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Inside the Field: Valspar Championship

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Inside the Field

Inside the Field: Valspar Championship


    Written by Staff

    All-time shots from the Valspar Championship


    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.

    Valspar Championship field list as of Friday, March 11 at 5 p.m. ET:

    Winner of U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)
    Dustin Johnson
    Brooks Koepka

    Winner of PGA Championship (five-year exemption)
    Collin Morikawa
    Justin Thomas
    Jimmy Walker
    Gary Woodland

    Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)
    Jason Day
    Webb Simpson

    Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption)
    Danny Willett

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

    Winner of World Golf Championships event (three-year exemption)
    Abraham Ancer
    Kevin Kisner
    Xander Schauffele
    Bubba Watson

    Winner of Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament and Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)
    Tyrrell Hatton

    PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)
    Ryan Brehm
    Sam Burns
    Stewart Cink
    Joel Dahmen
    Tyler Duncan
    Brian Gay
    Branden Grace
    Lanto Griffin
    Jim Herman
    Viktor Hovland
    Sung Kang
    Patton Kizzire
    Jason Kokrak
    Matt Kuchar
    Martin Laird
    Andrew Landry
    Nate Lashley
    Adam Long
    Graeme McDowell
    Carlos Ortiz
    C.T. Pan
    J.T. Poston
    Chez Reavie
    Robert Streb
    Nick Taylor
    Michael Thompson
    Brendon Todd
    Martin Trainer
    Richy Werenski

    Career money exemption
    Luke Donald
    Bill Haas

    * Sponsor's exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals)
    Kurt Kitayama
    Dylan Wu

    Sponsor's exemption (members not otherwise exempt)
    Tommy Fleetwood
    Martin Kaymer

    Sponsor's exemption (unrestricted)
    Alex Fitzpatrick
    Sean O'Hair
    Jackson Suber
    Bernd Wiesberger

    PGA Club Professional Champion - 6 Events.
    Omar Uresti

    PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year.
    Greg Koch

    Monday qualifiers
    Kiradech Aphibarnrat
    Luke Guthrie
    Blake Kennedy
    Andrew McCain

    Past Champion of respective event
    Adam Hadwin
    Life Member.
    Davis Love III

    Top 125 on prior season's FedExCup
    Louis Oosthuizen
    Charley Hoffman
    Alex Noren
    Keegan Bradley
    Brian Harman
    Cameron Tringale
    Harold Varner III
    Aaron Wise
    Charl Schwartzel
    Emiliano Grillo
    Jhonattan Vegas
    Kevin Streelman
    Harry Higgs
    Mackenzie Hughes
    Matt Fitzpatrick
    Troy Merritt
    Pat Perez
    Andrew Putnam
    Brandon Hagy
    Peter Malnati
    Wyndham Clark
    Adam Schenk
    Kramer Hickok
    Brian Stuard
    Henrik Norlander
    Doc Redman
    Roger Sloan
    Hank Lebioda
    Denny McCarthy
    James Hahn
    Zach Johnson
    Russell Knox
    Matt Wallace
    Sam Ryder
    Matthew NeSmith
    Scott Piercy
    Kyle Stanley
    Brice Garnett
    Scott Stallings
    Chesson Hadley

    # Major medical extension
    Danny Lee
    William McGirt
    Wesley Bryan
    Seung-Yul Noh
    Kelly Kraft
    Jonas Blixt

    Korn Ferry Tour Points winners (The 25 and The Finals 25)
    Stephan Jaeger
    Joseph Bramlett

    Three-Victory Promotion via Korn Ferry Tour
    Mito Pereira

    Top-10 and ties from previous TOUR event
    Cameron Percy
    Vaughn Taylor
    Mark Hensby
    Tommy Gainey
    Matthias Schwab
    Chun-an Yu
    Max McGreevy
    Brandon Wu
    Callum Tarren
    Chad Ramey

    Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reshuffled)
    Sahith Theegala
    J.J. Spaun
    Hayden Buckley
    Taylor Moore
    Lee Hodges
    Vince Whaley
    Alex Smalley
    Christiaan Bezuidenhout
    Greyson Sigg
    Davis Riley
    Adam Svensson
    Trey Mullinax
    David Lipsky
    John Huh
    Paul Barjon
    Seth Reeves
    Austin Smotherman
    Curtis Thompson
    Andrew Novak
    Bronson Burgoon
    Austin Cook

    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.