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US PGA Championship 2024: Who is in the field and how did they qualify?
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US PGA Championship 2024: Who is in the field and how did they qualify?

Anticipation is building ahead of the 2024 US PGA Championship, the second men's Major Championship of the year.

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As of May 7, 16 past champions of the Wanamaker Trophy and 33 Major Champions are expected to tee it up at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky from May 16-19.

Brooks Koepka is the defending champion, having won his third PGA Championship title at Oak Hill Country Club last year.

Below, we outline the qualifying criteria for this year's PGA Championship and who is currently set to feature in the field. The PGA of America is holding two spots for winners of this week's PGA TOUR events.

2024 US PGA Championship qualifying criteria

  1. All former winners of the PGA Championship
  2. Winners of the last five Masters (2020 – 2024)
  3. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2019 – 2023)
  4. Winners of the last five Open Championships (2018 – 2023). Cancelled in 2020
  5. Winners of the last three THE PLAYERS Championships (2022 – 2024)
  6. The top 3 on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking List as of April 29, 2024.
  7. Winner of the 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
  8. The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2023 PGA Championship
  9. The top 20 finishers from the 2024 PGA Professional Championship
  10. The top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (ending May 5, 2024)
  11. Playing members of the last-named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2023) provided they remain within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of May 6, 2024
  12. Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship and the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic
  13. The top 3 finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing event rankings, that include the Porsche Singapore Open, the Hero Indian Open, the ISPS HANDA - CHAMPIONSHIP and the Volvo China Open
  14. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
  15. If necessary to complete the field, those players beyond the top 70 players who are eligible and who have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (ending May 5, 2024), in order of their position on such list

Field for the 2024 US PGA Championship (as of May 13 2024)

Listed by alphabetical order with the numbers of their exemption categories.

  • Åberg, Ludvig (10, 11, 12)
  • An, Byeong Hun (10)
  • Beem, Rich (1)
  • Bevell, Josh (9)
  • Bezuidenhout, Christiaan (10)
  • Bhatia, Akshay (10, 12)
  • Björk, Alexander (14)
  • Blair, Zac (10)
  • Block, Michael (8)
  • Bowser, Evan (9)
  • Bradley, Keegan (1, 10, 12,)
  • Burmester, Dean (14)
  • Burns, Sam (10, 11)
  • Cantlay, Patrick (8, 10, 11)
  • Clark, Wyndham (3, 10, 11, 12)
  • Cole, Eric (8, 10)
  • Cole, Preston (9)
  • Collet, Tyler (9)
  • Conners, Corey (8, 10)
  • Daly, John (1)
  • Davis, Cameron (8, 10)
  • Day, Jason (1,10)
  • DeChambeau, Bryson (3, 8)
  • Detry, Thomas (10)
  • Dobyns, Matt (9)
  • Donald, Luke (14)
  • Dufner, Jason (1)
  • Dunlap, Nick (12)
  • Eckroat, Austin (10, 12)
  • English, Harris (10)
  • Finau, Tony (10)
  • Fitzpatrick, Matthew (3, 10, 11)
  • Fleetwood, Tommy (10, 11)
  • Fowler, Rickie (10, 11, 12)
  • Fox, Ryan (14)
  • Garnett, Brice (12)
  • Ghim, Doug (15)
  • Glover, Lucas (10, 12)
  • Gooch, Talor (14)
  • Gotterup, Chris (12)
  • Griffin, Ben (14)
  • Grillo, Emiliano (10, 12)
  • Gross, Larkin (9)
  • Hadwin, Adam (10)
  • Harman, Brian (4, 10, 11)
  • Harrington, Pádraig (1)
  • Hatton, Tyrrell (8, 10, 11)
  • Henley, Russell (10)
  • Herbert, Lucas (14)
  • Hisatsune, Ryo (14)
  • Hodges, Lee (10, 12)
  • Hoffman, Charley (14)
  • Hoge, Tom (10)
  • Højgaard, Nicolai (11)
  • Højgaard, Rasmus (14)
  • Homa, Max (10, 11)
  • Horschel, Billy (12)
  • Hoshino, Rikuya
  • Hossler, Beau (10)
  • Hovland, Viktor (8, 10, 11, 12)
  • Hubbard, Mark (10)
  • Hughes, Mackenzie (10)
  • Im, Sungjae (10)
  • Jaeger, Stephan (10, 12)
  • Johnson, Dustin (2)
  • Jones, Jared (9)
  • Kanaya, Takumi (14)
  • Kaymer, Martin (1)
  • Kellen, Jeff (9)
  • Kim, Seong-hyeon (14)
  • Kim, Si Woo (10)
  • Kim, Tom (10, 12)
  • Kirk, Chris (10, 12)
  • Kitayama, Kurt (8)
  • Knapp, Jake (10, 12)
  • Kobori, Kazuma (14)
  • Koepka, Brooks (1, 8, 10, 11)
  • Kohles, Ben (14)
  • Lawrence, Thriston (14)
  • Lee, Kyoung-Hoon (14)
  • Lee, Min Woo (10)
  • List, Luke (10, 12)
  • Lowry, Shane (4, 8, 10, 11, 12)
  • MacIntyre, Robert (11)
  • Malnati, Peter (10, 12)
  • Marek, Brad (9)
  • Matsuyama, Hideki (2, 10, 12)
  • McCarthy, Denny (10)
  • McIlroy, Rory(1, 8, 10, 11, 12)
  • McNealy, Maverick (14)
  • Mendoza, Kyle (9)
  • Meronk, Adrian (9)
  • Micheel, Shaun (1)
  • Mickelson, Phil (1)
  • Mitchell, Keith (14)
  • Molinari, Francesco (4)
  • Montgomery, Taylor (14)
  • Moore, Taylor (10)
  • Morikawa, Collin(1, 4, 10, 11, 12)
  • Mueller, Jesse (9)
  • Murray, Grayson (10, 12)
  • Nakajima, Keita (6, 13)
  • Niemann, Joaquin (14)
  • Noren, Alex (10)
  • Norrman, Vincent (12)
  • Oakley, Zac (9)
  • Ogletree, Andy (6)
  • Olesen, Thorbjørn (14)
  • Otaegui, Adrian (13)
  • Pavon, Matthieu (10, 12)
  • Pendrith, Taylor (10, 12)
  • Perez, Victor (8)
  • Phillips, Tracy (9)
  • Polland, Ben (9)
  • Poston, J.T. (10)
  • Puig, David (14)
  • Putnam, Andrew (10)
  • Rahm, Jon (2, 3, 11)
  • Rai, Aaron (10)
  • Reed, Patrick (14)
  • Rodgers, Patrick (10)
  • Rose, Justin (8, 11)
  • Schauffele, Xander (10, 11)
  • Scheffler, Scottie (2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12)
  • Schenk, Adam (10)
  • Scott, Adam (10)
  • Shattuck, Braden (9)
  • Smith, Cameron (4, 5, 8)
  • Smith, Jordan(14)
  • Söderberg, Sebastian (13)
  • Somers, John (9)
  • Speight, Josh (9)
  • Spieth, Jordan (10, 11)
  • Straka, Sepp (8, 10, 11, 12)
  • Smalley, Alex (14)
  • Svensson, Adam (14)
  • Svensson, Jesper (14)
  • Svoboda, Andrew (9)
  • Taylor, Nick (10, 12)
  • Theegala, Sahith (10, 12)
  • Thomas, Justin (1, 10, 11)
  • Todd, Brendon (10)
  • Tosti, Alejandro (14)
  • Välimäki, Sami (14)
  • van Rooyen, Erik (10, 12)
  • van Velzen, Ryan (6)
  • Villegas, Camilo (12)
  • Walker, Jimmy (1)
  • Wallace, Matt (14)
  • Wells, Jeremy (9)
  • Widing, Tim (14)
  • Woodland, Gary (3)
  • Woods, Tiger (1)
  • Worthington II, Wyatt (9)
  • Yang, Y.E. (1)
  • Young, Cameron (10)
  • Zalatoris, Will (10)

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