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How Do You Qualify For Champions Golf Tour?

The PGA Tour Champions is highly competitive and exclusive. In order to qualify, golfers must satisfy the following criteria:

• There are 78 total spots in the Tour
• Golfers must be 50 years or older
• Golfers must play in regional qualifier unless otherwise exempt
• Golfers must pay a $3,000 application fee

The PGA Tour Champions is a professional golf tour for senior golfers. Many of the greatest golfers of all time have played on this tour, including Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson.  To qualify for the PGA Tour Champions, one must either be a professional PGA Golfer or a highly skilled amateur golfer who receives an exemption.

Champions Tour Eligibility

Those looking to qualify for the PGA Tour Champions must be at least 50 years of age, or 49 and turning 50 before June 1st of that year. They also must apply online and pay a fee of $3,000. With the application, at least two letters of reference from a Class A PGA Pro or Champions Tour member are required. You are also required to show a copy of your birth certificate and results from two tournaments held in the last year. 

Amateurs who meet the age criteria can enter the PGA Tour Champions Qualifying Tournament. An amateur who finishes among the top 30 at this event must forfeit their status as an amateur to play in the PGA Tour Event Champions Qualifier. When you are in the top 12 of the qualifying stage, the top five will be fully exempt, and the next seven will be reserved and will be able to compete in Champions Tour events on a space-available basis.

Golfers can also earn a sponsorship exemption for a specific tournament, in which a sponsor of the golfer grants entry to the tournament. These exemptions are typically reserved for more popular golfers, as granting them entry will help the tournament’s overall brand.

How old do you need to be to qualify for the Champions Tour?

To qualify for the PGA Tour Champions, you must be at least 50 years old.  You can also qualify for the Champions Tour if you are 49 turning 50 by June 1st of that year. The Champions Tour is reserved for senior golf players that have aged out of the PGA Tour. However, golfers over the age of 50 are still eligible to play in PGA Tour events.

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A Brief Look at the PGA Tour Exemption System

There are a variety of ways to acquire an exemption on Tour, but the bottom line is that you have to play well to get it at some point in your life. That time is now for many.

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Last week, at the Ginn sur Mer Classic in the developing region of Palm Coast, Florida, Ryan Palmer, who was previously on the “bubble,” (he was ranked 143 entering the week), secured himself a spot in the aforementioned 125 with a victory (and a two-year exemption, of course, for winning). Exempt status often seems to be a vague, mysterious, and perhaps sinister thing, even though the qualifications for such a status are laid out on the Tour’s website and the information is readily available to any seeker. In order to save you the trouble of additional navigation deeper into the recesses of cyberspace, a variety of ways (and a few exemplary individuals satisfying the various requirements) will be looked at here, along with any potential “exempt status drama” brewing in the final relevant tournament of the year (officially referred to as an “event cosponsored by the PGA Tour”).

The Big Tournaments Contrary to a certain opinion, Tiger Woods is not permitted to play on the PGA Tour just because he’s a very good golfer, people generally like him, and he makes the Tour a great deal of money. Under the current system, Woods would be exempt for a variety of reasons, but officially, he received an exemption for the 2008 season because of his status as “Winner of a PGA Championship or U.S. Open prior to 1970 or in the last 10 calendar years.”

As the web site points out, “each PGA Tour player has earned a position on the priority ranking system that will be used to select tournament fields.” Of the 33 qualifications for exempt status, “Winner of a PGA Championship…” is given top priority. This is also a five-year exemption, which is the longest given by the PGA. It’s interesting that top priority is placed upon winning the PGA’s Major, but when this is considered in light of the fact that the other majors hand out exempt status to their own tournament, and indeed to other majors, it seems to be a logical choice for top priority in the PGA’s system.

Following this, winners of the Players Championship, The Masters, and the British Open during the past ten years are granted an exemption. Members of this five-year exempt status entering the current year include Davis Love III, Zach Johnson and Ben Curtis. The next tier below this are winners of the Tour Championship, or any World Golf Championship event since 2005. The latter is the reason for David Toms’ exempt status entering this year.

It’s certainly not particle physics, but it’s easy to see why players generally designate between the Majors, the second level events (Players, Tour, WGC) and the remaining events of significance. It makes sense that a golfer is compensated more fully in the system for a victory in one of the more difficult tournaments, thus giving the golfer a better chance for further self-preservation by guaranteeing him tournament appearances for a longer period of time. As an example, Ben Curtis and Todd Hamilton, respectively, are neither the highest earning nor the winningest golfers on Tour, but the magnitude of their wins has ensured them an exempt status for a period of ten years. However, it could be asked whether or not the PGA Championship is five times more difficult than the average event on Tour, which is what the decision to allow exemption for a period of 10 years versus only two seems to be suggesting.

The Regular Tour Events A bit further down the list of possibilities for exemption come winners in Tour-approved events within the past two years. Fred Couples may have earned the gross domestic product of several small countries in the Skins Game, but it doesn’t contribute to his exempt status for the 2008 season. Interestingly, he is insured this as a player “among the Top 25 in career earnings as of the end of the preceding calendar year” who “elect[s] to use this special exemption for a second year, provided that the player remains among the Top 25 on the career money list.” J.B. Holmes, Rory Sabbatini, Jonathan Byrd, and Charles Howell III all are exempt because of a victory during the previous two seasons.

Other Means of Exempt Status After a number of other less than common classifications, such as “Two international players designated by the Commissioner,” comes a rather interesting category: “Life Members (who have been active members of the PGA TOUR for 15 years and have won at least 20 co-sponsored events),” in other words, golfers who were formerly winning a number of tournaments but are now, essentially, past their prime. Tom Watson, a fan favorite and arguably one of the 15 greatest golfers of all time, is the only member of this category. Watson, of course, spends the majority of his time playing on the Champions Tour, where he is anything but past his prime, having won twice this year.

Next, the contentious and highly visible “Top 125 on previous year’s Official Money List.” Jose M. Olazabal, Tommy Armour III, and Shigeki Maruyama are exempt coming into this year for this reason. The chief drama surrounding a potential leap into the top 125 this week ought to be provided by Jeff Overton. Overton, who underwent an emergency appendectomy only weeks ago and is wearing a naproxen patch because of the immensity of the pain he is enduring, is teeing it up this week in hopes of maintaining — if not bettering — his 125th place status. We’ll return to a glance at players “on the bubble” this week, but the rest of the list awaits.

A few categories past medical exemptions – which allowed David Duval to play this year – comes another visible battle for inclusion in an exempt group. Membership in the category “Top 25 and Ties from the previous year’s PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament… and players 2-25 on the 2007 Nationwide Tour money list” allowed Chez Reavie and Kevin Streelman to compete on Tour this year. Reavie did not earn an exemption for 2009 with his victory at the RBC Canadian Open, however, as this is not a Tour cosponsored event. Following this are a number of “special” classes, including past tournament winners and “Veteran Members who have made a minimum of 150 cuts.”

Returning to players around the “125” number, a few names stand out. David Toms is perhaps the most notable. However, there’s no need to panic, golf fans. Toms is exempt through 2001 because of his status as a winner on Tour in the previous few years, even though he will no longer be exempt as a result of his 2005 victory at the Accenture Match Play Championship. Davis Love III, at 118, has recently increased the value of his stock with good play. Should he finish in the top 125, he won’t be forced to use an exemption based upon his place in the career money list. This may be a mere technicality, but the perception that he earned his exemption based upon good play recently, rather than past success, is surely worth something to the man and keeps him free (at least temporarily) of the “has-been” label.

Jason Gore is presently situated at number 136 on the money list. Having played well in previous years, Gore was comfortably situated in the top 125 on the list last year. He’s been invisible in 2008, save for a few weeks. Unless he rights the ship in Orlando this week, the man will be in trouble. Perched at number 131, Bob Tway also finds himself in an uncomfortable position entering the week. Regardless of these two individuals, the standout story is Overton, who has defied doctor’s orders in an attempt to keep his card.

There are a variety of ways to acquire an exemption on Tour, but the bottom line is if you haven’t won recently, haven’t played well in the present year, or don’t have a legacy of great play to fall back upon, you might find yourself in a very undesirable spot entering a tournament, as a few players do this week at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic. Of course, a miracle victory by someone well outside the top 125 is always a possibility, and an assurance of exemption for the upcoming year.

14 thoughts on “A Brief Look at the PGA Tour Exemption System”

I’m guessing that if you add up all those who are exempt under the 33 criteria, you’d have more than can fit into a PGA Tour event field.

Can you do a follow up on how a player gets into a PGA Tour event based on how he got his exemption?

How many 2009 PGA Tour event starts would the guy who came 25th at Q School or 25th on the Nationwide Tour expect to get with their exemptions earnt in 2008?

Further to Mark’s question, can you explain what each exemption entitles a player to do? In other words, I thought some of the exemptions do not necessarily entitle a player to enter any tournament he wants (not talking about special invites like Masters, etc.) on the tour, but others do, and that some exemptions are limited as to number of tournaments. Also, how is the pecking order established?

I have never understood how all this is done.

Thanks for the comments. I would be more than happy to do a follow up on the subject and answer the questions you have posed. If anyone else has further inquiries, please post them here and I’ll try to include a response to all of them in a follow up article in a few weeks.

Thanks again,

I get the top 125 money list and the exeptions it provides a given player for the following year. What I do not get is when the commentator says it is important because the top 125 players can set their schedule for next year.

Another question I have is the same as TRAV’s, how are the pairings determined at each tournatment? Bill Haas never seems to play with Vijay, Tiger or Phil. If the threesomes were selected at random you would think he would end up playing with someone in the top 25 once in a while.

Finally, how are the tee times determined for the first two rounds?

And these aren’t enough questions to keep you busy, please let us know …..

“Reavie did not earn an exemption for 2009 with his victory at the RBC Canadian Open, however, as this is not a Tour cosponsored event.”

Yes it is, and yes he did earn a two year exmemption. I was at his winning press conference when he was asked about it.

hi just wondering when a player is lucky enough to win more than once in a season, how does the exemption work for each event, do they run concurrently or one after another

regards colm

same question as colm. if a player wins more than once in the same year how does the exemption work.do they run concurrently or consecutive.

also how do you earn a lifetime exemption?

Davis Love III scored his 20th PGA Tour victory last November. Why was he not in the field of this years Masters?

Because he won a Fall Series event after the Tour Championship. They don’t count for the Masters the same way a “regular season” win does.

Hope to answer some of these:

1. You get up to five additional years for multiple wins (ie if you win three times you get a 5 year exemption) 2. The top 50 golfers ranked in the world that play in each non invitationals get the preferred times and the rest are picked at random. 3. Jay Williamson (25th Q) got into 19 events as of 10/4 and Ricky Barnes (25th NW) got into 20 events. 4. Each non invite tournament is has 132 or 144 players. They are ranked by each of the 33 categories. In order for a PGA player to keep his card he must play in at least 15 events per year. The top 100 players average about 20. So the tournaments get probably 90-100 of the 1-19 exempt status players enter each week. That is done on the Friday before the tournament. Then there is a stand by list where you are ranked by priority. Each week, there is always a couple of people that commit drop out.

If a PGA player missed the 125 players for the year, however qualified and made it to play in a tournament.. What is his status for that year if he wins a tournament,

What is Billy Hurley III’s Past Tour Winner Status ?

What exemptions do you get for second or third in a major?

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USGA adds four exemptions for U.S. Open, LIV golfers eligible to qualify

The USGA announced four new exemption categories have been added for entry into the 2023 U.S. Open. Just as noteworthy was what the governing body didn't mention.

Invitations to this year’s championship at Los Angeles Country Club will, for the first time, go to the reigning Latin America Amateur champion and the NCAA men’s individual champion (assuming both players remain amateurs), the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour season points leader and the top five players in the FedEx Cup standings as of May 22 who are otherwise not exempt. Both the LAAC and KFT exemptions had previously been announced, with Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira and Justin Suh winning those respective invites.

The U.S. Women’s Open also will extend a spot to the reigning NCAA women’s individual champion for this year’s contest at Pebble Beach.

"The USGA is pleased to offer these exemptions for both the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open,” said USGA chief championships officer John Bodenhamer in a release detailing the entire qualifying criteria for its premier men's and women's championships. “These categories provide another avenue for ensuring the presence of those players who are playing their best leading into both national championships.”

It should be noted that LIV Golf was not mentioned in the release, indicating the likelihood that there would be no ban of golfers from the upstart Saudi-backed circuit who otherwise qualify for exemptions under the 2023 criteria, or for any who wish play their way into the championship via Local and Final Qualifying. On the USGA's website for the current field for the 2023 U.S. Open , seven LIV golfers are currently listed as exempt: Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Martin Kaymer (as U.S. Open winners in the last 10 years), Phil Mickelson (off his 2021 PGA Championship victory), Cameron Smith (2022 Open Championship) and Joaquin Niemann (qualifying for the 2022 Tour Championship).

Last year LIV Golf launched the week before the U.S. Open, and the USGA allowed defectors into the competition at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. “We pride ourselves in being the most open championship in the world and the players who have earned the right to compete in this year’s championship, both via exemption and qualifying, will have the opportunity to do so,” read a statement. “Our field criteria were set prior to entries opening earlier this year and it’s not appropriate, nor fair to competitors, to change criteria once established.”

During the week of the championship USGA CEO Mike Whan explained his organization’s viewpoint toward a potential LIV Golf ban. “We definitely feel responsibility to this game, and we feel a responsibility to the competitors that play it. We did sit down and have a long conversation about a week before the U.S. Open, did where somebody else play and what promoter they played it with, disqualify them for this event?” Whan said. “We decided no on that, with all the awareness that not everyone would agree with that decision.

“I'm sure there are players that both came through our qualifying and maybe teeing it up that are sponsored by those different—so we asked ourselves the question of one, one week before if you play somewhere where you're not approved to play, would you be disqualified for the 2022 U.S. Open? And we said no. And we also had to ask the question, if you're going to put that kind of clause in, who gets in, we've got to go back to 9,300 people and played last week but who played ever, where, sponsored by. It becomes a pretty slippery slope to try to apply that across 9,300 people.”

However, Whan later added that the USGA’s decision this year would not be its ruling in perpetuity. “Could you envision a day where it would be harder for some folks doing different things to get into a U.S. Open? I could,” Whan said. “Will that be true? I don’t know, but I can definitely foresee that day.”

It appears, for now, that day will not be in 2023. This year’s U.S. Open begins June 15. Matt Fitzpatrick is the reigning champ.

List of 2023 U.S. Open exemption categories from local and final qualifying

F-1. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship the last 10 years (2013-22) F-2. From the 2022 U.S. Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place F-3. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Senior Open Championship F-4. Winner of the 2022 U.S. Amateur Championship F-5. Winners of the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, and the 2022 U.S. Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur) F-6. Winners of the Masters Tournament (2019-2023) F-7. Winners of the PGA Championship (2018-2023) F-8. Winners of The Open Championship, conducted by The R&A (2018-2022) F-9. Winners of The Players Championship (2021-2023) F-10. Winner of the 2022 European Tour BMW PGA Championship *F-11. Those players who qualified and were eligible for the season-ending 2022 Tour Championship F-12. Multiple winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedExCup, from the conclusion of the 2022 U.S. Open (June 16-19) to the initiation of the 2023 U.S. Open *F-13. The top five players in the 2022-23 FedExCup standings as of May 22, 2023, who are not otherwise exempt *F-14. The points leader from the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour season using combined points earned on the Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List and points earned in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals **F-15. The top two players from the final 2022 DP World Tour Rankings who are not otherwise exempt as of May 22, 2023 **F-16. The top player on the 2023 Race to Dubai Rankings as of May 22, 2023, who is not otherwise exempt **F-17. The top two finishers from the 2023 DP World Tour U.S. Open Qualifying Series, who are not otherwise exempt F-18. Winner of the 2022 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A (must be an amateur) F-19. Winner of the 2022 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur) F-20. Winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship (must be an amateur) F-21. Winner of the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship (must be an amateur) F-22. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 point leaders and ties as of May 22, 2023 F-23. From the current Official World Golf Ranking, the top 60 point leaders and ties as of June 12, 2023 (if not previously exempt) F-24. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

*Note 1: For Exemptions F-11, F-13 and F-14, players must be considered eligible per PGA Tour regulations at the time the exemption is determined to qualify for the exemption. **Note 2: For Exemptions F-15, F-16 and F-17, players must be in DP World Tour Membership at the time the exemption is determined to qualify for the exemption.

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The 152nd Open | Exemptions

The following players have secured exemptions for The 152 nd Open, taking place at Royal Troon from 14-21 July 2024.

A list of exemption categories is shown at the foot of the page.  

This page is up to date as of Monday 8 July and will be updated as further exemptions are finalised.

Ancer, Abraham - Final Qualifying

Aberg, Ludvig - 5

An, Byeong Hun - 5

Andersen, Mason - 15

Bezuidenhout, Christiaan - 14

Bhatia, Akshay - 5

Bjork, Alexander - 6

Boriboonsub, Denwit - OQS Malaysia

Bradbury, Dan - OQS South Africa

Bradley, Keegan - 5, 13

Brown, Daniel - Final Qualifying

Burmester, Dean - OQS South Africa

Burns, Sam - 5, 13

Campillo, Jorge - 6

Canter, Laurie - 8

Cantlay, Patrick - 5, 13

Catlin, John - OQS Malaysia

Cejka, Alex - 18

Cink, Stewart - 1

Clark, Wyndham - 5, 9, 13

Clarke, Darren - 1

Clemons, Dominic - Final Qualifying

Cole, Eric - 5

Conners, Corey - 5, 13

Crocker, Sean - OQS Italy

Curtis, Ben - 1

Daly, John - 1

Day, Jason - 4, 5, 13

Dean, Joe - OQS Netherlands

DeChambeau, Bryson - 5, 9

De La Fuente, Santiago - 24

Dodd-Berry, Matthew - Final Qualifying  

Duval, David - 1

Eckroat, Austin - 5

Els, Ernie - 1

Elvira, Nacho - 8

English, Harris - 5

Ferguson, Ewen - 8

Fichardt, Darren - OQS South Africa

Finau, Tony - 5, 13

Fitzpatrick, Matt - 5, 6, 9, 13

Fleetwood, Tommy - 4, 5, 6, 13

Fowler, Rickie - 5, 13

Fox, Ryan - 6, 7

Glover, Lucas - 5, 13

Griffin, Ben - OQS Canada

Grillo, Emiliano - 4, 13

Hadwin, Adam - OQS Memorial

Hamilton, Todd - 1

Harman, Brian - 1, 3, 4, 5, 13

Harrington, Padraig - 1

Hatton, Tyrrell - 5, 6, 13

Hendry, Michael - 27

Henley, Russell - 5, 13

Hidalgo, Angel - Final Qualifying

Hillier, Daniel - 6

Hisatsune, Ryo - 6

Hoge, Tom - 14

Hojgaard, Nicolai - 5, 6

Hojgaard, Rasmus - 6

Homa, Max - 4, 5, 13

Horschel, Billy - 7

Horsfield, Sam - Final Qualifying

Hoshino, Rikuya - OQS Australia

Hovland, Viktor - 5, 6, 13

Hughes, Mackenzie - OQS Canada

Hutsby, Sam - Final Qualifying

Im, Sungjae - 5, 13

Iwasaki, Aguri - 17

Jaeger, Stephan - 5

Johnson, Dustin - 10

Johnson, Zach - 1, 3

Jordan, Matthew - 4

Katsuragawa, Yuto - OQS Japan

Kawamura, Masahiro - Final Qualifying

Kim, Minkyu - OQS Korea

Kim, Si Woo - 5, 13

Kim, Tom - 4, 5, 6, 13

Kinoshita, Ryosuke - OQS Japan

Kirk, Chris - 5

Kitayama, Kurt - 5

Kobori, Kazuma - 16

Koepka, Brooks - 5, 11

Koh, Guntaek - OQS Japan

Langasque, Romain - 6

Lawrence, Thriston - 6

Lawrie, Paul - 1

Lee, Min Woo - 5, 6

Leonard, Justin - 1

Lindh, Charlie - Final Qualifying

Lowry, Shane - 1, 3, 5, 7

Luiten, Joost - 6

MacIntyre, Robert - 6

Manassero, Matteo - 8

Masaveu, Luis - Final Qualifying

Matsuyama, Hideki - 5, 10

McCarthy, Denny - 5

McDonald, Jack - Final Qualifying

McKibbin, Tom - OQS Italy

McIlroy, Rory - 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13

McNealy, Maverick - OQS Canada

Meronk, Adrian - 6

Mickelson, Phil - 1, 3, 11

Migliozzi, Guido - OQS Netherlands

Molinari, Francesco - 1, 3

Montojo, Jaime - Final Qualifying

Moore, Taylor - 13

Morikawa, Collin - 1, 3, 5, 11, 13

Morrison, Tommy - 21

Nakajima, Keita - 16

Niemann, Joaquin - OQS Australia

Nolan, Liam - Final Qualifying

Norrman, Vincent - 6

Ogletree, Andy - 16  

Olesen, Thorbjorn - 6

Olesen, Jacob Skov - 19

Oosthuizen, Louis - 1

Pan, CT - OQS John Deere

Paul, Yannik - 6

Pavon, Mathieu - 5, 6

Perez, Victor - 6

Poston, JT - 5

Puig, David - 16

Rahm, Jon - 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13

Rose, Justin - Final Qualifying

Sargent, Gordon - 22

Schauffele, Xander - 5, 11, 13

Scheffler, Scottie - 5, 10, 12, 13

Schenk, Adam - 5, 13

Scott, Adam - OQS Australia

Scott, Calum - 25

Sharma, Shubhankar - 4

Siem, Marcel - 6  

Smith, Cameron - 1, 3, 12

Smith, Jordan - 6

Smylie, Elvis - Final Qualifying

Soderberg, Sebastian - 6

Song, Younghan - OQS Korea

Southgate, Matthew - Final Qualifying

Spieth, Jordan - 1, 3, 5, 13

Stenson, Henrik - 1, 3

Straka, Sepp - 4, 5, 13

Stubbs, Jasper - 23

Svensson, Jesper - 8

Taylor, Nick - 5, 13

Theegala, Sahith - 5

Thomas, Justin - 5, 1 1

Thompson, Davis - OQS John Deere

Todd, Brendon - OQS Arnold Palmer Invitational

Valimaki, Sami - 6

Van der Merwe, Altin - 26

Van Velzen, Ryan - 16

Wallace, Matt - 6

Wang, Jeunghun - OQS Malaysia

Woodland, Gary - 9

Woods, Tiger - 1, 10

Young, Cameron - 4, 5

Zalatoris, Will - OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational

Exemption Categories:

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions up to 2024)

2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions from 2024)

3. The Open Champions for 2013-2023

4. First 10 anyone tying for 10th place in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in 2023

5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2024

6. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2023

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2021-2023

8. First 5 DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International

9. The US Open Champions for 2019-2024

10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2019-2024

11. The PGA Champions for 2018-2024

12. The PLAYERS Champions for 2022-2024

13. Top 30 players for the Final 2023 FedEx Cup

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 for 2024 on completion of the 2024 Travelers Championship

15. The 117th VISA Open de Argentina 2024 Champion

16. The first 5 players on the 2024 Federations Ranking List as of closing date

17. The Japan Open Champion for 2023

18. The Senior Open Champion for 2023

19. The Amateur Champion for 2024

20. The US Amateur Champion for 2023

21. The European Amateur Champion for 2024

22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men's WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKING) winner for 2023

23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2023

24. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2024

25. The Open Amateur Series winner 2024

26. The Africa Amateur Champion 2024

27. Medical Exemption

Exemptions 19-26 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.

OQS South Africa - Joburg Open OQS Australia - ISPS Handa Australian Open OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational OQS Malaysia - IRS Prima Malaysian Open OQS Japan - Mizuno Open OQS Canada - RBC Canadian Open OQS USA - the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday OQS Korea - KOLON Korea Open OQS Netherlands - KLM Open OQS Italy - Italian Open OQS USA - John Deere Classic OQS Scotland - Genesis Scottish Open Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports Final Qualifying - West Lancashire

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Exemptions and Qualifying

Current Champions Tour competitor and TV golf analyst Bobby Clampett has called the process for determining the field in Champions Tour events "the most complicated system known to man," and added that "ot a single player even understands it fully."

Clampett attempted to explain the process in a 2011 post on his blog. Standard Champions Tour events—apart from invitationals and majors, which have their own entry criteria—have a field of 78. The first 60 places in the field are filled as follows:

• Up to 30 players who are in the top 70 of the all-time combined PGA Tour and Champions Tour money list. Since the bulk of those players have not yet turned 50 and are not yet eligible for the Champions Tour, this category rarely, if ever, fills up.
• The top 30 players, not otherwise exempt, who finished in the top 50 of the previous year's Champions Tour money list.

This leaves 18 places:

• Members of the World Golf Hall of Fame eligible by age.
• Winners of Champions Tour events in the previous 12 months.
• At the start of the season, 5 players from the previous year's Champions Tour Qualifying Tournament, in order of finish. During July, this category changes to include all non-exempt players based on the season's money list.
• Previously exempt players coming off medical exemptions.
• Top four players in their first two years of age eligibility with multiple PGA Tour wins.
• One spot for the highest finisher, not already exempt, within the top 10 of the previous week's tournament. Note, however, that a top-10 finish in a regular tournament does not qualify a player for a major. In another quirk, a top-10 finish in a major does not qualify a player for the next tournament on the schedule, even if it is a regular tournament.
• Up to 5 spots for sponsor's exemptions, but subject to reduction or elimination if the previous categories fill out the field.
• Up to 4 spots for Monday qualifiers, also subject to reduction or elimination

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The Open Championship field 2024: Find out who is playing at Royal Troon

The Open Championship field 2024: Check out the full list of competitors and how they qualified as the final men's major of the year heads to Royal Troon.

The Open Championship at Royal Troon is right around the corner. 

That means the field for the final men's major of the year is starting to shape up. 

At the time of publication, 147 players have booked their spots after 16 golfers made their way through Final Qualifying.

England's Justin Rose was one the highest-profile names who emerged from the 36-hole shootout . 

Meanwhile, Sergio Garcia once again came up short in his bid to qualify. 

A total of 18 LIV Golf players have qualified for The Open at Royal Troon.

There are a number of storylines to keep an eye on for the 152nd Open. 

For example, how will Rory McIlroy bounce back after his heart-breaking US Open defeat?

How will Bryson DeChambeau fair on the links? Can Tiger Woods make the cut and position himself for a weekend charge?

Will Jon Rahm finally turn up to a major? Will Scottie Scheffler continue to dominate?

There could be fireworks. 

GolfMagic has listed the field for the 2024 Open Championship below. 

There are still places up for grabs at the John Deere Classic , Scottish Open and the top five players in the DP World Tour's Raice to Dubai Standings at the completion of the BMW International Open not otherwise exempt. 

The Open Championship field 2024

*The field is not complete

• Aberg, Ludvig - 5
• An, Byeong Hun - 5
• Ancer, Abraham - Final Qualifying
• Andersen, Mason - 15
• Bezuidenhout, Christiaan - 14
• Bhatia, Akshay - 5
• Bjork, Alexander - 6
• Boriboonsub, Denwit - OQS Malaysia
• Bradbury, Dan - OQS South Africa
• Bradley, Keegan - 5, 13
• Brown, Daniel - Final Qualifying
• Burmester, Dean - OQS South Africa
• Burns, Sam - 5, 13
• Campillo, Jorge - 6
• Cantlay, Patrick - 5, 13
• Catlin, John - OQS Malaysia
• Cejka, Alex - 18
• Cink, Stewart - 1
• Clark, Wyndham - 5, 9, 13
• Clarke, Darren - 1
• Clemons, Dominic - Final Qualifying
• Cole, Eric - 5
• Conners, Corey - 5, 13
• Crocker, Sean - OQS Italy
• Curtis, Ben - 1
• Daly, John - 1
• Day, Jason - 4, 5, 13
• Dean, Joe - OQS Netherlands
• DeChambeau, Bryson - 5, 9
• De La Fuente, Santiago - 24
• Dodd-Berry, Matthew - Final Qualifying
• Duval, David - 1
• Eckroat, Austin - 5
• Els, Ernie - 1
• English, Harris - 5
• Fichardt, Darren - OQS South Africa
• Finau, Tony - 5, 13
• Fitzpatrick, Matt - 5, 6, 9, 13
• Fleetwood, Tommy - 4, 5, 6, 13
• Fowler, Rickie - 5, 13
• Fox, Ryan - 6, 7
• Ferguson, Ewen - 8
• Glover, Lucas - 5, 13
• Griffin, Ben - OQS Canada
• Grillo, Emiliano - 4, 13
• Hadwin, Adam - OQS Memorial
• Hamilton, Todd - 1
• Harman, Brian - 1, 3, 4, 5, 13
• Harrington, Padraig - 1
• Hatton, Tyrrell - 5, 6, 13
• Hendry, Michael - 27
• Henley, Russell - 5, 13
• Hidalgo, Angel - Final Qualifying
• Hillier, Daniel - 6
• Hisatsune, Ryo - 6
• Hoge, Tom - 14
• Hojgaard, Nicolai - 5, 6
• Hojgaard, Rasmus - 6
• Homa, Max - 4, 5, 13
• Horschel, Billy - 7
• Horsfield, Sam - Final Qualifying
• Hoshino, Rikuya - OQS Australia
• Hovland, Viktor - 5, 6, 13
• Hughes, Mackenzie - OQS Canada
• Hutsby, Sam - Final Qualifying
• Im, Sungjae - 5, 13
• Iwasaki, Aguri - 17
• Jaeger, Stephan - 5
• Johnson, Dustin - 10
• Johnson, Zach - 1, 3
• Jordan, Matthew - 4
• Katsuragawa, Yuto - OQS Japan
• Kawamura, Masahiro - Final Qualifying
• Kim, Minkyu - OQS Korea
• Kim, Si Woo - 5, 13
• Kim, Tom - 4, 5, 6, 13
• Kinoshita, Ryosuke - OQS Japan
• Kirk, Chris - 5
• Kitayama, Kurt - 5
• Kobori, Kazuma - 16
• Koepka, Brooks - 5, 11
• Koh, Guntaek - OQS Japan
• Langasque, Romain - 6
• Lawrence, Thriston - 6
• Lawrie, Paul - 1
• Lee, Min Woo - 5, 6
• Leonard, Justin - 1
• Lindh, Charlie - Final Qualifying
• Lowry, Shane - 1, 3, 5, 7
• Luiten, Joost - 6
• MacIntyre, Robert - 6
• Masaveu, Luis - Final Qualifying
• Matsuyama, Hideki - 5, 10
• McCarthy, Denny - 5
• McDonald, Jack - Final Qualifying
• McKibbin, Tom - OQS Italy
• McIlroy, Rory - 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13
• McNealy, Maverick - OQS Canada
• Meronk, Adrian - 6
• Mickelson, Phil - 1, 3, 11
• Migliozzi, Guido - OQS Netherlands
• Molinari, Francesco - 1, 3
• Montojo, Jaime - Final Qualifying
• Moore, Taylor - 13
• Morikawa, Collin - 1, 3, 5, 11, 13
• Morrison, Tommy - 21
• Nakajima, Keita - 16
• Niemann, Joaquin - OQS Australia
• Nolan, Liam - Final Qualifying
• Norrman, Vincent - 6
• Ogletree, Andy - 16
• Olesen, Thorbjorn - 6
• Olesen, Jacob Skov - 19
• Oosthuizen, Louis - 1
• Paul, Yannik - 6
• Pavon, Mathieu - 5, 6
• Perez, Victor - 6
• Poston, JT - 5
• Puig, David - 16
• Pan, CT - 5
• Rahm, Jon - 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13
• Rose, Justin - Final Qualifying
• Sargent, Gordon - 22
• Schauffele, Xander - 5, 11, 13
• Scheffler, Scottie - 5, 10, 12, 13
• Schenk, Adam - 5, 13
• Scott, Adam - OQS Australia
• Scott, Calum - 25
• Sharma, Shubhankar - 4
• Siem, Marcel - 6
• Smith, Cameron - 1, 3, 12
• Smith, Jordan - 6
• Smylie, Elvis - Final Qualifying
• Soderberg, Sebastian - 6
• Song, Younghan - OQS Korea
• Southgate, Matthew - Final Qualifying
• Spieth, Jordan - 1, 3, 5, 13
• Stenson, Henrik - 1, 3
• Straka, Sepp - 4, 5, 13
• Stubbs, Jasper - 23
• Taylor, Nick - 5, 13
• Theegala, Sahith - 5
• Thomas, Justin - 5, 11
• Thompson, Davis - 5
• Todd, Brendon - OQS Arnold Palmer Invitational
• Valimaki, Sami - 6
• Van der Merwe, Altin - 26
• Van Velzen, Ryan - 16
• Wallace, Matt - 6
• Wang, Jeunghun - OQS Malaysia
• Woodland, Gary - 9
• Woods, Tiger - 1, 10
• Young, Cameron - 4, 5
• Zalatoris, Will - OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational

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Exemption categories

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions up to 2024)

2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions from 2024)

3. The Open Champions for 2013-2023

4. First 10 anyone tying for 10th place in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in 2023

5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2024

6. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2023

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2021-2023

8. First 5 DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International

9. The US Open Champions for 2019-2024

10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2019-2024

11. The PGA Champions for 2018-2024

12. The PLAYERS Champions for 2022-2024

13. Top 30 players for the Final 2023 FedEx Cup

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 for 2024 on completion of the 2024 Travelers Championship

15. The 117th VISA Open de Argentina 2024 Champion

16. The first 5 players on the 2024 Federations Ranking List as of closing date

17. The Japan Open Champion for 2023

18. The Senior Open Champion for 2023

19. The Amateur Champion for 2024

20. The US Amateur Champion for 2023

21. The European Amateur Champion for 2024

22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men's WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKING) winner for 2023

23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2023

24. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2024

25. The Open Amateur Series winner 2024

26. The Africa Amateur Champion 2024

27. Medical Exemption

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The field is mostly set for The 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon. Golf’s oldest major championship returns to the Scottish seaside town of Troon, roughly 30 miles southwest of Glasgow, for the 10th time. With a classic out-and-back links design and memorable features like the par-3 eighth’s “postage stamp” green, Royal Troon is a fitting canvas for the game’s major stage.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler eyes his seventh TOUR title of 2024, after becoming the first player to win six TOUR titles before July since Arnold Palmer in 1962. Palmer proceeded to win his seventh title of the season at The Open at Royal Troon; Scheffler wouldn’t mind following this trend line.

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy aims to shake off the heartbreak from last month’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, where he finished runner-up to Bryson DeChambeau by one stroke after making two bogeys in his last three holes, falling just short of an elusive fifth major title. It’s McIlroy’s final chance of the year to snap a major-championship winless drought that spans a decade.

Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods is also scheduled to compete, which would mark Woods’ first year competing in all four majors since suffering severe injuries to both legs in a 2021 car crash. Woods made the cut at this year’s Masters, setting a tournament record with his 24th consecutive made cut at Augusta National, but he missed the cut at the ensuing PGA Championship and U.S. Open.

No player has won two majors in a season since 2018. This year’s major winners thus far, who could snap that streak: Scheffler (Masters Tournament), Xander Schauffele (PGA Championship) and DeChambeau (U.S. Open).

There are three Open berths yet to be finalized, as the top three finishers who make the cut at this week’s Genesis Scottish Open, not otherwise exempt, will qualify to compete at Royal Troon.

The R&A uses several categories to determine The Open field. Here’s a look at The 152nd Open Championship field as of Thursday, July 11.

Note: Past champions Ben Curtis and Paul Lawrie are qualified for The Open but electing not to compete.

• Abraham Ancer - Final Qualifying
• Ludvig Åberg - 5
• Byeong Hun An - 5
• Mason Andersen - 15
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout, - 14
• Akshay Bhatia - 5
• Alexander Björk - 6
• Denwit Boriboonsub - OQS Malaysia
• Dan Bradbury - OQS South Africa
• Keegan Bradley - 5, 13
• Daniel Brown - Final Qualifying
• Dean Burmester - OQS South Africa
• Sam Burns - 5, 13
• Jorge Campillo - 6
• Laurie Canter - 8
• Patrick Cantlay - 5, 13
• John Catlin - OQS Malaysia
• Alex Cejka - 18
• Stewart Cink - 1
• Wyndham Clark - 5, 9, 13
• Darren Clarke - 1
• Dominic Clemons - Final Qualifying
• Eric Cole - 5
• Corey Conners - 5, 13
• Sean Crocker - OQS Italy
• Ben Curtis - 1
• John Daly - 1
• Jason Day - 4, 5, 13
• Joe Dean - OQS Netherlands
• Bryson DeChambeau - 5, 9
• Santiago de la Fuente - 24
• Matthew Dodd-Berry - Final Qualifying
• David Duval - 1
• Austin Eckroat - 5
• Ernie Els - 1
• Nacho Elvira - 8
• Harris English - 5
• Ewen Ferguson - 8
• Darren Fichardt - OQS South Africa
• Tony Finau - 5, 13
• Matt Fitzpatrick - 5, 6, 9, 13
• Tommy Fleetwood - 4, 5, 6, 13
• Rickie Fowler - 5, 13
• Ryan Fox - 6, 7
• Lucas Glover - 5, 13
• Ben Griffin - OQS Canada
• Emiliano Grillo - 4, 13
• Adam Hadwin - OQS Memorial
• Todd Hamilton - 1
• Brian Harman - 1, 3, 4, 5, 13
• Padraig Harrington - 1
• Tyrrell Hatton - 5, 6, 13
• Michael Hendry - 27
• Russell Henley - 5, 13
• Angel Hidalgo - Final Qualifying
• Daniel Hillier - 6
• Ryo Hisatsune - 6
• Tom Hoge - 14
• Nicolai Højgaard - 5, 6
• Rasmus Højgaard - 6
• Max Homa - 4, 5, 13
• Billy Horschel - 7
• Sam Horsfield - Final Qualifying
• Rikuya Hoshino - OQS Australia
• Viktor Hovland - 5, 6, 13
• Mackenzie Hughes - OQS Canada
• Sam Hutsby - Final Qualifying
• Sungjae Im - 5, 13
• Aguri Iwasaki - 17
• Stephan Jaeger - 5
• Dustin Johnson - 10
• Zach Johnson - 1, 3
• Matthew Jordan - 4
• Yuto Katsuragawa - OQS Japan
• Masahiro Kawamura - Final Qualifying
• Minkyu Kim - OQS Korea
• Si Woo Kim - 5, 13
• Tom Kim - 4, 5, 6, 13
• Ryosuke Kinoshita - OQS Japan
• Chris Kirk - 5
• Kurt Kitayama - 5
• Kazuma Kobori - 16
• Brooks Koepka - 5, 11
• Guntaek Koh - OQS Japan
• Romain Langasque - 6
• Thriston Lawrence - 6
• Paul Lawrie - 1
• Min Woo Lee - 5, 6
• Justin Leonard - 1
• Charlie Lindh - Final Qualifying
• Shane Lowry - 1, 3, 5, 7
• Joost Luiten - 6
• Robert MacIntyre - 6
• Matteo Manassero - 8
• Luis Masaveu - Final Qualifying
• Hideki Matsuyama - 5, 10
• Denny McCarthy - 5
• Jack McDonald - Final Qualifying
• Tom McKibbin - OQS Italy
• Rory McIlroy - 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13
• Maverick McNealy - OQS Canada
• Adrian Meronk - 6
• Phil Mickelson - 1, 3, 11
• Guido Migliozzi - OQS Netherlands
• Francesco Molinari - 1, 3
• Jaime Montojo - Final Qualifying
• Taylor Moore - 13
• Collin Morikawa - 1, 3, 5, 11, 13
• Tommy Morrison - 21
• Keita Nakajima - 16
• Joaquin Niemann - OQS Australia
• Liam Nolan - Final Qualifying
• Vincent Norrman - 6
• Andy Ogletree - 16
• Thorbjørn Olesen - 6
• Jacob Skov Olesen - 19
• Loui sOosthuizen - 1
• CT Pan - OQS John Deere
• Yannik Paul - 6
• Mathieu Pavon - 5, 6
• Victor Perez - 6
• JT Poston - 5
• David Puig - 16
• Jon Rahm - 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13
• Justin Rose - Final Qualifying
• Gordon Sargent - 22
• Xander Schauffele - 5, 11, 13
• Scottie Scheffler - 5, 10, 12, 13
• Adam Schenk - 5, 13
• Adam Scott - OQS Australia
• Calum Scott - 25
• Shubhankar Sharma - 4
• Marcel Siem - 6
• Cameron Smith - 1, 3, 12
• Jordan Smith - 6
• Elvis Smylie - Final Qualifying
• Sebastian Soderberg - 6
• Younghan Song - OQS Korea
• Matthew Southgate - Final Qualifying
• Jordan Spieth - 1, 3, 5, 13
• Henrik Stenson - 1, 3
• Sepp Straka - 4, 5, 13
• Jasper Stubbs - 23
• Jesper Svensson - 8
• Nick Taylor - 5, 13
• Sahith Theegala - 5
• Justin Thomas - 5, 11
• Davis Thompson - OQS John Deere
• Brendon Todd - OQS Arnold Palmer Invitational
• Sami Valimaki - 6
• Altin Van der Merwe - 26
• Ryan Van Velzen - 16
• Matt Wallace - 6
• Jeunghun Wang - OQS Malaysia
• Gary Woodland - 9
• Tiger Woods - 1, 10
• Cameron Young - 4, 5
• Will Zalatoris - OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational

Exemption Categories

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions up to 2024

2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions from 2024)

3. The Open Champions for 2013-2023

4. First 10 or anyone tying for 10th place in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in 2023

5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2024

6. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2023

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2021-23

8. First five DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International

9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2019-24

10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2019-2024

11. The PGA Champions for 2018-24

12. THE PLAYERS Champions for 2022-24

13. Top 30 players in the 2023 FedExCup standings

14. First five PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for fifth place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedExCup for 2024 on completion of the 2024 Travelers Championship

15. The 2024 champion of the VISA Argentina Open

16. The first five players on the 2024 Federations Ranking List as of closing date

17. The Japan Open Champion for 2023

18. The Senior Open Champion for 2023

19. The Amateur Champion for 2024

20. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2023

21. The European Amateur Champion for 2024

22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men's World Amateur Golf Ranking) winner for 2023

23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2023

24. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2024

25. The Open Amateur Series winner 2024

26. The Africa Amateur Champion 2024

27. Medical Exemption

Exemptions 19-26 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.

11 - 14 Jul 2024

ISCO Championship

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2024 Amundi Evian Championship purse, winner’s share, LPGA Tour prize money payout this week

T he 2024 Amundi Evian Championship purse is set for $8 million, with the winner's share coming in at $1,200,000 -- the standard 15 percent payout according to the LPGA Tour's prize money distribution chart .

The 2024 Amundi Evian Championship field is headed by Nelly Korda, Jin Young Ko, Hannah Green and more of the best players in the world.

This is the 17th event of the 2024 LPGA Tour schedule . This event is the fourth of five major championships this season, played near Lake Geneva in France.

With 132 players in the field, there is a cut to the top 65 players and ties after 36 holes, as is standard practice on the LPGA Tour.

The event is played this year at Evian Resort Golf Club in France.

What else is on the line: Race to the CME Globe points, WWGR points, exemptions

Beyond money, there are important points, perks and benefits on the line for the field -- in particular, the tournament winner.

The winner of this tournament wins 650 points toward the season-long race to the CME Globe and a $4 million first-place prize available to the winner of the CME Group Tour Championship.

Winning comes with other big benefits, including a five-year exemption on the LPGA Tour, as well berths into other big tournaments.

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2024 ISCO Championship purse, winner’s share, prize money payout

The 2024 ISCO Championship purse is set for $4 million, with the winner's share coming in at $720,000 -- the standard 18 percent payout according to the PGA Tour's prize money distribution chart .

The 2024 ISCO Championship field is headed by Luke Clanton, Michael Thorbjornsen, JJ Spaun and more of the world's best players.

The 144-player field competes in the latest event of the 2024 PGA Tour season, with the tournament being the first of two events opposite a doubleheader in Scotland in the stretch run to the FedEx Cup playoffs.

A cut will be made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who finish four rounds of the tournament will earn money.

The prize-money payout is typically based on exactly 65 players making the cut and finishing the tournament. However, in PGA Tour events with a standard cut to the top 65 players and ties, the payout formula is adjusted to account for the exact number of players making the cut and will often include adding money to the stated purse to account for additional players.

The event is played this year at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky.

This is the 32nd PGA Tour event of the 2024 PGA Tour schedule .

What else is on the line: FedEx Cup points, OWGR points, exemptions

Beyond money, there are important points, perks and benefits on the line for the field -- in particular, the tournament winner.

The winner of this event earns 300 FedEx Cup points, as will be the case for additional or opposite-field events. The winner gets 25.2 Official World Golf Ranking points, with the points available based on field strength.

The champion will enjoy the benefits of winning PGA Tour event, including a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.

2024 ISCO Championship purse, winner's share, prize money payout

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