2020 PGA Championship field

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This page lists the criteria used to determine the field for the 2020 PGA Championship, the first of the men's major golf championships in 2020, and the players who qualified via them. Some criteria were amended after the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3][4]

Entrants by eligibility criteria[]

Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.

1. Former winners of the PGA Championship[]

All former winners of the PGA Championship:

2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament[]

Winners of the last five Masters Tournaments:

3. Recent winners of the U.S. Open[]

Winners of the last five U.S. Open Championships:

4. Recent winners of The Open Championship[]

Winners of the last five Open Championships:

5. Recent winners of The Players Championship[]

Winners of the last three Players Championships:

6. Winner of the Senior PGA Championship in 2019[]

Winner of the 2019 Senior PGA Championship:

7. Leading finishers in the previous PGA Championship[]

Top 15 and ties in the 2019 PGA Championship:

8. Leading PGA professionals[]

Top 20 in the 2019 PGA Professional Player of the Year Standings:[a]

9. Leading money winners on the PGA Tour[]

Top 70 in the PGA Championship Points standings (based on official PGA Tour money earned, calculated from the 2019 AT&T Byron Nelson to the 2020 3M Open):

10. Playing members of the Ryder Cup teams in 2018[]

Playing members of the United States and European 2018 Ryder Cup teams ranked within the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2020:

  • Alex Norén (115) and Thorbjørn Olesen (207) were ranked outside the top 100; Norén was later added to the field as the 12th and final alternate.

11. Tournaments winners on the PGA Tour[]

Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2019 PGA Championship:

12. PGA of America invitees not included in the categories above[]

PGA of America invitees not included in the categories above:[b]

13. Leading money winners on the PGA Tour (additional)[]

Players outside the top 70 in PGA Championship Points (per category 9) to complete the field:

Alternates[]

Alternates (per category 13):

  1. Harold Varner III (80th in standings) – replaced Thomas Pieters[12]
  2. Troy Merritt (82) – replaced Pádraig Harrington[6]
  3. Talor Gooch (85) – replaced Francesco Molinari[6]
  4. Russell Henley (87) – replaced Paul Waring[7]
  5. Wyndham Clark (89) – replaced J. B. Holmes[10]
  6. Brian Stuard (91) – replaced Charles Howell III[10]
  7. Bud Cauley (92) – replaced Branden Grace[16]
  8. Ryan Moore (93) – took spot reserved for winner of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational,[16] but did not play due to scheduling issues[17]
  9. Denny McCarthy (95) – replaced John Daly[8]
  10. Emiliano Grillo (96) – replaced Vijay Singh[9]
  11. Zhang Xinjun (97) – replaced Ryan Moore[17]
  12. Alex Norén (99) – replaced Vaughn Taylor[11]

Nationalities in the field[]

North America (99) South America (3) Europe (30) Oceania (7) Asia (11) Africa (6)
 Canada (4)  Argentina (1)  England (9)  Australia (6)  China (2)  South Africa (6)
 Mexico (2)  Chile (1)  Northern Ireland (2)  New Zealand (1)  Japan (2)
 United States (93)  Colombia (1)  Scotland (1)  South Korea (5)
 Ireland (1)  Taiwan (1)
 Austria (3)  Thailand (1)
 France (3)
 Germany (1)
 Netherlands (1)
 Norway (1)
 Slovakia (1)
 Spain (4)
 Sweden (3)

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Jason Day  Australia 2015 65 69 70 66 270 −10 T4
Brooks Koepka  United States 2018, 2019 66 68 69 74 277 −3 T29
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 2012, 2014 70 69 71 68 278 −2 T33
Justin Thomas  United States 2017 71 70 68 70 279 −1 T37
Tiger Woods  United States 1999, 2000,
2006, 2007		 68 72 72 67 279 −1 T37
Phil Mickelson  United States 2005 72 69 70 73 284 +4 T71

Missed the cut[]

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Jason Dufner  United States 2013 70 72 142 +2
Keegan Bradley  United States 2011 73 72 145 +5
Jimmy Walker  United States 2016 73 74 147 +7
Martin Kaymer  Germany 2010 66 82 148 +8
Davis Love III  United States 1997 73 76 149 +9
Shaun Micheel  United States 2003 72 77 149 +9
Rich Beem  United States 2002 80 75 155 +15
Source:[18]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Criteria changed following cancellation of the 2020 PGA Professional Championship; originally set to be the top 20 players in that tournament.
  2. ^ Invitees usually include all players ranked within the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

References[]

  1. ^ "PGA Championship, field". wtop.com. Associated Press. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "PGA of America updates 2020 PGA Championship exemptions for August dates". Golf News Net. April 10, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka among players expected to play PGA Championship". PGA of America. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Bolton, Rob (July 23, 2020). "2020 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
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  7. ^ a b c "Pádraig Harrington withdraws from US PGA". The Irish Times. July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  8. ^ a b Beall, Joel (August 2, 2020). "PGA Championship 2020: John Daly withdraws from PGA Championship". Golf Digest. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Vijay Singh injury allows Emiliano Grillo to play in PGA Championship". The Times of India. AFP. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d Romine, Brentley (August 1, 2020). "J.B. Holmes, Charles Howell III latest to WD from PGA Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  11. ^ a b Kroichick, Ron (August 5, 2020). "PGA Championship: Dustin Johnson prepares for chilly opening round at Harding Park". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Pádraig Harrington withdraws from next week's PGA Championship". The 42. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  13. ^ Murray, Ewan (July 21, 2020). "Eddie Pepperell 'not interested' in travelling for US PGA and US Open". The Guardian. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  14. ^ Huggan, John (July 25, 2020). "Lee Westwood not playing in PGA Championship because 'America doesn't take [the coronavirus] as seriously as the rest of the world'". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  15. ^ Hoggard, Rex (August 1, 2020). "Branden Grace tests positive for COVID-19, WDs while T-2 at Barracuda". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  16. ^ a b "2020 PGA Championship alternate list: Who might get in the field". Golf News Net. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  17. ^ a b Beall, Joel (August 3, 2020). "PGA Championship 2020: This is one of the oddest WD reasons you'll see at a major championship". Golf Digest. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  18. ^ "PGA Championship: Leaderboard". ESPN. August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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