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Inside the Field: The American Express

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Inside the Field

LAHAINA, HAWAII - JANUARY 08: Tony Finau of the United States plays his shot from the second tee during the third round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course at Kapalua Golf Club on January 08, 2022 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

LAHAINA, HAWAII - JANUARY 08: Tony Finau of the United States plays his shot from the second tee during the third round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course at Kapalua Golf Club on January 08, 2022 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)



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    Monster greenside bunker on No. 16 at The American Express


    The PGA TOUR maintains a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories.

    Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season.

    How the field qualified for the The American Express as of 1/14/2022:

    Winner - THE PLAYERS Championship (prior to 1996)
    Davis Love III

    Winner - THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)
    Si Woo Kim

    Winner - Masters Tournament (five-year exemption)
    Patrick Reed

    Winner - U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)
    Jon Rahm
    Gary Woodland

    Winner - PGA Championship (five-year exemption)
    Phil Mickelson

    Winner - Open Championship (five-year exemption)
    Francesco Molinari

    Winner - World Golf Championship Event (three-year exemption)
    Abraham Ancer

    Winner - Arnold Palmer Invitational & Memorial Tournament (three-year exemption)
    Patrick Cantlay

    FedExCup Champion (five-year exemption)
    Justin Rose

    Member of most recent U.S. Ryder Cup Team
    Tony Finau
    Scottie Scheffler

    Career Money Exemption
    Luke Donald
    Bill Haas
    Rory Sabbatini
    Nick Watney

    Past Champion - The American Express
    Jason Dufner
    Brian Gay
    Andrew Landry
    Adam Long
    Hudson Swafford
    Mark Wilson

    PGA Section Champion
    Kyle Mendoza

    Sponsor's Exemptions - Members not otherwise exempt
    Jonathan Byrd
    Camilo Villegas

    Sponsor's Exemptions - Unrestricted
    James Hart du Preez
    Chan Kim
    John Pak
    T.J. Vogel

    PGA TOUR Tournament Winner (two-year exemption)
    Cameron Champ
    Corey Conners
    Jason Day
    Tyler Duncan
    Rickie Fowler
    Dylan Frittelli
    Lucas Glover
    Talor Gooch
    Lanto Griffin
    Jim Herman
    Charles Howell III
    Sungjae Im
    Sung Kang
    Patton Kizzire
    Martin Laird
    Nate Lashley
    K.H. Lee
    Graeme McDowell
    Sebastián Muñoz
    Carlos Ortiz
    C.T. Pan
    J.T. Poston
    Seamus Power
    Chez Reavie
    Robert Streb
    Nick Taylor
    Michael Thompson
    Brendon Todd
    Martin Trainer
    Kevin Tway
    Jimmy Walker
    Richy Werenski
    Matthew Wolff

    Top 125 on Prior Season's FedExCup Points List
    Charley Hoffman
    Alex Noren
    Brian Harman
    Cameron Tringale
    Harold Varner III
    Tom Hoge
    Russell Henley
    Emiliano Grillo
    Jhonattan Vegas
    Chris Kirk
    Kevin Streelman
    Harry Higgs
    Troy Merritt
    Pat Perez
    Andrew Putnam
    Doug Ghim
    Brandon Hagy
    Peter Malnati
    Wyndham Clark
    Adam Schenk
    Kramer Hickok
    Brian Stuard
    Henrik Norlander
    Doc Redman
    Roger Sloan
    Brandt Snedeker
    Hank Lebioda
    Tyler McCumber
    Denny McCarthy
    Luke List
    Adam Hadwin
    Brendan Steele
    Sepp Straka
    James Hahn
    Zach Johnson
    Russell Knox
    Sam Ryder
    Matthew NeSmith
    Scott Piercy
    Anirban Lahiri
    Brice Garnett
    Scott Stallings
    Chesson Hadley

    Top 125 on Prior Season's FedExCup Points List (Non-member)
    Will Zalatoris

    Major Medical Extension
    Danny Lee
    Kevin Chappell
    Ryan Moore
    Wesley Bryan
    Seung-Yul Noh
    Kelly Kraft
    Jonas Blixt

    Leading Points Winners - Korn Ferry Tour
    Joseph Bramlett (The Finals 25 -- Finals Points)

    Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reordered)
    Cameron Young
    Patrick Rodgers
    Hayden Buckley
    J.J. Spaun
    Taylor Pendrith
    Taylor Moore
    Vince Whaley
    Aaron Rai
    Alex Smalley
    Trey Mullinax
    John Huh
    Davis Riley
    Chad Ramey
    Sahith Theegala
    Max McGreevy
    Greyson Sigg
    Seth Reeves
    Curtis Thompson
    Andrew Novak
    Bronson Burgoon
    Austin Cook
    Lee Hodges
    Christiaan Bezuidenhout
    Nick Hardy
    Adam Svensson
    Justin Lower
    David Skinns
    David Lipsky
    Dawie van der Walt
    Peter Uihlein
    Michael Gligic
    Paul Barjon
    Dylan Wu
    Scott Gutschewski
    Brandon Wu
    Chris Stroud
    Austin Smotherman
    Ben Kohles
    Brett Drewitt
    Kurt Kitayama