- 1a. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open (5 years)
- Wyndham Clark (2029)
- Xander Schauffele (2029)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (2028)
- Collin Morikawa (2027)
- Justin Thomas (2027)
- Gary Woodland (2025)
- 1b. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open (prior to 1970)
- 2. Winners of The Players Championship (5 years)
- Rory McIlroy (2029)
- Scottie Scheffler (2029)
- Webb Simpson (2026)
- 3. Winners of the Masters Tournament (5 years)
- Tiger Woods (life)
- Hideki Matsuyama (2028)
- 4. Winners of the British Open (5 years)
- Brian Harman (2028)
- Shane Lowry (2026)
- Francesco Molinari (2025)
- 5. Winners of World Golf Championships (3 years)
- Sam Burns (2027)
- Billy Horschel (2026)
- 6. Winners of The Memorial Tournament, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and the Genesis Invitational (3 years)
- Max Homa (2028)
- Viktor Hovland (2028)
- Patrick Cantlay (2027)
- Kurt Kitayama (2026)
- Adam Scott
- 7. Winner of the FedEx Cup (5 years)
- Justin Rose (2025)
- 8a. Winners of PGA Tour events (2 years); winners receive 1 year of exemption for each additional win, up to 5 years
- Tony Finau (2027)
- Akshay Bhatia (2026)
- Keegan Bradley (2026)
- Nick Dunlap (2026)
- Austin Eckroat (2026)
- Brice Garnett (2026)
- Lucas Glover (2026)
- Chris Gotterup (2026)
- Stephan Jäger (2026)
- Tom Kim (2026)
- Chris Kirk (2026)
- Jake Knapp (2026)
- Robert MacIntyre (2026)
- Peter Malnati (2026)
- Matthieu Pavon (2026)
- Taylor Pendrith (2026)
- Davis Riley (2026)
- Nick Taylor (2026)
- Ludvig Åberg (2025)
- Corey Conners (2025)
- Jason Day (2025)
- Nico Echavarría (2025)
- Rickie Fowler (2025)
- Emiliano Grillo (2025)
- Nick Hardy (2025)
- Russell Henley (2025)
- Lee Hodges (2025)
- Mackenzie Hughes (2025)
- Im Sung-jae (2025)
- Kim Si-woo (2025)
- Luke List (2025)
- Taylor Moore (2025)
- Vincent Norrman (2025)
- Séamus Power (2025)
- Jordan Spieth (2025)
- Sepp Straka (2025)
- Adam Svensson (2025)
- Sahith Theegala (2025)
- Erik van Rooyen (2025)
- Camilo Villegas (2025)
- Matt Wallace (2025)
- Daniel Berger
- Ryan Brehm
- Cameron Champ
- Stewart Cink
- Harris English
- Tom Hoge
- Kevin Kisner
- Lee Kyoung-hoon
- Trey Mullinax
- J. T. Poston
- Chad Ramey
- Chez Reavie
- J. J. Spaun
- Brendon Todd
- Will Zalatoris
- 8b. Winners of PGA Tour events as amateurs
- 9a. Players among the top 50 in career earnings (one-time exemption)
- 9b. Players among the top 25 in career earnings (one-time exemption)
10. Sponsor exemptions (maximum of eight)
11. Two international players designated by the Commissioner
12. The 2022 PGA Professional Champion for a maximum of 3 open events and 3 alternate events (Jesse Mueller)
13. PGA Section Champion or Player of the Year of the Section in which the tournament is played
14. Four low scorers at Monday Qualifying
15. Past champions of the particular event being contested
- 16. Life Members (PGA Tour members with 20+ wins)
- 17. Top 30 on 2022 and 2023 FedExCup points lists
- Tommy Fleetwood (2025)
- Adam Schenk (2025)
- Aaron Wise
- Cameron Young
- Scott Stallings
- 18. 31–70 on 2023 FedExCup points list
- Denny McCarthy
- Andrew Putnam
- Eric Cole
- An Byeong-hun
- Adam Hadwin
- Cameron Davis
- Patrick Rodgers
- Taylor Montgomery
- Alex Smalley
- Thomas Detry
- Brandon Wu
- Beau Hossler
- Hayden Buckley
- Sam Ryder
- Ben Griffin
- Keith Mitchell
- Sam Stevens
- Matt Kuchar
- Mark Hubbard
- Aaron Rai
- Matthew NeSmith
- 19. Top 125 on 2023 FedExCup Fall points list
- Alex Norén
- Kim Seong-hyeon
- Justin Suh
- Davis Thompson
- Joel Dahmen
- Tyler Duncan
- Michael Kim
- Ben Taylor
- Garrick Higgo
- Robby Shelton
- Callum Tarren
- Dylan Wu
- Harry Hall
- David Lingmerth
- Nate Lashley
- Greyson Sigg
- Will Gordon
- David Lipsky
- Justin Lower
- Carson Young
- Tyson Alexander
- Danny Willett
- Kevin Streelman
- Chesson Hadley
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Zac Blair
- Aaron Baddeley
- Joseph Bramlett
- Yu Chun-an
- Martin Laird
- Ben Martin
- Ryan Moore
- Matti Schmid
- Andrew Novak
- Doug Ghim
- Troy Merritt
- Yuan Yechun
- 20. Players who finished in the Top 125 on 2023 FedExCup Fall points list as non-members
- 21a. Top 125 (medical)
- 21b. Major Medical Extension
- Lanto Griffin (2 · 200 · 23)
- Brandt Snedeker (5 · 379 · 202)
- Jhonattan Vegas (13 · 222 · 45)
- Bud Cauley (19 · 326 · 173)
- Michael Thompson (15 · 300 · 124)
- J. B. Holmes (9 · 282 · 168)
- Tyler McCumber (14 · 176 · 62)
- Vincent Whaley (5 · 59 · 0)
- John Huh (24 · 394 · 218)
- 22. Leading money winner from 2023 Korn Ferry Tour; leading non-exempt player from 2022 European Tour; three-time Korn Ferry Tour or European Tour winners from 2023; top player from 2023 PGA Tour University
- 23. Leading money winner from Korn Ferry Tour, medical
24. Top 10 and ties among professionals from the previous event
- 25. Reshuffle of categories 26–31
- Sami Välimäki
- Chandler Phillips
- Erik Barnes (4 · 43 · 0)
- Chan Kim
- Victor Perez
- Jimmy Stanger
- David Skinns
- Alejandro Tosti
- Ben Silverman
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Max Greyserman
- Joe Highsmith
- Hayden Springer
- Mac Meissner
- Alexander Björk
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Rafael Campos
- Parker Coody
- Tom Whitney
- Rico Hoey
- Bronson Burgoon (5 · 139 · 26)
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- Jorge Campillo
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Norman Xiong
- Kevin Dougherty
- Trace Crowe
- Ryan Fox
- Wilson Furr
- Harrison Endycott
- Roger Sloan
- Pierceson Coody
- Ryan McCormick
- Paul Barjon
- Raúl Pereda
- Patrick Fishburn
- Josh Teater
- Scott Gutschewski
- Nicholas Lindheim (13 · 348 · n/a)
- Blaine Hale Jr.
- Brian Gay
- Tim Wilkinson (7 · 356 · 202)
- Anders Albertson (18 · 403 · 229)
- Brandon Matthews (4 · 339 · 162)
- Philip Knowles (21 · 422 · 245)
- Vince Covello (17 · 440 · 287)
- 26. Next 9 non-exempt players from 2023 European Tour
- 27. 2–30 from 2023 Korn Ferry Tour
- 28. Top 5 from Q School
- 29. Players with 300 career made cuts (one-time exemption)
- 30. Top player from 2024 PGA Tour University; PGA Tour University Accelerated
- 31. Reshuffle medical
- 32. Minor Medical Extension
- 33. Reshuffle of categories 34–40
- Kevin Tway
- Martin Trainer
- Wesley Bryan
- Patton Kizzire
- Henrik Norlander
- Kelly Kraft
- Austin Cook
- Kevin Chappell
- Sean O'Hair
- Ryan Palmer
- Scott Piercy
- Noh Seung-yul
- Richy Werenski
- Nick Watney
- Bill Haas (4 · 347 · 171)
- Austin Smotherman
- James Hahn
- Dou Zecheng
- Cody Gribble
- Russell Knox
- José María Olazábal
- Tommy Gainey
- Kang Sung-hoon
- Harry Higgs
- Adam Long
- William McGirt
- Pádraig Harrington
- Luke Donald
- Jim Herman
- Jimmy Walker
- M. J. Daffue
- Paul Haley II
- David Hearn
- Robert Streb
- Kyle Stanley
- Bae Sang-moon
- Ryan Armour
- Brian Stuard
- Chris Stroud
- 34. Players 126 to 150 from 2023 FedExCup Fall points list
- 35. Non-Exempt, Major Medical
- 36. Past Champions, Team Tournament Winners and Veteran Members beyond 150 on money list
- Satoshi Kodaira
- Dylan Frittelli
- Jason Dufner
- Fabián Gómez
- Jonathan Byrd
- Jonas Blixt
- Andrew Landry
- Ricky Barnes
- Geoff Ogilvy
- Rory Sabbatini
- Ted Potter Jr.
- Scott Brown
- D. J. Trahan
- Greg Chalmers
- D. A. Points
- Ben Crane
- Jerry Kelly
- Derek Ernst
- Derek Lamely
- Robert Garrigus
- Ernie Els
- Fred Couples
- Mike Weir
- Kevin Stadler
- George McNeill
- Arjun Atwal
- Bo Van Pelt
- Mark Wilson
- Jeff Overton
- Richard S. Johnson
- Boo Weekley
- 37. Past Champion Members, excluding team events
- 38. Special Temporary Members (Non-members who earn more than the 150th player on the 2023 FedEx Cup list, 263 points)
- 39. Team Tournament Winners
- 40. Veteran Member (150+ cuts made)