User:Phinumu/2014–15 qualifiers

2014 WGC-HSBC Champions

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

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

Tournament	Winner
Masters	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.

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

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

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

Tournament	Winner
Turkish Airlines Open	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.

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

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:

List

PGA Tour	Race to Dubai	OWGR
Noh Seung-yul	Francesco Molinari	Ángel Cabrera
Cameron Tringale	Edoardo Molinari	Ben Martin
Morgan Hoffmann	Simon Dyson	Brooks Koepka
Geoff Ogilvy	Kristoffer Broberg	Harris English
Stuart Appleby	Branden Grace	Paul Casey
Charles Howell III	Bernd Wiesberger	Richard Sterne
Brian Harman	Fabrizio Zanotti	Charley Hoffman
Russell Knox	Romain Wattel	Fredrik Jacobson
George McNeill	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Chris Stroud	Danny Willett	Erik Compton

2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship

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The field consists of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Order of Merit from the six main professional golf tours.^[4]

1. The top 30 players from the final 2014 FedExCup Points List

2. The top 20 players from the final 2014 European Tour Race to Dubai

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

3. The top 2 players from the final 2014 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

4. The top 2 players from the final 2014 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

5. The top 2 players from the final 2014 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

6. The top 2 players from the final 2014 Asian Tour Order of Merit

7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 23, 2015

Qualified in a higher category: 37 players

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

Qualified in a higher category: 7 players

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

Paul Casey

Qualified in a higher category: 49 players

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

Qualified in a higher category: 6 players

2015 Masters Tournament

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1. Past Masters Champions

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

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

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions

Year	Winner
2010	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

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

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

Qualified in higher categories: Rickie Fowler, Keegan Bradley

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

Qualified in higher categories: Rickie Fowler

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. International invitees

2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship

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1-16:

17-32 (alphabetical):

Phil Mickelson (not playing)

33-48 (alphabetical):

49-64 (alphabetical):

Tim Clark (not playing)
Luke Donald (not playing)

2015 Players Championship

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

Winners of PGA Tour events since 2014 Players

Top 125 (medical extension)

Major champions from the past five years

Darren Clarke

Players Championship winners from the past five years

Tiger Woods

Senior Players champion from 2014

Bernhard Langer

Web.com Tour money leader from prior season

Adam Hadwin

Money leader during the Web.com Tour Finals

Derek Fathauer

OWGR top 50

FedEx Cup standings (to fill field)

2015 U.S. Open

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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)

Ollie Schniederjans (a)

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

An Byeong-hun

10. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Senior Open Championship

Colin Montgomerie

11. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2014 U.S. Open Championship

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

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

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

13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 7, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking

14. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 14, 2015 in the Official World Golf Ranking

15. Special exemptions given by the USGA

Sectional qualifying

Japan

England

New York

Georgia

Maryland

Florida

Tennessee

Ohio 2

Texas

Ohio 1

Washington

California

2015 Open Championship

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Due to categories that specify "not already exempt", players (except past champions) are classified according to the category in which they first qualified. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 19 July 2015

2. The Open Champions for 2005–2014

3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2009–2014

Year(s)	Winner
1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983	Tom Watson
1985	Sandy Lyle
1989	Mark Calcavecchia
1987, 1990, 1992	Nick Faldo
1995	John Daly
1996	Tom Lehman
1997	Justin Leonard
1998	Mark O'Meara
1999	Paul Lawrie
2000, 2005, 2006	Tiger Woods
2001	David Duval
2002, 2012	Ernie Els
2003	Ben Curtis
2004	Todd Hamilton
2007, 2008	Pádraig Harrington
2009	Stewart Cink
2010	Louis Oosthuizen
2011	Darren Clarke
2013	Phil Mickelson

Not playing: Rory McIlroy

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

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

Already qualified: Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel

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

Already qualified: 42 players

6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2014

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

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2013–2015

Year(s)	Winner
2013	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

Kiradech Aphibarnrat

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

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

David Lipsky

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

Thomas Aiken

19. The Japan Open Champion for 2014

Yuta Ikeda

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

Bernhard Langer

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

Ollie Schniederjans (a)

Open Qualifying Series

The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consists of 10 events from the six major tours. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players highest according to that week's OWGR.

Tournament	Date	Spots	Top	Qualifiers
Emirates Australian Open	Nov 30	3	10	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.

2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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1. Playing members of the 2014 United States and European Ryder Cup teams

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2014

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 3, 2014

Marc Warren

4. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more

5. The winners of designated tournaments, marked with an asterisk

Tournament	Winner
Bridgestone Invitational	Rory McIlroy (1)
PGA Championship	Rory McIlroy
Wyndham Championship	Camilo Villegas
The Barclays	Hunter Mahan (1)
Deutsche Bank Championship	Chris Kirk (not playing)
BMW Championship	Billy Horschel
Omega European Masters	David Lipsky
The Tour Championship	Billy Horschel
KLM Open	Paul Casey
ISPS Handa Wales Open	Joost Luiten
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Oliver Wilson
Frys.com Open	Bae Sang-moon
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	Ben Martin
Volvo World Match Play Championship	Mikko Ilonen
McGladrey Classic	Robert Streb
Bridgestone Open*	Koumei Oda
CIMB Classic	Ryan Moore
BMW Masters	Marcel Siem
HSBC Champions	Bubba Watson (1)
Turkish Airlines Open	Brooks Koepka
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	Henrik Stenson (1)
Australian Masters*	Nick Cullen
Emirates Australian Open	Jordan Spieth (1)
Nedbank Golf Challenge	Danny Willett
Thailand Golf Championship*	Lee Westwood (1)
Hyundai Tournament of Champions	Patrick Reed (1)
Sony Open in Hawaii	Jimmy Walker (1)
Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship	Gary Stal
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	Branden Grace
Humana Challenge	Bill Haas
Waste Management Phoenix Open	Brooks Koepka
Omega Dubai Desert Classic	Rory McIlroy
Farmers Insurance Open	Jason Day
Maybank Malaysian Open	Anirban Lahiri
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	Brandt Snedeker
True Thailand Classic	Andrew Dodt
Northern Trust Open	James Hahn
Dimension Data Pro-Am*	Branden Grace
The Honda Classic	Pádraig Harrington
Cadillac Championship	Dustin Johnson
Valspar Championship	Jordan Spieth
Arnold Palmer Invitational	Matt Every
Valero Texas Open	Jimmy Walker
Shell Houston Open	J. B. Holmes
Masters Tournament	Jordan Spieth
RBC Heritage	Jim Furyk (1)
Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Justin Rose (1)
Cadillac Match Play Championship	Rory McIlroy
Players Championship	Rickie Fowler (1)
Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy
Crowne Plaza Invitational	Chirs Kirk
BMW PGA Championship	An Byeong-hun
AT&T Byron Nelson	Steven Bowditch
Irish Open	Søren Kjeldsen
The Memorial Tournament	David Lingmerth
Scandinavian Masters	Alexander Norén (not playing)
Japan Golf Tour Championship*	Liang Wen-Chong
FedEx St. Jude Classic	Fabián Gómez
U.S. Open	Jordan Spieth
Travelers Championship	Bubba Watson
BMW International Open	Pablo Larrazábal
Greenbrier Classic	Danny Lee
Alstom Open de France	Bernd Wiesberger
John Deere Classic	Jordan Spieth
Scottish Open	Rickie Fowler
The Open Championship	Zach Johnson (1)
RBC Canadian Open	Jason Day
Omega European Masters	Danny Willett
Quicken Loans National	Troy Merritt

2015 PGA Championship

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1. All former PGA Champions

Year	Winner
1991	John Daly
1996	Mark Brooks
1997	Davis Love III
1998, 2004	Vijay Singh
1999, 2000, 2006, 2007	Tiger Woods
2001	David Toms
2002	Rich Beem
2003	Shaun Micheel
2005	Phil Mickelson
2008	Pádraig Harrington
2009	Y. E. Yang
2010	Martin Kaymer
2011	Keegan Bradley
2012, 2014	Rory McIlroy
2013	Jason Dufner

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

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions

Year	Winner
2011	Rory McIlroy (1)
2012	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

Colin Montgomerie

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2014 PGA Championship

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

7. 20 low scorers in the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational to the 2015 Quicken Loans National

9. Members of the United States and European 2014 Ryder Cup teams (provided they are ranked in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking on August 2, 2015)

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2014 PGA Championship

Date	Tournament	Winner
Aug 17	Wyndham Championship	Camilo Villegas
Aug 24	The Barclays	Hunter Mahan (6)
Sep 1	Deutsche Bank Championship	Chris Kirk (not playing}
Sep 7	BMW Championship	Billy Horschel
Sep 14	Tour Championship	Billy Horschel
Oct 12	Frys.com Open	Bae Sang-moon
Oct 19	Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	Ben Martin
Oct 26	McGladrey Classic	Robert Streb
Nov 2	CIMB Classic	Ryan Moore
Nov 9	WGC-HSBC Champions	Bubba Watson (3)
Nov 9	Sanderson Farms Championship	Nick Taylor
Nov 16	OHL Classic at Mayakoba	Charley Hoffman
Jan 12	Hyundai Tournament of Champions	Patrick Reed
Jan 18	Sony Open in Hawaii	Jimmy Walker (6)
Jan 25	Humana Challenge	Bill Haas
Feb 1	Waste Management Phoenix Open	Brooks Koepka (6)
Feb 8	Farmers Insurance Open	Jason Day (6)
Feb 15	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	Brandt Snedeker (6)
Feb 22	Northern Trust Open	James Hahn
Mar 1	The Honda Classic	Pádraig Harrington (1)
Mar 8	WGC-Cadillac Championship	Dustin Johnson
Mar 8	Puerto Rico Open	Alex Čejka
Mar 15	Valspar Championship	Jordan Spieth (2)
Mar 22	Arnold Palmer Invitational	Matt Every
Mar 29	Valero Texas Open	Jimmy Walker
Apr 5	Shell Houston Open	J. B. Holmes
Apr 19	RBC Heritage	Jim Furyk (6)
Apr 26	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Justin Rose (2)
May 3	WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship	Rory McIlroy
May 10	Players Championship	Rickie Fowler (6)
May 17	Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy
May 24	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial	Chris Kirk
May 31	AT&T Byron Nelson	Steven Bowditch
Jun 7	The Memorial Tournament	David Lingmerth
Jun 14	FedEx St. Jude Classic	Fabián Gómez
Jun 28	Travelers Championship	Bubba Watson
Jul 5	Greenbrier Classic	Danny Lee
Jul 12	John Deere Classic	Jordan Spieth
Jul 19	Barbasol Championship	Scott Piercy
Jul 26	RBC Canadian Open	Jason Day
Aug 2	Quicken Loans National	Troy Merritt
Aug 9	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	Shane Lowry (12)
Aug 9	Barracuda Championship	J. J. Henry

11. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings)

12. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
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References

^ "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.

[1] "Who has qualified for WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.

[2] "Qualifiers for 2014 WGC-HSBC Champions". PGA Tour. 2 September 2014.

[sof-3] The "Strength of Field Rating" is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the "Total Rating Value" (see Event ranking).

[4] "Cadillac Championship: General Info". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

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