* – Denotes a player who finished in the top 125 of the FedEx Cup points list.
Bold text – Denotes a player who won in 2018.
- 1. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open prior to 1970 or in the last 10 calendar years (Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)
Dustin Johnson* (2022) – moves to cat 10 in 2022
Brooks Koepka* (2022)
Jordan Spieth* (2022) – moves to cat 4 in 2021
Justin Thomas* (2022)
Jason Day* (2021) – moves to cat 2 in 2021
Rory McIlroy* (2021) – moves to cat 8 in 2020
Jimmy Walker* (2021)
Jason Dufner* (2020) – moves to cat 7 in 2019
Justin Rose* (2020) – moves to cat 10 in 2019
Martin Kaymer (2019)
Koepka extended his exemption to 2023. Thomas extended his exemption to 2023, in which season he would fall to cat 10. Johnson extended his to 2023. Rose extended his to 2023; he would fall to cat 6 in 2019 and cat 8 in 2022. Day extended his to 2023, and would fall to cat 10 in 2022. McIlroy extended his to 2022, in which season he would fall to cat 10.
- 2. Winners of the THE PLAYERS Championship in the last 10 calendar years. (Beginning In 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)
Kim Si-woo* (2022)
Rickie Fowler* (2021) – moves to cat 10 in 2021
Tiger Woods*
Webb Simpson was promoted to this category after his win earned an exemption through 2023. Woods moved to cat 5 in 2019 with an exemption through 2021.
- 3. Winners of the Masters Tournament in the last 10 calendar years. (Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)
Sergio García (2022)
Adam Scott* (2021) – moves to cat 6 in 2019 and cat 10 in 2020
Bubba Watson* (2021) – moves to cat 10 in 2020
Danny Willett declined membership. Patrick Reed was promoted to this category after his win earned an exemption through 2023. Watson extended his exemption to 2023; he would fall to cat 6 in 2020 and cat 10 in 2023.
- 4. Winners of the British Open in the last 10 calendar years (1990-present). (Beginning In 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)
Henrik Stenson* (2022) – moves to cat 10 in 2022
Zach Johnson* (2020)
Phil Mickelson*
Francesco Molinari was promoted to this category after his win earned an exemption through 2023. Mickelson earned an exemption through 2021 and would move to cat 6 in 2019.
- 5. THE TOUR Championship winners in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner
Xander Schauffele* (2020)
- 6. Winners of World Golf Championship events, beginning in 1999 (a three-year exemption)
Hideki Matsuyama* (2022) – moves to cat 10 in 2021
Russell Knox* (2020) – moves to cat 10 in 2019
Shane Lowry
Lowry finished in the 126–150 range and fell to conditional status for 2019.
- 7. Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament in the last three seasons and the current season, beginning with the 2015 winners
Marc Leishman* (2021) – moves to cat 10 in 2021
William McGirt* (2019)
Matt Every
David Lingmerth
Bryson DeChambeau was promoted to this category after his win and earned an exemption through 2021; he subsequently extended this to 2023 and would fall to cat 10 in 2022.
Lingmerth finished in the 126–150 range and fell to conditional status for 2019. Every finished outside the top 150 and fell to past champion status.
- 8. The winner of the FedEx Cup in each of the last five calendar years
Billy Horschel* (2019)
Horschel extended his exemption to 2020, in which season he would fall to cat 10.
- 9. The leader in PGA TOUR official earnings in each of the last five calendar years (up to 2016)
- 10. Winners of PGA TOUR cosponsored or approved events (except team events) within the last two calendar years, or during the current year; winners receive an additional year of exemption for each additional win, up to five years.
Daniel Berger* (2019)
Jonas Blixt (2019)
Wesley Bryan (2019)
Kevin Chappell* (2019)
Bryson DeChambeau* (2019)
Cody Gribble (2019)
Adam Hadwin* (2019)
Brian Harman* (2019)
Russell Henley* (2019)
Mackenzie Hughes (2019)
Kevin Kisner* (2019)
Matt Kuchar* (2019)
Grayson Murray* (2019)
Rod Pampling (2019)
Pat Perez* (2019)
D. A. Points (2019)
Jon Rahm* (2019)
Patrick Reed* (2019)
Cameron Smith* (2019)
Kyle Stanley* (2019)
Brendan Steele* (2019)
Chris Stroud (2019)
Hudson Swafford (2019)
Jhonattan Vegas* (2019)
Aaron Baddeley
Greg Chalmers
Tony Finau*
Fabián Gómez
Branden Grace*
Emiliano Grillo*
James Hahn*
Jim Herman
Charley Hoffman*
Billy Hurley III
Smylie Kaufman
Chris Kirk*
Peter Malnati
Graeme McDowell
Ryan Moore*
Charl Schwartzel*
Webb Simpson*
Brandt Snedeker*
Brian Stuard*
Vaughn Taylor*
Date | Player | Tournament |
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May 13 | Webb Simpson | The Players Championship |
Aug 19 | Brandt Snedeker | Wyndham Championship |
Not including Francesco Molinari, who was afterwards promoted to cat 4, eighteen players moved into this category during the season. Kizzire earned an exemption through 2021 with two wins.
Herman received a major medical extension, and Chalmers and Kaufman minors. Baddeley and McDowell finished in the 126–150 range and fell to conditional status in 2019. Malnati, Gómez, and Hurley finished outside the top 150; Malnati and Gómez made it through the Finals, while Hurley fell to past champion status (and has not regained better status since).
- 11a. Career money exemptions – top 50
Clark and Van Pelt played no events and were granted re-uses. Goosen finished outside the top 150 and fell to past champion status for good in 2019.
- 11b. Career money exemptions – top 25
Choi received a medical extension. Els used his top 50 exemption for 2019.
- 18. Life members
- 19. Top 125 on the previous year’s FedExCup points list
Paul Casey*
Gary Woodland*
Patrick Cantlay*
Louis Oosthuizen*
Bill Haas
Francesco Molinari*
Chez Reavie*
Charles Howell III*
Lucas Glover
Kevin Na*
Keegan Bradley*
Luke List*
Anirban Lahiri*
Ian Poulter*
Stewart Cink*
Scott Brown*
Martin Laird*
Jamie Lovemark*
Kang Sung-hoon*
Ollie Schniederjans*
Rafa Cabrera-Bello*
Sean O'Hair*
Robert Streb
Bud Cauley*
Kevin Tway*
Danny Lee*
Kelly Kraft*
Graham DeLaet
Jason Kokrak*
Patrick Rodgers*
Morgan Hoffmann
Chad Campbell
Kevin Streelman*
Pan Cheng-tsung*
Kim Meen-whee*
Harold Varner III*
Nick Taylor*
J. B. Holmes*
Camilo Villegas
J. J. Spaun*
Scott Piercy*
Patton Kizzire*
Michael Kim*
Scott Stallings*
An Byeong-hun*
Martin Flores
Luke Donald
Richy Werenski*
Ryan Blaum*
Geoff Ogilvy
Robert Garrigus
Noh Seung-yul
Brian Gay*
Brandon Hagy
Steve Stricker
Derek Fathauer
Tyrone van Aswegen
Harris English*
Dominic Bozzelli
Nick Watney*
John Huh*
Blayne Barber
Ben Martin
Rory Sabbatini*
J. J. Henry
Date | Player | Tournament |
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Nov 5 | Patrick Cantlay | Shriners Hospitals for Children Open |
Nov 12 | Patton Kizzire | OHL Classic |
Jan 14 | Patton Kizzire (2) | Sony Open |
Feb 4 | Gary Woodland | Waste Management Phoenix Open |
Mar 11 | Paul Casey | Valspar Championship |
Apr 1 | Ian Poulter | Houston Open |
Apr 29 | Scott Piercy | Zurich Classic (with Billy Horschel) |
Jul 1 | Francesco Molinari | Quicken Loans National |
Jul 8 | Kevin Na | A Military Tribute |
Jul 15 | Michael Kim | John Deere Classic |
Jul 22 | Francesco Molinari (2) | The Open Championship |
Sep 10 | Keegan Bradley | BMW Championship |
Van Aswegen, Campbell, Garrigus, Glover, Fathauer, Stricker, and Martin finished in the 126–150 range. Stricker used a top 25 career money exemption. Glover and Martin received minor medical extensions; Glover also made it through the Finals. Van Aswegen, Campbell, Garrigus, and Fathauer settled for conditional status in 2019.
Haas, Henry, Flores, Barber, Bozzelli, Streb, DeLaet, Villegas, Hoffmann, Ogilvy, Donald, Hagy, and Noh finished outside the top 150. Bozzelli, DeLaet, Villegas, Hoffmann, Donald, Hagy, and Noh received major medical extensions, and Haas a minor. Streb made it through the Finals; Henry used the newly-created 300 cuts made exemption. Ogilvy fell to past champion status in 2019 and has not regained better status. Flores and Barber became non-members and have not reached the PGA Tour since.
- 20. Non-member top 125
Thomas Pieters (first-time member)
Tommy Fleetwood* (first-time member)
Tyrrell Hatton* (first-time member)
Alex Norén* (first-time member)
Ross Fisher
Lee Westwood declined membership.
Pieters and Fisher finished outside the top 150 and became non-members in 2019; neither has made it back to the PGA Tour since.
- 21. Major Medical Extension
Ryan Palmer* (6)
Kevin Stadler (26)
John Senden (13)
Bae Sang-moon (27)
Freddie Jacobson (18)
Jon Curran (18)
Bob Estes (8)
Chris Couch (4)
Briny Baird (9)
Colt Knost (23)
Steve Marino (10)
Harrison Frazar (3)
Charlie Beljan (4)
John Peterson (8)
Andrew Loupe (6)
Palmer met his terms in January. Beljan's extension expired in February, and Estes and Couch's in July; all three fell to past champion status and have not earned better status since. Loupe and Peterson became non-members when their extensions expired in April and July, respectively, and have not regained membership since. Stadler, Senden, Bae, Jacobson, Curran, Baird, Knost, Marino, and Frazar received carry-overs; Bae also made it through the Finals.
Michael Thompson was promoted to this category in April after meeting his terms; he finished in the 126–150 range and made it through the Finals.
- 22. Web.com Tour and Finals leading money-winners
- 23. Medical extension
- 25. Web.com Tour 2-25 and Finals 2-25
Brice Garnett*
Peter Uihlein* (rookie)
Andrew Landry*
Jonathan Byrd
Abraham Ancer*
Nicholas Lindheim
Sam Ryder* (rookie)
Rob Oppenheim
Ted Potter Jr.*
Ryan Armour*
Stephan Jäger (rookie)
Sam Saunders*
Talor Gooch (rookie)
Shawn Stefani
Andrew Putnam*
Jonathan Randolph
Ben Silverman (rookie)
Bronson Burgoon*
Austin Cook* (rookie)
Keith Mitchell* (rookie)
Nate Lashley (rookie)
Tyler Duncan* (rookie)
Kyle Thompson
Denny McCarthy (rookie)
Adam Schenk (rookie)
Troy Merritt*
Matt Atkins (rookie)
Tom Lovelady (rookie)
Conrad Shindler (rookie)
Martin Piller
Andrew Yun (rookie)
Alex Čejka*
Lanto Griffin (rookie)
Matt Jones
Aaron Wise* (rookie)
Cameron Tringale
Dou Zecheng (rookie)
Brett Stegmaier
Ethan Tracy (rookie)
Corey Conners (rookie)
Zhang Xinjun (rookie)
Steve Wheatcroft
Brandon Harkins* (rookie)
Chad Collins
Roberto Díaz (rookie)
Tom Hoge*
Beau Hossler* (first-time member)
Joel Dahmen*
Séamus Power*
Date | Player | Tournament |
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Oct 29 | Ryan Armour | Sanderson Farms Championship |
Nov 19 | Austin Cook | RSM Classic |
Feb 11 | Ted Potter Jr. | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am |
Mar 25 | Brice Garnett | Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship |
Apr 22 | Andrew Landry | Valero Texas Open |
May 20 | Aaron Wise | AT&T Byron Nelson |
Jul 23 | Troy Merritt | Barbasol Championship |
Aug 5 | Andrew Putnam | Barracuda Championship |
Those who finished in the 126–150 range were Piller, Conners, Lovelady, Silverman, Gooch, Lindheim, Stefani, and McCarthy. Silverman, Lindheim, Stefani, and McCarthy made it through the Finals. Piller, Conners, Lovelady, and Gooch settled for conditional status.
Jones, Schenk, Jäger, Zhang, Griffin, Lashley, Randolph, Tracy, Stegmaier, Oppenheim, Byrd, Wheatcroft, Díaz, Shindler, Tringale, Atkins, Dou, Yun, Thompson, and Collins finished outside the top 150. Collins received a major medical extension, and Lashley and Randolph minors. Jones, Schenk, Jäger, Díaz, and Tringale made it through the Finals. Byrd fell to past champion status in 2019 and has not earned better status since. The other 11 became non-members; Tracy, Stegmaier, Wheatcroft, Shindler, Atkins, Dou, Yun, and Thompson have not reached the PGA Tour since.
- 26. Reshuffle medical
Brian Davis (4)
Kris Blanks (9)
Will Claxton (12)
Lee Williams (6)
Shane Bertsch (2)
Zack Sucher (6)
David Berganio Jr. (7)
Davis's extension expired in November and he fell to past champion status; he has not regained better status since. Bertsch used his last start at the regular-season finale; he became a non-member and has not reached the PGA Tour since. Blanks, Claxton, Williams, Sucher, and Berganio received carry-overs.
MacKenzie and Thompson were both upgraded from the minor medical category in November. Thompson met his terms in April, finished in the 126–150 range, and made it through the Finals. MacKenzie received a carry-over.
- 27. Three-time Web.com Tour winners in the current year
- 28. Minor Medical Extension
Ben Crane (1)
Michael Thompson (6)
Pádraig Harrington (9)
Will MacKenzie (6)
Andrew Johnston (3)
MacKenzie and Thompson were both upgraded to majors in the reshuffle category in November. Thompson met his terms in April, finished in the 126–150 range, and made it through the Finals. MacKenzie received a carry-over.
Crane fell to the conditional category after his extension expired in October; he finished in the 126–150 and maintained conditional status in 2019. Harrington fell to past champion status after his extension expired in May; he finished outside the top 150 and used a top 50 career money exemption for 2019. Johnston played two events and did not receive a carry-over; he became a non-member in 2019 and has not regained membership.
- 29. 126–150 from money list
Two players finished in the top 125. Hearn and Wagner finished in the 126–150 range and remained in this category in 2019. The remaining players all finished outside the top 150. Owen received a medical extension. Barnes fell to past champion status in 2019 and has not regained better status since. Blair, Summerhays, Percy, Kjeldsen, and Lamb became non-members for 2019; Summerhays, Kjeldsen, and Lamb have never regained membership.
Ben Crane fell to this category after his medical extension expired in October; he finished in the 126–150 and maintained conditional status in 2019.
- 30. Non-exempt medical extension
- Notable past champions
The following past champions finished in the top 200 of the FedEx Cup points list:
Furyk finished in the 126–150 range and rose to conditional status in 2019. Mahan made it through the Finals. The others listed have not regained better status since.
- Notable non-members
One non-member won in 2018 and accepted membership:
Date | Player | Tournament |
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Apr 15 | Satoshi Kodaira | RBC Heritage |
The following non-members (plus John Peterson) finished the equivalent of top 200 on the FedEx Cup points list (^ denotes those eligible for full PGA Tour membership in 2019):
Niemann and Aphibarnrat accepted membership for 2019. Aphibarnrat accepted STM in March, and Niemann and Fitzpatrick in May.
Burns finished in the top 25 of the Web.com Tour regular-season money list. Frittelli was successful in the Finals; Oda, Suri, Meyer, Paisley, Kataoka, and Seiffert were not.
- Other notes
Thirty-two players not listed made it from the Web.com Tour to the PGA Tour for 2019 (including Japan Golf Tour winner Lee Kyoung-hoon; 24 via the regular-season money list, 8 via the Finals).