User:Phinumu/PGA Tour players/2011

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* – Denotes a player who finished in the top 125 of the money list.

Bold text – Denotes a player who won in 2011.

1. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open prior to 1970 or in the last 10 calendar years (Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

Martin Kaymer declined membership. Keegan Bradley was promoted to this category after his PGA Championship win and earned an exemption through 2016.

Glover extended his exemption to 2015, in which year he would fall to cat 9.

2. Winners of the THE PLAYERS Championship in the last 10 calendar years. (Beginning In 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

K. J. Choi was promoted to this category after his win and earned an exemption through 2016. Mickelson earned an exemption through 2016, in which year he would fall to cat 9.

3. Winners of the Masters Tournament in the last 10 calendar years. (Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

Charl Schwartzel was promoted to this category after his win and earned an exemption through 2016.

4. Winners of the British Open in the last 10 calendar years (1990-present). (Beginning In 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)
5. THE TOUR Championship winners in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner

Bill Haas was promoted to this category after his win, and earned an exemption through 2016; he would fall to cat 7 in 2015.

6. Winners of World Golf Championship events, beginning in 1999 (a three-year exemption)

Luke Donald, Nick Watney, and Adam Scott were promoted to this category after their wins and earned exemptions through 2014. Donald lengthened his to 2016 and would fall to cat 8 in 2015; Watney lengthened his to 2015 and would fall to cat 9 in 2015.

7. The winner of the FedEx Cup in each of the last five calendar years
8. The leader in PGA TOUR official earnings in each of the last five calendar years
9. Winners of PGA TOUR cosponsored or approved events (except team events) within the last two calendar years, or during the current year; winners receive an additional year of exemption for each additional win, up to five years.
Wins by players with expiring exemptions
Date Player Tournament
Jan 16 Mark Wilson Sony Open
Feb 7 Mark Wilson (2) Waste Management Phoenix Open
Mar 6 Rory Sabbatini Honda Classic
Mar 13 Michael Bradley Puerto Rico Open
Mar 13 Nick Watney WGC-Cadillac Championship
Mar 27 Martin Laird Arnold Palmer Invitational
May 15 K. J. Choi The Players Championship
May 22 David Toms Crowne Plaza Invitational
Jul 3 Nick Watney (2) AT&T National
Jul 24 Sean O'Hair RBC Canadian Open

Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood declined membership. Not including Keegan Bradley, who was later promoted to cat 1, fifteen players moved into this category during the season. Mark Wilson, Bubba Watson, and Webb Simpson earned exemptions through 2014 with two wins. Stricker extended his exemption to 2016; Johnson and Rose extended theirs to 2014.

Funk received a medical extension. Casey finished in the 126–150 range and fell to conditional status for 2012. Green finished outside the top 150 but made it through Q School.

10a. Career money exemptions – top 50

Parnevik received a medical extension. Flesch finished in the 126–150 range, fell short at Q School, and dropped to conditional status in 2012. Couples and Price focused on the senior tour; both finished outside the top 150 and fell to past champion status for good in 2012.

10b. Career money exemptions – top 25

Calcavecchia focused on the senior tour; he finished outside the top 150 and fell to past champion status in 2012.

17. Life members

Watson focused on the senior tour.

18. Top 30 on the previous year’s FedExCup points list
Wins
Date Player Tournament
Feb 27 Luke Donald WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
Oct 2 Kevin Na Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
Oct 23 Luke Donald (2) Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic
19. Top 125 from money list
Wins
Date Player Tournament
Feb 13 D. A. Points AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Feb 20 Aaron Baddeley Northern Trust Open
Apr 24 Brandt Snedeker The Heritage
Jun 26 Freddie Jacobson Travelers Championship
Aug 21 Webb Simpson Wyndham Championship
Sep 5 Webb Simpson (2) Deutsche Bank Championship
Oct 9 Bryce Molder Frys.com Open

Thatcher, Jones, Willis, Petrovic, Taylor, and Curtis finished in the 126–150 range. Taylor made it through Q School; the rest fell to the conditional category for 2012.

Wilson, Duval, Riley, Durant, Čejka, Connell, Prugh, Sutherland, Weekley, Micheel, Hayes, Collins, Elkington, Merritt, Maggert, Sim, Pavin, and DeLaet finished outside the top 150. Sutherland, DeLaet, Čejka, Maggert, and Collins received major medical extensions and Wilson a minor; Maggert also made it through Q School. Duval, Riley, Durant, Weekley, Micheel, Hayes, Elkington, and Pavin fell to past champion status (only Durant and Weekley ever regained better status). Connell, Prugh, Merritt, and Sim became non-members (Connell and Sim have never regained status).

20. Non-member top 125
Wins
Date Player Tournament
May 2 Charl Schwartzel Masters Tournament

Lee Westwood, Ross Fisher, Oliver Wilson, and Graeme McDowell declined membership.

21. Major Medical Extension
Wins
Date Player Tournament
Jun 12 Harrison Frazar FedEx St. Jude Classic

Frazar won in his 10th start. O'Hern met his terms in May. Weir, Wetterich, and Reavie all earned conditional status and fell to the non-exempt medical category after their medicals expired in March, February, and June, respectively. Reavie finished in the top 125. Weir and Wetterich finished outside the top 150; Weir received another medical extension, while Wetterich fell to past champion status for good in 2012. Beem's extension expired in August and he fell to past champion status (for good). Bryant, Oberholser, Klauk, Snyder, Hart, Olazábal, Kuehne, Cóceres, Turnesa, and Short received carry-overs.

22. Nationwide Tour leading money-winner

Lovemark received a medical extension.

Medical extension

Moore received a carry-over.

24. Q School top 25, Nationwide Tour 2-25
Wins
Date Player Tournament
Jan 23 Jhonattan Vegas Bob Hope Classic
Mar 20 Gary Woodland Transitions Championship
Apr 17 Brendan Steele Valero Texas Open
May 29 Keegan Bradley HP Byron Nelson Championship
Jul 17 Chris Kirk Viking Classic
Jul 31 Scott Stallings Greenbrier Classic
Aug 14 Keegan Bradley PGA Championship

Those who finished in the 126–150 range were Gates, Bowditch, McQuillan, Horschel, McGirt, and Miller. Gates and McGirt were successful at Q School; Bowditch, McQuillan, Horschel, and Miller settled for conditional status.

Putnam, Renner, Ridings, Gómez, Jones, Kim, Martin, Lyle, Summerhays, Knost, Stankowski, Hicks, Kisner, Gutschewski, Rocha, Johnson, Herman, Brigman, Gonzales, Bramlett, Smith, Piller, Tomasulo, Strickler, Baryla, Gordon, and Affrunti finished outside the top 150. Putnam, Tomasulo, and Affrunti received medical extensions. Lyle, Summerhays, Kisner, Knost, and Rocha made it through Q School. Jones, Stankowski, and Johnson settled for past champion status (for good). The other 16 became non-members; Kim, Gutschewski, Brigman, Smith, Strickler, Baryla, and Gordon have not reached the PGA Tour again.

Reshuffle medical

All six received carry-overs, though Bertsch was assured of conditional status.

25. Three-time Nationwide Tour winners in the current year
26. Minor Medical Extension

Singh made no starts and did not receive a carry-over; the others lost membership after their extensions expired in May (Every), July (Bowden and Mulroy), and August (Turner). Mulroy and Every finished in the top 25 of the Nationwide Tour money list; the other three have never regained PGA Tour status.

27. 126–150 from money list
Wins
Date Player Tournament
Feb 27 Johnson Wagner Mayakoba Golf Classic
Aug 7 Scott Piercy Reno–Tahoe Open

Seven players finished in the top 125, including two winners. Estes and McCarron finished in the 126–150 range; Estes both received a medical extension and succeeded at Q School, while McCarron remained in this category for 2012. The remaining players all finished outside the top 150. Mallinger finished in the top 25 of the Nationwide Tour money list. Allen, Austin, and Janzen fell to past champion status in 2012 (for good, in Allen and Janzen's cases). Price, Percy, Quinney, Tidland, Warren, and Letzig became non-members; Price, Quinney, Tidland, and Warren have never regained status.

28. Non-exempt medical extension

Weibring made five starts, did not receive a carry-over, and has never regained membership.

Brett Wetterich, Mike Weir, and Chez Reavie all fell to this category after their medicals expired in February, March, and June, respectively. Reavie finished in the top 125. Weir and Wetterich finished outside the top 150; Weir received another medical extension, while Wetterich fell to past champion status for good in 2012.

Notable past champions

The following past champions finished in the top 200 of the money list:

One player finished in the top 125. Marco Dawson made it through Q School and Daniel Chopra finished in the top 25 of the Nationwide Tour money list. Cook, Lehman, and Maruyama would never regain better status.

Notable non-members

The following non-members finished the equivalent of top 200 on the money list, including earnings in WGCs (^ denotes those eligible for full PGA Tour membership in 2012):

Wins
Date Player Tournament
Jun 19 Rory McIlroy U.S. Open
Jul 17 Darren Clarke The Open Championship

McIlroy, Westwood, and Cauley accepted membership for 2012; Clarke, Kaymer, Hansen, and Francesco Molinari declined. Ishikawa and Kim accepted STM in August, and Cauley in October.

Noh was successful in Q School; Hadwin was not.

Other notes

Thirty-two players not listed made it from the Nationwide Tour to the PGA Tour for 2012 (including European Tour winner Danny Lee; 22 via the money list, 10 via Q School). Besides Noh, four players with no PGA Tour or Nationwide Tour status in 2011 made it through Q School (including Japan Golf Tour winner Bae Sang-moon).

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