2020 PGA Championship field

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]

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

Entrants by eligibility criteria

1. All former winners of the PGA Championship

Rich Beem, Keegan Bradley, Jason Day (9), Jason Dufner, Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka (3,7,9,10,11), Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy (5,7,9,10,11), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (10), Justin Thomas (9,10,11), Jimmy Walker, Tiger Woods (2,9,10,11)

• The following former champions did not enter: Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Jack Burke Jr., Steve Elkington, Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins, Yang Yong-eun[3][5]
• Pádraig Harrington withdrew due concerns surrounding COVID-19.[6][7]
• John Daly withdrew due to health concerns.[8]
• Vijay Singh withdrew due to injury.[9]

2. Winners of the last five Masters Tournaments

Sergio García (10), Patrick Reed (9,10,11), Danny Willett

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

Dustin Johnson (7,9,10,11), Jordan Spieth (4,7,9,10), Gary Woodland (7,9,11)

4. Winners of the last five Open Championships

Zach Johnson, Shane Lowry (7,9,11), Henrik Stenson (10)

• Francesco Molinari (10) did not play.[6]

5. Winners of the last three Players Championships

Kim Si-woo, Webb Simpson (9,10,11)

6. Winner of the 2019 Senior PGA Championship

Ken Tanigawa

7. Top 15 and ties in the 2019 PGA Championship

Patrick Cantlay (9,11), Jazz Janewattananond, Kang Sung-hoon (9), Matt Kuchar (9), Luke List, Chez Reavie (9,11), Adam Scott (9,11), Erik van Rooyen, Matt Wallace

8. Top 20 in the 2019 PGA Professional Player of the Year Standings[lower-alpha 1]

Michael Auterson, Danny Balin, Alex Beach, Rich Berberian Jr., Justin Bertsch, Jason Caron, Ben Cook, Judd Gibb, Jeff Hart, Marty Jertson, Zach J. Johnson, Alex Knoll, Rob Labritz, David Muttitt, John O'Leary, Rod Perry, Jeff Roth, Bob Sowards, Ryan Vermeer, Shawn Warren

9. 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)

An Byeong-hun, Abraham Ancer, Daniel Berger (11), Cameron Champ (11), Corey Conners, Joel Dahmen, Bryson DeChambeau (10,11), Tyler Duncan (11), Harris English, Tony Finau (10), Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Dylan Frittelli (11), Lanto Griffin (11), Adam Hadwin, Brian Harman, Tyrrell Hatton (10,11), Tom Hoge, Billy Horschel, Viktor Hovland (11), Mackenzie Hughes, Im Sung-jae (11), Kevin Kisner, Andrew Landry (11), Nate Lashley (11), Danny Lee, Marc Leishman (11), Adam Long, Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa (11), Sebastián Muñoz (11), Kevin Na (11), Joaquín Niemann (11), Louis Oosthuizen, Carlos Ortiz, Ryan Palmer, Scott Piercy, J. T. Poston (11), Jon Rahm (10,11), Justin Rose (10), Rory Sabbatini, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith (11), Brandt Snedeker, Brendan Steele, Sepp Straka, Kevin Streelman, Nick Taylor (11), Michael Thompson (11), Brendon Todd (11), Matthew Wolff (11)

• Charles Howell III withdrew due to injury.[10]
• Vaughn Taylor withdrew due to injury.[11]

10. 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

Paul Casey, Rickie Fowler, Ian Poulter, Bubba Watson

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

Jim Herman, Richy Werenski

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

Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Jorge Campillo, Jim Furyk, Lucas Glover, Benjamin Hébert, Lucas Herbert, Max Homa, Ryo Ishikawa, Matt Jones, Chan Kim, Kim Joo-hyung, Marcus Kinhult, Kurt Kitayama, Jason Kokrak, Tom Lewis, Li Haotong, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Joost Luiten, Robert MacIntyre, Graeme McDowell, Keith Mitchell, Shaun Norris, Pan Cheng-tsung, Victor Perez, Andrew Putnam, Matthias Schwab, Charl Schwartzel, Steve Stricker, Bernd Wiesberger

• Shugo Imahira, ranked inside the top-100 in the Official World Golf Ranking, would have been an expected invitee but did not play.[6]
• Eddie Pepperell, Thomas Pieters and Lee Westwood appeared on a list of players expected to compete, released by the PGA of America on July 21, but announced that they would not play.[6][12][13][14]
• Paul Waring withdrew due to a back injury.[7]
• J. B. Holmes withdrew due to a shoulder injury.[10]
• Branden Grace withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19 at the Barracuda Championship.[15]

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

Mark Hubbard, Doc Redman, Cameron Tringale

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.

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