Inside the Field: Cadence Bank Houston Open

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 Cadence Bank Houston Open field list as of Friday, Nov. 4th at 5 p.m. ET: Check here for updates. Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption) Si Woo Kim Winner of Masters Tournament (five-year exemption) Hideki Matsuyama Scottie Scheffler Winner of U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption) Gary Woodland Winner of Open Championship (five-year exemption) Francesco Molinari FedExCup Champion (five-year exemption) Justin Rose Career money exemption Jason Dufner Zach Johnson Jimmy Walker * Sponsor exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals) Nico Echavarria Kyle Westmoreland Sponsor exemption (members not otherwise exempt) Charley Hoffman Chris Stroud Sponsor exemption (unrestricted) Cole Hammer Walker Lee Johannes Veerman Travis Vick PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption) Ryan Brehm Sam Burns Cameron Champ Stewart Cink Joel Dahmen Jason Day Tyler Duncan Harris English Tony Finau Jim Herman Garrick Higgo Mackenzie Hughes Martin Laird Luke List Trey Mullinax Sebastián Muñoz Chad Ramey Sepp Straka Robert Streb Nick Taylor Brendon Todd Erik van Rooyen Richy Werenski PGA section Champion\Player of the Year Ben Kern Past Champion member Russell Henley Top 30 on the FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List Aaron Wise Sahith Theegala Top 125 on prior season’s FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List Davis Riley Denny McCarthy Maverick McNealy Keith Mitchell Andrew Putnam Taylor Pendrith Emiliano Grillo Brendan Steele Adam Hadwin Taylor Moore Alex Noren Alex Smalley Wyndham Clark Lee Hodges John Huh Beau Hossler Brandon Wu Matthew NeSmith Adam Long Dylan Frittelli Ryan Palmer David Lipsky Adam Schenk Aaron Rai Stephan Jaeger Patrick Rodgers Russell Knox Adam Svensson Mark Hubbard Peter Malnati Danny Lee C.T. Pan Sam Ryder Vince Whaley Nate Lashley James Hahn Greyson Sigg Scott Piercy Callum Tarren Max McGreevy Chesson Hadley Nick Watney Kevin Tway Matthias Schwab Kramer Hickok Matt Wallace Austin Smotherman Justin Lower Doc Redman Danny Willett Kelly Kraft # Major medical extension Zac Blair Korn Ferry Tour Points winner (The 25 and The Finals 25) Justin Suh Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reshuffled) Carl Yuan Will Gordon Paul Haley II David Lingmerth Zecheng Dou Austin Eckroat Robby Shelton Philip Knowles MJ Daffue Michael Gligic Taylor Montgomery Dean Burmester Ben Taylor Eric Cole S.H. Kim Joseph Bramlett Harry Hall Austin Cook Brandon Matthews Augusto Núñez Henrik Norlander Byeong Hun An Ben Martin Erik Barnes Ryan Armour Ben Griffin Davis Thompson Brent Grant Michael Kim Carson Young Tyson Alexander 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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