Mar 4, 2022

Inside the Field: THE PLAYERS Championship

Inside the Field: THE PLAYERS Championship
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The best all-time shots on every hole at THE PLAYERS
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      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:

      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.

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