2012 qualifiers: Majors, WGCs, THE PLAYERS

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2012 UPDATED LISTS: Medical Extensions | Reshuffle | Rookies

Golfers are omitted if they haven't recently competed in majors for which they are eligible (e.g. Nick Price -- British, PGA; Nick Faldo -- Masters).

2 = U.S. Open
3 = British Open
4 = PGA Championship
BI = WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Recent Additions
2 -- Sang-moon Bae; Thomas Bjorn; Rafael Cabrera-Bello; Paul Casey; Nicolas Colsaerts; Ben Crane; Simon Dyson; Ernie Els; Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano; Rickie Fowler; Hiroyuki Fujita; Anders Hansen; Ryo Ishikawa; Miguel Angel Jimenez; Zach Johnson; Brendan Jones; Robert Karlsson; K.T. Kim; Dong-Hwan Lee; Martin Laird; Paul Lawrie; Francesco Molinari; Kevin Na; J.B. Park; Carl Pettersson; Ian Poulter; Alvaro Quiros; Robert Rock; Kyle Stanley; Tadahiro Takayama; Toru Taniguchi

3 -- Stephen Ames; Daniel Chopra; James Driscoll; Harris English; Bob Estes; Justin Hicks; John Huh; Zach Johnson; Robert Karlsson; Martin Laird; Kevin Na; Greg Owen; Carl Pettersson; Andres Romero; Kyle Stanley; Johnson Wagner

4 -- none

BI -- Nicolas Colsaerts

REMAINING QUALIFYING CRITERIA
Criteria are listed in chronological order where possible. Best estimates are given but all are subject to change.

U.S. OPEN (2) @ Olympic Club (Lake Course) -- June 14-17
• Winner of BMW PGA Championship (May 27).
• Open qualifying (England, May 28; U.S., June 4).
• Top 60 from World Ranking on June 11.
• Special exemptions per USGA Executive Committee.

BRITISH OPEN (3) @ Royal Lytham & St. Annes -- July 19-22
• Winner of BMW PGA Championship (May 27).
• Top 3 and ties, not otherwise exempt, inside Top 20 in Race to Dubai thru BMW PGA Championship (May 27).
• Winner of U.S. Open (June 17).
• Winner of British Amateur (June 23).
• Top 4, not otherwise exempt, from Mizuno Open on Japan Golf Tour (June 24).
• Top 2, not otherwise exempt, from money list on Japan Golf Tour ending with Mizuno Open. (June 24).
• Top 10 from IFQ -- Europe (June 25).
• Top 2 European Tour members from special short-term money list on European Tour (May 27 thru July 1; includes U.S. Open).
• Top 3 at each of four venues -- LFQ (July 3).
• Top 2, not otherwise exempt, from special money list on PGA TOUR. Tournaments included: PLAYERS (May 13), St. Jude (June 10), U.S. Open (June 17), Travelers (June 24), AT&T National (July 1), Greenbrier (July 8).
• Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, among Top 5 and ties at French Open (July 8)
• Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, among Top 5 and ties at The Greenbrier Classic (July 8).
• Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, among Top 5 and ties at Scottish Open (July 15).
• Top finisher, not otherwise exempt, among Top 5 and ties at John Deere Classic (July 15).

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (4) @ Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course) -- August 9-12

• Winners of PGA TOUR events thru the final week before the 2012 PGA Championship.
• Winner of Senior PGA Championship (May 27).
• Winner of U.S. Open (June 17).
• Top 20 from PGA Professional National Championship (June 27).
• Winner of British Open (July 22).
• Top 70 from special money list on PGA TOUR from 2011 WGC-Bridgestone through 2012 RBC Canadian Open (July 29).
• *All 2010 Ryder Cup members, provided they are inside top 100 of World Ranking on July 30.
• Special exemptions per PGA of America. (This will likely include all golfers inside Top 100 of World Ranking on July 30.)
• If necessary, golfers outside Top 70 from special money list (three lines above) will gain entry in order of position to complete the field of 156.

WGC-BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL (BI) @ Firestone Country Club (South Course) - August 2-5

• Winner of Japan Golf Tour Championship (June 3).
• Top 50 from World Ranking on July 23.
• Top 50 from World Ranking on July 30.
• Winners of official tournaments from the Federation Tours with an Official World Golf Ranking strength-of-field rating of 115 points or more.

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