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Inside the Field: Rocket Mortgage Classic

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Inside the Field

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    Written by Staff @PGATOUR

    The PGA TOUR heads to Detroit for the sixth playing of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Rickie Fowler triumphed at last year's event in a three-man playoff against Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin. Fifteen-year-old Miles Russell makes his PGA TOUR debut, along with current PGA TOUR Americas member Neal Shipley, who earned low amateur honors at this year's Masters and U.S. Open.

    The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields based on 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.

    Note: An additional year of eligibility was granted to some categories because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Scroll below to see the field list and updates.

    Monday, June 24
    Danny Guise (in, Open Qualifier)
    Nick Bienz (in, Open Qualifier)
    Brandon Berry (in, Open Qualifier)
    Angelo Giantsopoulos (in, Open Qualifier)

    Sunday, June 23
    Willie Mack III (in, Q-Sponsor-Qualifying Tournament)
    Philip Knowles (out, W/D After Deadline)

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

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

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

    PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)
    Daniel Berger
    Akshay Bhatia
    Ryan Brehm
    Cameron Champ
    Stewart Cink
    Nick Dunlap
    Nico Echavarria
    Rickie Fowler
    Brice Garnett
    Chris Gotterup
    Nick Hardy
    Lee Hodges
    Stephan Jaeger
    Tom Kim
    Chris Kirk
    Kevin Kisner
    Jake Knapp
    K.H. Lee
    Luke List
    Robert MacIntyre
    Peter Malnati
    Taylor Moore
    Vincent Norrman
    Taylor Pendrith
    Chad Ramey
    Chez Reavie
    Davis Riley
    J.J. Spaun
    Adam Svensson
    Brendon Todd
    Erik van Rooyen
    Camilo Villegas
    Matt Wallace
    Will Zalatoris

    Career money exemption
    Charley Hoffman
    Zach Johnson

    Sponsor exemption (DP World Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, Q-School Category)
    Miles Russell

    Sponsor exemption (members not otherwise exempt)
    Jason Dufner
    Jimmy Walker

    Sponsor exemption (unrestricted)
    Luke Clanton
    Ben James
    Jackson Koivun
    Neal Shipley

    PGA Section Champion/Player of the Year
    Kyle Martin

    Past champion member
    Cam Davis
    Nate Lashley

    Top 30 on FedExCup Points List
    Adam Schenk
    Cameron Young

    Top 70 in prior year's FedExCup Points List through the FedExCup Playoffs
    Eric Cole
    Patrick Rodgers
    Taylor Montgomery
    Alex Smalley
    Brandon Wu
    Beau Hossler
    Hayden Buckley
    Sam Ryder
    Ben Griffin
    Keith Mitchell
    Samuel Stevens
    Matt Kuchar
    Mark Hubbard
    Aaron Rai
    Matthew NeSmith

    Top 125 in prior season's FedExCup Points List through the FedExCup Fall
    Alex Noren
    S.H. Kim
    Justin Suh
    Davis Thompson
    Joel Dahmen
    Tyler Duncan
    Michael Kim
    Ben Taylor
    Garrick Higgo
    Robby Shelton
    Callum Tarren
    Dylan Wu
    Harry Hall
    Greyson Sigg
    David Lipsky
    Justin Lower
    Carson Young
    Tyson Alexander
    Kevin Streelman
    Chesson Hadley
    Zac Blair
    Aaron Baddeley
    Joseph Bramlett
    Kevin Yu
    Martin Laird
    Ryan Moore
    Matti Schmid
    Andrew Novak
    Doug Ghim
    Troy Merritt
    Carl Yuan

    Top 125 on prior season's FedExCup (non-member)
    Min Woo Lee
    Nicolai Højgaard

    Major medical extension
    Maverick McNealy
    C.T. Pan
    Lanto Griffin
    Brandt Snedeker
    Jhonattan Vegas
    Bud Cauley
    Vince Whaley

    Leading points winner from Korn Ferry Tour
    Ben Kohles

    Top 10 and ties from previous event
    Ryan Fox
    Chandler Phillips

    Players 2-30 from prior year's Korn Ferry Tour Points List, Top 10 from prior year's DP World Tour and Top five and ties from PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
    Sami Valimaki
    Erik Barnes
    Chan Kim
    David Skinns
    Alejandro Tosti
    Ben Silverman
    Ryo Hisatsune
    Max Greyserman
    Joe Highsmith
    Hayden Springer
    Mac Meissner
    Jacob Bridgeman
    Rafael Campos
    Parker Coody
    Tom Whitney
    Richard Hoey
    Adrien Dumont de Chassart
    Jorge Campillo
    Thorbjørn Olesen
    Kevin Dougherty
    Trace Crowe
    William Furr
    Harrison Endycott
    Roger Sloan
    Pierceson Coody
    Ryan McCormick
    Paul Barjon
    Raul Pereda
    Patrick Fishburn
    Josh Teater
    Scott Gutschewski
    Nicholas Lindheim
    Blaine Hale, Jr.
    Tim Wilkinson
    Anders Albertson
    Philip Knowles

    No. 1 player PGA TOUR University (current year)
    Michael Thorbjornsen

    Reorder Category - Cat. 37 thru 44
    Kevin Tway
    Martin Trainer
    Wesley Bryan
    Patton Kizzire
    Henrik Norlander