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- 1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship
Tournament | Winner |
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Masters | Danny Willett |
Players Championship | Jason Day (not playing) |
U.S. Open | Dustin Johnson |
The Open Championship | Henrik Stenson |
PGA Championship | Jimmy Walker |
- 2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
Tournament | Winner |
---|---|
HSBC Champions | Russell Knox |
Cadillac Championship | Adam Scott |
Dell Match Play | Jason Day (1) |
Bridgestone Invitational | Dustin Johnson (1) |
- 3. Top 50 from the OWGR as of October 10
- Rory McIlroy
- Jordan Spieth (not playing)
- Patrick Reed
- Bubba Watson
- Rickie Fowler
- Justin Rose (not playing)
- Paul Casey
- Sergio García
- Branden Grace
- Phil Mickelson (not playing)
- Matt Kuchar
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Brandt Snedeker (not playing)
- Louis Oosthuizen
- J. B. Holmes
- Brooks Koepka
- Emiliano Grillo
- Charl Schwartzel
- Alexander Norén
- Jim Furyk (not playing)
- Kevin Chappell
- Zach Johnson (not playing)
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Chris Wood
- Ryan Moore
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Justin Thomas
- Scott Piercy
- Kevin Kisner
- Daniel Berger
- An Byeong-hun
- Kevin Na
- Shane Lowry
- Thomas Pieters
- William McGirt (not playing)
- Francesco Molinari
- Bill Haas
- Martin Kaymer
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Gary Woodland
- Lee Westwood
- 4. Top 30 from the final 2015 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)
- Kim Si-woo
- Jason Dufner (not playing)
- Roberto Castro
- Sean O'Hair
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Jason Kokrak
- 5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Joost Luiten
- Andy Sullivan (not playing)
- Ross Fisher
- Scott Hend
- Andrew Johnston
- Richard Bland
- Bradley Dredge
- Alexander Lévy
- Rikard Karlberg
- Grégory Bourdy
- 6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit
- 7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
- Yuta Ikeda (not playing)
- Hideto Tanihara
- Kim Kyung-tae
- 8. The leading two available players from the final 2014 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
- 9. The leading two available players from the final 2014 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
- 10. Six players from China
- 11. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players
- The next available player on the Orders of Merit of the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia, ranked in order of their position in the OWGR as of 10 October, followed by the next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 17 October, OWGR as of 10 October, FedEx Cup list
- Song Young-han
- Lee Soo-min
- Dean Burmester
- Matthew Millar
- Richard Sterne
The field consists of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Order of Merit from the six main professional golf tours.
- 1. The top 30 players from the final 2016 FedExCup Points List
- Rory McIlroy
- Dustin Johnson
- Patrick Reed
- Adam Scott
- Paul Casey
- Jason Day (not playing)
- Ryan Moore
- Kevin Chappell
- Jordan Spieth
- Russell Knox
- Emiliano Grillo
- Justin Thomas
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Jimmy Walker
- Brandt Snedeker
- Phil Mickelson
- Kim Si-woo
- Matt Kuchar
- Jason Dufner
- Gary Woodland
- Bubba Watson
- Roberto Castro
- Kevin Kisner
- William McGirt
- Charl Schwartzel
- Daniel Berger
- Sean O'Hair
- Kevin Na
- Jhonattan Vegas
- J. B. Holmes
- 2. The top 20 players from the final 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai
- Henrik Stenson
- Danny Willett
- Alexander Norén
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Branden Grace
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Chris Wood
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Lee Westwood
- Andy Sullivan
- Joost Luiten
- Wang Jeung-hun
- Martin Kaymer
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Francesco Molinari
- Ross Fisher
- 3. The top 2 players from the final 2016 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
- 4. The top 2 players from the final 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
- 5. The top 2 players from the 2016 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, as of December 4
- 6. The top 2 players from the final 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit
- 7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 19, 2017
- Sergio García
- Justin Rose
- Rickie Fowler
- Brooks Koepka
- Thomas Pieters
- Jon Rahm
- Scott Piercy
- Zach Johnson
- Bill Haas
- An Byeong-hun
- Jim Furyk
- 8. The top 10 players from the 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 19, 2017
- 9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 26, 2017
- 10. The top 10 players from the 2016 FedExCup Points List, as of February 26, 2017
- 11. The highest-ranked player from Mexico, as of February 19, 2017
- 1. Past Masters Champions
Past champions not expected to play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke, Jr., Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
- 2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Year | Winner |
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2012 | Webb Simpson |
2013 | Justin Rose |
2014 | Martin Kaymer |
2015 | Jordan Spieth (1) |
2016 | Dustin Johnson (11) |
- 3. Last five British Open Champions
Year | Winner |
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2012 | Ernie Els |
2013 | Phil Mickelson (1) |
2014 | Rory McIlroy |
2015 | Zach Johnson (1) |
2016 | Henrik Stenson |
- 4. Last five PGA Champions
Year | Winner |
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2012 | Rory McIlroy (3) |
2013 | Jason Dufner |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (3) |
2015 | Jason Day |
2016 | Jimmy Walker |
- 5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
Year(s) | Winner |
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2014 | Martin Kaymer (2) |
2015 | Rickie Fowler |
2016 | Jason Day (4) |
- 6. Winner of 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
- 7. Top two finishers in the 2016 U.S. Amateur
- Curtis Luck (a)
- Brad Dalke (a)
- 8. Winner of the 2016 Amateur Championship
- Scott Gregory (a)
- 9. Winner of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- 10. Winner of the 2017 Latin America Amateur Championship
- Toto Gana (a)
- 11. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur
- Stewart Hagestad (a)
- 12. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2016 Masters Tournament
- Lee Westwood
- Paul Casey
- J. B. Holmes
- Dustin Johnson (not playing)
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Daniel Berger
- Brandt Snedeker
- 13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 U.S. Open
- 14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 Open Championship
- 15. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 PGA Championship
- 16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2015 Masters Tournament and the 2016 Masters Tournament
- 17. All players qualifying for the 2016 Tour Championship
- Emiliano Grillo
- Justin Thomas
- Kevin Chappell
- Matt Kuchar
- Kevin Kisner
- Gary Woodland
- Roberto Castro
- Kevin Na
- Sean O'Hair
- 18. Top 50 in the final 2016 Official World Golf Ranking
- Alexander Norén
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Francesco Molinari
- Yuta Ikeda
- Chris Wood
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Bill Haas
- Andy Sullivan
- An Byeong-hun
- Thomas Pieters
- 19. Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking on March 27, 2016
- 20. International invitees
- Top 125 from 2016 FedEx Cup points list
- Rory McIlroy
- Dustin Johnson
- Patrick Reed
- Adam Scott
- Paul Casey
- Jason Day
- Ryan Moore
- Kevin Chappell
- Jordan Spieth
- Russell Knox
- Emiliano Grillo
- Justin Thomas
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Jimmy Walker
- Brandt Snedeker (not playing)
- Phil Mickelson
- Kim Si-woo
- Matt Kuchar
- Jason Dufner
- Gary Woodland
- Bubba Watson
- Roberto Castro
- Kevin Kisner
- William McGirt
- Charl Schwartzel
- Daniel Berger
- Sean O'Hair
- Kevin Na
- Jhonattan Vegas
- J. B. Holmes
- Rickie Fowler
- Sergio García
- Jason Kokrak
- Ryan Palmer
- Brooks Koepka
- Henrik Stenson
- Scott Piercy
- Louis Oosthuizen
- James Hahn
- Fabián Gómez
- Branden Grace
- Jim Herman
- Smylie Kaufman
- Charley Hoffman
- Tony Finau
- Bill Haas
- Harris English
- Graeme McDowell
- Jamie Lovemark
- Billy Horschel
- Justin Rose
- Charles Howell III (not playing)
- Brian Harman
- Chris Kirk
- Billy Hurley III
- David Hearn
- Zach Johnson
- Luke Donald
- Kevin Streelman
- Brian Stuard
- Kyle Reifers
- Vaughn Taylor
- Brendan Steele
- Hudson Swafford
- Daniel Summerhays
- Jon Curran (not playing)
- David Lingmerth
- Marc Leishman
- Aaron Baddeley
- Ben Martin
- Ricky Barnes
- Jerry Kelly
- Chad Campbell
- Patrick Rodgers
- Harold Varner III
- Steve Stricker
- Martin Laird
- Johnson Wagner
- Colt Knost (not playing)
- Scott Brown
- Chez Reavie
- Patton Kizzire
- Alex Čejka
- Webb Simpson
- Adam Hadwin
- Jim Furyk
- Russell Henley
- John Senden (not playing)
- Bryce Molder
- Fredrik Jacobson
- K. J. Choi
- Danny Lee
- Danny Willett
- Spencer Levin
- John Huh
- Kang Sung-hoon
- Jason Bohn
- Tyrone van Aswegen
- Vijay Singh
- Derek Fathauer
- Blayne Barber
- Shane Lowry
- Keegan Bradley
- Peter Malnati
- Robert Streb
- Lucas Glover
- Jonas Blixt
- Brett Stegmaier
- Robert Garrigus
- Zac Blair
- Francesco Molinari
- Cameron Tringale
- Andrew Loupe
- Boo Weekley
- Mark Hubbard
- Kyle Stanley
- Ben Crane
- Michael Kim
- Anirban Lahiri
- Graham DeLaet
- Troy Merritt
- Luke List
- Shawn Stefani
- David Toms (not playing)
- Noh Seung-yul
- Winners of PGA Tour events since 2016 Players
- Greg Chalmers
- Cody Gribble
- Rod Pampling
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Pat Perez
- Jon Rahm
- D. A. Points
- Cameron Smith
- Top 125 (medical extension)
- Major champions from the past five years
- Players Championship winners from the past five years
- Tiger Woods (not playing)
- Arnold Palmer Invitational winners from the past three years
- Senior Players champion from 2016
- Web.com Tour money leader from prior season
- Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals
- OWGR top 50
- Alexander Norén
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Thomas Pieters (not playing)
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Ross Fisher
- Yuta Ikeda
- Lee Westwood
- FedEx Cup standings (to fill field)
- 1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
Year | Player |
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2007 | Ángel Cabrera |
2008 | Tiger Woods (not playing) |
2009 | Lucas Glover |
2010 | Graeme McDowell |
2011 | Rory McIlroy |
2012 | Webb Simpson |
2013 | Justin Rose |
2014 | Martin Kaymer |
2015 | Jordan Spieth |
2016 | Dustin Johnson |
- 2. Winner and runner-up of the 2016 U.S. Amateur Championship
- Curtis Luck (turned pro)
- Brad Dalke (a)
- 3. Winner of the 2016 Amateur Championship
- Scott Gregory (a)
- 4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
- Maverick McNealy (a)
- 5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years
Year | Winner |
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2013 | Adam Scott |
2014 | Bubba Watson |
2015 | Jordan Spieth (1) |
2016 | Danny Willett |
2017 | Sergio García (11) |
- 6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
Year | Winner |
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2012 | Ernie Els |
2013 | Phil Mickelson (not playing) |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
2015 | Zach Johnson |
2016 | Henrik Stenson |
- 7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2012 | Rory McIlroy (1,6) |
2013 | Jason Dufner |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (1,6) |
2015 | Jason Day |
2011 | Jimmy Walker |
- 8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2015 | Rickie Fowler |
2016 | Jason Day (7) |
2017 | Kim Si-woo (12) |
- 9. Winner of the 2017 BMW PGA Championship
- 10. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Senior Open Championship
- 11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2016 U.S. Open
- 12. Players who qualified for the 2016 Tour Championship
- Patrick Reed
- Paul Casey
- Ryan Moore (not playing)
- Kevin Chappell
- Russell Knox
- Emiliano Grillo
- Justin Thomas
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Brandt Snedeker
- Kim Si-woo
- Matt Kuchar
- Gary Woodland
- Roberto Castro
- Kevin Kisner
- William McGirt
- Charl Schwartzel
- Daniel Berger
- Sean O'Hair
- Jhonattan Vegas
- J. B. Holmes
- 13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 22, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- Jon Rahm
- Alexander Norén
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Brooks Koepka
- Thomas Pieters
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Francesco Molinari
- Marc Leishman
- Wesley Bryan
- Pat Perez
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Bill Haas
- Billy Horschel
- Ross Fisher
- Adam Hadwin
- Brendan Steele
- Yuta Ikeda
- Charley Hoffman
- Brian Harman
- Russell Henley
- An Byeong-hun
- Lee Westwood
- Hideto Tanihara
- Wang Jeung-hun
- 14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 12, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- 15. Special exemptions given by the USGA
- Japan
- England
- Aaron Rai
- Li Haotong
- Alexander Lévy
- Richie Ramsay
- Oliver Bekker
- Joël Stalter
- Bradley Dredge
- Eddie Pepperell
- Brandon Stone
- George Coetzee
- Andrew Johnston
- Paul Dunne
- Thomas Aiken
- Matt Wallace
- Wade Ormsby
- California
- John Oda (a)
- Mason Andersen (a)
- Stewart Hagestad (a)
- Kevin Dougherty
- Sahith Theegala (a)
- Cameron Champ (a)
- Florida
- Georgia
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- Texas
- Washington
- Ohio (Springfield)
- Tennessee
- Steve Stricker
- Andrés Romero
- Troy Merritt
- Chez Reavie
- Harris English
- Garrett Osborn
- Trey Mullinax
- Xander Schauffele
- Jonathan Randolph
- Kim Meen-whee
- Ohio (Columbus)
Due to categories that specify "not already exempt", players are classified according to the category in which they first qualified.
- 1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 23 July 2017
- 2. The Open Champions for 2007–2016
Year(s) | Winner |
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1985 | Sandy Lyle |
1995 | John Daly |
1996 | Tom Lehman |
1998 | Mark O'Meara |
1999 | Paul Lawrie |
2001 | David Duval |
2002, 2012 | Ernie Els |
2004 | Todd Hamilton |
2007, 2008 | Pádraig Harrington |
2009 | Stewart Cink |
2010 | Louis Oosthuizen |
2011 | Darren Clarke |
2013 | Phil Mickelson |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (10) |
2015 | Zach Johnson |
2016 | Henrik Stenson |
Eligible past champions who will not play: Ian Baker-Finch, Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, Nick Faldo, Justin Leonard, Nick Price, Tiger Woods
- 3. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2016 Open Championship
- 4. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) as of May 28
- 5. Top 30 on the 2016 Race to Dubai
- Alexander Norén
- Branden Grace
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Joost Luiten
- Wang Jeung-hun
- Francesco Molinari
- Ross Fisher
- Li Haotong
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Scott Hend
- Richard Bland
- David Horsey
- Shane Lowry
- 6. Last three BMW PGA Championship winners
Year(s) | Winner |
---|---|
2015 | An Byeong-hun |
2016 | Chris Wood |
2017 | Alexander Norén (5) |
- 7. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2017 Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open
- 8. Last five U.S. Open winners
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2013 | Justin Rose |
2014 | Martin Kaymer |
2015 | Jordan Spieth (10) |
2016 | Dustin Johnson |
2017 | Brooks Koepka (17) |
- 9. Last five Masters Tournament winners
Year | Winner |
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2013 | Adam Scott |
2014 | Bubba Watson |
2015 | Jordan Spieth |
2016 | Danny Willett |
2017 | Sergio García (3) |
- 10. Last five PGA Championship winners
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2012 | Rory McIlroy |
2013 | Jason Dufner |
2014 | Rory McIlroy |
2015 | Jason Day |
2016 | Jimmy Walker |
- 11. Last three Players Championship winners
Year(s) | Winner |
---|---|
2015 | Rickie Fowler |
2016 | Jason Day (10) |
2017 | Kim Si-woo (12) |
- 12. The 30 qualifiers for the 2016 Tour Championship
- Patrick Reed
- Paul Casey
- Ryan Moore
- Kevin Chappell
- Russell Knox
- Emiliano Grillo
- Justin Thomas
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Brandt Snedeker (not playing)
- Kim Si-woo
- Matt Kuchar
- Gary Woodland
- Roberto Castro
- Kevin Kisner
- William McGirt
- Charl Schwartzel
- Daniel Berger
- Sean O'Hair
- Kevin Na
- Jhonattan Vegas
- 13. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2017 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship
- 14. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
- 15. Winner of the 2016 Open de Argentina
- 16. Winner and runner-up from the 2017 Korea Open
- 18. Winner of the 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit
- 19. Winner of the 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
- 20. Winner of the 2016–17 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
- 21. Winner of the 2016 Japan Open
- 22. Top 2 on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List
- 23. Top 2, not already exempt, on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through the Japan Golf Tour Championship
- 24. Winner of the 2016 Senior Open Championship
- 25. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship
- Harry Ellis (a)
- 26. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Amateur
- Curtis Luck (turned pro)
- 27. Winner of the 2016 and 2017 editions of the European Amateur
- Luca Cianchetti (a)
- Alfie Plant (a)
- 28. Recipient of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal
- Maverick McNealy (a)
- Open Qualifying Series
The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consists of 10 events from the six major tours. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players highest according to that week's OWGR.
- Final Qualifying
The Final Qualifying events will be played on July 4 at five courses.
- Alternates
To make up the full field of 156, additional places will be allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places are made available by the Championship Committee.
- Webb Simpson
- Scott Piercy (not playing)
- Anirban Lahiri
- Tony Finau
- James Hahn
- 1. Playing members of the 2016 Ryder Cup teams
- Dustin Johnson
- Jordan Spieth
- Phil Mickelson
- Patrick Reed
- Jimmy Walker
- Brooks Koepka
- Brandt Snedeker (not playing)
- Zach Johnson
- J. B. Holmes
- Rickie Fowler
- Matt Kuchar
- Ryan Moore
- Rory McIlroy
- Danny Willett
- Henrik Stenson
- Chris Wood
- Sergio García
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Justin Rose
- Andy Sullivan
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Lee Westwood
- Martin Kaymer (not playing)
- Thomas Pieters
- 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 24, 2017
- Jason Day
- Adam Scott
- Paul Casey
- Charl Schwartzel
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Branden Grace
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Charley Hoffman
- Bill Haas
- Ross Fisher
- Bubba Watson
- Gary Woodland
- Emiliano Grillo
- Hideto Tanihara
- 3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 31, 2017
- 4. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more
- 5. The winners of designated tournaments, marked with an asterisk
- 1. All former PGA Champions
Year | Winner |
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1991 | John Daly |
1997 | Davis Love III |
1998, 2004 | Vijay Singh |
1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 | Tiger Woods (not playing) |
2001 | David Toms (not playing) |
2002 | Rich Beem |
2003 | Shaun Micheel |
2005 | Phil Mickelson |
2008 | Pádraig Harrington |
2009 | Yang Yong-eun |
2010 | Martin Kaymer (not playing) |
2011 | Keegan Bradley |
2012, 2014 | Rory McIlroy |
2013 | Jason Dufner |
2015 | Jason Day |
2016 | Jimmy Walker |
The following former champions are not expected to compete: Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Jack Burke, Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins
- 2. Last five Masters Champions
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2013 | Adam Scott |
2014 | Bubba Watson |
2015 | Jordan Spieth |
2016 | Danny Willett |
2017 | Sergio García |
- 3. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2013 | Justin Rose |
2014 | Martin Kaymer (1) |
2015 | Jordan Spieth (2) |
2016 | Henrik Stenson |
2017 | Brooks Koepka (6) |
- 4. Last five British Open Champions
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2013 | Phil Mickelson (1) |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
2015 | Zach Johnson |
2016 | Dustin Johnson |
2017 | Jordan Spieth (2) |
- 5. Current Senior PGA Champion
- Bernhard Langer (not playing)
- 6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2016 PGA Championship
- Daniel Summerhays
- Branden Grace
- Brooks Koepka
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Robert Streb
- Paul Casey
- Tyrrell Hatton
- William McGirt
- Emiliano Grillo
- Patrick Reed
- Webb Simpson
- 7. 20 low scorers in the 2017 PGA Professional Championship
- Omar Uresti
- Dave McNabb
- Paul Claxton
- Mike Small
- Rich Berberian, Jr.
- Jamie Broce
- Adam Rainaud
- Rod Perry
- Alex Beach
- Greg Gregory
- Jaysen Hansen
- Chris Moody
- Brian Smock
- Ryan Vermeer
- J. J. Wood
- Matt Dobyns
- Scott Hebert
- Kenny Pigman
- Stuart Deane
- David Muttitt
- 8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2016 RBC Canadian Open to the 2017 Canadian Open
- Matt Kuchar
- Charley Hoffman
- Gary Woodland
- Sean O'Hair
- Charles Howell III
- Bill Haas
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Brandt Snedeker (not playing)
- Tony Finau
- Charl Schwartzel
- Martin Laird
- Kang Sung-hoon
- James Hahn
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Francesco Molinari
- Jamie Lovemark
- Ian Poulter
- Kelly Kraft
- Patrick Rodgers
- J. B. Holmes
- Luke List
- Kevin Na
- Bud Cauley
- Lucas Glover
- Danny Lee
- Thomas Pieters
- 9. Members of the United States and European 2016 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on July 30, 2017)
- 10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2014 PGA Championship
- 11. Olympic gold medalist
- 12. Special invitations
- Top 115 OWGR
- Alexander Norén
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Ross Fisher
- Hideto Tanihara
- An Byeong-hun
- Li Haotong
- Yuta Ikeda
- Alexander Lévy
- Wang Jeung-hun
- Anirban Lahiri
- Steve Stricker
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Shane Lowry
- Jordan Smith
- Joost Luiten
- Dylan Frittelli
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Peter Uihlein
- Jim Furyk
- Luke Donald
- Jim Herman
- Brandon Stone
- Thongchai Jaidee
- David Lingmerth
- Ryan Fox
- Pablo Larrazábal
- Fabrizio Zanotti
- Graeme McDowell
- Scott Hend
- Andrew Johnston
- Kim Kyung-tae
- Song Young-han
- Nicolas Colsaerts
- Graham DeLaet
- Richard Sterne
- Other invitees
- 13. Alternates