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Inside the Field: THE PLAYERS Championship

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Inside the Field

Inside the Field: THE PLAYERS Championship


    Written by Staff

    The best all-time shots on every hole at THE PLAYERS


    The 144-player field set for THE PLAYERS Championship features representation from 25 countries. Other notes on the field include:

    • The top 30 players in the FedExCup standings (First event of the 2021-22 season with the top 30 in the field)
    • 48 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking
    • 109 PGA TOUR winners combining for 423 TOUR titles
    • 123 of the 125 players who qualified for the previous season’s FedExCup Playoffs, the most of any tournament in FedExCup era
    • 8 PLAYERS Champions and 8 FedExCup Champions
    • The last man in the field is Hayden Buckley (No. 62 in the FedExCup standings through The Honda Classic) and the first alternate is Taylor Moore (No. 64).

    Harris English, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, and Tiger Woods are the only qualified players to not commit to the championship.

    If not otherwise exempt, the winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and the Puerto Rico Open will qualify for THE PLAYERS.

    THE PLAYERS Championship field list as of Friday, March 4 at 5 p.m. ET:

    Check here for updates.

    Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption)
    Sergio Garcia
    Dustin Johnson
    Patrick Reed

    Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)
    Si Woo Kim
    Webb Simpson
    Justin Thomas

    Winner of U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)
    Brooks Koepka
    Gary Woodland

    Winner - PGA Championship (five-year exemption)
    Jimmy Walker

    Winner - The Open Championship (five-year exemption)
    Shane Lowry
    Francesco Molinari
    Henrik Stenson

    Winner - Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard
    Tyrrell Hatton

    Winners of The Genesis Invitational
    Adam Scott

    Winner - Olympic Golf Competition
    Xander Schauffele

    Tournament winner in the past year
    Abraham Ancer
    Ryan Brehm
    Sam Burns
    Patrick Cantlay
    Cameron Champ
    Stewart Cink
    Joel Dahmen
    Cam Davis
    Tony Finau
    Lucas Glover
    Talor Gooch
    Lucas Herbert
    Garrick Higgo
    Tom Hoge
    Max Homa
    Billy Horschel
    Viktor Hovland
    Sungjae Im
    Matt Jones
    Kevin Kisner
    Jason Kokrak
    K.H. Lee
    Marc Leishman
    Luke List
    Hideki Matsuyama
    Rory McIlroy
    Collin Morikawa
    Joaquin Niemann
    Seamus Power
    Jon Rahm
    Scottie Scheffler
    Cameron Smith
    Jordan Spieth
    Sepp Straka
    Hudson Swafford
    Erik van Rooyen

    Top 125 on Prior Season's FedExCup Standings
    Kevin Na
    Daniel Berger
    Louis Oosthuizen
    Corey Conners
    Charley Hoffman
    Alex Noren
    Keegan Bradley
    Brian Harman
    Cameron Tringale
    Harold Varner III
    Carlos Ortiz
    Aaron Wise
    Lee Westwood
    Charl Schwartzel
    Paul Casey
    Sebastián Muñoz
    Branden Grace
    Russell Henley
    Maverick McNealy
    Emiliano Grillo
    Robert Streb
    Jhonattan Vegas
    Chris Kirk
    Patton Kizzire
    Kevin Streelman
    Keith Mitchell
    Harry Higgs
    Mackenzie Hughes
    Ryan Palmer
    Matthew Wolff
    Matt Fitzpatrick
    Martin Laird
    Ian Poulter
    Troy Merritt
    J.T. Poston
    Pat Perez
    Bubba Watson
    Andrew Putnam
    Doug Ghim
    Brandon Hagy
    Adam Long
    Peter Malnati
    Wyndham Clark
    Adam Schenk
    Lanto Griffin
    Kramer Hickok
    Brian Stuard
    Henrik Norlander
    Doc Redman
    Brian Gay
    Roger Sloan
    Brandt Snedeker
    Hank Lebioda
    Tyler McCumber
    Denny McCarthy
    Brendon Todd
    Adam Hadwin
    Chez Reavie
    Brendan Steele
    James Hahn
    Zach Johnson
    Russell Knox
    Matt Wallace
    Sam Ryder
    Jason Day
    Matthew NeSmith
    Scott Piercy
    Kyle Stanley
    Anirban Lahiri
    Dylan Frittelli
    Richy Werenski
    C.T. Pan
    Matt Kuchar
    Brice Garnett
    Scott Stallings
    Chesson Hadley

    Top 125 (Medical)
    Danny Lee

    Top 50 - Official World Golf Ranking
    Will Zalatoris
    Thomas Pieters
    Justin Rose
    Tommy Fleetwood

    Leading Points Winner from Korn Ferry Tour Prior Year
    Stephan Jaeger
    Joseph Bramlett

    Below Top 10 on Current Year FedExCup Standings
    Cameron Young
    Mito Pereira
    Sahith Theegala
    Nick Watney
    J.J. Spaun
    Kevin Tway
    Beau Hossler
    Lee Hodges
    Taylor Pendrith
    Hayden Buckley

    The PGA TOUR uses 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. Categories with 'reshuffle' notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred.

    * = If all prior year Korn Ferry Tour graduates are eligible for event, exemptions become unrestricted

    # = Latest medical extension information can be found here.

    $ = Category breakdown can be found here.