- 1. Past Masters Champions
Past champions not expected to play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke, Jr., Ángel Cabrera, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller
- 2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Year | Winner |
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2017 | Brooks Koepka |
2018 | Brooks Koepka |
2019 | Gary Woodland |
2020 | Bryson DeChambeau |
2021 | Jon Rahm (11) |
- 3. Last five British Open Champions
Year | Winner |
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2017 | Jordan Spieth (1) |
2018 | Francesco Molinari |
2019 | Shane Lowry |
2020 | n/a |
2021 | Collin Morikawa (4) |
- 4. Last five PGA Champions
Year | Winner |
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2017 | Justin Thomas |
2018 | Brooks Koepka (2) |
2019 | Brooks Koepka (2) |
2020 | Collin Morikawa |
2021 | Phil Mickelson (1) |
- 5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
Year(s) | Winner |
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2020 | n/a |
2021 | Justin Thomas (4) |
2022 | Cameron Smith (11) |
- 6. Top two finishers in the 2021 U.S. Amateur
- James Piot (a)
- Austin Greaser (a)
- 7. Winner of the 2021 Amateur Championship
- Laird Shepherd (a)
- 8. Winner of the 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- Keita Nakajima (a)
- 9. Winner of the 2022 Latin America Amateur Championship
- Aaron Jarvis (a)
- 10. Winner of the 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur
- Stewart Hagestad (a)
- 11. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2021 Masters Tournament
- Will Zalatoris
- Xander Schauffele
- Marc Leishman
- Jon Rahm
- Justin Rose
- Corey Conners
- Tony Finau
- Cameron Smith
- Stewart Cink
- Brian Harman
- Kim Si-woo
- Robert MacIntyre
- Kevin Na
- Webb Simpson
- 12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2021 U.S. Open
- Harris English (not playing)
- Guido Migliozzi
- 13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2021 Open Championship
- 14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2021 PGA Championship
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Paul Casey (not playing)
- Pádraig Harrington
- Harry Higgs
- 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 2021 Tour Championship
- Im Sung-jae
- Viktor Hovland
- Joaquín Niemann
- Scottie Scheffler
- Daniel Berger
- Erik van Rooyen
- Billy Horschel
- 17. Top 50 in the final 2021 Official World Golf Ranking
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Matthew Wolff
- Lee Westwood
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Ryan Palmer
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Min Woo Lee
- Takumi Kanaya
- 18. Top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking on March 27, 2022
- 19. International invitees
- 1. All former PGA Champions
Year | Winner |
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1991 | John Daly |
1997 | Davis Love III (not playing) |
1998, 2004 | Vijay Singh (not playing) |
1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 | Tiger Woods |
2002 | Rich Beem |
2003 | Shaun Micheel |
2005, 2021 | Phil Mickelson (not playing) |
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 (not playing) |
2017 | Justin Thomas |
2018, 2019 | Brooks Koepka (3) |
2020 | Collin Morikawa |
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 |
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2018 | Patrick Reed |
2019 | Tiger Woods (1) |
2020 | Dustin Johnson |
2021 | Hideki Matsuyama |
2022 | Scottie Scheffler (8) |
- 3. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Year | Winner |
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2017 | Brooks Koepka |
2018 | Brooks Koepka |
2019 | Gary Woodland |
2020 | Bryson DeChambeau (not playing) |
2021 | Jon Rahm (8) |
- 4. Last five British Open Champions
Year | Winner |
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2016 | Henrik Stenson |
2017 | Jordan Spieth |
2018 | Francesco Molinari |
2019 | Shane Lowry |
2020 | n/a |
2021 | Collin Morikawa (1) |
- 5. Last three Players Champions
Year | Winner |
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2019 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
2020 | n/a |
2021 | Justin Thomas (1) |
2022 | Cameron Smith (12) |
- 6. Olympic gold medalist
- 7. Current Senior PGA Champion
- 8. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2021 PGA Championship
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Paul Casey (not playing)
- Harry Higgs
- Abraham Ancer
- Tony Finau
- Rickie Fowler
- Jon Rahm
- Justin Rose
- Scottie Scheffler
- Kevin Streelman
- Will Zalatoris
- 9. 20 low scorers in the 2021 PGA Professional Championship
- Jesse Mueller
- Jared Jones
- Michael Block
- Wyatt Worthington II
- Ryan Vermeer
- Sean McCarty
- Shawn Warren
- Colin Inglis
- Zac Oakley
- Kyle Mendoza
- Matt Borchert
- Nic Ishee
- Tyler Collet
- Austin Hurt
- Dylan Newman
- Brandon Bingaman
- Casey Pyne
- Paul Dickinson
- Alex Beach
- Tim Feenstra
- 10. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2021 AT&T Byron Nelson to the 2022 Wells Fargo Championship
- Corey Conners
- Cameron Young
- Anirban Lahiri
- Russell Henley
- Cameron Tringale
- Billy Horschel
- Daniel Berger
- Lee Kyoung-hoon
- Troy Merritt
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Keith Mitchell
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Harold Varner III
- Alex Norén
- Maverick McNealy
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Kim Si-woo
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Sebastián Muñoz
- Adam Hadwin
- Marc Leishman
- Kevin Na
- Adam Scott
- Brian Harman
- Aaron Wise
- Matt Jones
- Branden Grace
- 11. Members of the United States and European 2021 Ryder Cup teams if inside the OWGR top 100
- 12. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2020 PGA Championship
- 12. Special invitations
- Ryder Cup captain
- Top 112 OWGR – May 9
- Thomas Pieters
- Webb Simpson
- Min Woo Lee
- Matthew Wolff
- Adri Arnaus
- Richard Bland
- Takumi Kanaya
- Shaun Norris
- Bubba Watson
- Rikuya Hoshino
- Pablo Larrazábal
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Kim Joo-hyung
- Dean Burmester
- Stewart Cink
- Ryosuke Kinoshita
- Robert MacIntyre
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Matt Kuchar
- Oliver Bekker
- Chan Kim
- Ryan Palmer
- Yuki Inamori
- Chris Kirk
- Carlos Ortiz
- Lanto Griffin
- Jinichiro Kozuma
- Mito Pereira
- Daniel van Tonder
- Justin Harding
- Ryan Fox
- Laurie Canter
- Sam Horsfield
- Kazuki Higa (not playing)
- Other
- 13. Alternates
- 1. Winners of the U.S. Open during the last ten years
Year | Player |
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2012 | Webb Simpson |
2013 | Justin Rose |
2014 | Martin Kaymer (not playing) |
2015 | Jordan Spieth |
2016 | Dustin Johnson |
2017 | Brooks Koepka |
2018 | Brooks Koepka |
2019 | Gary Woodland |
2020 | Bryson DeChambeau |
2021 | Jon Rahm |
- 2. The 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place at the 2021 U.S. Open
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Harris English
- Guido Migliozzi
- Daniel Berger
- Paul Casey (not playing)
- Branden Grace
- Rory McIlroy
- Xander Schauffele
- Scottie Scheffler
- 3. Winner of the 2021 U.S. Senior Open
- 4. Winner of the 2021 U.S. Amateur
- 5. Winners of the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur; runner-up of the 2021 U.S. Amateur
- Nick Dunlap (a)
- Stewart Hagestad (a)
- Austin Greaser (a)
- 6. Winners of the Masters Tournament during the last five years
Year | Winner |
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2018 | Patrick Reed |
2019 | Tiger Woods (not playing) |
2020 | Dustin Johnson (1) |
2021 | Hideki Matsuyama |
2022 | Scottie Scheffler (2) |
- 7. Winners of the PGA Championship during the last six years
Year | Winner |
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2017 | Justin Thomas |
2018 | Brooks Koepka (1) |
2019 | Brooks Koepka |
2020 | Collin Morikawa |
2021 | Phil Mickelson |
2022 | Justin Thomas |
- 8. Winners of The Open Championship during the last five years
Year | Winner |
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2017 | Jordan Spieth (1) |
2018 | Francesco Molinari |
2019 | Shane Lowry |
2020 | n/a |
2021 | Collin Morikawa (7) |
- 9. Winners of The Players Championship during the last three years
Year | Winner |
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2020 | n/a |
2021 | Justin Thomas (7) |
2019 | Cameron Smith (11) |
- 10. Winner of the 2021 BMW PGA Championship
- 11. Players who qualified for the 2021 Tour Championship
- Patrick Cantlay
- Tony Finau
- Cameron Smith
- Abraham Ancer (not playing)
- Sam Burns
- Im Sung-jae
- Viktor Hovland
- Jason Kokrak
- Kevin Na
- Corey Conners
- Stewart Cink
- Joaquín Niemann
- Erik van Rooyen
- Sergio García
- Billy Horschel
- 12. Winners of multiple full-point PGA Tour events since the 2021 U.S. Open
- 13. Winner of the 2021 Amateur Championship
- Laird Shepherd (a)
- 14. Winner of the 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal
- Keita Nakajima (a)
- 15. Winner of the 2020 Olympic gold medal
- 16. Top 10 point earners from the Betfred British Masters, Soudal Open, Dutch Open, and Porsche European Open
- Victor Perez
- Ryan Fox
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Sam Horsfield
- Sebastian Söderberg
- Kalle Samooja
- Wil Besseling
- Yannik Paul
- Richard Mansell
- Marcel Schneider
- 17. Top player from the 2020–21–22 Asian Tour Order of Merit, not exempt as of May 23
- 18. Top player from the 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit, not exempt as of May 23
- 19. Top player from the 2021–22 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, not exempt as of May 23
- 20. Top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 23
- Will Zalatoris
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Cameron Young
- Kevin Kisner
- Talor Gooch
- Thomas Pieters
- Tom Hoge
- Harold Varner III
- Séamus Power
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Adam Scott
- Lee Kyoung-hoon
- Lucas Herbert
- Russell Henley
- Keegan Bradley
- Cameron Tringale
- Mito Pereira
- Marc Leishman
- Sepp Straka
- Brian Harman
- Sebastián Muñoz
- Adri Arnaus
- Min Woo Lee
- Alex Norén
- Kim Si-woo
- Richard Bland
- 21. Top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 6
- 22. Special exemptions given by the USGA
- Japan
- Texas
- Sean Crocker
- Kurt Kitayama
- Jinichiro Kozuma
- Matthew NeSmith
- Andrew Novak
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Rikuya Hoshino
- Ben Silverman
- Nick Taylor
- Travis Vick (a)
- Scott Stallings
- Davis Shore
- Roger Sloan
- Adam Hadwin
- Oregon
- New York
- California
- Maryland
- Georgia
- Florida
- Canada
- Ohio (Springfield)
- M. J. Daffue
- Brian Stuard
- Beau Hossler
- Maxwell Moldovan (a)
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart (a)
- Bo Hoag
- Troy Merritt
- Sam Stevens
- Nick Hardy
- Ohio (Columbus)
- 1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on July 17, 2022 (special exemption for Mark Calcavecchia)
- 2. The Open Champions for 2011–2021
Year(s) | Winner |
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1989 | Mark Calcavecchia |
1995 | John Daly |
1999 | Paul Lawrie |
2000, 2005, 2006 | Tiger Woods |
2001 | David Duval |
2002, 2012 | Ernie Els |
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 |
2018 | Francesco Molinari (6) |
2019 | Shane Lowry |
2021 | Collin Morikawa (10) |
Eligible past champions who will not play: Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Justin Leonard
- 3. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2021 Open Championship
- 4. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) as of May 22
- Max Homa
- Cameron Young
- Kevin Kisner
- Tom Hoge
- Harold Varner III
- Séamus Power
- Adam Scott
- Lee Kyoung-hoon
- Russell Henley
- Keegan Bradley
- Cameron Tringale
- Webb Simpson
- Mito Pereira
- Marc Leishman
- 5. Top 30 on the 2021 Race to Dubai
- Min Woo Lee
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Richard Bland
- Alexander Björk
- Will Zalatoris
- Guido Migliozzi
- Dean Burmester
- Jason Scrivener
- Lucas Herbert
- Laurie Canter
- Thomas Detry
- Thomas Pieters
- Justin Harding
- Garrick Higgo
- Justin Rose (not playing)
- 6. Last four BMW PGA Championship winners
Year(s) | Winner |
---|---|
2018 | Francesco Molinari |
2019 | Danny Willett |
2020 | Tyrrell Hatton |
2021 | Billy Horschel (12) |
- 7. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2022 European Tour rankings through the BMW International Open
- 8. Last six U.S. Open winners
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2017 | Brooks Koepka |
2018 | Brooks Koepka |
2019 | Gary Woodland |
2020 | Bryson DeChambeau |
2021 | Jon Rahm |
2022 | Matt Fitzpatrick (15) |
- 9. Last six Masters Tournament winners
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2017 | Sergio García |
2018 | Patrick Reed |
2019 | Tiger Woods (1) |
2020 | Dustin Johnson |
2021 | Hideki Matsuyama |
2022 | Scottie Scheffler (3) |
- 10. Last seven PGA Championship winners
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2016 | Jimmy Walker (not playing) |
2017 | Justin Thomas |
2018 | Brooks Koepka (8) |
2019 | Brooks Koepka |
2020 | Collin Morikawa |
2021 | Phil Mickelson (1) |
2022 | Justin Thomas |
- 11. Last three Players Championship winners
Year(s) | Winner |
---|---|
2019 | Rory McIlroy (1) |
2020 | n/a |
2021 | Justin Thomas (10) |
2022 | Cameron Smith (12) |
- 12. The 30 qualifiers for the 2021 Tour Championship
- Patrick Cantlay
- Tony Finau
- Cameron Smith
- Harris English
- Abraham Ancer
- Sam Burns
- Im Sung-jae
- Viktor Hovland
- Xander Schauffele
- Jason Kokrak
- Kevin Na
- Corey Conners
- Joaquín Niemann
- Erik van Rooyen (not playing)
- Billy Horschel
- 13. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2022 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship
- 14. Winner of the 2021 Open de Argentina
- 15. 2021 Ryder Cup teams
- 16. Winner of the 2021–22 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
- 17. Winner of the 2021–22 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
- 18. Winner of the 2021 Japan Open
- 19. Winner of the 2022 Diamond Cup
- 20. Top 2 on the 2020–21 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
- 21. Top player not exempt on the 2022 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit through the Japan Golf Tour Championship
- 22. Winner of the 2021 Senior Open Championship
- 23. Winner of the 2022 Amateur Championship
- 24. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Amateur
- James Piot (turned pro)
- 25. Winner of the 2022 European Amateur
- Filippo Celli (a)
- 26. Recipient of the 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal
- Keita Nakajima (a)
- 27. Winner of the 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- 28. Winner of the 2022 Latin America Amateur Championship
- Aaron Jarvis (a)
- Open Qualifying Series
- Final Qualifying (June 28)
- OWGR alternates
- Alternates added on short notice