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Inside the Field: Farmers Insurance Open

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Inside the Field

Inside the Field: Farmers Insurance Open
    Written by Staff

    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 Farmers Insurance Open as of 1/21/2022:

    Winner - PGA/U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)
    Bryson DeChambeau
    Dustin Johnson
    Brooks Koepka
    Phil Mickelson
    Jon Rahm
    Justin Thomas
    Jimmy Walker
    Gary Woodland

    Winner - The PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)
    Jason Day
    Si Woo Kim

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

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

    Winner - World Golf Championships Event (three-year exemption)
    Billy Horschel
    Justin Rose
    Xander Schauffele

    Winner - Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament & Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)
    Max Homa

    PGA TOUR Tournament Winner (two-year exemption)
    Daniel Berger
    Sam Burns
    Cameron Champ
    Corey Conners
    Joel Dahmen
    Cam Davis
    Tony Finau
    Rickie Fowler
    Dylan Frittelli
    Talor Gooch
    Lanto Griffin
    Lucas Herbert
    Jim Herman
    Sungjae Im
    Matt Jones
    Sung Kang
    Patton Kizzire
    Martin Laird
    Nate Lashley
    K.H. Lee
    Marc Leishman
    Adam Long
    Keith Mitchell
    Sebastián Muñoz
    Joaquin Niemann
    Carlos Ortiz
    Ryan Palmer
    C.T. Pan
    J.T. Poston
    Chez Reavie
    Robert Streb
    Hudson Swafford
    Nick Taylor
    Michael Thompson
    Martin Trainer
    Kevin Tway
    Richy Werenski
    Matthew Wolff

    Career Money Exemption
    Bill Haas
    Rory Sabbatini
    Nick Watney

    Sponsor's Exemptions - Members not otherwise exempt
    Jason Dufner
    Camilo Villegas

    Sponsor's Exemptions - Unrestricted
    Ryan Alford
    Kamaiu Johnson
    Taylor Montgomery
    Chun-an Yu

    PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year
    Michael Block

    Top 125 on Prior Season's FedExCup Points List
    Scottie Scheffler
    Charley Hoffman
    Alex Noren
    Keegan Bradley
    Cameron Tringale
    Aaron Wise
    Tom Hoge
    Maverick McNealy
    Emiliano Grillo
    Jhonattan Vegas
    Kevin Streelman
    Harry Higgs
    Mackenzie Hughes
    Pat Perez
    Doug Ghim
    Brandon Hagy
    Peter Malnati
    Wyndham Clark
    Adam Schenk
    Brian Stuard
    Henrik Norlander
    Doc Redman
    Brandt Snedeker
    Hank Lebioda
    Tyler McCumber
    Luke List
    Adam Hadwin
    Sepp Straka
    James Hahn
    Sam Ryder
    Matthew NeSmith
    Scott Piercy
    Kyle Stanley
    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
    Seung-Yul Noh
    Kelly Kraft
    Jonas Blixt

    Leading Points Winners - Korn Ferry Tour
    Stephan Jaeger (The 25 -- combined Regular Season and Finals Points)
    Joseph Bramlett (The Finals 25 -- Finals Points)

    Three-Victory Promotion (Korn Ferry Tour)
    Mito Pereira

    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