Inside the Field: 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:

Check here for updates.

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.