Editor's note: The 2019-20 priority ranking will be published the week following the season-opening event (A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier).



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



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



Fowler, Rickie

Kim, Si Woo

Simpson, Webb



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



Garcia, Sergio

Reed, Patrick

Watson, Bubba

Willett, Danny

Woods, Tiger



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



Johnson, Zach

Lowry, Shane

Molinari, Francesco

Stenson, Henrik



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



Schauffele, Xander



6. 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



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



Horschel, Billy



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



9. 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



10. 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



12. 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.



13. Two international players designated by the Commissioner.

14. 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



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



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



17. 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.

18. 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



20. 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



21. 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



22. 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



23. 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



24. Leading money winner from Korn Ferry Tour medical



25. 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.



26. 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.





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

31. Minor medical extension:

32. 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



34. 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



35. 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



36. 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



37. 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.



38. 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.



39. 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