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 | Bubba Watson |
Players Championship | 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 | Patrick Reed |
Bridgestone Invitational | Rory McIlroy (1) |
3. Winners of the top 20 rated PGA Tour events.
4. Top 5 available players from the 2013–14 FedEx Cup points list.
- Jim Furyk (not playing)
- Jimmy Walker
- Rickie Fowler
- Sergio García
- Ryan Palmer
- Jordan Spieth
5. Winners of the top 10 rated European Tour events.
Tournament | Winner |
---|---|
Turkish Airlines Open | Victor Dubuisson |
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | Henrik Stenson |
Volvo Golf Champions | Louis Oosthuizen |
Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | Pablo Larrazábal |
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Sergio García (4) |
BMW PGA Championship | Rory McIlroy (1,2) |
Alstom Open de France | Graeme McDowell |
Scottish Open | Justin Rose (3) |
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Oliver Wilson |
BMW Masters | Marcel Siem |
6. Top 15 available players from the Race to Dubai.
- Jamie Donaldson
- Thomas Bjørn
- Joost Luiten
- Mikko Ilonen
- Stephen Gallacher
- Shane Lowry
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Charl Schwartzel
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- Alexander Lévy
- Marc Warren
- Jonas Blixt
- George Coetzee
- Ernie Els
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 | Luke Donald |
Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Yūsaku Miyazato (not playing) |
Japan Golf Tour Championship | Yoshitaka Takeya |
- Hiroyuki Fujita (not playing)
- Koumei Oda (not playing)
- Hiroshi Iwata
- Yuta Ikeda (not playing)
- Kim Hyung-sung
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 | 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 | Lee Westwood |
The Championship at Laguna National | Felipe Aguilar |
- David Lipsky
- Anirban Lahiri
- Scott Hend (not playing)
- Antonio Lascuña
- Jason Knutzon
11. Six players from China.
12. Any players, not included in above categories, in the top 50 of the OWGR on 20 October 2014.
- Phil Mickelson (not playing)
- Tiger Woods (not playing)
- Keegan Bradley
- Steve Stricker (not playing)
- Bill Haas
- Webb Simpson (not playing)
- Jason Dufner
- Kevin Na
- Graham DeLaet
- Ian Poulter
- Brendon Todd
- Brandt Snedeker
- Marc Leishman
- Gary Woodland
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:
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
- Billy Horschel
- Chris Kirk
- Rory McIlroy
- Jim Furyk
- Bubba Watson
- Hunter Mahan
- Jimmy Walker
- Matt Kuchar
- Rickie Fowler
- Jason Day
- Justin Rose
- Adam Scott
- Sergio García
- Ryan Palmer
- Jordan Spieth
- Martin Kaymer
- Bill Haas
- Zach Johnson
- Russell Henley
- Cameron Tringale
- Patrick Reed
- Gary Woodland
- John Senden
- Kevin Na
- Webb Simpson
- Morgan Hoffmann
- Brendon Todd
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Geoff Ogilvy
- Dustin Johnson
- 2. The top 20 players from the final 2014 European Tour Race to Dubai
- Henrik Stenson
- Jamie Donaldson
- Victor Dubuisson
- Marcel Siem
- Brooks Koepka
- Alexander Lévy
- Shane Lowry
- Joost Luiten
- Thomas Bjørn
- Ian Poulter
- Graeme McDowell
- Stephen Gallacher
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Mikko Ilonen
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Ross Fisher
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
- Phil Mickelson
- Lee Westwood
- Charl Schwartzel
- Keegan Bradley
- Ryan Moore
- Brandt Snedeker
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Branden Grace
- J. B. Holmes
- Jason Dufner
- Luke Donald
- Danny Willett
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
- Robert Streb
- Bae Sang-moon
- Charley Hoffman
- James Hahn (not playing)
Qualified in a higher category: 6 players
1. Past Masters Champions
(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 | Graeme McDowell |
2011 | Rory McIlroy |
2012 | Webb Simpson |
2013 | Justin Rose |
2014 | Martin Kaymer |
3. Last five British Open Champions
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2010 | Louis Oosthuizen |
2011 | Darren Clarke |
2012 | Ernie Els |
2013 | Phil Mickelson (1) |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (2) |
4. Last five PGA Champions
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2010 | Martin Kaymer (2) |
2011 | Keegan Bradley |
2012 | Rory McIlroy (2,3) |
2013 | Jason Dufner |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (2,3) |
5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
Year(s) | Winner |
---|---|
2012 | Matt Kuchar |
2013 | Tiger Woods (1) |
2014 | Martin Kaymer (2,4) |
6. Top two finishers in the 2014 U.S. Amateur
- Gunn Yang (a)
- Corey Conners (a)
7. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship
- Bradley Neil (a)
8. Winner of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- Antonio Murdaca (a)
9. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Amateur Public Links
- Byron Meth (a)
10. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur
- Scott Harvey (a)
11. Winner of the 2015 Latin America Amateur Championship
- Matías Domínguez (a)
12. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2014 Masters Tournament
- Jonas Blixt
- Jordan Spieth
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- Rickie Fowler
- Lee Westwood
- Thomas Bjørn
- John Senden
- Kevin Stadler
- Jimmy Walker
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
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
- Victor Dubuisson
- Jamie Donaldson
- Ian Poulter
- Joost Luiten
- Luke Donald
- Stephen Gallacher
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Steve Stricker
- Shane Lowry
- Marc Leishman
- Mikko Ilonen
- Danny Willett
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
1-16:
- Rory McIlroy
- Jordan Spieth
- Henrik Stenson
- Bubba Watson
- Jim Furyk
- Justin Rose
- Jason Day
- Dustin Johnson
- Adam Scott
- Sergio García
- Jimmy Walker
- J. B. Holmes
- Rickie Fowler
- Matt Kuchar
- Patrick Reed
- Hideki Matsuyama
17-32 (alphabetical):
- Jamie Donaldson
- Victor Dubuisson
- Bill Haas
- Billy Horschel
- Zach Johnson
- Martin Kaymer
- Chris Kirk
- Brooks Koepka
- Hunter Mahan
- Graeme McDowell
- Ryan Moore
- Kevin Na
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Ryan Palmer
- Ian Poulter
- Lee Westwood
- Phil Mickelson (not playing)
33-48 (alphabetical):
- Keegan Bradley
- Paul Casey
- Matt Every
- Stephen Gallacher
- Branden Grace
- Russell Henley
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Anirban Lahiri
- Shane Lowry
- Joost Luiten
- Charl Schwartzel
- Webb Simpson
- Brandt Snedeker
- Brendon Todd
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Danny Willett
49-64 (alphabetical):
- George Coetzee
- Jason Dufner
- Harris English
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Charley Hoffman
- Mikko Ilonen
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- Matt Jones
- Marc Leishman
- Alexander Lévy
- Ben Martin
- Francesco Molinari
- John Senden
- Andy Sullivan
- Marc Warren
- Gary Woodland
- Tim Clark (not playing)
- Luke Donald (not playing)
I will begin with category 2: Top 125 from 2014 FedEx Cup points list, since it contains 125 of the 144 players.
- Billy Horschel
- Chris Kirk
- Rory McIlroy
- Jim Furyk
- Bubba Watson
- Hunter Mahan
- Jimmy Walker
- Matt Kuchar
- Rickie Fowler
- Jason Day
- Justin Rose
- Adam Scott
- Sergio García
- Ryan Palmer
- Jordan Spieth
- Bill Haas
- Martin Kaymer
- Zach Johnson
- Russell Henley
- Cameron Tringale
- Patrick Reed
- Gary Woodland
- John Senden
- Kevin Na
- Webb Simpson
- Morgan Hoffmann
- Brendon Todd
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Geoff Ogilvy
- Dustin Johnson
- Stuart Appleby (not playing)
- Harris English
- Keegan Bradley
- Charles Howell III
- Noh Seung-yul
- Brian Harman
- Graham DeLaet
- Kevin Stadler (not playing)
- Ryan Moore
- Russell Knox
- Ernie Els
- J. B. Holmes
- Charl Schwartzel
- Kevin Streelman
- Matt Every
- George McNeill
- Chris Stroud
- Camilo Villegas
- Chesson Hadley
- Ángel Cabrera
- Brian Stuard
- Henrik Stenson
- Charley Hoffman
- Tim Clark (not playing)
- Kevin Chappell
- Graeme McDowell
- Daniel Summerhays
- Marc Leishman
- Steven Bowditch
- Ben Crane
- William McGirt
- Jerry Kelly
- Carl Pettersson
- Erik Compton
- Will MacKenzie
- Fredrik Jacobson
- Matt Jones
- Phil Mickelson
- K. J. Choi
- Jason Bohn
- Robert Streb
- Ryo Ishikawa
- Jason Kokrak
- David Hearn
- Justin Hicks (not playing)
- Ben Martin
- Scott Langley
- Ian Poulter
- Brendan Steele
- Stewart Cink
- Bo Van Pelt
- Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
- Shawn Stefani
- Scott Stallings
- Scott Brown
- Brandt Snedeker
- Vijay Singh
- Danny Lee
- Luke Donald
- Jason Dufner
- Brendon de Jonge
- Jeff Overton
- Michael Putnam
- Andrew Svoboda
- Paul Casey
- John Huh
- Billy Hurley III
- Pat Perez
- Robert Garrigus
- Andrés Romero
- Troy Merritt
- Jonas Blixt
- Retief Goosen
- Kevin Kisner
- Nick Watney
- Luke Guthrie
- Lee Westwood
- Rory Sabbatini
- Bryce Molder
- Brian Davis
- Boo Weekley
- Martin Flores
- Ricky Barnes
- Aaron Baddeley
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Steve Stricker
- Michael Thompson
- David Toms
- Tim Wilkinson
- Justin Leonard
- Brice Garnett
- Bae Sang-moon
- James Hahn
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Robert Allenby
- 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
- Victor Dubuisson (not playing
- Jamie Donaldson
- Anirban Lahiri
- Branden Grace
- Stephen Gallacher
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Joost Luiten
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Shane Lowry
- Danny Willett
- FedEx Cup standings (to fill field)
- 1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
Year | Player |
---|---|
2005 | Michael Campbell (retired) |
2006 | Geoff Ogilvy |
2007 | Ángel Cabrera |
2008 | Tiger Woods |
2009 | Lucas Glover |
2010 | Graeme McDowell |
2011 | Rory McIlroy |
2012 | Webb Simpson |
2013 | Justin Rose |
2014 | Martin Kaymer |
- 2. Winner and runner-up of the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship
- Gunn Yang (a)
- Corey Conners forfeited his exemption by turning pro.
- 3. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship
- Bradley Neil (a)
- 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 | Charl Schwartzel |
2012 | Bubba Watson |
2013 | Adam Scott |
2014 | Bubba Watson |
2015 | Jordan Spieth |
- 6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2010 | Louis Oosthuizen |
2011 | Darren Clarke |
2012 | Ernie Els |
2013 | Phil Mickelson |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
- 7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2010 | Martin Kaymer (1) |
2011 | Keegan Bradley |
2012 | Rory McIlroy (1,6) |
2013 | 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 | 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
- Billy Horschel
- Chris Kirk
- Jim Furyk
- Hunter Mahan
- Matt Kuchar
- Sergio García
- Ryan Palmer
- Bill Haas
- Zach Johnson
- Russell Henley
- Cameron Tringale
- Patrick Reed
- Gary Woodland
- John Senden
- Kevin Na
- Morgan Hoffmann
- Brendon Todd
- Hideki Matsuyama
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
- J. B. Holmes
- Ian Poulter
- Lee Westwood
- Jamie Donaldson
- Victor Dubuisson
- Ryan Moore
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Paul Casey
- Branden Grace
- Danny Willett
- Anirban Lahiri
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- Joost Luiten
- Matt Every
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Ben Martin
- Shane Lowry
- Stephen Gallacher
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Charley Hoffman
- George Coetzee
- Francesco Molinari
- Marc Warren
- Marc Leishman
- 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
- Alexander Lévy
- Shiv Kapur
- John Parry
- Alexander Norén
- Lucas Bjerregaard
- Jason Palmer
- Marcel Siem
- Thomas Aiken
- Marcus Fraser
- Garth Mulroy
- Tjaart van der Walt
- Oliver Farr
- New York
- Georgia
- Matt NeSmith (a)
- Lee McCoy (a)
- Roberto Castro
- Maryland
- Florida
- Tennessee
- Blayne Barber
- Tyler Duncan
- Brad Elder
- Brandon Hagy
- Tom Hoge
- Charlie Beljan
- Brian Harman
- Retief Goosen
- Davis Riley (a)
- Andrés Romero
- Jimmy Gunn
- Ohio 2
- Texas
- Ohio 1
- Michael Putnam
- Sam Saunders
- Bryson DeChambeau (a)
- David Hearn
- Sebastian Cappelen
- Daniel Summerhays
- Brad Fritsch
- Ryo Ishikawa
- George McNeill
- Cameron Smith
- Bo Van Pelt
- Camilo Villegas
- Danny Lee
- D. A. Points
- Robert Streb
- Kevin Chappell
- Washington
- California
- Kevin Lucas
- Jared Becher
- Beau Hossler (a)
- Jake Knapp (a)
- Brian Campbell (a)
- Alex Kim
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
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
- Rickie Fowler
- Sergio García
- Jim Furyk
- Marc Leishman
- Edoardo Molinari
- Victor Dubuisson
- Shane Lowry
- Graeme McDowell
Already qualified: Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel
- 5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2015
- J. B. Holmes
- Brandt Snedeker
- Ryan Moore
- Paul Casey
- Branden Grace
- Matt Every
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Ben Martin
Already qualified: 42 players
- 6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2014
- Marcel Siem
- Brooks Koepka
- Alexander Lévy
- Joost Luiten
- Mikko Ilonen
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Ross Fisher
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- Thongchai Jaidee
- George Coetzee
- Danny Willett
- Marc Warren
- Romain Wattel
- Pablo Larrazábal
- Jonas Blixt
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 | Matteo Manassero |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
2015 | 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 | Webb Simpson |
2013 | Justin Rose |
2014 | Martin Kaymer (11) |
2015 | Jordan Spieth (13) |
- 10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2011–2015
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2011 | Charl Schwartzel |
2012 | Bubba Watson |
2013 | Adam Scott |
2014 | Bubba Watson |
2015 | Jordan Spieth (13) |
- 11. The PGA Champions for 2010–2014
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2010 | Martin Kaymer |
2011 | Keegan Bradley |
2012 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
2013 | 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
- Billy Horschel
- Hunter Mahan
- Jimmy Walker
- Matt Kuchar
- Jason Day
- Ryan Palmer
- Jordan Spieth
- Bill Haas
- Zach Johnson
- Russell Henley
- Cameron Tringale
- Patrick Reed
- Gary Woodland
- John Senden
- Kevin Na
- Morgan Hoffmann
- Brendon Todd
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Geoff Ogilvy
- Dustin Johnson
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
- Romain Langasque (a)
- 24. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2014
- Gunn Yang (a)
- 25. The European Amateur Champion for 2014
- Ashley Chesters (a)
- 26. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2014
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 | |||
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Emirates Australian Open | Nov 30 | 3 | 10 | Rod Pampling | Brett Rumford | Greg Chalmers | |
Thailand Golf Championship | Dec 14 | 4 | 12 | Marcus Fraser | Scott Hend | Anirban Lahiri | Jonathan Moore |
Joburg Open | Mar 1 | 3 | 10 | Andy Sullivan | David Howell | Anthony Wall | |
Mizuno Open | May 31 | 4 | 12 | Taichi Teshima | Scott Strange | Tadahiro Takayama | Shinji Tomimura |
Irish Open | May 31 | 3 | 10 | Søren Kjeldsen | Eddie Pepperell | Tyrrell Hatton | |
Travelers Championship | Jun 28 | 4 | 12 | Brian Harman | Graham DeLaet | Carl Pettersson | Luke Donald |
Open de France | Jul 5 | 3 | 10 | James Morrison | Jaco van Zyl | Rafael Cabrera-Bello | |
Greenbrier Classic | Jul 5 | 4 | 12 | Danny Lee | David Hearn | James Hahn | Greg Owen |
Scottish Open | Jul 12 | 3 | 10 | Raphaël Jacquelin | Daniel Brooks | Rikard Karlberg | |
John Deere Classic | Jul 12 | 1 | 5 | 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 | Mark Young | Paul Kinnear (a) | Ryan Fox |
Hillside | Scott Arnold | Pelle Edberg | Jordan Niebrugge (a) |
Royal Cinque Ports | Alister Balcombe (a) | Gary Boyd | Ben Taylor (a) |
Woburn | Paul Dunne (a) | Robert Dinwiddie | 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.
- 1. Playing members of the 2014 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
- Henrik Stenson
- Victor Dubuisson
- Jamie Donaldson
- Sergio García
- Justin Rose
- Martin Kaymer
- Thomas Bjørn
- Graeme McDowell
- Stephen Gallacher
- Ian Poulter
- Lee Westwood
- Bubba Watson
- Rickie Fowler
- Jim Furyk
- Jimmy Walker
- Phil Mickelson
- Matt Kuchar
- Jordan Spieth
- Patrick Reed
- Zach Johnson
- Keegan Bradley
- Webb Simpson
- Hunter Mahan
- Not playing: Rory McIlroy
- 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2014
- Adam Scott
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Marc Leishman
- Kevin Na
- Ryan Palmer
- Gary Woodland
- Kevin Kisner
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Charl Schwartzel
- Charley Hoffman
- Francesco Molinari
- Brendon Todd
- Shane Lowry
- Russell Henley
- 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
- 1. All former PGA Champions
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 | Webb Simpson |
2013 | Justin Rose |
2014 | Martin Kaymer (1) |
2015 | Jordan Spieth |
- 3. Last five Masters Champions
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2011 | Charl Schwartzel |
2012 | Bubba Watson |
2013 | Adam Scott |
2014 | Bubba Watson |
2015 | Jordan Spieth (2) |
- 4. Last five British Open Champions
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2011 | Darren Clarke |
2012 | Ernie Els |
2013 | Phil Mickelson (1) |
2014 | Rory McIlroy (1,2) |
2015 | Zach Johnson |
- 5. Current Senior PGA Champion
- 6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2014 PGA Championship
- Rickie Fowler
- Henrik Stenson
- Jim Furyk
- Ryan Palmer
- Victor Dubuisson
- Mikko Ilonen
- Hunter Mahan
- Steve Stricker
- Jimmy Walker
- Kevin Chappell
- Brandt Snedeker
- Jason Day
- Graham DeLaet (not playing)
- Brooks Koepka
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Marc Warren
- Lee Westwood
- Bernd Wiesberger
Qualified in higher categories: Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel
- 7. 20 low scorers in the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship
- Brian Cairns
- Matt Dobyns
- Sean Dougherty
- Charles Frost
- Brian Gaffney
- Ryan Helminen
- Brett Jones
- Ryan Kennedy
- Johan Kok
- Alan Morin
- Jeff Olson
- Austin Peters
- Ben Polland
- Adam Rainaud
- Brent Snyder
- Bob Sowards
- Grant Sturgeon
- Omar Uresti
- Daniel Venezio
- Steven Young
- 8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2015 Quicken Loans National
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Kevin Kisner
- Gary Woodland (not playing)
- Paul Casey
- Russell Henley
- Kevin Na
- Cameron Tringale
- Marc Leishman
- Jason Bohn
- John Senden
- Geoff Ogilvy
- Morgan Hoffmann
- Brendon Todd
- Nick Watney
- Justin Thomas
- Russell Knox
- Daniel Berger
- David Hearn
- Shawn Stefani
- Tony Finau
- Matt Jones
- Boo Weekley
- Kevin Streelman
- Harris English
- Brendon de Jonge
- Brian Harman
- Chesson Hadley
- Pat Perez
- Brendan Steele
- Rory Sabbatini
- Charles Howell III
- 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
- 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
- Branden Grace
- Danny Willett
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Francesco Molinari
- Shane Lowry
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Joost Luiten
- Andy Sullivan
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- An Byeong-hun
- Luke Donald
- Anirban Lahiri
- Alexander Lévy
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- George Coetzee
- Alexander Norén (not playing}
- Richie Ramsay
- Pablo Larrazábal
- Tim Clark
- Chris Wood
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- James Morrison
- David Howell
- Eddie Pepperell
- George McNeill
- Ross Fisher
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Emiliano Grillo
- Hiroshi Iwata
- Cameron Smith
- Marcel Siem
- Other
References
edit- ^ "Who has qualified for WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Qualifiers for 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 2 September 2014.
- ^ The "Strength of Field Rating" is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the "Total Rating Value" (see Event ranking).
- ^ "Cadillac Championship: General Info". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 4, 2014.