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Inside the Field: Sony Open

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Inside the Field

Inside the Field: Sony Open


    Written by Staff

    Viktor Hovland captures win on 72nd hole at Hero


    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.

    Scroll below for the Sony Open field list as of Friday, January 6th at 5 p.m. ET.

    Winner of PGA/U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)
    Gary Woodland

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

    Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption)
    Hideki Matsuyama

    Winner of The Open (five-year exemption)
    Jordan Spieth

    Winner of World Golf Championships event (three-year exemption)
    Billy Horschel

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

    PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)
    Keegan Bradley
    Ryan Brehm
    Stewart Cink
    Cam Davis
    Tyler Duncan
    Harris English
    Lucas Glover
    Russell Henley
    Jim Herman
    Tom Hoge
    Mackenzie Hughes
    Sungjae Im
    Tom Kim
    Matt Kuchar
    K.H. Lee
    J.T. Poston
    Chad Ramey
    Chez Reavie
    J.J. Spaun
    Robert Streb
    Adam Svensson
    Nick Taylor
    Michael Thompson
    Brendon Todd
    Richy Werenski
    Career money exemption
    Zach Johnson
    Ryan Moore
    Rory Sabbatini
    Jimmy Walker

    Sponsor's exemption (members not otherwise exempt)
    K.J. Choi
    Jerry Kelly

    Sponsor's exemption (unrestricted)
    Blaze Akana
    Keita Nakajima
    Kohei Okada
    Taiga Semikawa

    Designated sponsor exemption
    Kazuki Higa
    Yuto Katsuragawa
    Kaito Onishi

    PGA Club Professional Champion - 6 Events
    Jesse Mueller

    PGA Section Champion/Player of the Year
    Michael Castillo

    Past Champion of Respective Event
    Patton Kizzire

    Top 30 on prior season's FedExCup
    Brian Harman
    Corey Conners

    Top 125 on prior season's FedExCup
    Denny McCarthy
    Maverick McNealy
    Keith Mitchell
    Kurt Kitayama
    Andrew Putnam
    Christiaan Bezuidenhout
    Emiliano Grillo
    Brendan Steele
    Troy Merritt
    Chris Kirk
    Alex Smalley
    John Huh
    Brandon Wu
    Adam Long
    Ryan Palmer
    David Lipsky
    Adam Schenk
    Aaron Rai
    Stephan Jaeger
    Patrick Rodgers
    Russell Knox
    Kevin Streelman
    Mark Hubbard
    Peter Malnati
    Danny Lee
    Hayden Buckley
    Sam Ryder
    Nate Lashley
    James Hahn
    Greyson Sigg
    Scott Piercy
    Max McGreevy
    Chesson Hadley
    Kevin Tway
    Matthias Schwab
    Kramer Hickok
    Austin Smotherman
    Doc Redman
    Kelly Kraft

    # Major medical extension
    Nick Hardy
    Kyle Stanley
    Zac Blair

    Korn Ferry Tour Points winner (The 25 and The Finals 25)
    Justin Suh

    Top-10 and ties from previous TOUR event
    Cole Hammer
    Robby Shelton
    David Lingmerth
    Erik Barnes

    Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reshuffled)
    Taylor Montgomery
    Tyson Alexander
    Ben Taylor
    Ben Griffin
    Will Gordon
    Kevin Yu
    S.H. Kim
    Byeong Hun An
    Davis Thompson
    Joseph Bramlett
    Harrison Endycott
    Ryan Armour
    Zecheng Dou
    Paul Haley II
    Harry Hall
    Austin Cook
    Brian Stuard
    Eric Cole
    Ben Martin
    MJ Daffue
    Scott Harrington
    Nico Echavarria
    Carl Yuan
    Kyle Westmoreland
    Austin Eckroat
    Michael Kim
    Brice Garnett
    Brent Grant
    Tano Goya
    Vincent Norrman
    Trevor Cone
    Brandon Matthews
    Kevin Roy
    Matti Schmid
    Michael Gligic
    Carson Young
    Samuel Stevens
    Trevor Werbylo
    Augusto Núñez
    Anders Albertson

    Nos. 126-150 on prior season's FedExCup Points List (reshuffled)
    Harry Higgs

    # = Latest medical extension information can be found here.