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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSAll-exempt toUR Priority RankingsSection Player BiograPhies2Each pga tour player has earned a position on the priority ranking systemthat will be used to select tournament fields. the complete ranking system, inorder of priority, is as follows:1. Winner of pga championship or u.S. open prior to 1970 or in the last 10calendar years:(Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)Jack Burke Jr.Angel cabreraBilly casperDow FinsterwaldJack FleckRaymond FloydDoug FordAl GeibergerLucas GloverPadraig HarringtonDon JanuaryGene LittlerGraeme McDowellBobby nicholsJack nicklausGeoff ogilvyArnold PalmerGary PlayerLee trevinoKen Venturitiger WoodsY.e. Yang2. Winner of tHE pLaYErS championship in the last 10 calendar years:(Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)Stephen Ames tim clark Sergio GarciaPhil Mickelson Henrik Stenson3. Winners of the masters tournament in the last 10 calendar years:(Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)trevor immelman Zach Johnson10. Leaders in official pga tour career earnings, as follows:a. players among the top 50 in career earnings as of the end of thepreceding calendar year may elect to use a one-time, one-yearexemption for the next year:chris DiMarco nick Price Steve FleschFred couples tim Herron Jesper ParnevikB. players among the top 25 in career earnings as of the end of thepreceding calendar year may elect to use this special exemption fora second year, provided that the player remains among the top 25on the career money list.Mark calcavecchia11. Sponsor exemptions (a maximum of eight, which may include amateurswith handicaps of 0 or less), on the following basis:a. Not less than two sponsor invitees shall be pga tour members nototherwise exempt.B. Not less than two of the top 25 finishers and ties from the lastQualifying tournament, as well as 2-25 from the 2009 Nationwidetour money list, if not all of them can otherwise be accommodated.(Note: pga tour members may receive an unlimited number ofsponsor invitations. Non-tour members may receive a maximum ofseven per year.)12. two international players designated by the commissioner.4. Winners of the British open in the last 10 calendar years:(Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)Stewart cink Louis oosthuizen5. Winners of tHE tour championship, beginning in 2005 (a three-yearexemption):Jim Furyk camilo Villegas6. Winners of World golf championships events, beginning in 2005 (athree-year exemption):ernie els Hunter Mahan ian PoulterVijay Singh7. the winner of the FedExcup:8. the leader in pga tour official earnings in each of the last five calendaryears:Matt Kuchar9. Winners of pga tour co-sponsored or approved events (except teamevents) within the last two calendar years, or during the current year;winners receive an additional year of exemption for each additional win,up to five years:Stuart ApplebyArjun Atwalcameron BeckmanMatt BettencourtJason BohnMichael BradleyJonathan ByrdPaul caseyK.J. choiBen craneJason DayFred FunkRobert GarrigusBrian GayRetief Goosennathan GreenBill Haascharley HoffmanDustin JohnsonJerry KellyAnthony KimMartin LairdDerek LamelyJustin LeonardBill Lundetroy MattesonRocco MediateRyan MooreSean o’HairRyan PalmerPat PerezKenny Perrycarl PetterssonJohn RollinsJustin RoseRory SabbatiniAdam ScottHeath SlocumSteve StrickerDavid tomsBo Van Peltnick WatneyBubba WatsonMark Wilson13. the current pga club professional champion for a maximum of threeopen events, in addition to any sponsor selections.Mike Small14. pga Section champion or player of the Year of the Section in which thetournament is played.15. Four low scorers at open Qualifying which shall normally be held onmonday of tournament week.16. past champions of the particular event being contested that week, if cosponsoredby the pga tour and the same tournament sponsor (exceptfor team events), as follows:a. Winners prior to July 28, 1970: unlimited exemptions for suchevents.B. Winners after July 28, 1970 and prior to Jan. 1, 2000: 10 years ofexemptions for such events.c. Winners after Jan. 1, 2000: five years of exemptions for such events.17. Life members (who have been active members of the pga tour for 15years and have won at least 20 co-sponsored events).Davis Love iii tom Watson18. top 30 on the previous year’s FedExcup points list.Luke DonaldKevin StreelmanKevin naRobert AllenbyJeff overton2-2 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com