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How Players Can Qualify for the PGA Championship

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A view of the Wanamaker Trophy at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York.

PGA Championship Eligibility Requirements
The total field will be a maximum of 156 players.
The PGA of America has approved the following list of players who qualify for the 105th PGA Championship:
  1. All former winners of the PGA Championship
  2. Winners of the last five Masters (2019-'23)
  3. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2018-'22)
  4. Winners of the last five Open Championships (2017-'22) [Note: Canceled in 2020]
  5. Winners of the last three THE PLAYERS Championships (2021-'23)
  6. The top three on the OWGR’s International Federation Ranking List as of April 24,
    2023
  7. Winner of 2022 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
  8. The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2022 PGA Championship
  9. The top 20 finishers from the 2023 PGA Professional Championship
  10. The top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship
    points from the 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson through the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship
    (ending May 7, 2023)
  11. Playing members of the last named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2021),
    provided they remain in the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of May 7,
    2023
  12. Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments whose victories are
    considered official, from the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2023 AT&T
    Byron Nelson
  13. 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 2022
    AT&T Byron Nelson through the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship (ending May 7, 2023)
    in order of their position on such a list
*Note: The PGA Championship points list is based on Official Money earned in PGA TOUR events within the defined period in Nos. 10 and 12 above and is available at https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.132.html.
Announcement of the final field is planned for May 10.