User:Phinumu/2015–16 qualifiers
This event has concluded.
- 1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship
| Tournament | Winner |
|---|---|
| Masters |  Jordan Spieth
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| Players Championship | Rickie Fowler
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| U.S. Open | Jordan Spieth |
| The Open Championship | Zach Johnson (not playing) |
| PGA Championship | Jason Day (not playing) |
- 2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
| Tournament | Winner |
|---|---|
| HSBC Champions | Bubba Watson
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| Cadillac Championship | Dustin Johnson
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| Cadillac Match Play Championship |  Rory McIlroy
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| Bridgestone Invitational |  Shane Lowry
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- 3. Top 50 from the OWGR
Henrik Stenson- Justin Rose (not playing)
- Jim Furyk (not playing)
Sergio García- Brooks Koepka (not playing)
- Matt Kuchar (not playing)
Louis Oosthuizen
Hideki Matsuyama
Adam Scott- Jimmy Walker (not playing)
- J. B. Holmes (not playing)
Patrick Reed
Martin Kaymer- Branden Grace
Paul Casey- Kevin Na
- Phil Mickelson (not playing)
- Danny Willett
- Billy Horschel (not playing)
Bernd Wiesberger- Chris Kirk
- Brandt Snedeker (not playing)
- Bill Haas (not playing)
- Robert Streb
Thongchai Jaidee- Kevin Kisner
- Charley Hoffman (not playing)
Emiliano Grillo
Danny Lee- Marc Leishman
Anirban Lahiri- Ryan Palmer (not playing)
- Scott Piercy
- Daniel Berger
- Charl Schwartzel
- Gary Woodland
- David Lingmerth
- Lee Westwood
- Andy Sullivan
Søren Kjeldsen- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Hunter Mahan
- 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)
- Steven Bowditch
- Bae Sang-moon (not playing)
- Harris English
- Daniel Summerhays
- Justin Thomas
- Matt Jones
- 5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
An Byeong-hun- Chris Wood
Marc Warren- Tommy Fleetwood
- Ross Fisher
- James Morrison
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- David Howell
- George Coetzee (not playing)
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Luke Donald
- Alexander Norén
Thomas Pieters
- 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
- Kim Kyung-tae
- Yuta Ikeda (not playing)
- Satoshi Kodaira
- 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 19 October, followed by the next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 26 October, OWGR as of 19 October, FedEx Cup list
- Hiroshi Iwata
Danny Chia- Trevor Fisher, Jr.
- Nick Cullen
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Ian Poulter
- Russell Knox
- Cameron Smith
This event has concluded.
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 2015 FedExCup Points List
- Jordan Spieth
- Henrik Stenson
- Jason Day
- Rickie Fowler
- Bubba Watson
- Zach Johnson
- Dustin Johnson
- Justin Rose
- Danny Lee
- Charley Hoffman
- Daniel Berger
- Patrick Reed
- Paul Casey
- J. B. Holmes
Rory McIlroy- Jimmy Walker
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Robert Streb
- Matt Kuchar
- Steven Bowditch
- Kevin Kisner
- Scott Piercy
- Brandt Snedeker
- Brooks Koepka
- Kevin Na
- Bill Haas
- Harris English
- Louis Oosthuizen
Not playing: Jim Furyk, Bae Sang-moon
- 2. The top 20 players from the final 2015 European Tour Race to Dubai
- Danny Willett
- Branden Grace
Shane Lowry- An Byeong-hun
- Andy Sullivan
- Bernd Wiesberger
Victor Dubuisson- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Kristoffer Broberg
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Chris Wood
- Ross Fisher
- Anirban Lahiri
Already qualified: McIlroy, Rose, Oosthuizen, Reed, Stenson
Not playing: Thongchai Jaidee
- 3. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
- 4. The top 2 players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
- 5. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
- 6. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Already qualified: Lahiri
- 7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 21, 2016
- Adam Scott
- Sergio García
- Phil Mickelson
- Marc Leishman
- Russell Knox
- Emiliano Grillo
- Martin Kaymer
- David Lingmerth
- Justin Thomas
- Billy Horschel
Jamie Donaldson
- 8. The top 10 players from the 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 21, 2016
- 9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 28, 2016
Not playing: Jaco van Zyl
- 10. The top 10 players from the 2016 FedExCup Points List, February 28, 2016
This event has concluded.
- The field consists of the top 64 available players in the Official World Golf Rankings as of March 13, 2016.
- Jordan Spieth
- Jason Day
- Rory McIlroy
- Bubba Watson
- Rickie Fowler
- Adam Scott
- Henrik Stenson (not playing)
- Justin Rose
- Dustin Johnson
- Patrick Reed
- Danny Willett
- Branden Grace
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Sergio García
- Zach Johnson
- Jim Furyk (not playing)
- Brandt Snedeker
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Phil Mickelson
- Brooks Koepka
- Charl Schwartzel
- Kevin Kisner
- J. B. Holmes
- Jimmy Walker
- Paul Casey
- Shane Lowry
- Marc Leishman
- Kevin Na
- An Byeong-hun
- Matt Kuchar
- Andy Sullivan
- Bill Haas
- Justin Thomas
- Russell Knox
- Emiliano Grillo
- Danny Lee
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- David Lingmerth
- Victor Dubuisson
- Billy Horschel
- Chris Wood
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Martin Kaymer
- Ryan Moore
- Smylie Kaufman
- Scott Piercy
- Anirban Lahiri
This event has concluded.
- 1. Past Masters Champions
Withdrew with injuries: Fred Couples, José María Olazábal, Tiger Woods
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, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Fuzzy Zoeller
- 2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Rory McIlroy
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| 2012 | Webb Simpson
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| 2013 |  Justin Rose
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| 2014 |  Martin Kaymer
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| 2015 | Jordan Spieth (1) |
- 3. Last five British Open Champions
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Darren Clarke
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| 2012 |  Ernie Els
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| 2013 | Phil Mickelson (1) |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy (2) |
| 2015 | Zach Johnson (1) |
- 4. Last five PGA Champions
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Keegan Bradley
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| 2012 | Rory McIlroy (2,3) |
| 2013 | Jason Dufner
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| 2014 | Rory McIlroy (2,3) |
| 2015 | Jason Day (13) |
- 5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
| Year(s) | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Tiger Woods (1) |
| 2014 | Martin Kaymer (2) |
| 2015 | Rickie Fowler (11) |
- 6. Top two finishers in the 2015 U.S. Amateur
- Bryson DeChambeau (a)
- Derek Bard (a)
- 7. Winner of the 2015 Amateur Championship
- Romain Langasque (a)
- 8. Winner of the 2015 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
Jin Cheng (a)
- 9. Winner of the 2016 Latin America Amateur Championship
Paul Chaplet (a)
- 10. Winner of the 2015 U.S. Mid-Amateur
- Sammy Schmitz (a)
- 11. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2015 Masters Tournament
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Paul Casey
- Dustin Johnson
- Ian Poulter
- Charley Hoffman
- Hunter Mahan
- Rickie Fowler
- Bill Haas
- Ryan Moore
- Kevin Na
- Kevin Streelman
Already qualified: Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy, Zach Johnson
- 12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2015 U.S. Open
Already qualified: Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott
- 13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2015 Open Championship
Already qualified: Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Spieth
- 14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2015 PGA Championship
Already qualified: Jordan Spieth, Branden Grace, Justin Rose
- 15. 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
- 16. All players qualifying for the 2015 Tour Championship
- Henrik Stenson
- Daniel Berger
- Patrick Reed
- J. B. Holmes
- Jimmy Walker
- Robert Streb
- Matt Kuchar
- Scott Piercy
- Brandt Snedeker
- Brooks Koepka
- Bae Sang-moon (not playing)
- Harris English
- 17. Top 50 on the final 2015 Official World Golf Ranking list
- Sergio García
- Danny Willett
- Thongchai Jaidee
- An Byeong-hun
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Victor Dubuisson
- Andy Sullivan
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Anirban Lahiri
- Billy Horschel
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Chris Wood
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Jamie Donaldson
- Lee Westwood
- 18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 28, 2016
- 19. International invitees
This event has concluded.
- Top 125 from 2015 FedEx Cup points list
- Jordan Spieth
- Henrik Stenson
- Jason Day
- Rickie Fowler
- Bubba Watson
- Zach Johnson
- Dustin Johnson
- Justin Rose
- Danny Lee
- Charley Hoffman
- Daniel Berger
- Patrick Reed
- Paul Casey
- J. B. Holmes
- Rory McIlroy
- Jimmy Walker
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Robert Streb
- Matt Kuchar
- Steven Bowditch
- Kevin Kisner
- Scott Piercy
- Brandt Snedeker
- Brooks Koepka
- Kevin Na
- Bae Sang-moon – not playing
- Bill Haas
- Harris English
- Jim Furyk
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Daniel Summerhays
- Justin Thomas
- Matt Jones
- Russell Knox
- Ben Martin
- Cameron Tringale
- David Lingmerth
- Ryan Palmer
- Ryan Moore
- Jason Bohn
- Gary Woodland
- Sean O'Hair
- Tony Finau
- Chris Kirk
- Pat Perez – not playing
- Brendon Todd
Brendon de Jonge- Webb Simpson – not playing
- Hunter Mahan
- Brendan Steele
- James Hahn
- Kevin Chappell
- Sergio García
- Shawn Stefani
David Hearn- Troy Merritt
- Brian Harman
- Nick Watney – not playing
- Zac Blair
- Keegan Bradley
- Phil Mickelson
- George McNeill
- Russell Henley
- Fabián Gómez
- Rory Sabbatini – not playing
- Billy Horschel
- Ian Poulter
- Jerry Kelly
- William McGirt
- Bryce Molder
- Alex Čejka
- Marc Leishman
- John Senden
- Jim Herman
- Kevin Streelman
- Boo Weekley
- Carl Pettersson
- Kyle Reifers
- Charles Howell III
- Luke Donald
- Hudson Swafford
- Spencer Levin
- Scott Pinckney
Camilo Villegas- Morgan Hoffmann
- Davis Love III
- Johnson Wagner
- Jason Dufner
- Matt Every
- J. J. Henry
- Colt Knost
- Jason Gore
Carlos Ortiz- Scott Brown
- Mark Wilson
- Chad Campbell
- Will Wilcox
- Chesson Hadley
- Martin Laird
- Jason Kokrak
- Nick Taylor
- Stewart Cink – not playing
- Pádraig Harrington
- Greg Owen
- John Peterson – not playing
- Adam Scott
- Adam Hadwin
- Charl Schwartzel – not playing
- Lee Westwood – not playing
- John Huh
Francesco Molinari- Graham DeLaet
- Jon Curran
- Steve Wheatcroft
- Andres Gonzales
- Chris Stroud
- Ken Duke
- Retief Goosen
Vijay Singh- Chad Collins
- Tim Clark – not playing
- Ryo Ishikawa – not playing
- Jonas Blixt
- Erik Compton
- Jeff Overton
- Winners of PGA Tour events since 2015 Players
- Shane Lowry
- Emiliano Grillo
- Smylie Kaufman
- Peter Malnati
- Graeme McDowell
- Vaughn Taylor
- Danny Willett
- Branden Grace
- Brian Stuard
- Top 125 (medical extension)
- Major champions from the past five years
- Darren Clarke – not playing
- Ernie Els
- Martin Kaymer
- Players Championship winners from the past five years
- K. J. Choi
- Tiger Woods – not playing
- Senior Players champion from 2015
- Web.com Tour money leader from prior season
- Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals
- OWGR top 50
- An Byeong-hun
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Andy Sullivan
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Thongchai Jaidee – not playing
- Kim Kyung-tae – not playing
- FedEx Cup standings (to fill field)
This event has concluded.
- 1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2006 |  Geoff Ogilvy
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| 2007 |  Ángel Cabrera
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| 2008 | Tiger Woods (not playing) |
| 2009 | Lucas Glover
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| 2010 | Graeme McDowell
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| 2011 | Rory McIlroy
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| 2012 | Webb Simpson
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| 2013 | Justin Rose
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| 2014 | Martin Kaymer
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| 2015 | Jordan Spieth
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- 2. Winner and runner-up of the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship
- Bryson DeChambeau turned pro.
- Derek Bard (a)
- 3. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship
- Romain Langasque turned pro.
- 4. Winner of the 2014 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
- Jon Rahm (a)
- 5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Bubba Watson
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| 2013 | Adam Scott
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| 2014 | Bubba Watson |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth (1) |
| 2016 | Danny Willett
|
- 6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Darren Clarke (not playing) |
| 2012 | Ernie Els
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| 2013 | Phil Mickelson
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| 2014 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
| 2015 | Zach Johnson
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- 7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Keegan Bradley
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| 2012 | Rory McIlroy (1,6) |
| 2013 | Jason Dufner
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| 2014 | Rory McIlroy (1,6) |
| 2015 | Jason Day
|
- 8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Martin Kaymer (1) |
| 2015 | Rickie Fowler
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| 2016 | Jason Day (7) |
- 9. Winner of the 2016 BMW PGA Championship
Chris Wood (already qualified)
- 10. Winner of the 2015 U.S. Senior Open Championship
- 11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2015 U.S. Open
- Dustin Johnson
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Branden Grace
- Cameron Smith
- Charl Schwartzel
- Brandt Snedeker
- Shane Lowry
Qualified in higher categories: Adam Scott, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy
- 12. Players who qualified for the 2015 Tour Championship
- Henrik Stenson
- Danny Lee
- Charley Hoffman
- Daniel Berger
- Patrick Reed
- Paul Casey
- J. B. Holmes
- Jimmy Walker
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Robert Streb
- Matt Kuchar
- Steven Bowditch
- Kevin Kisner
- Scott Piercy
- Brooks Koepka
- Kevin Na
- Bae Sang-moon (not playing)
- Bill Haas
- Harris English
- Jim Furyk
- 13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 23, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- Sergio García
- Russell Knox
- An Byeong-hun
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Justin Thomas
- Kevin Chappell
- Lee Westwood
- Andy Sullivan
- Marc Leishman
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Kim Kyung-tae
- Emiliano Grillo
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Billy Horschel
- Thongchai Jaidee (not playing)
- Ryan Moore
- David Lingmerth
- Smylie Kaufman
- James Hahn
- Chris Kirk
- Chris Wood
- Patton Kizzire
- Anirban Lahiri
- Jaco van Zyl
- Jamie Donaldson
Already qualified: 33 players
- 14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 13, 2016 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- 15. Special exemptions given by the USGA
- Sectional qualifying
- Japan
- England
- Grégory Bourdy
- Mikael Lundberg
- Lee Slattery
- Matthew Baldwin
- Andrew Johnston
- Alexander Norén
- Gary Stal
- Romain Wattel
- Peter Hanson
- Matteo Manassero
- Søren Hansen
- Maximilian Kieffer
- Sebastian Söderberg
- New Jersey
- Georgia
- Maryland
- Ohio 2
- Nick Hardy (a)
- Kyle Mueller (a)
- Patrick Wilkes-Krier
- Charlie Danielson (a)
- Tennessee
- Andres Gonzales
- D. J. Trahan
- Tom Hoge
- Derek Fathauer
- J. J. Henry
- Andrew Landry
- Dicky Pride
- David Toms
- Sam Burns (a)
- Kang Sung-hoon
- Texas
- Ohio 1
- Carlos Ortiz
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Ethan Tracy
- Brendan Steele
- Spencer Levin
- Wes Short, Jr.
- Kevin Streelman
- Jason Kokrak
- Jason Allred
- Luke Donald
- Patrick Rodgers
- Scottie Scheffler (a)
- Richie Schembechler
- California
- Washington
- Florida
- Alternates
- Thitiphun Chuayprakong (Japan 1)
- Jeev Milkha Singh (England 1)
- Thomas Aiken (Memphis 1)
- Daniel Summerhays (Columbus 1)
- Kevin Foley (New Jersey 1)
- Mike Van Sickle (Maryland 1)
- Tony Finau (Springfield 1)
- Zach Edmondson (Florida 1)
This event has concluded.
- 1. Playing members of the 2015 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
- Jordan Spieth
- Bubba Watson
- Rickie Fowler
- Jimmy Walker
- Matt Kuchar
- Patrick Reed
- Zach Johnson
- Dustin Johnson
- Chris Kirk
- Bill Haas
- J. B. Holmes
- Phil Mickelson
- Jason Day
- Adam Scott
- Marc Leishman
- Steven Bowditch
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Branden Grace
- Charl Schwartzel
- Danny Lee
- Bae Sang-moon (not playing)
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Anirban Lahiri
- Thongchai Jaidee (not playing)
- 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 19, 2014
- Henrik Stenson (not playing)
- Brooks Koepka
- Jim Furyk
- An Byeong-hun
- Paul Casey
- Kevin Na
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello (not playing)
- Lee Westwood (not playing)
- Kevin Chappell
- Kim Kyung-tae
- Andy Sullivan (not playing)
- Scott Piercy
- Søren Kjeldsen
- David Lingmerth
- Bernd Wiesberger (not playing)
- Harris English
- 3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 26, 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
This event has concluded.
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 17 July 2016
- 2. The Open Champions for 2006–2015
| Year(s) | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1985 |  Sandy Lyle
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| 1989 | Mark Calcavecchia
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| 1995 | John Daly
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| 1997 | Justin Leonard
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| 1998 | Mark O'Meara
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| 1999 | Paul Lawrie
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| 2000, 2005, 2006 | Tiger Woods (not playing) |
| 2001 | David Duval
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| 2002, 2012 | Ernie Els
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| 2003 | Ben Curtis
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| 2004 | Todd Hamilton
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| 2007, 2008 | Pádraig Harrington
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| 2009 | Stewart Cink (not playing) |
| 2010 | Louis Oosthuizen
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| 2011 | Darren Clarke
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| 2013 | Phil Mickelson
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| 2014 | Rory McIlroy
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| 2015 | Zach Johnson
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Eligible past champions not expected to compete: Nick Price, Greg Norman, Ian Baker-Finch
- 3. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2015 Open Championship
Already qualified: Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Adam Scott
- 4. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 22, 2016
- Russell Knox
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Justin Thomas
- Kevin Chappell
- Emiliano Grillo
- Billy Horschel
- Ryan Moore
- David Lingmerth
Already qualified: 42 players
- 5. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2015
- Shane Lowry
- Andy Sullivan
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Victor Dubuisson
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Kristoffer Broberg
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Chris Wood
- Ross Fisher
- Jaco van Zyl (not playing)
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Marc Warren
- David Howell
- James Morrison
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Thomas Pieters
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Already qualified: Rory McIlroy, Danny Willett, Branden Grace, Justin Rose, Louis Oosthuizen, An Byeong-hun, Thongchai Jaidee, Patrick Reed, Henrik Stenson, Anirban Lahiri, Martin Kaymer, Charl Schwartzel
- 6. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2014–2016
| Year(s) | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
| 2015 |  An Byeong-hun
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| 2016 | Chris Wood (6) |
- 7. 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 2016 BMW International Open
- 8. The U.S. Open Champions for 2012–2016
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Webb Simpson
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| 2013 | Justin Rose
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| 2014 | Martin Kaymer (12) |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth (10) |
| 2016 | Dustin Johnson (15) |
- 9. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2012–2016
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Bubba Watson
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| 2013 | Adam Scott
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| 2014 | Bubba Watson |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth
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| 2016 | Danny Willett (4) |
- 10. The PGA Champions for 2011–2015
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Keegan Bradley
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| 2012 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
| 2013 | Jason Dufner
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| 2014 | Rory McIlroy |
| 2015 | Jason Day (4) |
- 11. The Players Champions for 2014–2016
| Year(s) | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Martin Kaymer
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| 2015 | Rickie Fowler
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| 2016 | Jason Day |
- 12. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2015 Tour Championship
- Henrik Stenson
- Charley Hoffman
- Daniel Berger (not playing)
- Paul Casey
- Robert Streb
- Kevin Kisner
- Scott Piercy
- Brandt Snedeker
- Kevin Na
- Harris English
- Jim Furyk
Already qualified: 19 players
- 13. 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 2016 on completion of the 2016 Quicken Loans National
- 14. Playing members of the 2015 Presidents Cup teams
- Jimmy Walker
- Dustin Johnson
- Patrick Reed
- Matt Kuchar
- Chris Kirk
- Bill Haas
- J. B. Holmes
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Branden Grace
- Anirban Lahiri
- Charl Schwartzel
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Danny Lee
- Steven Bowditch
- Bae Sang-moon (not playing)
Already qualified: Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott, Marc Leishman
- 15. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2015
Already qualified (Lahiri)
- 16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2015
- 17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2015
- 18. The Japan Open Champion for 2015
- 19. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2015
- 20. First 2 not exempt on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour through the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Championship
- 21. The Senior Open Champion for 2015
- 22. The Amateur Champion for 2016
- Scott Gregory (a)
- 23. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2015
- Bryson DeChambeau turned pro.
- 24. The European Amateur Champion for 2015
- Stefano Mazzoli (a)
- 25. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2015
- Jon Rahm turned pro.
- 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 29 | 3 | 10 | Matt Jones |
Rod Pampling |
Nick Cullen
| |
| Thailand Golf Championship | Dec 13 | 4 | 12 |  Jamie Donaldson |
Lee Westwood |
 Clément Sordet |
 Phachara Khongwatmai
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| Joburg Open | Jan 17 | 3 | 10 | Haydn Porteous |
Zander Lombard |
Anthony Wall
| |
| Mizuno Open | May 29 | 4 | 12 |  Kodai Ichihara |
Shugo Imahira |
Lee Sang-hee |
Hideto Tanihara
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| Nordea Masters | Jun 5 | 1 | 5 |  Lasse Jensen
| |||
| FedEx St. Jude Classic | Jun 12 | 4 | 12 | Steve Stricker |
Brian Gay |
Russell Henley |
Noh Seung-yul
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| Quicken Loans National | Jun 26 | 4 | 12 | Billy Hurley III (not playing) |  Vijay Singh |
 Jon Rahm |
Harold Varner III
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| Open de France | Jul 3 | 4 | 12 | Brandon Stone |
 Alexander Norén |
Callum Shinkwin |
Richard Sterne
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| Barracuda Championship | Jul 3 | 1 | 5 | Greg Chalmers
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| AAM Scottish Open | Jul 10 | 4 | 12 | Tyrrell Hatton |
 Nicolas Colsaerts |
 Matteo Manassero |
Richie Ramsay
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- Final Qualifying
The Final Qualifying events will be played on June 28 at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England.
- 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.
This event has concluded.
- 1. All former PGA Champions
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1991 | John Daly
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| 1997 | Davis Love III (not playing) |
| 1998, 2004 | Vijay Singh
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| 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 | Tiger Woods (not playing) |
| 2001 | David Toms
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| 2002 | Rich Beem
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| 2003 | Shaun Micheel
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| 2005 | Phil Mickelson
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| 2008 | Pádraig Harrington
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| 2009 | Yang Yong-eun
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| 2010 | Martin Kaymer
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| 2011 | Keegan Bradley
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| 2012, 2014 | Rory McIlroy
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| 2013 | Jason Dufner
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| 2015 | Jason Day
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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 U.S. Open Champions
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Webb Simpson
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| 2013 | Justin Rose
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| 2014 | Martin Kaymer (1) |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth (3) |
| 2016 | Henrik Stenson (9) |
- 3. Last five Masters Champions
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Bubba Watson
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| 2013 | Adam Scott
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| 2014 | Bubba Watson |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth
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| 2016 | Danny Willett
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- 4. Last five British Open Champions
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Ernie Els
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| 2013 | Phil Mickelson (1) |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
| 2015 | Zach Johnson
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| 2016 | Dustin Johnson (6) |
- 5. Current Senior PGA Champion
- 6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2015 PGA Championship
- Branden Grace
- Brooks Koepka
- Anirban Lahiri
- George Coetzee
- Dustin Johnson
- Matt Kuchar
- Tony Finau
- Robert Streb
- Russell Henley
- David Lingmerth
- Brandt Snedeker
- Brendan Steele
Already qualified: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Martin Kaymer
- 7. 20 low scorers in the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship
- Rich Berberian, Jr.
- Michael Block
- Mark Brown
- Matt Dobyns
- Brian Gaffney
- Ryan Helminen
- Johan Kok
- Rob Labritz
- Brad Lardon
- Mitch Lowe
- David Muttitt
- Brad Ott
- Rod Perry
- Ben Polland
- Rick Schuller
- Tommy Sharp
- Josh Speight
- Joe Summerhays
- Omar Uresti
- Wyatt Worthington II
- 8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2016 Open Championship
- Kevin Chappell
- Scott Piercy
- Kevin Na
- J. B. Holmes
- Shane Lowry
- Bill Haas
- Harris English
- Danny Lee
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Paul Casey
- Charles Howell III (not playing)
- Jon Curran
- Kyle Reifers
- Gary Woodland
- Jamie Lovemark
- Daniel Summerhays
- Ryan Moore
- Colt Knost
- Roberto Castro
- Jason Bohn
- Ryan Palmer
- Bryce Molder
- Kevin Streelman
- Kim Si-woo
- Chris Kirk
- Patton Kizzire
- 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 July 1, 2015)
- Jamie Donaldson
- Victor Dubuisson
- Jim Furyk
- Ian Poulter (not playing)
- Patrick Reed
- Henrik Stenson
- Jimmy Walker
- Lee Westwood
- 10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2014 PGA Championship
- 11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings)
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- An Byeong-hun
- Marc Leishman
- Billy Horschel
- Steve Stricker
- Fredrik Jacobson
- Cameron Tringale
- Zac Blair
- Jason Kokrak
- Harold Varner III
- Jonas Blixt
- 12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
- Darren Clarke
- Chris Wood
- Andy Sullivan
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Kim Kyung-tae
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Alexander Norén
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Francesco Molinari
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Thomas Pieters
- Thorbjørn Olesen
Joost Luiten- Jaco van Zyl (not playing)
- Hideto Tanihara
- Wang Jeung-hun
- Scott Hend
- Matt Jones
- Rikard Karlberg
- Luke Donald
- Marcus Fraser
- Andrew Johnston
- Lee Soo-min
- Brandon Stone
- Yuta Ikeda
- Ross Fisher
- Bradley Dredge
- Troy Merritt
- James Morrison
- Kristoffer Broberg
- Song Young-han
- Shingo Katayama (not playing)
- John Senden
- Grégory Bourdy
- K. J. Choi
- Nicolas Colsaerts