2022-2023 Priority Ranking
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Raymond Floyd
- Al Geiberger
- 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
- Sam Burns
- Billy Horschel
- Kevin Kisner
- Xander Schauffele
In the last three seasons and the current season
- Patrick Cantlay
- Viktor Hovland
Winners of the Memorial Tournament in the last 3 years
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Kurt Kitayama
Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard in the last 3 years
- Max Homa
- Adam Scott
Winner of the Genesis Invitational in the last three years
- Justin Rose
- Daniel Berger
- Keegan Bradley
- Ryan Brehm
- Cameron Champ
- Stewart Cink
- Wyndham Clark
- Corey Conners
- Joel Dahmen
- Cam Davis
- Jason Day
- Tyler Duncan
- Nico Echavarria
- Harris English
- Tony Finau
- Rickie Fowler
- Brian Gay
- Lucas Glover
- Lanto Griffin
- Emiliano Grillo
- Nick Hardy
- Russell Henley
- Lucas Herbert
- Jim Herman
- Garrick Higgo
- Tom Hoge
- 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
- Davis Riley
- J.J. Spaun
- Sepp Straka
- Robert Streb
- Adam Svensson
- Nick Taylor
- Michael Thompson
- Brendon Todd
- Erik van Rooyen
- Matt Wallace
- 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
- Sahith Theegala
- Scott Stallings
- Maverick McNealy
- Denny McCarthy
- Keith Mitchell
- Andrew Putnam
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Taylor Pendrith
- Mito Pereira
- Brendan Steele
- Troy Merritt
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Adam Hadwin
- Alex Noren
- John Huh
- Alex Smalley
- Adam Long
- Dylan Frittelli
- Lee Hodges
- Ryan Palmer
- David Lipsky
- Beau Hossler
- Brandon Wu
- Stephan Jaeger
- Matt NeSmith
- Patrick Rodgers
- Kevin Streelman
- Mark Hubbard
- Peter Malnati
- Danny Lee
- Adam Schenk
- Hayden Buckley
- C.T. Pan
- Aaron Rai
- Russell Knox
- Vince Whaley
- Nate Lashley
- Greyson Sigg
- Scott Piercy
- Callum Tarren
- Sam Ryder
- Nick Watney
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Kevin Tway
- James Hahn
- Matthias Schwab
- Patton Kizzire
- Kramer Hickok
- Max McGreevy
- Chesson Hadley
- Austin Smotherman
- Justin Lower
- Doc Redman
- Danny Willett
- Doug Ghim
- Kelly Kraft
No players exempt in this category
- 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
- Eric Cole
- Ben Taylor
- Byeong Hun An
- Sam Stevens
- Ben Griffin
- Davis Thompson
- S.H. Kim
- Harry Hall
- Robby Shelton
- Austin Eckroat
- Joseph Bramlett
- Michael Kim
- David Lingmerth
- Tyson Alexander
- Ben Martin
- Will Gordon
- Kevin Yu
- Carson Young
- Vincent Norrman
- Paul Haley II
- Zecheng Dou
- Harrison Endycott
- MJ Daffue
- Henrik Norlander
- Ryan Armour
- Erik Barnes
- Brent Grant
- Brice Garnett
- Augusto Núñez
- Austin Cook
- Tano Goya
- Matti Schmid
- Trevor Werbylo
- Scott Harrington
- Brandon Matthews
- Kevin Roy
- Carl Yuan
- Kyle Westmoreland
- Brian Stuard
- Trevor Cone
- Michael Gligic
- Anders Albertson
- Philip Knowles
- 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
- Dylan Wu
- Andrew Novak
- Harry Higgs
- Cameron Percy
- Charley Hoffman
- Martin Trainer
- Satoshi Kodaira
- Hank Lebioda
- 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
- Akshay Bhatia
- Aaron Baddeley
- Nicolai Hojgaard
- Ryan Fox
- Ryan Gerard
- Min Woo Lee
- Sean O'Hair
- Cody Gribble
- Chris Stroud
- S.Y. Noh
- Kevin Chappell
- Sung Kang
- Padraig Harrington
- Ricky Barnes
- Wesley Bryan
- Luke Donald
- William McGirt
- Fabián Gómez
- Geoff Ogilvy
- Jonas Blixt
- Grayson Murray
- Derek Ernst
- Derek Lamely
- Greg Chalmers
- Scott Brown
- Tommy Gainey
- Camilo Villegas
- Ben Crane
- Sangmoon Bae
- Kyle Stanley
- Fred Couples
- D.A. Points
- Arjun Atwal
- D.J. Trahan
- Jerry Kelly
- George McNeill
- Ernie Els
- Kevin Stadler
- Ted Potter, Jr.
- Richard Johnson
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
- Robert Garrigus
- Bo Van Pelt
- Mark Hensby
- David Hearn
- J.J. Henry
- Johnson Wagner
- Jim Furyk
- John Merrick
- Paul Goydos
- Ryuji Imada
- Jay Haas
- Omar Uresti
- John Senden
- Brian Davis
- 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
- Tom Kite
- Mark O'Meara
- 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
- Notah Begay III
- 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
- T.C. Chen
No players exempt in this category
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.