Pavon wins Spanish Open for first Euro tour title

The PGA TOUR maintains 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. How the field qualified for the The American Express as of 1/14/2022: Check here for updates. Winner – THE PLAYERS Championship (prior to 1996) Davis Love III Winner – THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption) Si Woo Kim Winner – Masters Tournament (five-year exemption) Patrick Reed Winner – U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption) Jon Rahm Gary Woodland Winner – PGA Championship (five-year exemption) Phil Mickelson Winner – Open Championship (five-year exemption) Francesco Molinari Winner – World Golf Championship Event (three-year exemption) Abraham Ancer Winner – Arnold Palmer Invitational & Memorial Tournament (three-year exemption) Patrick Cantlay FedExCup Champion (five-year exemption) Justin Rose Member of most recent U.S. Ryder Cup Team Tony Finau Scottie Scheffler Career Money Exemption Luke Donald Bill Haas Rory Sabbatini Nick Watney Past Champion – The American Express Jason Dufner Brian Gay Andrew Landry Adam Long Hudson Swafford Mark Wilson PGA Section Champion Kyle Mendoza Sponsor’s Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt Jonathan Byrd Camilo Villegas Sponsor’s Exemptions – Unrestricted James Hart du Preez Chan Kim John Pak T.J. Vogel PGA TOUR Tournament Winner (two-year exemption) Cameron Champ Corey Conners Jason Day Tyler Duncan Rickie Fowler Dylan Frittelli Lucas Glover Talor Gooch Lanto Griffin Jim Herman Charles Howell III Sungjae Im Sung Kang Patton Kizzire Martin Laird Nate Lashley K.H. Lee Graeme McDowell Sebastián Muñoz Carlos Ortiz C.T. Pan J.T. Poston Seamus Power Chez Reavie Robert Streb Nick Taylor Michael Thompson Brendon Todd Martin Trainer Kevin Tway Jimmy Walker Richy Werenski Matthew Wolff Top 125 on Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List Charley Hoffman Alex Noren Brian Harman Cameron Tringale Harold Varner III Tom Hoge Russell Henley Emiliano Grillo Jhonattan Vegas Chris Kirk Kevin Streelman Harry Higgs Troy Merritt Pat Perez Andrew Putnam Doug Ghim Brandon Hagy Peter Malnati Wyndham Clark Adam Schenk Kramer Hickok Brian Stuard Henrik Norlander Doc Redman Roger Sloan Brandt Snedeker Hank Lebioda Tyler McCumber Denny McCarthy Luke List Adam Hadwin Brendan Steele Sepp Straka James Hahn Zach Johnson Russell Knox Sam Ryder Matthew NeSmith Scott Piercy Anirban Lahiri Brice Garnett Scott Stallings Chesson Hadley Top 125 on Prior Season’s FedExCup Points List (Non-member) Will Zalatoris Major Medical Extension Danny Lee Kevin Chappell Ryan Moore Wesley Bryan Seung-Yul Noh Kelly Kraft Jonas Blixt Leading Points Winners – Korn Ferry Tour Joseph Bramlett (The Finals 25 — Finals Points) Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reordered) Cameron Young Patrick Rodgers Hayden Buckley J.J. Spaun Taylor Pendrith Taylor Moore Vince Whaley Aaron Rai Alex Smalley Trey Mullinax John Huh Davis Riley Chad Ramey Sahith Theegala Max McGreevy Greyson Sigg Seth Reeves Curtis Thompson Andrew Novak Bronson Burgoon Austin Cook Lee Hodges Christiaan Bezuidenhout Nick Hardy Adam Svensson Justin Lower David Skinns David Lipsky Dawie van der Walt Peter Uihlein Michael Gligic Paul Barjon Dylan Wu Scott Gutschewski Brandon Wu Chris Stroud Austin Smotherman Ben Kohles Brett Drewitt Kurt Kitayama

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Hideki Matsuyama chases his third consecutive Waste Management Phoenix Open title, with 131 other players determined to stand in his way this week. Among those are Matsuyama’s playing partners Rickie Fowler and Webb Simpson, who know quite well the difficulties of trying to beat the young Japanese star at TPC Scottsdale. Tee times are set for the first two rounds, and golf fans can follow the action on a variety of platforms, including PGA TOUR LIVE. Broadcasts on the live stream will begin at 9:15 a.m. ET each day with featured groups, and then transition to featured hole coverage at 3 p.m. ET. Featured holes consist of the raucous par-3 16th as well as the par-4 17th. Saturday and Sunday coverage on PGA TOUR LIVE begins at 11:30 a.m. ET. PGA TOUR Radio’s coverage is 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET for the first two rounds, 2-7 p.m. ET on Saturday and 1-6 p.m. ET on Sunday. Golf Channel will carry live coverage for the first two rounds, with CBS carrying the bulk of the weekend coverage. Here’s a look at the featured groups for the two days (current FedExCup ranking in parentheses):  Rickie Fowler (19), Hideki Matsuyama (32), Webb Simpson (55). Let’s see – Matsuyama beat Fowler in a playoff to win at TPC Scottsdale in 2016. Then last year, Matsuyama beat Simpson in a playoff to successfully defend his title. Maybe Fowler and Simpson will relish the opportunity to gain a little revenge. Tee times: Rd. 1 – 9:47 a.m. (7:47 a.m. local) off 10th tee; Rd. 2 – 2:02 p.m. ET (12:02 p.m. local) off 1st tee Jon Rahm (2), Xander Schauffele (42), Phil Mickelson (46). Mickelson graduated from nearby Arizona State in 1992 with a psychology degree. Rahm graduated from ASU in 2016 with a communications degree. And Schauffele graduated in 2015 with a social sciences degree (but not from ASU; he went to San Diego State). Why do we have a feeling there will be lots of trash talk and mind games in this group? Tee times: Rd. 1 – 9:56 a.m. (7:56 a.m. local) off 10th tee; Rd. 2 – 2:11 p.m. ET (12:11 p.m. local) off 1st tee Charley Hoffman (129), Matt Kuchar (144), Bubba Watson (193). Shocking to think about — if the regular season ended today, none of these three would qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs. Combined, they’ve made eight starts this season, with the best finish a T18 by Hoffman (a Waste Management ambassador) in Vegas last fall. Fortunately, they have a few more opportunities to get inside that top 125 in the standings — specifically, about seven months. So no need to panic … yet. Tee times: Rd. 1 – 2:02 p.m. ET (12:02 p.m. local) off 1st tee; Rd. 2 – 9:47 a.m. ET (7:47 a.m. local) off 10th tee Patton Kizzire (1), Justin Thomas (7), Jordan Spieth (88). The last two FedExCup champs along with the current FedExCup leader. Kizzire has two wins in his last eight starts. Thomas and Spieth have two wins in their last 13 combined starts. Not sure how significant that is; just food for thought. Tee times: Rd. 1 – 2:11 p.m. ET (12:11 p.m. local) off 1st tee; Rd. 2 – 9:56 a.m. ET (7:56 a.m. local) off 10th tee

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