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The following is a list of players who have qualified for the 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions.[1][2] "Top rated" means tournaments with the highest "strength of field" rating (SOF)[3] in the Official World Golf Ranking.

1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship.

Tournament Winner
Masters United States Bubba Watson
Players Championship Germany Martin Kaymer
U.S. Open Martin Kaymer
The Open Championship Rory McIlroy (not playing)
PGA Championship Rory McIlroy

2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships.

Tournament Winner
HSBC Champions Dustin Johnson (not playing)
Accenture Match Play Championship Jason Day (not playing)
Cadillac Championship United States Patrick Reed
Bridgestone Invitational Rory McIlroy (1)

3. Winners of the top 20 rated PGA Tour events.

Tournament Winner
Hyundai Tournament of Champions Zach Johnson (not playing)
Farmers Insurance Open United States Scott Stallings
Waste Management Phoenix Open United States Kevin Stadler
Northern Trust Open Bubba Watson (1)
The Honda Classic United States Russell Henley
Valspar Championship Australia John Senden
Arnold Palmer Invitational United States Matt Every
Shell Houston Open Australia Matt Jones
RBC Heritage Matt Kuchar (not playing)
Wells Fargo Championship United States J. B. Holmes
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Australia Adam Scott
The Memorial Tournament Japan Hideki Matsuyama
Travelers Championship United States Kevin Streelman
Quicken Loans National England Justin Rose
RBC Canadian Open South Africa Tim Clark
The Barclays United States Hunter Mahan
Deutsche Bank Championship United States Chris Kirk
BMW Championship United States Billy Horschel
The Tour Championship Billy Horschel
CIMB Classic United States Ryan Moore

4. Top 5 available players from the 2013–14 FedEx Cup points list.

5. Winners of the top 10 rated European Tour events.

Tournament Winner
Turkish Airlines Open France Victor Dubuisson
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai Sweden Henrik Stenson
Volvo Golf Champions South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship Spain Pablo Larrazábal
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Sergio García (4)
BMW PGA Championship Rory McIlroy (1,2)
Alstom Open de France Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell
Scottish Open Justin Rose (3)
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship England Oliver Wilson
BMW Masters Germany Marcel Siem

6. Top 15 available players from the Race to Dubai.

7. Four players - winners of the top 3 Japan Golf Tour events, top available from Order of Merit, remainder from Order of Merit.

Tournament Winner
Dunlop Phoenix England Luke Donald
Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Yūsaku Miyazato (not playing)
Japan Golf Tour Championship Japan Yoshitaka Takeya

8. Four players - winners of the top 3 Sunshine Tour events, top available from 2013 Order of Merit, remainder from Order of Merit.

Tournament Winner
Alfred Dunhill Championship Charl Schwartzel (6)
Nedbank Golf Challenge Thomas Bjørn (6)
Joburg Open George Coetzee (6)

9. Four players - winners of the top 3 PGA Tour of Australasia events, top available from 2013 Order of Merit, remainder from Order of Merit.

Tournament Winner
Talisker Masters Adam Scott (3)
Emirates Australian Open Rory McIlroy (1,2,5)
Perth International Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen

10. Six players - winners of the top 3 Asian Tour events, top 3 available from Order of Merit.

Tournament Winner
Thailand Golf Championship Sergio García (4,5)
Maybank Malaysian Open England Lee Westwood
The Championship at Laguna National Chile Felipe Aguilar

11. Six players from China.

12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 50 of the OWGR on 20 October 2014.

13. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players

  • Winner of 21st ranked PGA Tour event (Zurich Classic of New Orleans)
  • Next ranked player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 20 October, OWGR as of 20 October, 2013–14 FedEx Cup list, repeating as necessary:
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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.[4]

1. The top 30 players from the final 2014 FedExCup Points List
2. The top 20 players from the final 2014 European Tour Race to Dubai

Qualified in a higher category: Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Sergio García, Martin Kaymer

3. The top 2 players from the final 2014 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
4. The top 2 players from the final 2014 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
5. The top 2 players from the final 2014 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
6. The top 2 players from the final 2014 Asian Tour Order of Merit
7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 23, 2015

Qualified in a higher category: 37 players

8. The top 10 players from the 2015 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 23, 2015

Qualified in a higher category: 7 players

9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 2, 2015

Qualified in a higher category: 49 players

10. The top 10 players from the 2015 FedExCup Points List, as of March 2, 2015

Qualified in a higher category: 6 players

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1. Past Masters Champions

Year(s) Winner
1977, 1981 United States Tom Watson
1984, 1995 United States Ben Crenshaw
1985, 1993 Germany Bernhard Langer
1987 United States Larry Mize
1988 Scotland Sandy Lyle
1991 Wales Ian Woosnam
1992 United States Fred Couples
1994, 1999 Spain José María Olazábal
1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 United States Tiger Woods
1998 United States Mark O'Meara
2000 Fiji Vijay Singh
2003 Canada Mike Weir
2004, 2006, 2010 United States Phil Mickelson
2007 United States Zach Johnson
2008 South Africa Trevor Immelman
2009 Argentina Ángel Cabrera
2011 South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2012, 2014 United States Bubba Watson
2013 Australia Adam Scott

(Past champions not expected to play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke, Jr., Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Fuzzy Zoeller.)

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions

Year Winner
2010 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell
2011 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
2012 United States Webb Simpson
2013 England Justin Rose
2014 Germany Martin Kaymer

3. Last five British Open Champions

Year Winner
2010 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
2011 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
2012 South Africa Ernie Els
2013 Phil Mickelson (1)
2014 Rory McIlroy (2)

4. Last five PGA Champions

Year Winner
2010 Martin Kaymer (2)
2011 United States Keegan Bradley
2012 Rory McIlroy (2,3)
2013 United States Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (2,3)

5. Last three winners of The Players Championship

Year(s) Winner
2012 United States Matt Kuchar
2013 Tiger Woods (1)
2014 Martin Kaymer (2,4)

6. Top two finishers in the 2014 U.S. Amateur

7. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship

8. Winner of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

9. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Amateur Public Links

10. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur

11. Winner of the 2015 Latin America Amateur Championship

12. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2014 Masters Tournament

Qualified in higher categories: Matt Kuchar, Bernhard Langer, Rory McIlroy

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2014 U.S. Open

Qualified in higher categories: Rickie Fowler, Keegan Bradley

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2014 British Open Championship

Qualified in higher categories: Rickie Fowler

15. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2014 PGA Championship

Qualified in higher categories: Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler, Henrik Stenson

16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2014 Masters Tournament and the 2015 Masters Tournament

Date Tournament Winner
Apr 20 RBC Heritage Matt Kuchar (5,12)
Apr 27 Zurich Classic of New Orleans South Korea Noh Seung-yul
May 4 Wells Fargo Championship United States J. B. Holmes
May 18 HP Byron Nelson Championship United States Brendon Todd
May 25 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Adam Scott (1)
Jun 1 The Memorial Tournament Japan Hideki Matsuyama
Jun 8 FedEx St. Jude Classic United States Ben Crane
Jun 22 Travelers Championship United States Kevin Streelman
Jun 29 Quicken Loans National Justin Rose (2)
Jul 6 Greenbrier Classic Ángel Cabrera (1)
Jul 13 John Deere Classic United States Brian Harman
Jul 27 RBC Canadian Open South Africa Tim Clark
Aug 3 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Rory McIlroy (2,3,4,12,14,15)
Aug 17 Wyndham Championship Colombia Camilo Villegas
Aug 24 The Barclays United States Hunter Mahan
Sep 1 Deutsche Bank Championship United States Chris Kirk
Sep 7 BMW Championship United States Billy Horschel
Sep 14 Tour Championship Billy Horschel
Oct 12 Frys.com Open South Korea Bae Sang-moon
Oct 19 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open United States Ben Martin
Oct 26 McGladrey Classic United States Robert Streb
Nov 2 CIMB Classic United States Ryan Moore
Nov 9 WGC-HSBC Champions Bubba Watson (1)
Nov 16 OHL Classic at Mayakoba United States Charley Hoffman
Jan 12 Hyundai Tournament of Champions United States Patrick Reed
Jan 18 Sony Open in Hawaii Jimmy Walker (12)
Jan 25 Humana Challenge United States Bill Haas
Feb 1 Waste Management Phoenix Open Brooks Koepka (13)
Feb 8 Farmers Insurance Open Jason Day (13)
Feb 15 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am United States Brandt Snedeker
Feb 22 Northern Trust Open United States James Hahn
Mar 1 The Honda Classic Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Mar 8 WGC-Cadillac Championship Dustin Johnson (13)
Mar 15 Valspar Championship Jordan Spieth (12)
Mar 22 Arnold Palmer Invitational United States Matt Every
Mar 29 Valero Texas Open Jimmy Walker
Apr 5 Shell Houston Open J. B. Holmes

17. All players qualifying for the 2014 edition of The Tour Championship

Qualified in higher categories: Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk, Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan, Jimmy Walker, Matt Kuchar, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Sergio García, Jordan Spieth, Martin Kaymer, Bill Haas, Zach Johnson, John Senden, Webb Simpson, Brendon Todd, Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson

18. Top 50 on the final 2014 Official World Golf Ranking list

Qualified in higher categories: Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Adam Scott, Bubba Watson, Justin Rose, Sergio García, Jim Furyk, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar, Martin Kaymer, Phil Mickelson, Billy Horschel, Graeme McDowell, Hideki Matsuyama, Zach Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Chris Kirk, Jimmy Walker, Hunter Mahan, Patrick Reed, Kevin Na, Lee Westwood, Keegan Bradley, Tiger Woods, Ryan Moore, Charl Schwartzel, Brooks Koepka, Thomas Bjørn, Jason Dufner, Bill Haas, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Webb Simpson, Ryan Palmer, Louis Oosthuizen, Gary Woodland, John Senden

19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 30, 2015

20. International invitees

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I will begin with category 2: Top 125 from 2014 FedEx Cup points list, since it contains 125 of the 144 players.

Winners of PGA Tour events since 2014 Players
Top 125 (medical extension)
Major champions from the past five years
Players Championship winners from the past five years
Senior Players champion from 2014
Web.com Tour money leader from prior season
Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals
OWGR top 50
FedEx Cup standings (to fill field)
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1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
Year Player
2005 Michael Campbell (retired)
2006 Australia Geoff Ogilvy
2007 Argentina Ángel Cabrera
2008 United States Tiger Woods
2009 United States Lucas Glover
2010 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell
2011 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
2012 United States Webb Simpson
2013 England Justin Rose
2014 Germany Martin Kaymer
2. Winner and runner-up of the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship
  • South Korea Gunn Yang (a)
  • Corey Conners forfeited his exemption by turning pro.
3. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship
4. Winner of the 2014 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years
Year Winner
2011 South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2012 United States Bubba Watson
2013 Australia Adam Scott
2014 Bubba Watson
2015 United States Jordan Spieth
6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
Year Winner
2010 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
2011 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
2012 South Africa Ernie Els
2013 United States Phil Mickelson
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years
Year Winner
2010 Martin Kaymer (1)
2011 United States Keegan Bradley
2012 Rory McIlroy (1,6)
2013 United States Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (1,6)
8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
Year Winner
2013 Tiger Woods (1)
2014 Martin Kaymer (1,7)
2015 United States Rickie Fowler
9. Winner of the 2015 European Tour BMW PGA Championship
10. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Senior Open Championship
11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2014 U.S. Open Championship

Qualified in higher categories: Keegan Bradley (7), Rickie Fowler (8), Adam Scott (5)

12. Players who qualified for the season-ending 2014 Tour Championship

Qualified in higher categories: Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Jimmy Walker, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Webb Simpson, Geoff Ogilvy, Dustin Johnson

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 7, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking
14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 14, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking
15. Special exemptions given by the USGA
Sectional qualifying
Japan
England
New York
Georgia
Maryland
Florida
Tennessee
Ohio 2
Texas
Ohio 1
Washington
California
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Due to categories that specify "not already exempt", players (except past champions) are classified according to the category in which they first qualified. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 19 July 2015
2. The Open Champions for 2005–2014
3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2009–2014
Year(s) Winner
1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983 United States Tom Watson
1985 Scotland Sandy Lyle
1989 United States Mark Calcavecchia
1987, 1990, 1992 England Nick Faldo
1995 United States John Daly
1996 United States Tom Lehman
1997 United States Justin Leonard
1998 United States Mark O'Meara
1999 Scotland Paul Lawrie
2000, 2005, 2006 United States Tiger Woods
2001 United States David Duval
2002, 2012 South Africa Ernie Els
2003 United States Ben Curtis
2004 United States Todd Hamilton
2007, 2008 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
2009 United States Stewart Cink
2010 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
2011 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
2013 United States Phil Mickelson

Not playing: Rory McIlroy

Eligible past champions not expected to compete: Nick Price, Greg Norman, Ian Baker-Finch

4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2014 Open Championship

Already qualified: Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel

5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2015

Already qualified: 42 players

6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2014

Already qualified: Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Sergio García, Shane Lowry, Thomas Bjørn, Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell, Martin Kaymer, Stephen Gallacher, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2013–2015
Year(s) Winner
2013 Italy Matteo Manassero
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015 South Korea An Byeong-hun
8. First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai on completion of the 2015 BMW International Open

Not playing: Alexander Norén

9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2011–2015
Year Winner
2011 Rory McIlroy (1)
2012 United States Webb Simpson
2013 England Justin Rose
2014 Martin Kaymer (11)
2015 Jordan Spieth (13)
10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2011–2015
Year Winner
2011 South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2012 United States Bubba Watson
2013 Australia Adam Scott
2014 Bubba Watson
2015 Jordan Spieth (13)
11. The PGA Champions for 2010–2014
Year Winner
2010 Germany Martin Kaymer
2011 United States Keegan Bradley
2012 Rory McIlroy (1)
2013 United States Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy
12. The Players Champions for 2013–2015
Year(s) Winner
2013 Tiger Woods (1)
2014 Martin Kaymer (11)
2015 Rickie Fowler (4)
13. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2014 Tour Championship

Not playing: Chris Kirk

Already qualified: Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Sergio García, Martin Kaymer, Webb Simpson

14. First 5 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list for 2015 on completion of the 2015 Travelers Championship
15. Playing members of the 2014 Ryder Cup teams

Qualified in higher categories: Rory McIlroy, Victor Dubuisson, Sergio García, Justin Rose, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Jimmy Walker, Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Zach Johnson, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Hunter Mahan

16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2014
17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2014

Greg Chalmers already qualified through OQS

18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2014
19. The Japan Open Champion for 2014
20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2014
21. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2015 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2015 Japan Golf Tour Championship
22. The Senior Open Champion for 2014
23. The Amateur Champion for 2015
24. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2014
25. The European Amateur Champion for 2014
26. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2014
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.

Tournament Date Spots Top Qualifiers
Emirates Australian Open Nov 30 3 10 Australia Rod Pampling Australia Brett Rumford Australia Greg Chalmers
Thailand Golf Championship Dec 14 4 12 Australia Marcus Fraser Australia Scott Hend India Anirban Lahiri United States Jonathan Moore
Joburg Open Mar 1 3 10 England Andy Sullivan England David Howell England Anthony Wall
Mizuno Open May 31 4 12 Japan Taichi Teshima Australia Scott Strange Japan Tadahiro Takayama Japan Shinji Tomimura
Irish Open May 31 3 10 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen England Eddie Pepperell England Tyrrell Hatton
Travelers Championship Jun 28 4 12 United States Brian Harman Canada Graham DeLaet Sweden Carl Pettersson England Luke Donald
Open de France Jul 5 3 10 England James Morrison South Africa Jaco van Zyl Spain Rafael Cabrera-Bello
Greenbrier Classic Jul 5 4 12 New Zealand Danny Lee Canada David Hearn United States James Hahn England Greg Owen
Scottish Open Jul 12 3 10 France Raphaël Jacquelin England Daniel Brooks Sweden Rikard Karlberg
John Deere Classic Jul 12 1 5 United States Tom Gillis
Final Qualifying

The Final Qualifying events will be played on June 30 at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England.

Location Qualifiers
Gailes Links England Mark Young England Paul Kinnear (a) New Zealand Ryan Fox
Hillside Australia Scott Arnold Sweden Pelle Edberg United States Jordan Niebrugge (a)
Royal Cinque Ports England Alister Balcombe (a) England Gary Boyd England Ben Taylor (a)
Woburn Republic of Ireland Paul Dunne (a) England Robert Dinwiddie South Africa Retief Goosen
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.

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1. Playing members of the 2014 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2014
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 3, 2014
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
Tournament Winner
Bridgestone Invitational Rory McIlroy (1)
PGA Championship Rory McIlroy
Wyndham Championship Colombia Camilo Villegas
The Barclays Hunter Mahan (1)
Deutsche Bank Championship Chris Kirk (not playing)
BMW Championship United States Billy Horschel
Omega European Masters United States David Lipsky
The Tour Championship Billy Horschel
KLM Open England Paul Casey
ISPS Handa Wales Open Netherlands Joost Luiten
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship England Oliver Wilson
Frys.com Open South Korea Bae Sang-moon
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open United States Ben Martin
Volvo World Match Play Championship Finland Mikko Ilonen
McGladrey Classic United States Robert Streb
Bridgestone Open* Japan Koumei Oda
CIMB Classic United States Ryan Moore
BMW Masters Germany Marcel Siem
HSBC Champions Bubba Watson (1)
Turkish Airlines Open United States Brooks Koepka
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai Henrik Stenson (1)
Australian Masters* Australia Nick Cullen
Emirates Australian Open Jordan Spieth (1)
Nedbank Golf Challenge England Danny Willett
Thailand Golf Championship* Lee Westwood (1)
Hyundai Tournament of Champions Patrick Reed (1)
Sony Open in Hawaii Jimmy Walker (1)
Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship France Gary Stal
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters South Africa Branden Grace
Humana Challenge United States Bill Haas
Waste Management Phoenix Open Brooks Koepka
Omega Dubai Desert Classic Rory McIlroy
Farmers Insurance Open Australia Jason Day
Maybank Malaysian Open India Anirban Lahiri
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am United States Brandt Snedeker
True Thailand Classic Australia Andrew Dodt
Northern Trust Open United States James Hahn
Dimension Data Pro-Am* Branden Grace
The Honda Classic Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Cadillac Championship United States Dustin Johnson
Valspar Championship Jordan Spieth
Arnold Palmer Invitational United States Matt Every
Valero Texas Open Jimmy Walker
Shell Houston Open United States J. B. Holmes
Masters Tournament Jordan Spieth
RBC Heritage Jim Furyk (1)
Zurich Classic of New Orleans Justin Rose (1)
Cadillac Match Play Championship Rory McIlroy
Players Championship Rickie Fowler (1)
Wells Fargo Championship Rory McIlroy
Crowne Plaza Invitational Chirs Kirk
BMW PGA Championship South Korea An Byeong-hun
AT&T Byron Nelson Australia Steven Bowditch
Irish Open Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
The Memorial Tournament Sweden David Lingmerth
Scandinavian Masters Alexander Norén (not playing)
Japan Golf Tour Championship* China Liang Wen-Chong
FedEx St. Jude Classic Argentina Fabián Gómez
U.S. Open Jordan Spieth
Travelers Championship Bubba Watson
BMW International Open Spain Pablo Larrazábal
Greenbrier Classic New Zealand Danny Lee
Alstom Open de France Austria Bernd Wiesberger
John Deere Classic Jordan Spieth
Scottish Open Rickie Fowler
The Open Championship Zach Johnson (1)
RBC Canadian Open Jason Day
Omega European Masters Danny Willett
Quicken Loans National United States Troy Merritt
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1. All former PGA Champions
Year Winner
1991 United States John Daly
1996 United States Mark Brooks
1997 United States Davis Love III
1998, 2004 Fiji Vijay Singh
1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 United States Tiger Woods
2001 United States David Toms
2002 United States Rich Beem
2003 United States Shaun Micheel
2005 United States Phil Mickelson
2008 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
2009 South Korea Y. E. Yang
2010 Germany Martin Kaymer
2011 United States Keegan Bradley
2012, 2014 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
2013 United States Jason Dufner

The following former champions are not expected to compete: Paul Azinger, 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 U.S. Open Champions
Year Winner
2011 Rory McIlroy (1)
2012 United States Webb Simpson
2013 England Justin Rose
2014 Martin Kaymer (1)
2015 United States Jordan Spieth
3. Last five Masters Champions
Year Winner
2011 South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2012 United States Bubba Watson
2013 Australia Adam Scott
2014 Bubba Watson
2015 Jordan Spieth (2)
4. Last five British Open Champions
Year Winner
2011 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
2012 South Africa Ernie Els
2013 Phil Mickelson (1)
2014 Rory McIlroy (1,2)
2015 United States Zach Johnson
5. Current Senior PGA Champion
6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2014 PGA Championship

Qualified in higher categories: Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel

7. 20 low scorers in the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship
8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2015 Quicken Loans National
9. Members of the United States and European 2014 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on August 2, 2015)
10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2014 PGA Championship
Date Tournament Winner
Aug 17 Wyndham Championship Colombia Camilo Villegas
Aug 24 The Barclays Hunter Mahan (6)
Sep 1 Deutsche Bank Championship Chris Kirk (not playing}
Sep 7 BMW Championship United States Billy Horschel
Sep 14 Tour Championship Billy Horschel
Oct 12 Frys.com Open South Korea Bae Sang-moon
Oct 19 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open United States Ben Martin
Oct 26 McGladrey Classic United States Robert Streb
Nov 2 CIMB Classic United States Ryan Moore
Nov 9 WGC-HSBC Champions Bubba Watson (3)
Nov 9 Sanderson Farms Championship Canada Nick Taylor
Nov 16 OHL Classic at Mayakoba United States Charley Hoffman
Jan 12 Hyundai Tournament of Champions United States Patrick Reed
Jan 18 Sony Open in Hawaii Jimmy Walker (6)
Jan 25 Humana Challenge United States Bill Haas
Feb 1 Waste Management Phoenix Open Brooks Koepka (6)
Feb 8 Farmers Insurance Open Jason Day (6)
Feb 15 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Brandt Snedeker (6)
Feb 22 Northern Trust Open United States James Hahn
Mar 1 The Honda Classic Pádraig Harrington (1)
Mar 8 WGC-Cadillac Championship United States Dustin Johnson
Mar 8 Puerto Rico Open Germany Alex Čejka
Mar 15 Valspar Championship Jordan Spieth (2)
Mar 22 Arnold Palmer Invitational United States Matt Every
Mar 29 Valero Texas Open Jimmy Walker
Apr 5 Shell Houston Open United States J. B. Holmes
Apr 19 RBC Heritage Jim Furyk (6)
Apr 26 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Justin Rose (2)
May 3 WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship Rory McIlroy
May 10 Players Championship Rickie Fowler (6)
May 17 Wells Fargo Championship Rory McIlroy
May 24 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Chris Kirk
May 31 AT&T Byron Nelson Australia Steven Bowditch
Jun 7 The Memorial Tournament Sweden David Lingmerth
Jun 14 FedEx St. Jude Classic Argentina Fabián Gómez
Jun 28 Travelers Championship Bubba Watson
Jul 5 Greenbrier Classic New Zealand Danny Lee
Jul 12 John Deere Classic Jordan Spieth
Jul 19 Barbasol Championship United States Scott Piercy
Jul 26 RBC Canadian Open Jason Day
Aug 2 Quicken Loans National United States Troy Merritt
Aug 9 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Shane Lowry (12)
Aug 9 Barracuda Championship United States J. J. Henry
11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings)
12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
OWGR
Other

References

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  1. ^ "Who has qualified for WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Qualifiers for 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 2 September 2014.
  3. ^ The "Strength of Field Rating" is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the "Total Rating Value" (see Event ranking).
  4. ^ "Cadillac Championship: General Info". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 4, 2014.