2018-19 Priority Ranking

The top 30 players in the FedExCup standings will advance to the 2019 TOUR Championship at East Lake. (Stan Badz/PGA TOUR)

1. Winner of PGA Championship or U.S. Open prior to 1970 or in the last five seasons and the current season:

Day, Jason
Finsterwald, Dow
Floyd, Raymond
Geiberger, Al
January, Don
Johnson, Dustin
Kaymer, Martin
Koepka, Brooks
Littler, Gene
McIlroy, Rory
Nichols, Bobby
Nicklaus, Jack
Player, Gary
Spieth, Jordan
Thomas, Justin
Trevino, Lee
Walker, Jimmy
Woodland, Gary

1. Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship in the last five seasons and the current season:

Fowler, Rickie
Kim, Si Woo
Simpson, Webb

1. Winners of the Masters Tournament in the last five seasons and the current season:

Garcia, Sergio
Reed, Patrick
Watson, Bubba
Willett, Danny
Woods, Tiger

1. Winners of The Open Championship in the last five seasons and the current season:

Johnson, Zach
Lowry, Shane
Molinari, Francesco
Stenson, Henrik

1. Winners of TOUR Championship in the last three seasons:

Schauffele, Xander

1. Winners of World Golf Championships events in the last three seasons and the current season:

Kisner, Kevin
Knox, Russell
Matsuyama, Hideki
Mickelson, Phil
Rose, Justin
Scott, Adam

6a. Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament in the last three seasons and the current season:

DeChambeau, Bryson
Dufner, Jason
Leishman, Marc
McGirt, William

1. Leader from the final FedExCup Points List in each of the last five seasons:

Horschel, Billy

1. Leader from the final PGA TOUR Money List 2014-2016:

2. 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:
   Armour, Ryan
   Berger, Daniel
   Blixt, Jonas
   Bradley, Keegan
   Bryan, Wesley
   Cantlay, Patrick
   Casey, Paul
   Champ, Cameron
   Chappell, Kevin
   Conners, Corey
   Cook, Austin
   Dylan Frittelli
   Garnett, Brice
   Gribble, Cody
   Hadwin, Adam
   Harman, Brian
   Henley, Russell
   Herman, Jim
   Holmes, J.B.
   Homa, Max
   Howell III, Charles
   Hughes, Mackenzie
   Kang, Sung
   Kim, Michael
   Kizzire, Patton
   Kodaira, Satoshi
   Kuchar, Matt
   Landry, Andrew
   Lashley, Nate
   Long, Adam
   McDowell, Graeme
   Merritt, Troy
   Mitchell, Keith
   Morikawa, Collin
   Murray, Grayson
   Na, Kevin
   Palmer, Ryan
   Pampling, Rod
   Pan, C.T.
   Perez, Pat
   Piercy, Scott
   Points, D.A.
   Potter, Jr., Ted
   Poulter, Ian
   Putnam, Andrew
   Rahm, Jon
   Reavie, Chez
   Smith, Cameron
   Snedeker, Brandt
   Stanley, Kyle
   Steele, Brendan
   Stroud, Chris
   Swafford, Hudson
   Martin Trainer
   Tway, Kevin
   Vegas, Jhonattan
   Wise, Aaron
   Wolff, Matthew

3. Tournament Winner in Past Two Seasons (*Amateur)

11a. Players among the top 50 in career earnings as of the end of the preceding season may elect to use a one-time exemption for the next season:
Clark, Tim
Els, Ernie
Harrington, Padraig
Perry, Kenny
Van Pelt, Bo

11b. Players among the Top 25 in career earnings as of the end of the preceding season may elect to use this special one-time exemption for the next season.
Stricker, Steve

1. Sponsor exemptions (a maximum of eight, which may include amateurs with handicaps of 0 or less), on the following basis:

A. Not less than two sponsor invitees shall be PGA TOUR members not otherwise exempt.
B. Not less than two of the 2018 Top Finishers of the Korn Ferry Tour, if not all can otherwise be accommodated.

NOTE: PGA TOUR members may receive an unlimited number of sponsor invitations. Non-TOUR members may receive a maximum of seven per year.

1. Two international players designated by the Commissioner.
2. The current PGA Club Professional Champion up to 6 open events (3 must be opposite The Open Championship and World Golf Championships events), in addition to any sponsor selections. The exemption does not apply to open, limited-field events.

Vermeer, Ryan

1. PGA Section Champion or Player of the Year of the Section in which the tournament is played.

2. Four low scorers at Open Qualifying which shall normally be held on Monday of tournament week.

3. Past champions of the particular event being contested that week, if cosponsored by the PGA TOUR and the same tournament sponsor, as follows:

A. Winners prior to July 28, 1970: unlimited exemptions for such events.
B. Winners after Jan. 1, 2000: five seasons of exemptions for such events.

1. Life Members (who have been active members of the PGA TOUR for 15 years and have won at least 20 co-sponsored events).

Love III, Davis
Singh, Vijay

1. Top 125 on the previous season’s FedExCup points list.

Finau, Tony
Fleetwood, Tommy
Grillo, Emiliano
Cabrera Bello, Rafa
An, Byeong Hun
Noren, Alex
Hadley, Chesson
List, Luke
Hossler, Beau
Kokrak, Jason
Hatton, Tyrrell
Gay, Brian
Ancer, Abraham
Spaun, J.J.
Uihlein, Peter
Kirk, Chris
Oosthuizen, Louis
Moore, Ryan
Kim, Whee
Cink, Stewart
Watney, Nick
Streelman, Kevin
Burgoon, Bronson
Hoffman, Charley
Dahmen, Joel
Hahn, James
Lovemark, Jamie
Stuard, Brian
Grace, Branden
Kraft, Kelly
Hoge, Tom
Stallings, Scott
Lee, Danny
Schniederjans, Ollie
Lahiri, Anirban
Ryder, Sam
Mullinax, Trey
Harkins, Brandon
Rodgers, Patrick
Schwartzel, Charl
O'Hair, Sean
Varner III, Harold
Cejka, Alex
Sabbatini, Rory
Werenski, Richy
Huh, John
Duncan, Tyler
Power, Seamus
Laird, Martin
Poston, J.T.
Taylor, Vaughn
Saunders, Sam
Blaum, Ryan
Brown, Scott
Taylor, Nick
Cauley, Bud
English, Harris

1. Players who finished greater than or equal to top 125 on the 2017-18 PGA TOUR Official Season FedExCup Points List through the Wyndham Championship as non-members:
   Niemann, Joaquin 103
   Aphibarnrat, Kiradech 175

2. Major Medical Extension: If granted by the Commissioner, if not otherwise eligible, and if needed to fill the field, Special Medical Extension.

Glover, Lucas
Stadler, Kevin
Senden, John
DeLaet, Graham
Donald, Luke
Martin, Ben
Hoffmann, Morgan
Villegas, Camilo
Noh, Seung-Yul
Choi, K.J.
Hagy, Brandon
Baird, Briny
Knost, Colt
Marino, Steve
Frazar, Harrison
Chalmers, Greg

1. Leading Money Winner from the previous season’s Top 25 regular season players using combined money earned on the Official Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Money List and Korn Ferry Tour Finals Money List , Leading Money Winner from the previous season’s Korn Ferry Tour Finals and Three-Time Winners from previous season Korn Ferry Tour.

Im, Sungjae 1
McCarthy, Denny 1

1. Leading money winner from Korn Ferry Tour medical

2. Top 10 and ties, not otherwise exempt, among professionals from the previous open tournament whose victory has official status are exempt into the next open tournament whose victory has official status.

1. Top 50 & Ties Korn Ferry Tour Finals from Prior Year (reordered)

Michael Thompson
Adam Schenk
Sam Burns
Wyndham Clark
Kyoung-Hoon Lee
Cameron Tringale
Roger Sloan
Peter Malnati
Carlos Ortiz
Matt Jones
Shawn Stefani
Wes Roach
Sebastián Muñoz
Hank Lebioda
Roberto Castro
Robert Streb
Sepp Straka
Scott Langley
Stephan Jaeger
Kramer Hickok
Jim Knous
Chase Wright
Joey Garber
Roberto Díaz
Alex Prugh
Adam Svensson
Curtis Luck
Julián Etulain
Cameron Davis
Anders Albertson
José de Jesús Rodríguez
Fabián Gómez
Hunter Mahan
Ben Silverman
Josh Teater
Seth Reeves
Brady Schnell
Nicholas Lindheim
J.J. Henry
Sangmoon Bae
Kyle Jones
Chris Thompson
John Chin
Chad Collins
Will Claxton
Lee Williams
David Berganio, Jr.

1. Players winning three Korn Ferry Tour events in the current season:

2. Minor medical extension:

3. 126-150 Prior Season's FEC Points List (Reordered)

Jim Furyk
Talor Gooch
Aaron Baddeley
Zack Sucher
Bill Haas
Dominic Bozzelli
Johnson Wagner
David Hearn
Ben Crane
Martin Piller
Tom Lovelady
Derek Fathauer
Tyrone Van Aswegen
Robert Garrigus
David Lingmerth
Chad Campbell
Greg Owen

1. ReOrder Category

Matt Every
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Doc Redman
Jonathan Byrd
Lucas Bjerregaard
D.J. Trahan
Brendon Todd
Billy Hurley III
Freddie Jacobson
George McNeill
Boo Weekley
Jason Gore
Andres Romero
Arjun Atwal
John Senden
David Toms
Y.E. Yang
Daniel Chopra
Parker McLachlin
Stuart Appleby
Tim Herron
Fred Couples
Trevor Immelman
Brian Davis
Chris Couch
Charlie Beljan
John Rollins
Mike Weir
Bernhard Langer
Robert Allenby
Tom Lehman
Derek Ernst
John Merrick
Ricky Barnes
Smylie Kaufman
Ken Duke
Dicky Pride
Rich Beem
Brendon de Jonge
Jason Bohn
Charlie Wi
Jonathan Kaye
Omar Uresti

1. Beyond 150th on Prior Season's FEC Points List. Past Champions, Team Tournament Winners, and Veteran Members Beyond 150 on the FedExCup Points List:

Goosen, Retief
MacKenzie, Will
Axley, Eric
Kelly, Jerry
Ogilvy, Geoff
Wilson, Mark
Gainey, Tommy
Matteson, Troy
Slocum, Heath
Cabrera, Ángel
Daly, John
Goydos, Paul
Estes, Bob
Micheel, Shaun
Beckman, Cameron
Bradley, Michael
Blake, Jay Don
Browne, Olin
Lancaster, Neal
Hart, Dudley
Smith, Chris
Lickliter, II Frank

1. Past Champion Members: If not otherwise eligible and if needed to fill the field, Past Champion members, in order of the total number of cosponsored. If two or more players are tied, the player who is higher on the PGA TOUR Career Money List shall be eligible.
   Watson, Tom 3
   Irwin, Hale 6
   Kite, Tom 9
   O'Meara, Mark 11
   Pavin, Corey 13
   Toms, David 17
   Calcavecchia, Mark 18
   Duval, David 19
   Leonard, Justin 24
   Hoch, Scott 26
   Frost, David 28
   Haas, Jay 33
   Funk, Fred 37
   Faxon, Brad 38
   Janzen, Lee 39
   Tway, Bob 40
   Roberts, Loren 41
   Jones, Steve 42
   Huston, John 45
   Sindelar, Joey 46
   Brooks, Mark 47
   Jacobsen, Peter 48
   Glasson, Bill 49
   Simpson, Scott 50
   Sluman, Jeff 59
   Mediate, Rocco 60
   Olazábal, José María 61
   Pate, Steve 62
   Gilder, Bob 63
   Lyle, Sandy 64
   Verplank, Scott 68
   Pettersson, Carl 71
   Lehman, Tom 73
   Mayfair, Billy 75
   Parnevik, Jesper 79
   Forsman, Dan 81
   McCallister, Blaine 82
   Ames, Stephen 94
   Flesch, Steve 97
   Austin, Woody 100
   Durant, Joe 102
   Andrade, Billy 103
   Waldorf, Duffy 104
   Franco, Carlos 107
   Mize, Larry 108
   DiMarco, Chris 115
   Maggert, Jeff 118
   Lowery, Steve 125
   Weekley, Boo 126
   Triplett, Kirk 128
   McCarron, Scott 131
   Bryant, Bart 138
   Gamez, Robert 140
   Clarke, Darren 141
   Sauers, Gene 143
   Hallberg, Gary 144
   Pernice Jr., Tom 153
   Armour III, Tommy 168
   Yang, Y.E. 171
   Mattiace, Len 177
   Bowditch, Steven 178
   Hamilton, Todd 183
   Coceres, José 184
   Hammond, Donnie 186
   Tryba, Ted 187
   Henninger, Brian 188
   Clearwater, Keith 189
   Inman, John 191
   Sutherland, Kevin 196
   Petrovic, Tim 200
   Molder, Bryce 203
   Lonard, Peter 211
   Day, Glen 212
   Purdy, Ted 223
   Wetterich, Brett 226
   Byrum, Tom 228
   Hensby, Mark 232
   Johnson, Richard S. 234
   Kraft, Greg 237
   Cochran, Russ 238
   Carter, Jim 246
   Lunde, Bill 253
   Bryant, Brad 254
   Wood, Willie 263
   Turnesa, Marc 269
   Boros, Guy 271
   Short, Jr., Wes 272

2. Special Temporary Members: 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 season.

3. Team Tournament Winners: If not otherwise eligible and if needed to fill the field, winners of co-sponsored team championships, in order of the total number of team championship tournaments won. If two or more players are tied based on the number of such tournaments won, the player who is higher on the official PGA TOUR Career Money List shall be eligible.

4. Veteran Members: 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.

Overton, Jeff 135
Jobe, Brandt 202
Kendall, Skip 221
Allen, Michael 263
Williamson, Jay 271
Jones, Kent 287
Barlow, Craig 294
Dawson, Marco 317
Mast, Dick 496
Ten Broeck, Lance 522

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