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Concluded
1. Winners of the four major championships and The Players Championship
Tournament Winner
Masters Sergio García (not playing)
Players Championship   Kim Si-woo
U.S. Open   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   Hideki Matsuyama
Mexico Championship   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
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
Concluded
1. Past Masters Champions
Year(s) Winner
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
2015   Jordan Spieth
2016   Danny Willett
2017   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   Justin Rose
2014   Martin Kaymer
2015 Jordan Spieth (1)
2016   Dustin Johnson
2017 Brooks Koepka (11)
3. Last five British Open Champions
Year Winner
2013 Phil Mickelson (1)
2014   Rory McIlroy
2015 Zach Johnson (1)
2016   Henrik Stenson
2017 Jordan Spieth (1)
4. Last five PGA Champions
Year Winner
2013   Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (3)
2015   Jason Day
2016   Jimmy Walker
2017   Justin Thomas
5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
Year(s) Winner
2015   Rickie Fowler
2016 Jason Day (4)
2017   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   Wesley Bryan
Apr 23 Valero Texas Open Kevin Chappell (11)
May 7 Wells Fargo Championship   Brian Harman
May 21 AT&T Byron Nelson   Billy Horschel
May 28 Dean & DeLuca Invitational   Kevin Kisner
Jun 4 The Memorial Tournament Jason Dufner (4)
Jun 11 FedEx St. Jude Classic   Daniel Berger
Jun 25 Travelers Championship Jordan Spieth (1)
Jul 2 Quicken Loans National   Kyle Stanley
Jul 9 Greenbrier Classic   Xander Schauffele
Jul 16 John Deere Classic   Bryson DeChambeau
Jul 30 RBC Canadian Open   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   Marc Leishman
Sep 24 Tour Championship Xander Schauffele
Oct 8 Safeway Open   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   Patton Kizzire
Nov 19 RSM Classic   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   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   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
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)
Concluded
1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship during the last ten years
Year Player
2008   Tiger Woods
2009   Lucas Glover
2010   Graeme McDowell
2011   Rory McIlroy
2012   Webb Simpson
2013   Justin Rose
2014   Martin Kaymer
2015   Jordan Spieth
2016   Dustin Johnson
2017   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   Bubba Watson
2015 Jordan Spieth (1)
2016   Danny Willett
2017   Sergio García
2018   Patrick Reed
6. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
Year Winner
2013   Phil Mickelson
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015   Zach Johnson
2016   Henrik Stenson
2017 Jordan Spieth (1)
7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last five years
Year Winner
2013   Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015   Jason Day
2016   Jimmy Walker
2017   Justin Thomas
8. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
Year Winner
2016 Jason Day (7)
2017   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)
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   Sandy Lyle
1989   Mark Calcavecchia
1996   Tom Lehman
2000, 2005, 2006   Tiger Woods
2001   David Duval
2002, 2012   Ernie Els
2004   Todd Hamilton
2007, 2008   Pádraig Harrington
2009   Stewart Cink
2010   Louis Oosthuizen
2011   Darren Clarke
2013   Phil Mickelson
2014   Rory McIlroy
2015   Zach Johnson
2016   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   Chris Wood
2017   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   Martin Kaymer
2015 Jordan Spieth (9)
2016   Dustin Johnson
2017   Brooks Koepka
2018 Brooks Koepka
9. Last five Masters Tournament winners
Year Winner
2014   Bubba Watson
2015   Jordan Spieth
2016   Danny Willett
2017   Sergio García
2018 Patrick Reed (15)
10. Last five PGA Championship winners
Year Winner
2013   Jason Dufner
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015   Jason Day
2016   Jimmy Walker
2017   Justin Thomas
11. Last three Players Championship winners
Year(s) Winner
2016 Jason Day (10)
2017   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   Cameron Davis   Jonas Blixt   Matt Jones
Joburg Open 3 10   Shubhankar Sharma   Erik van Rooyen   Shaun Norris
SMBC Singapore Open 4 12   Danthai Boonma   Jazz Janewattananond   Sean Crocker   Lucas Herbert
Mizuno Open 4 12   Shota Akiyoshi   Michael Hendry   Masahiro Kawamura   Masanori Kobayashi
Kolon Korea Open 2 8   Choi Min-chel   Park Sang-hyun
HNA Open de France 3 10   Russell Knox   Julian Suri   Marcus Kinhult
The National 4 12   Ryan Armour   Kang Sung-hoon   Abraham Ancer   Bronson Burgoon
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 3 10   Ryan Fox   Zander Lombard   Andy Sullivan
Greenbrier Classic 4 12   Kelly Kraft   Jason Kokrak   Brandt Snedeker   Austin Cook
Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open 3 10   Brandon Stone   Eddie Pepperell   Jens Dantorp
John Deere Classic 1 5   Michael Kim
Final Qualifying

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

Location Qualifiers
Notts (Hollinwell)   Ashton Turner   Oliver Wilson   Rhys Enoch
Prince's   Tom Lewis   Haraldur Magnús   Retief Goosen
St Annes Old Links   James Robinson   Marcus Armitage   Jack Senior
The Renaissance Club   Sam Locke (a)   Grant Forrest   Thomas Curtis
Alternates
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   Henrik Stenson
The Northern Trust Dustin Johnson (1)
Dell Technologies Championship Justin Thomas
Omega European Masters   Matthew Fitzpatrick
BMW Championship Marc Leishman (1)
The Tour Championship   Xander Schauffele
British Masters   Paul Dunne
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship   Tyrrell Hatton
Safeway Open   Brendan Steele
Italian Open Tyrrell Hatton
CIMB Classic   Pat Perez
Bridgestone Open*   Ryuko Tokimatsu
CJ Cup Justin Thomas
HSBC Champions Justin Rose (not playing)
Turkish Airlines Open Justin Rose
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open   Patrick Cantlay
Nedbank Golf Challenge Branden Grace (1)
OHL Classic at Mayakoba   Patton Kizzire
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai   Jon Rahm
RSM Classic   Austin Cook
UBS Hong Kong Open   Wade Ormsby
Australian PGA Championship*   Cameron Smith
Indonesian Masters* Justin Rose
Sentry Tournament of Champions Dustin Johnson
Sony Open in Hawaii Patton Kizzire
SMBC Singapore Open   Sergio García
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship   Tommy Fleetwood
CareerBuilder Challenge Jon Rahm
Omega Dubai Desert Classic   Li Haotong
Farmers Insurance Open Jason Day (1)
Maybank Championship   Shubhankar Sharma
Waste Management Phoenix Open   Gary Woodland
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am   Ted Potter Jr.
Dimension Data Pro-Am*   Jaco Ahlers
Genesis Open   Bubba Watson
The Honda Classic Justin Thomas
Mexico Championship Phil Mickelson (1)
Valspar Championship   Paul Casey
Arnold Palmer Invitational   Rory McIlroy
Dell Technologies Match Play Bubba Watson
Shell Houston Open   Ian Poulter
Masters Tournament Patrick Reed (1)
RBC Heritage   Satoshi Kodaira
Valero Texas Open   Andrew Landry
Volvo China Open   Alexander Björk
Wells Fargo Championship Jason Day
Players Championship   Webb Simpson
AT&T Byron Nelson   Aaron Wise
BMW PGA Championship   Francesco Molinari
Fort Worth Invitational Justin Rose
Japan Golf Tour Championship*   Kodai Ichihara
Italian Open   Thorbjørn Olesen
The Memorial Tournament   Bryson DeChambeau
FedEx St. Jude Classic Dustin Johnson
U.S. Open Brooks Koepka (1)
Travelers Championship Bubba Watson
HNA Open de France   Alexander Norén
Quicken Loans National Francesco Molinari
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open   Russell Knox
Greenbrier Classic   Kevin Na
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open   Brandon Stone
Open Championship Francesco Molinari
RBC Canadian Open Dustin Johnson
Concluded
1. All former PGA Champions
Year Winner
1991   John Daly
1997   Davis Love III
1998, 2004   Vijay Singh
1999, 2000, 2006, 2007   Tiger Woods
2002   Rich Beem
2003   Shaun Micheel
2005   Phil Mickelson
2008   Pádraig Harrington
2009   Yang Yong-eun
2010   Martin Kaymer
2011   Keegan Bradley
2012, 2014   Rory McIlroy
2013   Jason Dufner
2015   Jason Day
2016   Jimmy Walker
2017   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   Bubba Watson
2015   Jordan Spieth
2016   Danny Willett
2017   Sergio García
2018 Patrick Reed (6)
3. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Year Winner
2014 Martin Kaymer (1)
2015 Jordan Spieth (2)
2016   Dustin Johnson
2017   Brooks Koepka
2018 Brooks Koepka
4. Last five British Open Champions
Year Winner
2014 Rory McIlroy (1)
2015   Zach Johnson
2016   Henrik Stenson
2017 Jordan Spieth (2)
2018 Francesco Molinari (6)
5. Last five Players Champions
Year Winner
2016 Jason Day (1)
2017   Kim Si-woo
2018   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   Xander Schauffele
Safeway Open   Brendan Steele
CIMB Classic   Pat Perez
CJ Cup Justin Thomas
WGC-HSBC Champions   Justin Rose
Sanderson Farms Championship   Ryan Armour
Shriners Hospitals for Children Open   Patrick Cantlay
OHL Classic at Mayakoba   Patton Kizzire
RSM Classic   Austin Cook
Sentry Tournament of Champions Dustin Johnson
Sony Open in Hawaii Patton Kizzire
CareerBuilder Challenge   Jon Rahm
Farmers Insurance Open Jason Day (1)
Waste Management Phoenix Open   Gary Woodland
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am   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   Brice Garnett
Houston Open   Ian Poulter
RBC Heritage   Satoshi Kodaira
Valero Texas Open   Andrew Landry
Zurich Classic of New Orleans   Billy Horschel
  Scott Piercy
Wells Fargo Championship Jason Day
AT&T Byron Nelson   Aaron Wise
Fort Worth Invitational Justin Rose
The Memorial Tournament   Bryson DeChambeau
FedEx St. Jude Classic Dustin Johnson
Travelers Championship Bubba Watson
Quicken Loans National Francesco Molinari (6)
Greenbrier Classic   Kevin Na
John Deere Classic   Michael Kim
Barbasol Championship   Troy Merritt
RBC Canadian Open Dustin Johnson
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Justin Thomas
Barracuda Championship   Andrew Putnam
11. Special invitations
Top 112 OWGR
Other invitees
13. Alternates

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