-covid)
Jon Rahm (2028)
Rory McIlroy (2027)
Matthew Fitzpatrick (2027)
Francesco Molinari (2026)
Tommy Fleetwood (2025)
Shane Lowry (2025)
Danny Willett
- 2. Winners of World Golf Championships and Rolex Series events (3 years + 1 if it was pre-covid)
Nicolai Højgaard (2026)
Ryan Fox (2026)
Victor Perez (2026)
Viktor Hovland (2025)
Min Woo Lee (2025)
Thomas Pieters (2025)
Tyrrell Hatton
- 3. Winners of events with prize funds of $2 million and above (2 years)
Laurie Canter (2026)
Nacho Elvira (2026)
Adrián Otaegui (2026)
Yuto Katsuragawa (2026)
Keita Nakajima (2026)
Jesper Svensson (2026)
Darius van Driel (2026)
Rikuya Hoshino (2026)
Dylan Frittelli (2026)
Thorbjørn Olesen (2026)
Sami Välimäki (2025)
Adrian Meronk (2025)
Matthieu Pavon (2025)
Ryo Hisatsune (2025)
Vincent Norrman (2025)
Ludvig Åberg (2025)
Todd Clements (2025)
Rasmus Højgaard (2025)
Daniel Hillier (2025)
Thriston Lawrence (2025)
Dale Whitnell (2025)
Tom McKibbin (2025)
Pablo Larrazábal (2025)
Simon Forsström (2025)
Lucas Herbert (2025)
Jorge Campillo (2025)
Marcel Siem (2025)
Ockie Strydom (2025)
Daniel Gavins (2025)
Jordan Smith
Yannik Paul
Guido Migliozzi
Robert MacIntyre
Oliver Wilson
Maximilian Kieffer
Callum Shinkwin
Sean Crocker
Richie Ramsay
Li Haotong
Kalle Samooja
Sam Horsfield
Adri Arnaus
Ewen Ferguson
Wu Ashun
- 4. Winners of events with prize funds of less than $2 million (1 year) or of dual-ranking events
Matteo Manassero (2025)
Jordan Gumberg (2025)
Joaquín Niemann (2025)
Dan Brown
Nick Bachem
Matthew Baldwin
Antoine Rozner
Dan Bradbury
- 5. Legends category
6a. Professional tournament invitations
6b. Amateur tournament invitations
7. Top 10 from previous fully sanctioned European Tour event or top 5 members from previous co-sanctioned event
8. National/Regional Orders of Merit
- 9. Members of the last named European Ryder Cup team
- 10. Top 110 players from the Race to Dubai
Alexander Björk
Matt Wallace
Sebastian Söderberg
Joost Luiten
Romain Langasque
Zander Lombard
Nathan Kimsey
Grant Forrest
Julien Guerrier
Matthew Southgate
Jeff Winther
Julien Brun
Connor Syme
Jens Dantorp
Marcus Helligkilde
Aaron Rai
Calum Hill
Hurly Long
Hennie du Plessis
Marcus Armitage
Richard Mansell
Matthew Jordan
Shubhankar Sharma
Jason Scrivener
Louis de Jager
Adam Scott
Matti Schmid
Aaron Cockerill
Niklas Nørgaard
Alex Fitzpatrick
Masahiro Kawamura
Scott Jamieson
Santiago Tarrío
Alejandro del Rey
Adrien Saddier
Gavin Green
David Law
Marcel Schneider
Fabrizio Zanotti
Andy Sullivan
Marcus Kinhult
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
Eddie Pepperell
Clément Sordet
Daan Huizing
Edoardo Molinari
James Morrison
Jayden Schaper
Alex Norén
Johannes Veerman
Thomas Detry
Ángel Hidalgo
Lukas Nemecz
Gunner Wiebe
Chase Hanna
Paul Waring
Mike Lorenzo-Vera
Alexander Knappe
Jeong-weon Ko
Ross Fisher
- 10a. Membership extension
- 11. Players in the top 40 of the career money list who do not qualify for the Legends category
- 12. 126–200 from the FedEx Cup standings (capped at 5 players per event)
13. Past winners of the tournament in question
- 14. Winners of 3 Challenge Tour events or of dual ranking events in the previous year
- 15. 1–20 from the Challenge Tour rankings
Marco Penge
Casey Jarvis
Manuel Elvira
Ugo Coussaud
Adam Blommé
Lorenzo Scalise
Andrea Pavan
Ricardo Gouveia
Tom Vaillant
Frédéric Lacroix
Francesco Laporta
Will Enefer
Iván Cantero
Joel Girrbach
Sam Bairstow
Brandon Stone
Max Rottluff
Stuart Manley
- 16. Winners of 3 Challenge Tour events in the current year
- 17. Leading non-exempt player from the previous year's Japan Golf Tour, Sunshine Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, Korean Tour, Professional Golf Tour of India, and China Tour Order of Merit
- 18. Top 25 and ties from the European Tour Qualifying School, followed by the next two non-exempt players from the previous year's Japan Golf Tour, Korean Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Darren Fichardt
Renato Paratore
Jacques Kruyswijk
Joe Dean
David Ravetto
Freddy Schott
Filippo Celli
Matthis Besard
Sebastian Friedrichsen
Tom Lewis
Sam Jones
Sebastián García Rodríguez
Kristian Krogh Johannessen
Haydn Barron
Jack Davidson
Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Andrew Wilson
Benjamin Rusch
Garrick Porteous
Nicolo Galletti
Joshua Berry
Pieter Moolman
Lauri Ruuska
James Nicholas
Alfredo García-Heredia
Pedro Figueiredo
Søren Broholt Lind
Nicolai von Dellingshausen
Jannik de Bruyn
Rhys Enoch
Kristoffer Broberg
Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen
Takumi Kanaya
Taiga Semikawa
Park Sang-hyun
Oliver Bekker
Lee Jung-hwan
Dylan Mostert
Tom Power Horan
Andrew Martin
- 18a. Membership extension
- 19. Race to Dubai 111–125 alternating with Challenge Tour 21–30
Daniel van Tonder
Brandon Robinson-Thompson
John Axelsen
Benjamin Follett-Smith
Wang Jeung-hun
Jamie Rutherford
Kazuki Higa
Ashley Chesters
Marc Warren
Euan Walker
Deon Germishuys
Oliver Farr
Alexander Lévy
J. J. Senekal
Tapio Pulkkanen
Conor Purcell
Wilco Nienaber
Julian Suri
Félix Mory
John Parry
- 19a. Membership extension
- 20. Race to Dubai 126–145 alternating with Challenge Tour 31–45
Justin Walters
Nicolai Kristensen
Lars van Meijel
J. C. Ritchie
Jeppe Kristian Andersen
Bryce Easton
Steven Brown
Robin Sciot-Siegrist
Craig Howie
Wil Besseling
Sam Hutsby
Mikael Lindberg
Lucas Vacarisas
Jazz Janewattananond
Marc Hammer
Erik van Rooyen
Martin Couvra
John Catlin
Thomas Aiken
- 21. Players who made the cut in Qualifying School and did not finish in the top 25
Braden Thornberry
Joel Moscatel Nachshon
Oliver Lindell
Gary Boyd
Pierre Pineau
Hayden Hopewell
Grégory Bourdy
Daniel Young
Quim Vidal
Jonathan Caldwell
Manuel Quirós
Philipp Katich
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
George Mason
Maxence Giboudot
Hamish Brown
Connor McKinney
Martin Simonsen
Tom Shadbolt
Pietro Bovari
Oliver Hundebøll
Kim Min-kyu
Ronan Kleu
Christofer Blomstrand
Richard McEvoy
Haraldur Magnús
Albert Venter
- 21a. Membership extension