- 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
- Jon Rahm
- Rory McIlroy (not playing)
- Rickie Fowler (not playing)
- Henrik Stenson
- Jason Day
- Matt Kuchar
- Justin Rose
- Paul Casey
- Alexander Norén
- Marc Leishman
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Francesco Molinari
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Louis Oosthuizen (not playing)
- Patrick Reed
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Charley Hoffman (not playing)
- Adam Scott
- Kevin Kisner (not playing)
- Daniel Berger
- Kevin Chappell
- Charl Schwartzel
- Phil Mickelson
- Brian Harman
- Pat Perez
- Xander Schauffele
- Thomas Pieters
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Jason Dufner (not playing)
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Webb Simpson (not playing)
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Bill Haas
- Brandt Snedeker (not playing)
- Zach Johnson (not playing)
- Tony Finau
- Branden Grace
- Ross Fisher
- Russell Henley
- Brendan Steele (not playing)
- Gary Woodland (not playing)
- Ryan Moore (not playing)
- Adam Hadwin
- 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)
- Kyle Stanley
- Patrick Cantlay
- Mackenzie Hughes (not playing)
- Hudson Swafford
- Chez Reavie
- Charles Howell III
- 5. Top 30 from the Race to Dubai as of October 15
- Paul Dunne
- Alexander Lévy
- Li Haotong
- Peter Uihlein
- Jordan Smith
- Hideto Tanihara
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Richie Ramsay
- Fabrizio Zanotti
- Lee Westwood
- Ryan Fox
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Matthew Southgate
- Michael Lorenzo-Vera
- 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
- Satoshi Kodaira (not playing)
- Yūsaku Miyazato (not playing)
- Yuta Ikeda (not playing)
- Chan Kim
- Shugo Imahira
- 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
- Brandon Stone
- Dean Burmester (not playing)
- Richard Sterne
- 10. Six players from China
- 11. Alternates, if needed to fill the field of 78 players
- The next available player on the Orders of Merit of the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Sunshine Tour, and PGA Tour of Australasia, ranked in order of their position in the OWGR as of 8 October, followed by the next available player, not otherwise exempt, from Race to Dubai as of 15 October, OWGR as of 8 October, FedEx Cup list
- Ryu Hyun-woo
- Haydn Porteous
- Phachara Khongwatmai
- Ashley Hall
- Graeme Storm
- Wesley Bryan
- Lucas Glover
- Daisuke Kataoka
- Andrew Dodt
- Poom Saksansin
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
- Justin Thomas
- Jordan Spieth
- Xander Schauffele
- Dustin Johnson
- Jon Rahm
- Marc Leishman
- Rickie Fowler
- Hideki Matsuyama (not Playing)
- Justin Rose
- Brooks Koepka (not Playing)
- Paul Casey
- Kevin Kisner
- Russell Henley
- Matt Kuchar
- Pat Perez
- Daniel Berger
- Webb Simpson
- Jason Day (not Playing)
- Tony Finau
- Charley Hoffman
- Sergio García
- Patrick Reed
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Kyle Stanley
- Brian Harman
- Adam Hadwin
- Kevin Chappell
- Gary Woodland
- Patrick Cantlay
- Jason Dufner
- 2. The top 20 players from the final 2017 European Tour Race to Dubai
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Ross Fisher
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Alexander Norén
- Francesco Molinari
- Branden Grace
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Rory McIlroy (not Playing)
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Henrik Stenson (not Playing)
- Paul Dunne
- Li Haotong
- Peter Uihlein
- Dylan Frittelli
- Thomas Pieters
- 3. The top 2 players from the final 2017 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
- Yūsaku Miyazato
- Satoshi Kodaira
- Chan Kim (not Playing)
- 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
- 1. Past Masters Champions
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
- Doc Redman (a)
- Doug Ghim (a)
- 7. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship
- Harry Ellis (a)
- 8. Winner of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- Lin Yuxin (a)
- 9. Winner of the 2018 Latin America Amateur Championship
- Joaquín Niemann (a)
- 10. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur
- Matt Parziale (a)
- 11. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2017 Masters Tournament
- Matt Kuchar
- Thomas Pieters
- Paul Casey
- Kevin Chappell
- Ryan Moore
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Russell Henley
- Brooks Koepka (not playing)
- 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
- 16. All players qualifying for the 2017 Tour Championship
- Jon Rahm
- Pat Perez
- Webb Simpson
- Tony Finau
- Charley Hoffman
- Adam Hadwin
- Gary Woodland
- Patrick Cantlay
- 17. Top 50 in the final 2017 Official World Golf Ranking
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Alexander Norén
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Branden Grace
- Ross Fisher
- Yuta Ikeda
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Yūsaku Miyazato
- 18. Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking on March 25, 2018
- 19. International invitees
- Top 125 from 2017 FedEx Cup points list
- Justin Thomas
- Jordan Spieth
- Xander Schauffele
- Dustin Johnson
- Jon Rahm
- Marc Leishman
- Rickie Fowler
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Justin Rose
- Brooks Koepka
- Paul Casey (not playing)
- Kevin Kisner
- Russell Henley
- Matt Kuchar
- Pat Perez
- Daniel Berger
- Webb Simpson
- Jason Day
- Tony Finau
- Charley Hoffman
- Sergio García
- Patrick Reed
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Kyle Stanley
- Brian Harman
- Adam Hadwin
- Kevin Chappell
- Gary Woodland
- Patrick Cantlay
- Jason Dufner
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Henrik Stenson
- Brendan Steele
- Phil Mickelson
- Bill Haas
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Francesco Molinari
- Hudson Swafford
- Chez Reavie
- Charles Howell III
- Wesley Bryan
- Billy Horschel
- Lucas Glover
- Charl Schwartzel
- Kevin Na
- Cameron Smith
- Keegan Bradley
- Zach Johnson
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Luke List
- Anirban Lahiri
- Ian Poulter
- Stewart Cink
- Kim Si-woo
- Scott Brown
- Martin Laird
- Jamie Lovemark
- Rory McIlroy
- Kang Sung-hoon
- Ollie Schniederjans
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Sean O'Hair
- Robert Streb
- Ryan Moore
- Bud Cauley
- Grayson Murray
- Emiliano Grillo
- James Hahn
- Kevin Tway
- Danny Lee
- Russell Knox
- Kelly Kraft
- Brandt Snedeker
- Rod Pampling
- Bubba Watson
- Graham DeLaet (not playing)
- Jason Kokrak
- Patrick Rodgers
- Adam Scott
- Morgan Hoffmann (not playing)
- Jonas Blixt
- Chad Campbell
- Chris Stroud
- William McGirt
- Kevin Streelman
- Cody Gribble
- Pan Cheng-tsung
- Kim Meen-whee
- Harold Varner III
- Jim Herman (not playing)
- Chris Kirk
- Nick Taylor
- David Lingmerth
- J. B. Holmes
- Camilo Villegas (not playing)
- J. J. Spaun
- Scott Piercy
- Patton Kizzire
- Michael Kim
- Scott Stallings
- An Byeong-hun
- Martin Flores
- D. A. Points
- Luke Donald (not playing)
- Richy Werenski
- Ryan Blaum
- Geoff Ogilvy
- Robert Garrigus
- Noh Seung-yul (not playing)
- Jimmy Walker
- Brian Gay
- Brandon Hagy (not playing)
- Vaughn Taylor
- Steve Stricker
- Derek Fathauer
- Tyrone van Aswegen
- Harris English
- Dominic Bozzelli
- Nick Watney
- John Huh
- Blayne Barber
- Ben Martin
- Rory Sabbatini
- J. J. Henry
- 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
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Alexander Norén
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Ross Fisher
- Li Haotong
- Alexander Lévy
- FedEx Cup standings (to fill field)
- 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
- Doc Redman (turned pro)
- Doug Ghim (a)
- 2b. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
- Noah Goodwin (a)
- 2c. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship
- Matt Parziale (a)
- 3. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship
- Harry Ellis (a)
- 4. Winner of the 2017 Mark H. McCormack Medal (men's World Amateur Golf Ranking)
- Joaquín Niemann (turned pro)
- 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
- Brian Harman
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Rickie Fowler
- Bill Haas
- Xander Schauffele
- Charley Hoffman
- Trey Mullinax
- Brandt Snedeker
- 12. Players who qualified for the 2017 Tour Championship
- Jon Rahm
- Marc Leishman
- Paul Casey
- Kevin Kisner
- Russell Henley
- Matt Kuchar
- Pat Perez
- Daniel Berger
- Tony Finau
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Kyle Stanley
- Adam Hadwin
- Kevin Chappell
- Gary Woodland
- Patrick Cantlay
- 13. The top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 21, 2017 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- Alexander Norén
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Ian Poulter
- Satoshi Kodaira
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Francesco Molinari
- Branden Grace
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Cameron Smith
- Charl Schwartzel
- Ross Fisher
- Li Haotong
- Alexander Lévy
- Brendan Steele
- Luke List
- Chez Reavie
- Charles Howell III
- Dylan Frittelli
- Peter Uihlein
- Chesson Hadley
- 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
- Andrew Johnston
- James Morrison
- Richie Ramsay
- Matthew Southgate
- Ryan Fox
- Scott Gregory
- Dean Burmester
- Tom Lewis
- Matthieu Pavon
- Jason Scrivener
- Matt Wallace
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Kristoffer Reitan (a)
- Paul Waring
- Ryan Evans
- California
- Shintaro Ban (a)
- Yu Chun-an (a)
- Franklin Huang (a)
- Rhett Rasmussen (a)
- Park Sung-joon
- Florida
- Luis Gagne (a)
- Richy Werenski
- Ty Strafaci (a)
- Georgia
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- Texas
- Oregon
- Ohio (Springfield)
- Tennessee
- Sam Burns
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Steve Stricker
- Lanto Griffin
- Braden Thornberry (a)
- Tyler Duncan
- Scott Stallings
- Sebastián Vázquez
- Eric Axley
- Matt Jones
- Aaron Wise
- Scott Piercy
- Ohio (Columbus)
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
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Ross Fisher
- Francesco Molinari
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Bernd Wiesberger (not playing)
- Paul Dunne
- Peter Uihlein
- Dylan Frittelli
- Thomas Pieters
- Alexander Lévy
- Shane Lowry
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Jordan Smith
- Fabrizio Zanotti
- Scott Jamieson
- Hideto Tanihara
- Lee Westwood
- Nicolas Colsaerts
- 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
- Jon Rahm
- Justin Rose
- Paul Casey
- Pat Perez
- Webb Simpson
- Brian Harman
- Kyle Stanley
- Tony Finau
- Xander Schauffele
- Russell Henley
- Gary Woodland
- Patrick Cantlay
- 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
- Rickie Fowler
- Daniel Berger
- Kevin Kisner
- Patrick Reed
- Kevin Chappell
- Charley Hoffman
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Adam Scott
- Charl Schwartzel
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Adam Hadwin
- Emiliano Grillo
- Anirban Lahiri
- 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
- Jovan Rebula (a)
- 24. Winner of the 2017 U.S. Amateur
- Doc Redman (turned pro)
- 25. Winner of the 2018 European Amateur
- Nicolai Højgård (a)
- 26. Recipient of the 2017 Mark H. McCormack Medal
- Joaquín Niemann (turned pro)
- 27. Winner of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- Lin Yuxin (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.
- Final Qualifying
The Final Qualifying events will be played on July 3 at four courses.
- Alternates
- 1. Playing members of the 2017 Presidents Cup teams
- Dustin Johnson
- Jordan Spieth
- Justin Thomas
- Rickie Fowler
- Daniel Berger
- Brooks Koepka
- Kevin Kisner
- Patrick Reed
- Matt Kuchar
- Phil Mickelson
- Charley Hoffman
- Kevin Chappell
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Jason Day
- Adam Scott
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Marc Leishman
- Charl Schwartzel
- Branden Grace
- Kim Si-woo
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Adam Hadwin (not playing)
- Emiliano Grillo
- Anirban Lahiri
- 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018
- Tony Finau
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- Brian Harman
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Kyle Stanley
- Ross Fisher
- Luke List
- Zach Johnson
- Tiger Woods
- 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
- 1. All former PGA Champions
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
- Francesco Molinari
- Louis Oosthuizen (not playing)
- Patrick Reed
- Rickie Fowler
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Graham DeLaet (not playing)
- Kevin Kisner
- Matt Kuchar
- Jordan Smith
- Chris Stroud
- Scott Brown
- Paul Casey
- James Hahn
- Brian Harman
- Marc Leishman
- Ryan Moore
- 7. 20 low scorers in the 2018 PGA Professional Championship
- Ryan Vermeer
- Sean McCarty
- Bob Sowards
- David Muttitt
- Jason Schmuhl
- Jaysen Hansen
- Matt Dobyns
- Johan Kok
- Marty Jertson
- Brian Smock
- Ben Kern
- Zach Johnson
- Craig Hocknull
- Matt Borchert
- Rich Berberian Jr.
- Danny Balin
- Michael Block
- Craig Bowden
- Omar Uresti
- Shawn Warren
- 8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Barracuda Championship to the 2017 RBC Canadian Open
- Tony Finau
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Chez Reavie
- Kyle Stanley
- Luke List
- Chesson Hadley
- Alexander Norén
- Cameron Smith
- An Byeong-hun
- Beau Hossler
- Emiliano Grillo
- Kevin Chappell
- Charley Hoffman
- Russell Henley
- Adam Hadwin
- Charles Howell III
- Kim Meen-whee
- Charl Schwartzel
- Brian Gay
- Rafael Cabrera-Bello
- J. J. Spaun
- Ollie Schniederjans
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Daniel Berger
- J. B. Holmes
- 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
- 11. Special invitations
- Top 112 OWGR
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Branden Grace
- Li Haotong
- Ross Fisher
- Russell Knox
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Eddie Pepperell
- Peter Uihlein
- Julian Suri
- Dylan Frittelli
- Alexander Lévy
- Alexander Björk
- Matt Wallace
- Jorge Campillo
- Yūsaku Miyazato
- Adam Scott
- Paul Dunne
- Ryan Fox
- Adrián Otaegui
- Bernd Wiesberger (not playing)
- Shubhankar Sharma
- Shane Lowry
- Joost Luiten (not playing)
- Yuta Ikeda
- Stewart Cink
- Justin Harding
- Seungsu Han
- Mikko Korhonen
- Im Sung-jae
- Jamie Lovemark
- Shugo Imahira
- Brandon Stone
- Anirban Lahiri
- Ryuko Tokimatsu
- Nick Watney
- Bill Haas
- Michael Lorenzo-Vera
- Other invitees
- Jim Furyk
- Thomas Bjørn (not playing)
- Joaquín Niemann
- 13. Alternates