2022-2023 Priority Ranking
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Raymond Floyd
- Al Geiberger
- Don January
- Collin Morikawa
- Bobby Nichols
- Jack Nicklaus
- Gary Player
- Jon Rahm
- Justin Thomas
- Lee Trevino
- Gary Woodland
Winners prior to prior to 1970 and in the last five seasons and current season
- Si Woo Kim
- Rory McIlroy
- Scottie Scheffler
- Webb Simpson
In the last five seasons and current season
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Tiger Woods
In the last five seasons and the current season
- Shane Lowry
- Francesco Molinari
- Jordan Spieth
In the last five seasons and current season
No players exempt in this category
- Billy Horschel
- Kevin Kisner
- Xander Schauffele
In the last three seasons and the current season
- Patrick Cantlay
Winners of the Memorial Tournament in the last 3 years
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Kurt Kitayama
- Adam Scott
Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in the last 3 years
- Max Homa
Winner of the Genesis Invitational in the last three years
- Justin Rose
- Daniel Berger
- Keegan Bradley
- Ryan Brehm
- Sam Burns
- Cameron Champ
- Stewart Cink
- Joel Dahmen
- Cam Davis
- Jason Day
- Tyler Duncan
- Nico Echavarria
- Harris English
- Tony Finau
- Rickie Fowler
- Brian Gay
- Lucas Glover
- Lanto Griffin
- Russell Henley
- Lucas Herbert
- Jim Herman
- Garrick Higgo
- Tom Hoge
- Viktor Hovland
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Sungjae Im
- Tom Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Matt Kuchar
- Martin Laird
- Andrew Landry
- K.H. Lee
- Luke List
- Taylor Moore
- Trey Mullinax
- Sebastián Muñoz
- J.T. Poston
- Seamus Power
- Chad Ramey
- Chez Reavie
- J.J. Spaun
- Sepp Straka
- Robert Streb
- Adam Svensson
- Nick Taylor
- Michael Thompson
- Brendon Todd
- Erik van Rooyen
- Richy Werenski
- Will Zalatoris
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:
No players exempt in this category
- Tim Clark
- Jason Dufner
- Zach Johnson
- Ryan Moore
- Rory Sabbatini
- Vijay Singh
- Jimmy Walker
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
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Jesse Mueller
Eligible for up to 6 open events (3 must be opposite a PGA TOUR event, World Golf Championships event, and The Open Championship), in addition to any sponsor selections. The exemption does not apply to limited-field open events.
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Davis Love III
PGA TOUR Members who have won at least 20 co-sponsored events while continually maintaining a competitive scoring average.
- Aaron Wise
- Cameron Young
- Brian Harman
- Corey Conners
- Sahith Theegala
- Scott Stallings
- Davis Riley
- Denny McCarthy
- Keith Mitchell
- Maverick McNealy
- Andrew Putnam
- Mito Pereira
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Taylor Pendrith
- Emiliano Grillo
- Brendan Steele
- Troy Merritt
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Adam Hadwin
- Alex Noren
- Alex Smalley
- Wyndham Clark
- Adam Long
- Dylan Frittelli
- Lee Hodges
- John Huh
- Beau Hossler
- Aaron Rai
- Brandon Wu
- Stephan Jaeger
- Matthew NeSmith
- Ryan Palmer
- David Lipsky
- Peter Malnati
- Adam Schenk
- Hayden Buckley
- Patrick Rodgers
- Russell Knox
- Vince Whaley
- Kevin Streelman
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Mark Hubbard
- James Hahn
- Danny Lee
- Greyson Sigg
- C.T. Pan
- Callum Tarren
- Max McGreevy
- Sam Ryder
- Nick Watney
- Doug Ghim
- Nate Lashley
- Kevin Tway
- Matthias Schwab
- Patton Kizzire
- Scott Piercy
- Kramer Hickok
- Matt Wallace
- Chesson Hadley
- Austin Smotherman
- Justin Lower
- Doc Redman
- Danny Willett
- Kelly Kraft
No players exempt in this category
- Nick Hardy
- Kyle Stanley
- Bud Cauley
- J.B. Holmes
- Zac Blair
- Tyler McCumber
If granted by the Commissioner, if not otherwise eligible, and if needed to fill the field, Special Medical Extension.
No players exempt in this category
- Justin Suh
Leading Points Winner from the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour using combined points earned on the Official Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List and Korn Ferry Tour Finals Points List.
No players exempt in this category
- Taylor Montgomery
- Thomas Detry
- Davis Thompson
- Ben Taylor
- Ben Griffin
- Tyson Alexander
- Kevin Yu
- Robby Shelton
- S.H. Kim
- Joseph Bramlett
- Will Gordon
- Byeong Hun An
- David Lingmerth
- Harrison Endycott
- Erik Barnes
- Ryan Armour
- Eric Cole
- Harry Hall
- Ben Martin
- Zecheng Dou
- Michael Kim
- Paul Haley II
- Henrik Norlander
- Matti Schmid
- Brent Grant
- Austin Cook
- Sam Stevens
- Austin Eckroat
- Carl Yuan
- Brian Stuard
- Brice Garnett
- Tano Goya
- Kyle Westmoreland
- MJ Daffue
- Augusto Núñez
- Scott Harrington
- Vincent Norrman
- Trevor Werbylo
- Philip Knowles
- Trevor Cone
- Brandon Matthews
- Kevin Roy
- Michael Gligic
- Carson Young
- Anders Albertson
- Nicholas Lindheim
- Bronson Burgoon
- Chad Collins
- Tim Wilkinson
- Vince Covello
Note: Periodic reordering shall take place after the conclusion of The RSM Classic and The Genesis Invitational. Thereafter the reorder will occur on the Mondays of the Masters, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and The Open Championship.
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Brandt Snedeker
- Andrew Novak
- Harry Higgs
- Charley Hoffman
- Satoshi Kodaira
- Dylan Wu
- Hank Lebioda
- Cameron Percy
- Martin Trainer
- Jonathan Byrd
- Bill Haas
Note: Periodic reordering shall take place after the conclusion of The RSM Classic and The Genesis Invitational. Thereafter the reorder will occur on the Mondays of the Masters, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and The Open Championship.
No players exempt in this category
No players exempt in this category
- Aaron Baddeley
- Chris Stroud
- S.Y. Noh
- Sean O'Hair
- Fabián Gómez
- Jonas Blixt
- William McGirt
- Sung Kang
- Cody Gribble
- Luke Donald
- Ben Crane
- Arjun Atwal
- Scott Brown
- Greg Chalmers
- Camilo Villegas
- Geoff Ogilvy
Note: Periodic reordering shall take place after the conclusion of The RSM Classic and The Genesis Invitational. Thereafter the reorder will occur on the Mondays of the Masters, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and The Open Championship.
- Vaughn Taylor
- Kevin Chappell
- Grayson Murray
- Tommy Gainey
- Wesley Bryan
- Robert Garrigus
- Bo Van Pelt
- Mark Hensby
- David Hearn
- Ricky Barnes
- Sangmoon Bae
- D.A. Points
- J.J. Henry
- D.J. Trahan
- Padraig Harrington
- Johnson Wagner
- Jim Furyk
- Derek Ernst
- John Merrick
- George McNeill
- Paul Goydos
- Ryuji Imada
- Jay Haas
- Richard Johnson
- Omar Uresti
- John Senden
- Ted Potter, Jr.
- Brian Davis
- Kevin Stadler
- Matt Every
- Jeff Overton
- Boo Weekley
- Daniel Chopra
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 (through Korn Ferry Tour Championship) money in the previous season
- Hale Irwin
- Ernie Els
- Tom Kite
- Mark O'Meara
- Fred Couples
- Corey Pavin
- Kenny Perry
- David Toms
- Mark Calcavecchia
- Steve Stricker
- Justin Leonard
- Scott Hoch
- John Cook
- David Frost
- Stuart Appleby
- K.J. Choi
- Mike Weir
- Fred Funk
- Brad Faxon
- Lee Janzen
- Loren Roberts
- Steve Jones
- Jerry Pate
- Retief Goosen
- John Huston
- Joey Sindelar
- Mark Brooks
- Peter Jacobsen
- Hunter Mahan
- Jeff Sluman
- Rocco Mediate
- Steve Pate
- Sandy Lyle
- Scott Verplank
- Carl Pettersson
- Tom Lehman
- Billy Mayfair
- Jesper Parnevik
- John Daly
- Dan Forsman
- Blaine McCallister
- Robert Allenby
- Chad Campbell
- Bob Estes
- Stephen Ames
- Tim Herron
- Steve Flesch
- Woody Austin
- Heath Slocum
- Joe Durant
- Billy Andrade
- Duffy Waldorf
- Carlos Franco
- Larry Mize
- Jerry Kelly
- Chris DiMarco
- Jeff Maggert
- John Rollins
- Rod Pampling
- Ángel Cabrera
- Kirk Triplett
- Scott McCarron
- Bernhard Langer
- Cameron Beckman
- Rich Beem
- Robert Gamez
- Darren Clarke
- Olin Browne
- Gene Sauers
- Gary Hallberg
- Jason Bohn
- Tom Pernice Jr.
- Dudley Hart
- Frank Lickliter II
- Jonathan Kaye
- Tommy Armour III
- Y.E. Yang
- Will MacKenzie
- Paul Stankowski
- Len Mattiace
- Steven Bowditch
- Todd Hamilton
- José Coceres
- Ted Tryba
- Keith Clearwater
- Gabriel Hjertstedt
- John Inman
- Freddie Jacobson
- Kevin Sutherland
- Alex Cejka
- Tim Petrovic
- Harrison Frazar
- Ken Duke
- Andres Romero
- Glen Day
- Dean Wilson
- Ted Purdy
- Tom Byrum
- Neal Lancaster
- Dicky Pride
- Greg Kraft
- Russ Cochran
- Billy Hurley III
- Chris Smith
- Jim Carter
- Matt Gogel
- Grant Waite
- Brandel Chamblee
- Charlie Beljan
- Brad Bryant
- Smylie Kaufman
- Eric Axley
- Willie Wood
- Parker McLachlin
- Spike McRoy
- Mike Heinen
- Guy Boros
- Derek Lamely
- T.C. Chen
- Akshay Bhatia
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 current season.
No players exempt in this category
- David Duval
- José María Olazábal
- Brendon de Jonge
- Brett Quigley
- Charlie Wi
- Shaun Micheel
- Brandt Jobe
- Craig Parry
- Skip Kendall
- Bill Glasson
- Michael Allen
- Jay Williamson
- Kent Jones
- Marco Dawson
- Mike Springer
- Dick Mast
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.