Setting aside outcomes as a qualifier, there probably was a moment – and perhaps an extended version thereof – when Nick Taylor’s thrilling playoff victory at the WM Phoenix Open slotted second among his impactful experiences of 2024. For it was notable that the native of Canada failed to qualify for the Presidents Cup in his homeland, particularly since the country still was buzzing to some degree over his even more fanatical performance at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open that he walked off with victory on a lengthy birdie conversion, also in a playoff.
The pages of the calendar turn for a reason, and Taylor has moved onward. And upward.
The 36-year-old from the Great White North took down yet another title in a playoff, this time in the decidedly tropical climes of the Sony Open in Hawaii. His exquisite up-and-in for birdie from 46 yards at Waialae Country Club secured the victory over Nico Echavarria on the second hole in overtime. In sum, that’s one playoff win in each of the last three seasons, and this one is only two stops old.
Both playoff participants finished inside the Aon Next 10 at the conclusion of the FedExCup Fall, so they were locks for the first three Signature Events of 2025. Taylor now adds the final five to his schedule.
Taylor also is returning to the Masters for a third appearance. And he’s officially in the PGA Championship for a fifth time, although he was on a trajectory to qualify via his Official World Golf Ranking (73rd), anyway, but he’s zoomed all the way to 29th on the shoulders of this fifth PGA TOUR title.
In addition to The American Express this week, the Latin America Amateur Championship will be contested concurrently. The 10th edition of the tournament will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its champion will earn exemptions into this year’s edition of the Masters, the U.S. Open and The Open Championship, all for which he must remain an amateur to compete via the victory.
NOTE: Until all methods of entry are released by the governing bodies, traditional criteria are used to determine qualifiers. Refer to remaining qualifying criteria at the bottom of the page for details.
SE = All Signature Events
TPC = THE PLAYERS Championship
MAS = Masters
PGA = PGA Championship
US = U.S. Open
OPEN = The Open Championship
Recent additions
SE — Nick Taylor
TPC — none
MAS — Nick Taylor
PGA — Nick Taylor
US — none
OPEN — none
NOTE: Golfers are omitted if they recently haven’t competed in majors for which they are eligible (e.g., The Open Championship = David Duval, Paul Lawrie).
| Golfer | Qualified |
| Byeong Hun An | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Ludvig Åberg | SE, TPC, MAS, *PGA, US, OPEN |
| José Luis Ballester | MAS, US, OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete in the Masters and The Open Championship) |
| Evan Beck | MAS, US (must remain an amateur to compete in both) |
| Rich Beem | PGA |
| Daniel Berger | TPC |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Akshay Bhatia | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Richard Bland | PGA, US |
| Dan Bradbury | OPEN |
| Keegan Bradley | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Jacob Bridgeman | TPC |
| Daniel Brown | OPEN |
| Dean Burmester | PGA |
| Sam Burns | SE, TPC, MAS, *PGA, US, OPEN |
| Ángel Cabrera | MAS |
| Jorge Campillo | OPEN |
| Rafael Campos | TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Laurie Canter | OPEN |
| Patrick Cantlay | SE, TPC, MAS, *PGA, US, OPEN |
| K.J. Choi | OPEN |
| Stewart Cink | OPEN |
| Luke Clanton | US, OPEN (must remain an amateur to compete in both) |
| Wyndham Clark | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Darren Clarke | OPEN |
| Eric Cole | SE, TPC |
| Corey Conners | SE, TPC, MAS, US |
| Fred Couples | MAS |
| Joel Dahmen | TPC |
| John Daly | PGA, OPEN |
| Cam Davis | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Jason Day | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Bryson DeChambeau | MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Thomas Detry | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Jason Dufner | PGA |
| Nick Dunlap | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Nico Echavarria | TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Austin Eckroat | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Ernie Els | TPC, OPEN |
| Harris English | TPC |
| Tony Finau | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Patrick Fishburn | TPC |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Tommy Fleetwood | SE, TPC, MAS, *PGA, US, OPEN |
| Rickie Fowler | TPC, *PGA |
| Ryan Fox | TPC, OPEN |
| Sergio Garcia | MAS |
| Brice Garnett | TPC |
| Doug Ghim | TPC |
| Lucas Glover | TPC, MAS |
| Chris Gotterup | TPC |
| Max Greyserman | SE, TPC, MAS |
| Ben Griffin | TPC |
| Emiliano Grillo | TPC |
| Julien Guerrier | OPEN |
| Trevor Gutschewski | US (must remain an amateur to compete) |
| Adam Hadwin | SE, TPC |
| Harry Hall | TPC, PGA |
| Todd Hamilton | OPEN |
| Brian Harman | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Padraig Harrington | PGA, OPEN |
| Tyrrell Hatton | MAS, *PGA, OPEN |
| Russell Henley | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Angel Hidalgo | OPEN |
| Joe Highsmith | TPC |
| Ryo Hisatsune | TPC |
| Lee Hodges | TPC, PGA |
| Rico Hoey | TPC |
| Charley Hoffman | TPC |
| Tom Hoge | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Nicolai Højgaard | TPC, MAS, *PGA |
| Rasmus Højgaard | TPC, MAS, OPEN |
| Max Homa | SE, TPC, MAS, *PGA |
| Billy Horschel | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Rikuya Hoshino | OPEN |
| Beau Hossler | TPC |
| Viktor Hovland | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Mark Hubbard | TPC |
| Mackenzie Hughes | TPC |
| Sungjae Im | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Shugo Imahira | OPEN |
| Stephan Jaeger | SE, TPC |
| Dustin Johnson | MAS, US |
| Zach Johnson | MAS, OPEN |
| Ryggs Johnston | OPEN |
| Matthew Jordan | OPEN |
| Martin Kaymer | PGA |
| Noah Kent | MAS, US (must remain an amateur to compete in both) |
| Chan Kim | TPC |
| Michael Kim | TPC |
| Si Woo Kim | SE, TPC |
| Tom Kim | TPC, MAS |
| Chris Kirk | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Kurt Kitayama | TPC |
| Patton Kizzire | TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Jake Knapp | TPC |
| Brooks Koepka | MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Ben Kohles | TPC |
| Matt Kuchar | TPC |
| Frederick LaCroix | OPEN |
| Romain Langasque | OPEN |
| Bernhard Langer | MAS |
| Nate Lashley | TPC |
| Thriston Lawrence | MAS, OPEN |
| K.H. Lee | TPC |
| Min Woo Lee | TPC, MAS |
| Marc Leishman | OPEN |
| Justin Leonard | OPEN |
| David Lipsky | TPC |
| Luke List | TPC |
| Justin Lower | TPC |
| Shane Lowry | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Curtis Luck | OPEN |
| Robert MacIntyre | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Peter Malnati | TPC |
| Matteo Manassero | OPEN |
| Hideki Matsuyama | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Denny McCarthy | SE, TPC, MAS |
| Matt McCarty | TPC, MAS, PGA, US |
| Rory McIlroy | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Tom McKibbin | OPEN |
| Maverick McNealy | TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Mac Meissner | TPC |
| Shaun Micheel | PGA |
| Phil Mickelson | MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Guido Migliozzi | OPEN |
| Keith Mitchell | TPC |
| Francesco Molinari | OPEN |
| Taylor Moore | TPC, PGA |
| Collin Morikawa | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Joaquin Niemann | MAS, OPEN |
| Alex Noren | SE, TPC, PGA |
| Niklas Norgaard | OPEN |
| Henrik Norlander | TPC |
| Andrew Novak | TPC |
| José Maria Olazábal | MAS |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | OPEN |
| Louis Oosthuizen | OPEN |
| C.T. Pan | TPC |
| Matthieu Pavon | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Taylor Pendrith | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Victor Perez | TPC |
| Chandler Phillips | TPC |
| J.T. Poston | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Seamus Power | TPC |
| Andrew Putnam | TPC |
| Jon Rahm | MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Aaron Rai | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Chad Ramey | TPC |
| Patrick Reed | MAS |
| Davis Riley | TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Patrick Rodgers | TPC |
| Justin Rose | TPC, MAS, PGA, OPEN |
| Antoine Rozner | OPEN |
| Sam Ryder | TPC |
| Xander Schauffele | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Scottie Scheffler | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Adam Schenk | TPC, MAS |
| Matti Schmid | TPC |
| Charl Schwartzel | MAS |
| Adam Scott | SE, TPC, MAS, US, OPEN |
| Greyson Sigg | TPC |
| Ben Silverman | TPC |
| Vijay Singh | MAS, PGA |
| David Skinns | TPC |
| Alex Smalley | TPC |
| Cameron Smith | MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Jordan Smith | OPEN |
| Sebastian Söderberg | OPEN |
| J.J. Spaun | TPC |
| Jordan Spieth | TPC, MAS, *PGA, US, OPEN |
| Henrik Stenson | OPEN |
| Sam Stevens | TPC |
| Sepp Straka | SE, TPC, MAS, *PGA, US, OPEN |
| Adam Svensson | TPC |
| Jesper Svensson | OPEN |
| Hiroshi Tai | MAS (must remain an amateur to compete) |
| Nick Taylor | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Sahith Theegala | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Justin Thomas | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US, OPEN |
| Davis Thompson | SE, TPC, MAS, PGA, US |
| Brendon Todd | TPC |
| Sami Välimäki | TPC |
| Erik van Rooyen | TPC |
| Jhonattan Vegas | TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Jimmy Walker | PGA |
| Matt Wallace | OPEN |
| Paul Waring | OPEN |
| Bubba Watson | MAS |
| Mike Weir | MAS |
| Vince Whaley | TPC |
| Danny Willett | MAS |
| Gary Woodland | TPC, US |
| Tiger Woods | MAS, PGA, OPEN |
| Y.E. Yang | PGA |
| Cameron Young | SE, TPC, MAS |
| Carson Young | TPC |
| Kevin Yu | TPC, MAS, PGA |
| Will Zalatoris | SE, TPC, MAS |
Remaining qualifying criteria
Criteria are listed in chronological order where possible. Best estimates are given but all are subject to change.
Signature Events
- AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Jan. 30-Feb. 2)
- The Genesis Invitational (Feb. 13-16)
- Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard (March 6-9)
- RBC Heritage (April 17-20)
- Truist Championship (May 8-11)
- Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (May 29-June 1)
- Travelers Championship (June 19-22)
THE PLAYERS Championship (TPC) at TPC Sawgrass (Stadium): March 13-16
- Winners of PGA TOUR events thru the final week before THE PLAYERS.
- Top 10 in the FedExCup at the conclusion of the PGA TOUR event TBD (March 2).
- Top 50 of Official World Golf Ranking (March 3).
- If necessary to complete the field of 144, golfers outside the Top 10 in the FedExCup at the conclusion of the PGA TOUR event TBD on March 2 will gain entry in order of position.
Masters (MAS) at Augusta National Golf Club: April 10-13
- Winners of PGA TOUR events that award full FedExCup points allocation for the TOUR Championship.
- Winner of the Latin America Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (Jan. 19).
- Top 50 of Official World Golf Ranking (March 31).
- Special invitations to international players per Masters Tournament Committee as its discretion.
PGA Championship (PGA) at Quail Hollow Club: May 15-18
- Winners of PGA TOUR events through the final week before the 2025 PGA Championship.
- Top three from International Federation Ranking List (TBD).
- Top 20 from PGA Professional Championship (April 30).
- Top 70 from special money list (i.e., “PGA Championship Points”) on PGA TOUR from 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge thru the PGA TOUR event TBD (May 11).
- *All 2023 Ryder Cup members inside Top 100 of Official World Golf Ranking (TBD).
- Special exemptions per PGA of America. (This likely will include all golfers from Top 100 of Official World Golf Ranking on TBD.)
- If necessary to complete the field of 156, golfers outside Top 70 from special money list (three lines above) will gain entry in order of position.
U.S. Open (US) at Oakmont Country Club: June 12-15
- Winners of multiple PGA TOUR events that award full FedExCup points allocation since the 2024 U.S. Open.
- Winner of the Latin America Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (Jan. 19).
- Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (March 16).
- Winner of the Masters (April 13).
- Winner of the PGA Championship (May 18).
- Top five, not otherwise exempt, in the FedExCup at the conclusion of the PGA Championship (May 18).
- Top two, not otherwise exempt, in the 2024 Race to Dubai at the conclusion of the 2025 PGA Championship (May 18).
- Top player, not otherwise exempt, in the 2025 Race to Dubai (May 18).
- Top 60 of Official World Golf Ranking (May 19).
- Final qualifying (TBD).
- Winner of the NCAA Division 1 individual championship, if still an amateur (May 26).
- Top 60 of Official World Golf Ranking (TBD).
- Special exemptions per the USGA.
The Open Championship (OPEN) at Royal Portrush: July 17-20
- Open Qualifying Series (TBD).
- Winner of the Latin America Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (Jan. 19).
- Winner of the African Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (Feb. 8).
- Winner of the 118th VISA Open de Argentina (March 2).
- Winner of the Masters (April 13).
- Winner of the PGA Championship (May 18).
- Top 50 of Official World Golf Ranking (TBD).
- Top five in the Federation Ranking (TBD).
- Winner of the U.S. Open (June 15).
- Winner of the British Amateur, if still an amateur (June 21).
- Top five, not otherwise exempt, inside the top 20 in the FedExCup at the conclusion of the PGA TOUR event TBD in 2025 (TBD).
- Winner of the European Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (June 28).
- Leader in World Amateur Golf Ranking points accumulated at the St. Andrews Links Trophy (June 8), British Amateur (June 21) and European Amateur Championship, if still an amateur (June 28).
- Final Qualifying. Top 4 at each of four sites (TBD).
- Top five, not otherwise exempt, inside the top 20 in the Race to Dubai at the conclusion of the DP World Tour event TBD in 2025 (TBD).
