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The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. Scroll below for the RBC Canadian Open field list as of Friday, June 3rd at 5 p.m. ET: Check here for updates. Winner of PGA/U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption) Justin Thomas Winner of The Players Championship (five-year exemption) Rory McIlroy Cameron Smith Winner of The Masters (five-year exemption) Patrick Reed Scottie Scheffler Danny Willett Winner of The Open (five-year exemption) Shane Lowry Winner of World Golf Championships Event (three-year exemption) Justin Rose Winner of Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament and Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption) Tyrrell Hatton PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption) Sam Burns Cameron Champ Corey Conners Tyler Duncan Tony Finau Dylan Frittelli Jim Herman Sung Kang Martin Laird Nate Lashley Luke List Adam Long Keith Mitchell Sebastián Muñoz Carlos Ortiz C.T. Pan J.T. Poston J.J. Spaun Robert Streb Nick Taylor Brendon Todd Martin Trainer Career Money Exemption Luke Donald Bill Haas Rory Sabbatini Nick Watney * Sponsor’s exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals) Myles Creighton Jared du Toit Sponsor’s exemption (members not otherwise exempt) Mike Weir Sponsor’s exemption (unrestricted) William Buhl Rafa Cabrera Bello Yi Cao Albin Choi Aaron Cockerill Callum Davison Joseph Deraney A.J. Ewart Christopher Gotterup Wesley Heffernan Rasmus Hojgaard Brendan Leonard Stuart Macdonald Max Sekulic Johnny Travale Trevor Werbylo Commissioner Exemption – Two Foreign Players Dean Burmester Past Champion of RBC Canadian Open Jhonattan Vegas Top 125 on prior season’s FedExCup Charley Hoffman Harold Varner III Emiliano Grillo Chris Kirk Harry Higgs Mackenzie Hughes Matt Fitzpatrick Pat Perez Doug Ghim Brandon Hagy Peter Malnati Wyndham Clark Adam Schenk Kramer Hickok Brian Stuard Henrik Norlander Roger Sloan Brandt Snedeker Hank Lebioda Adam Hadwin Matt Wallace Sam Ryder Scott Piercy Brice Garnett # Major medical extension Danny Lee Ryan Moore Jonas Blixt Korn Ferry Tour Points winners (The 25 and The Finals 25) Stephan Jaeger Joseph Bramlett Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reshuffled) Sahith Theegala Alex Smalley David Lipsky Patrick Rodgers Aaron Rai Brandon Wu Taylor Pendrith Lee Hodges Hayden Buckley Matthias Schwab Vince Whaley Max McGreevy Adam Svensson John Huh Greyson Sigg Trey Mullinax Austin Smotherman Andrew Novak Justin Lower Dylan Wu Curtis Thompson Paul Barjon Seth Reeves Kelly Kraft Michael Gligic Callum Tarren Ben Kohles Austin Cook Nick Hardy David Skinns Jared Wolfe Scott Gutschewski Dawie van der Walt Brett Drewitt Joshua Creel Nos. 126-150 on prior season’s FedExCup Points List (reshuffled) Mark Hubbard Satoshi Kodaira Ryan Armour Chase Seiffert Cameron Percy Vaughn Taylor Camilo Villegas Jim Knous Bo Van Pelt Bo Hoag $ Reshuffle within categories 34-38 Jonathan Byrd Ben Martin Kevin Chappell Sean O’Hair Tommy Gainey Wesley Bryan Robert Garrigus Seung-Yul Noh David Lingmerth Scott Brown Jason Dufner Mark Hensby Greg Chalmers Ricky Barnes David Hearn D.A. Points Johnson Wagner D.J. Trahan Sangmoon Bae Fabián Gómez Ben Crane Arjun Atwal Richard S Johnson Brian Davis John Merrick Kevin Stadler Matt Every Beyond No. 150 on prior season’s FedExCup Points List Ted Potter, Jr. J.J. Henry George McNeill Andres Romero Charlie Beljan Jason Bohn Parker McLachlin Eric Axley Past Champion member John Huston Carl Pettersson John Rollins Boo Weekley Frank Lickliter II Jonathan Kaye Will MacKenzie Daniel Chopra Glen Day Ted Purdy Spike McRoy Cody Gribble Veteran member (150 or more career cuts made) Brendon de Jonge The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. * = If all prior year Korn Ferry Tour graduates are eligible for event, exemptions become unrestricted # = Latest medical extension information can be found here. $ = Category breakdown can be found here.

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KAPALUA, Hawaii — The scenery off Kapalua suggests a chill vibe. The scoreboard at the Sentry Tournament of Champions delivered a clear message to get a move on it. RELATED: Full leaderboard | How Collin Morikawa can become world No. 1 at Sentry Tournament of Champions Cameron Smith took that to heart Friday. Smith opened with two straight bogeys to not only lose his one-shot lead, but fall completely off the first page of the leaderboard. And then the Australian made a sensational recovery, capped by four straight birdies at the end for a 9-under 64 and a three-shot lead. “Few poor shots, a silly three-putt on the second,” Smith said. “I had to hit the reset button.” Smith was at 17-under 129 and matched the 36-hole record at Kapalua first set by Ernie Els in 2003 when he blew away the winners-only field and won by eight shots. Smith doesn’t figured to have it that easy on the weekend. Blessed with another day of ideal scoring conditions — a warm sun, very little wind by Hawaii standards and preferred lies as the Plantation Course recovers from rain — all 38 players were at par or better. The average score was 67.8, nearly two shots better than Thursday. Jon Rahm, the No. 1 player in the world, didn’t miss a fairway or a green the entire round and posted another 66, leaving him three shots behind along with Daniel Berger (66). Patrick Cantlay, the FedExCup champion and PGA TOUR player of the year who had not competed since the Ryder Cup in late September, missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole and had to settle for a 67. He was four shots behind and had reason to be optimistic. The longest of Cantlay’s six birdie putts was just under 6 feet. He missed four birdie putts from about 10 feet or shorter. “I played great and got absolutely nothing out of it,” Cantlay said. “It just means my game is in a good spot and I’m well-positioned for a good weekend.” So is Rahm, who had not been at a tournament since he missed the cut in Spain on Oct. 15, wanting to take a big breather. The idea that he got off the plane on Maui, went to the golf course and played like he never went away is a bit overcooked. He practiced. He worked on his body and his game. And he’s playing like he never went away. “If anybody expected any rust — which I did a little bit — it really isn’t there,” Rahm said. Anything worse than 67 meant losing ground. Phil Mickelson, the 51-year-old PGA champion who’s at Kapalua for the first time in 21 years, got within one shot of the leaders as they were just starting. It was never going to hold up, and Lefty didn’t help his cause with a wild drive on the 17th that led to bogey and then finishing his round by missing a 3-foot par putt. Those bogeys gave him a 69. He was tied for 30th. Smith wasn’t alone in his poor start. Open Championship winner Collin Morikawa had two bogeys and no birdies on the front nine. He birdied five of his last eight for a 70, though he was nine shots out of the lead in his bid to reach No. 1 in the world. Bryson DeChambeau wasn’t going anywhere in a hurry, and then he had reason to wish the round would never end. He birdied five of his last seven holes for a 68, including a penalty shot on the par-5 18th. He holed out from 65 yards for birdie, though he was eight back. Smith went from the right rough on the opening hole to a back bunker and missed a 12-foot par putt. He three-putted from 40 feet on the par-3 second hole. He was sliding. And then he began his big run with a 35-foot eagle putt on the par-5 fifth, and before long he was right back in the game. The finish was special. Smith drilled his second shot so purely on the par-5 15th that it caught the ridge and rolled out to 8 feet for a look at eagle that he narrowly missed. In trouble off the tee to the left of the 16th with specks of mud on his ball, he used the slope at the back of the green for a shot that rolled out and then rolled back toward the hole to 6 feet for birdie. He hit 7-iron to 15 feet for a third straight birdie on the 17th, and then capped off his round with a tough two-putt down the grain from 45 feet for a final birdie. All that after a bogey-bogey start. As for that chill vibe? Smith has that mastered, even when he was losing ground before he could even get started. “I’ve been playing golf basically my whole life. I could figure it out pretty quickly,” Smith said. “Like I said, I figured it out within a few holes, started to feel really comfortable there, especially with the driver. Yeah, then the putter felt good the whole day.”

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