Mar 14, 2025

Inside the Field: Valspar Championship

Justin Thomas holes out for birdie from 28-feet on No. 16 at THE PLAYERS
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      Justin Thomas holes out for birdie from 28-feet on No. 16 at THE PLAYERS

      Written by Staff, PGATOUR.COM

      The PGA TOUR concludes the Florida Swing with the Valspar Championship, contested at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida.

      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.

      See who will be teeing it up:

      Thursday, March 20
      Paul Waring (out, W/D after deadline)

      Tuesday, March 18
      Erik van Rooyen (out, W/D after deadline)
      Aaron Baddeley (in)
      Carson Young (out, W/D after deadline)
      Bronson Burgoon (out, W/D after deadline)

      Monday, March 17
      Akshay Bhatia (out, W/D after deadline)
      Alejandro Tosti (in)
      Philip Knowles (in, Monday qualifier)
      Andre Chi (in, Monday qualifier)
      Kevin Tway (in, Monday qualifier)
      Adrien Dumont de Chassart (in, Monday qualifier)

      Sunday, March 16
      Trey Mullinax (out, W/D after deadline)
      Takumi Kanaya (in)

      Saturday, March 15
      Daniel Berger (out, W/D after deadline)
      Aaron Rai (out, W/D after deadline)
      Hayden Buckley (in)
      Matthew Riedel (in)

      Winner of PGA Championship (five-year exemption)

      Schauffele, Xander
      Thomas, Justin
      Woodland, Gary

      Winner of The Open Championship (five-year exemption)

      Lowry, Shane

      Winner of World Golf Championship event (three-year exemption)

      Burns, Sam

      Winner of Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, the Memorial Tournament and The Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)

      Horschel, Billy
      Hovland, Viktor
      Kitayama, Kurt

      PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)

      Bhatia, Akshay
      Campbell, Brian
      Campos, Rafael
      Conners, Corey
      Davis, Cam
      Detry, Thomas
      Echavarria, Nico
      Garnett, Brice
      Glover, Lucas
      Gotterup, Chris
      Grillo, Emiliano
      Hall, Harry
      Hardy, Nick
      Highsmith, Joe
      Hughes, Mackenzie
      Jaeger, Stephan
      Kim, Tom
      Kizzire, Patton
      Knapp, Jake
      List, Luke
      Malnati, Peter
      McCarty, Matt
      Moore, Taylor
      Norrman, Vincent
      Pavon, Matthieu
      Poston, J.T.
      Power, Seamus
      Rai, Aaron
      Riley, Davis
      Spieth, Jordan
      Straka, Sepp
      Svensson, Adam
      Theegala, Sahith
      van Rooyen, Erik
      Vegas, Jhonattan
      Vilips, Karl
      Villegas, Camilo
      Wallace, Matt
      Yu, Kevin
      Simpson, Webb

      Career money exemption

      Kisner, Kevin
      Brandt Snedeker

      Sponsor exemption (PGA TOUR members not otherwise exempt)

      Donald, Luke
      Johnson, Zach
      Buckley, Hayden
      Chandler, Will

      Sponsor exemption (unrestricted)

      Brown, Blades
      Clanton, Luke
      Gabrelcik, Nick
      Shipley, Neal

      PGA Club Professional Champion (six events)

      Koch, Greg

      Top 30 from prior season's FedExCup Points List

      Scott, Adam
      Fleetwood, Tommy
      Schenk, Adam
      An, Byeong Hun
      Bezuidenhout, Christiaan

      Top 70 from prior season's FedExCup Points List

      Zalatoris, Will
      Young, Cameron
      Hadwin, Adam
      Cole, Eric
      Griffin, Ben
      Hubbard, Mark
      Perez, Victor

      Top 125 from prior season's FedExCup Fall Points List

      Hossler, Beau
      Novak, Andrew
      Lower, Justin
      Ghim, Doug
      Mitchell, Keith
      Fishburn, Patrick
      Putnam, Andrew
      Hoey, Rico
      Young, Carson
      Stevens, Sam
      Hoffman, Charley
      Hisatsune, Ryo
      Phillips, Chandler
      Schmid, Matti
      Lipsky, David
      Kohles, Ben
      Pan, C.T.
      Whaley, Vince
      Kim, Michael
      Lee, K.H.
      Meissner, Mac
      Sigg, Greyson
      Højgaard, Nicolai
      Kuchar, Matt
      Kim, Chan
      Bridgeman, Jacob
      Silverman, Ben
      Ramey, Chad
      Lashley, Nate
      Fox, Ryan
      Norlander, Henrik
      Smalley, Alex
      Skinns, David
      Valimaki, Sami
      Dahmen, Joel
      Ryder, Sam

      Major medical extension

      Cauley, Bud
      Mullinax, Trey
      Willett, Danny
      Gordon, Will
      Martin, Ben

      Leading points winner from DP World Tour

      Højgaard, Rasmus

      PGA TOUR University No. 1 from prior season

      Thorbjornsen, Michael

      Top 10 and ties from previous event

      Bramlett, Joseph
      Roy, Kevin
      Neergaard-Peterson, Rasmus
      Fisk, Steven
      Van Wyk, Kieron
      Mouw, William

      Top 10 (not otherwise exempt) from prior year's DP World Tour

      Lawrence, Thriston
      Waring, Paul
      Svensson, Jesper
      Norgaard, Niklas
      Manassero, Matteo
      Olesen, Thorbjørn
      Rozner, Antoine
      Hoshino, Rikuya

      Top 30 from prior season's Korn Ferry Tour Points List

      McGreevy, Max
      Capan III, Frankie
      Widing, Tim
      Dickson, Taylor
      Higgs, Harry
      Rosenmueller, Thomas
      Cummins, Quade
      Gerard, Ryan
      Del Solar, Cristobal
      Velo, Kevin
      Thornberry, Braden
      Peterson, Paul
      Suber, Jackson
      Paul, Jeremy
      Andersen, Mason
      Pak, John
      Ventura, Kris
      Onishi, Kaito
      Castillo, Ricky
      Cone, Trevor
      Walker, Danny
      Potgieter, Aldrich
      Goodwin, Noah

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