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2017 WGC-HSBC Champions[edit]

Concluded
1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship
Tournament Winner
Masters Sergio García (not playing)
Players Championship South Korea Kim Si-woo
U.S. Open United States Brooks Koepka
The Open Championship Jordan Spieth (not playing)
PGA Championship Justin Thomas (not playing)
2. Winners of the previous four World Golf Championships
Tournament Winner
HSBC Champions Japan Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Championship United States Dustin Johnson
Dell Technologies Match Play Dustin Johnson
Bridgestone Invitational Hideki Matsuyama
3. Top 50 from the OWGR as of October 8
4. Top 30 from the final 2017 FedEx Cup points list (if there are less than five available players, players beyond 30th will be selected to increase the number to five)
5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of October 15
6. The leading four available players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit as of October 15
7. The leading two available players from the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit as of October 15
8. The leading two available players from the final 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
9. The leading two available players from the final 2016–17 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
10. Six players from China
11. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players

2018 WGC-Mexico Championship[edit]

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 2017 FedExCup Points List
2. The top 20 players from the final 2017 European Tour Race to Dubai
3. The top 2 players from the final 2017 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
4. The top 2 players from the final 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
5. The top 2 players from the final 2016–17 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
6. The top 2 players from the final 2017 Asian Tour Order of Merit
7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 18, 2018
8. The top 10 players from the 2018 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 18, 2018
9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 25, 2018
10. The top 10 players from the 2018 FedEx Cup Points List, as of February 25, 2018
11. The highest-ranked player from Mexico, as of February 18, 2018

2018 Masters Tournament[edit]

Concluded
1. Past Masters Champions
Year(s) Winner
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
2015 United States Jordan Spieth
2016 England Danny Willett
2017 Spain Sergio García

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
2013 England Justin Rose
2014 Germany Martin Kaymer
2015 Jordan Spieth (1)
2016 United States Dustin Johnson
2017 Brooks Koepka (11)
3. Last five British Open Champions
Year Winner
2013 Phil Mickelson (1)
2014 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
2015 Zach Johnson (1)
2016 Sweden Henrik Stenson
2017 Jordan Spieth (1)
4. Last five PGA Champions
Year Winner
2013 United States Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (3)
2015 Australia Jason Day
2016 United States Jimmy Walker
2017 United States Justin Thomas
5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
Year(s) Winner
2015 United States Rickie Fowler
2016 Jason Day (4)
2017 South Korea Kim Si-woo
6. Top two finishers in the 2017 U.S. Amateur
7. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship
8. Winner of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
9. Winner of the 2018 Latin America Amateur Championship
10. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur
11. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2017 Masters Tournament
12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2017 U.S. Open
13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2017 Open Championship
14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2017 PGA Championship
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
Date Tournament Winner
Apr 16 RBC Heritage United States Wesley Bryan
Apr 23 Valero Texas Open Kevin Chappell (11)
May 7 Wells Fargo Championship United States Brian Harman
May 21 AT&T Byron Nelson United States Billy Horschel
May 28 Dean & DeLuca Invitational United States Kevin Kisner
Jun 4 The Memorial Tournament Jason Dufner (4)
Jun 11 FedEx St. Jude Classic United States Daniel Berger
Jun 25 Travelers Championship Jordan Spieth (1)
Jul 2 Quicken Loans National United States Kyle Stanley
Jul 9 Greenbrier Classic United States Xander Schauffele
Jul 16 John Deere Classic United States Bryson DeChambeau
Jul 30 RBC Canadian Open Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas
Aug 6 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Hideki Matsuyama (11)
Aug 20 Wyndham Championship Henrik Stenson (1)
Aug 27 The Northern Trust Dustin Johnson
Sep 4 Dell Technologies Championship Justin Thomas (4)
Sep 17 BMW Championship Australia Marc Leishman
Sep 24 Tour Championship Xander Schauffele
Oct 8 Safeway Open United States Brendan Steele
Oct 15 CIMB Classic Pat Perez (16)
Oct 22 CJ Cup Justin Thomas
Oct 29 WGC-HSBC Champions Justin Rose (2)
Nov 5 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Patrick Cantlay (16)
Nov 12 OHL Classic at Mayakoba United States Patton Kizzire
Nov 19 RSM Classic United States Austin Cook
Jan 7 Sentry Tournament of Champions Dustin Johnson
Jan 14 Sony Open in Hawaii Patton Kizzire
Jan 21 CareerBuilder Challenge Jon Rahm (16)
Jan 28 Farmers Insurance Open Jason Day (4)
Feb 4 Waste Management Phoenix Open Gary Woodland (16)
Feb 11 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am United States Ted Potter Jr.
Feb 18 Genesis Open Bubba Watson (1)
Mar 25 Honda Classic Justin Thomas (4)
Mar 4 WGC-Mexico Championship Phil Mickelson (1)
Mar 11 Valspar Championship Paul Casey (11)
Mar 18 Arnold Palmer Invitational Rory McIlroy (3)
Mar 25 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Bubba Watson
Apr 1 Shell Houston Open England Ian Poulter
16. All players qualifying for the 2017 Tour Championship
17. Top 50 in the final 2017 Official World Golf Ranking
18. Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking on March 25, 2018
19. International invitees

2018 Players Championship[edit]

Concluded
Top 125 from 2017 FedEx Cup points list
Winners of PGA Tour events since 2016 Players
Top 125 (medical extension)
Major champions from the past five years
Players Championship winners from the past five years
WGC winners from the past three years
Senior Players champion from 2016
Web.com Tour money leader from prior season
OWGR top 50
FedEx Cup standings (to fill field)

2018 U.S. Open[edit]

Concluded
1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
Year Player
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
2015 United States Jordan Spieth
2016 United States Dustin Johnson
2017 United States Brooks Koepka
2. Winner and runner-up of the 2017 U.S. Amateur Championship
2b. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
2c. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship
3. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship
4. Winner of the 2017 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
5. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years
Year Winner
2014 United States Bubba Watson
2015 Jordan Spieth (1)
2016 England Danny Willett
2017 Spain Sergio García
2018 United States Patrick Reed
6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
Year Winner
2013 United States Phil Mickelson
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015 United States Zach Johnson
2016 Sweden Henrik Stenson
2017 Jordan Spieth (1)
7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years
Year Winner
2013 United States Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015 Australia Jason Day
2016 United States Jimmy Walker
2017 United States Justin Thomas
8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
Year Winner
2016 Jason Day (7)
2017 South Korea Kim Si-woo
2018 Webb Simpson (1)
9. Winner of the 2018 BMW PGA Championship
10. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Senior Open Championship
11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2017 U.S. Open
12. Players who qualified for the 2017 Tour Championship
13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 21, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking
14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 11, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking
15. Special exemptions given by the USGA
Japan
England
California
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
New Jersey
Texas
Oregon
Ohio (Springfield)
Tennessee
Ohio (Columbus)

2018 Open Championship[edit]

Concluded

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 22 July 2018
2. The Open Champions for 2008–2017
Year(s) Winner
1985 Scotland Sandy Lyle
1989 United States Mark Calcavecchia
1996 United States Tom Lehman
2000, 2005, 2006 United States Tiger Woods
2001 United States David Duval
2002, 2012 South Africa Ernie Els
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
2014 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
2015 United States Zach Johnson
2016 Sweden Henrik Stenson
2017 Jordan Spieth (9)

Eligible past champions who will not play: Ian Baker-Finch, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard

3. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2017 Open Championship
4. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) as of May 27
5. Top 30 on the 2017 Race to Dubai
6. Last three BMW PGA Championship winners
Year(s) Winner
2016 England Chris Wood
2017 Sweden Alexander Norén
2018 Francesco Molinari (5)
7. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2018 Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open
8. Last five U.S. Open winners
Year Winner
2014 Germany Martin Kaymer
2015 Jordan Spieth (9)
2016 United States Dustin Johnson
2017 United States Brooks Koepka
2018 Brooks Koepka
9. Last five Masters Tournament winners
Year Winner
2014 United States Bubba Watson
2015 United States Jordan Spieth
2016 England Danny Willett
2017 Spain Sergio García
2018 Patrick Reed (15)
10. Last five PGA Championship winners
Year Winner
2013 United States Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015 Australia Jason Day
2016 United States Jimmy Walker
2017 United States Justin Thomas
11. Last three Players Championship winners
Year(s) Winner
2016 Jason Day (10)
2017 South Korea Kim Si-woo
2018 Webb Simpson (12)
12. The 30 qualifiers for the 2017 Tour Championship
13. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2018 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship
14. Winner of the 2017 Open de Argentina
15. Playing members of the 2017 Presidents Cup teams
16. Winner of the 2017 Asian Tour Order of Merit
17. Winner of the 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
18. Winner of the 2017–18 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
19. Winner of the 2017 Japan Open
20. Top 2 on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List
21. Top 2, not already exempt, on the 2018 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through the Japan Golf Tour Championship
22. Winner of the 2017 Senior Open Championship
23. Winner of the 2018 Amateur Championship
24. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Amateur
25. Winner of the 2018 European Amateur
26. Recipient of the 2017 Mark H. McCormack Medal
27. Winner of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
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 Spots Top Qualifiers
Emirates Australian Open 3 10 Australia Cameron Davis Sweden Jonas Blixt Australia Matt Jones
Joburg Open 3 10 India Shubhankar Sharma South Africa Erik van Rooyen South Africa Shaun Norris
SMBC Singapore Open 4 12 Thailand Danthai Boonma Thailand Jazz Janewattananond United States Sean Crocker Australia Lucas Herbert
Mizuno Open 4 12 Japan Shota Akiyoshi New Zealand Michael Hendry Japan Masahiro Kawamura Japan Masanori Kobayashi
Kolon Korea Open 2 8 South Korea Choi Min-chel South Korea Park Sang-hyun
HNA Open de France 3 10 Scotland Russell Knox United States Julian Suri Sweden Marcus Kinhult
The National 4 12 United States Ryan Armour South Korea Kang Sung-hoon Mexico Abraham Ancer United States Bronson Burgoon
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 3 10 New Zealand Ryan Fox South Africa Zander Lombard England Andy Sullivan
Greenbrier Classic 4 12 United States Kelly Kraft United States Jason Kokrak United States Brandt Snedeker United States Austin Cook
Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open 3 10 South Africa Brandon Stone England Eddie Pepperell Sweden Jens Dantorp
John Deere Classic 1 5 United States Michael Kim
Final Qualifying

The Final Qualifying events will be played on July 3 at four courses.

Location Qualifiers
Notts (Hollinwell) England Ashton Turner England Oliver Wilson Wales Rhys Enoch
Prince's England Tom Lewis Iceland Haraldur Magnús South Africa Retief Goosen
St Annes Old Links England James Robinson England Marcus Armitage England Jack Senior
The Renaissance Club Scotland Sam Locke (a) Scotland Grant Forrest England Thomas Curtis
Alternates

2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational[edit]

Concluded
1. Playing members of the 2017 Presidents Cup teams
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2018
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 Hideki Matsuyama (1)
PGA Championship Justin Thomas (1)
Wyndham Championship Sweden Henrik Stenson
The Northern Trust Dustin Johnson (1)
Dell Technologies Championship Justin Thomas
Omega European Masters England Matthew Fitzpatrick
BMW Championship Marc Leishman (1)
The Tour Championship United States Xander Schauffele
British Masters Republic of Ireland Paul Dunne
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship England Tyrrell Hatton
Safeway Open United States Brendan Steele
Italian Open Tyrrell Hatton
CIMB Classic United States Pat Perez
Bridgestone Open* Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu
CJ Cup Justin Thomas
HSBC Champions Justin Rose (not playing)
Turkish Airlines Open Justin Rose
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open United States Patrick Cantlay
Nedbank Golf Challenge Branden Grace (1)
OHL Classic at Mayakoba United States Patton Kizzire
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai Spain Jon Rahm
RSM Classic United States Austin Cook
UBS Hong Kong Open Australia Wade Ormsby
Australian PGA Championship* Australia Cameron Smith
Indonesian Masters* Justin Rose
Sentry Tournament of Champions Dustin Johnson
Sony Open in Hawaii Patton Kizzire
SMBC Singapore Open Spain Sergio García
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship England Tommy Fleetwood
CareerBuilder Challenge Jon Rahm
Omega Dubai Desert Classic China Li Haotong
Farmers Insurance Open Jason Day (1)
Maybank Championship India Shubhankar Sharma
Waste Management Phoenix Open United States Gary Woodland
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am United States Ted Potter Jr.
Dimension Data Pro-Am* South Africa Jaco Ahlers
Genesis Open United States Bubba Watson
The Honda Classic Justin Thomas
Mexico Championship Phil Mickelson (1)
Valspar Championship England Paul Casey
Arnold Palmer Invitational Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Dell Technologies Match Play Bubba Watson
Shell Houston Open England Ian Poulter
Masters Tournament Patrick Reed (1)
RBC Heritage Japan Satoshi Kodaira
Valero Texas Open United States Andrew Landry
Volvo China Open Sweden Alexander Björk
Wells Fargo Championship Jason Day
Players Championship United States Webb Simpson
AT&T Byron Nelson United States Aaron Wise
BMW PGA Championship Italy Francesco Molinari
Fort Worth Invitational Justin Rose
Japan Golf Tour Championship* Japan Kodai Ichihara
Italian Open Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen
The Memorial Tournament United States Bryson DeChambeau
FedEx St. Jude Classic Dustin Johnson
U.S. Open Brooks Koepka (1)
Travelers Championship Bubba Watson
HNA Open de France Sweden Alexander Norén
Quicken Loans National Francesco Molinari
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Scotland Russell Knox
Greenbrier Classic United States Kevin Na
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open South Africa Brandon Stone
Open Championship Francesco Molinari
RBC Canadian Open Dustin Johnson

2018 PGA Championship[edit]

Concluded
1. All former PGA Champions
Year Winner
1991 United States John Daly
1997 United States Davis Love III
1998, 2004 Fiji Vijay Singh
1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 United States Tiger Woods
2002 United States Rich Beem
2003 United States Shaun Micheel
2005 United States Phil Mickelson
2008 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
2009 South Korea Yang Yong-eun
2010 Germany Martin Kaymer
2011 United States Keegan Bradley
2012, 2014 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
2013 United States Jason Dufner
2015 Australia Jason Day
2016 United States Jimmy Walker
2017 United States Justin Thomas

The following former champions are not expected to compete: Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Jack Burke, Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins

2. Last five Masters Champions
Year Winner
2014 United States Bubba Watson
2015 United States Jordan Spieth
2016 England Danny Willett
2017 Spain Sergio García
2018 Patrick Reed (6)
3. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Year Winner
2014 Martin Kaymer (1)
2015 Jordan Spieth (2)
2016 United States Dustin Johnson
2017 United States Brooks Koepka
2018 Brooks Koepka
4. Last five British Open Champions
Year Winner
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015 United States Zach Johnson
2016 Sweden Henrik Stenson
2017 Jordan Spieth (2)
2018 Francesco Molinari (6)
5. Last five Players Champions
Year Winner
2016 Jason Day (1)
2017 South Korea Kim Si-woo
2018 United States Webb Simpson
5. Current Senior PGA Champion
6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2017 PGA Championship
7. 20 low scorers in the 2018 PGA Professional Championship
8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Barracuda Championship to the 2017 RBC Canadian Open
9. Members of the United States and European 2016 Ryder Cup teams
10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2017 PGA Championship
Tournament Winner
Wyndham Championship Henrik Stenson (4)
The Northern Trust Dustin Johnson (3)
Dell Technologies Championship Justin Thomas (1)
BMW Championship Marc Leishman (6)
Tour Championship United States Xander Schauffele
Safeway Open United States Brendan Steele
CIMB Classic United States Pat Perez
CJ Cup Justin Thomas
WGC-HSBC Champions England Justin Rose
Sanderson Farms Championship United States Ryan Armour
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open United States Patrick Cantlay
OHL Classic at Mayakoba United States Patton Kizzire
RSM Classic United States Austin Cook
Sentry Tournament of Champions Dustin Johnson
Sony Open in Hawaii Patton Kizzire
CareerBuilder Challenge Spain Jon Rahm
Farmers Insurance Open Jason Day (1)
Waste Management Phoenix Open United States Gary Woodland
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am United States Ted Potter Jr.
Genesis Open Bubba Watson (2)
The Honda Classic Justin Thomas
WGC-Mexico Championship Phil Mickelson (1)
Valspar Championship Paul Casey (6)
Arnold Palmer Invitational Rory McIlroy (1)
WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Bubba Watson
Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship United States Brice Garnett
Houston Open England Ian Poulter
RBC Heritage Japan Satoshi Kodaira
Valero Texas Open United States Andrew Landry
Zurich Classic of New Orleans United States Billy Horschel
United States Scott Piercy
Wells Fargo Championship Jason Day
AT&T Byron Nelson United States Aaron Wise
Fort Worth Invitational Justin Rose
The Memorial Tournament United States Bryson DeChambeau
FedEx St. Jude Classic Dustin Johnson
Travelers Championship Bubba Watson
Quicken Loans National Francesco Molinari (6)
Greenbrier Classic United States Kevin Na
John Deere Classic United States Michael Kim
Barbasol Championship United States Troy Merritt
RBC Canadian Open Dustin Johnson
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Justin Thomas
Barracuda Championship United States Andrew Putnam
11. Special invitations
Top 112 OWGR
Other invitees
13. Alternates

See also[edit]