Inside the Field: THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson

The TOUR heads back to the Lone Star State for the THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson contested at TPC Craig Ranch.

The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based on 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.

Note: An additional year of eligibility was granted to some categories because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

See the field below:

Tuesday, May 19

David Ford (out, W/D)

Monday, May 18

Andrew Putnam (out, W/D)
Aaron Rai (out, W/D)
Aldrich Potgieter (out, W/D)
Ryan Palmer (in)
Mason Howell (in)
Chesson Hadley (out, W/D)
Greg Gregory (in, Monday qualifier)
Nathan Petronzio (in, Monday qualifier)
Alex Huang (in, Monday qualifier)
Ronin Banerjee (in, Monday qualifier)

Sunday, May 17
Michael Kim (out, W/D)

Saturday, May 16

Nicolai Højgaard (out, W/D)
Marco Penge (out, W/D)

Winner of PGA/U.S. Open Championship

Clark, Wyndham
Koepka, Brooks
Scheffler, Scottie

PGA TOUR tournament winner in past two seasons

Brennan, Michael
Campos, Rafael
Davis, Cam
Dunlap, Nick
Eckroat, Austin
Finau, Tony
Fisk, Steven
Garnett, Brice
Higgo, Garrick
Highsmith, Joe
Horschel, Billy
Jaeger, Stephan
Kim, Tom
Kirk, Chris
Kizzire, Patton
Malnati, Peter
Mouw, William
Pavon, Matthieu
Pendrith, Taylor
Potgieter, Aldrich
Rai, Aaron
Riley, Davis
Schenk, Adam
Simpson, Webb
Thompson, Davis
Vegas, Jhonattan
Vilips, Karl
Yu, Kevin

Past champion

Lee, K.H.

Top 70 in prior year's FedExCup Fall

Im, Sungjae
Kim, Si Woo
Kim, Michael
Hoge, Tom
Spieth, Jordan
Greyserman, Max
Rodgers, Patrick
Hughes, Mackenzie
Schmid, Matti
Grillo, Emiliano
van Rooyen, Erik

Top 100 on prior year's FedExCup points list

Hoey, Rico
McGreevy, Max
Thorbjornsen, Michael
Whaley, Vince
Cole, Eric
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Mitchell, Keith
Højgaard, Rasmus
Meissner, Mac
Højgaard, Nicolai
Roy, Kevin
Hubbard, Mark
Ramey, Chad
Phillips, Chandler
Hisatsune, Ryo
Olesen, Thorbjørn
Walker, Danny
Kanaya, Takumi

Sponsor exemption

Bae, Yongjun
Palmer, Ryan
Sides, William
Stout, Preston

PGA section champion/Player of the year

Headley, Adam

Top 10 from DP World Tour (not otherwise exempt)

Saddier, Adrien
Parry, John
Li, Haotong
Nakajima, Keita
Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus
Smith, Jordan
Brown, Daniel

Top 20 prior season Korn Ferry Tour points list

Keefer, Johnny
Blanchet, Chandler
Shipley, Neal
Lebioda, Hank
Dumont de Chassart, Adrien
Lamprecht, Christo
Chatfield, Davis
Bauchou, Zach
Coody, Pierceson
Kang, Jeffrey
Hirata, Kensei
Crowe, Trace
VanDerLaan, John
Dou, Zecheng
Nyholm, Pontus

Top five from PGA TOUR Q-School

Ewart, A.J.
Tosti, Alejandro
Svensson, Adam
Rozo, Marcelo
Wu, Dylan

PGA TOUR University

Clanton, Luke
Sargent, Gordon
Ford, David

Byron Nelson Collegiate Golf Award winner

Buchanan, Jackson

Top 10 and ties from previous event

Hossler, Beau
Brown, Blades

Top 100 (Medical)

Hodges, Lee

Nos. 101–110 on prior season FedExCup Fall points list

Fishburn, Patrick

Major medical extension

Wise, Aaron
Hoffman, Charley
Willett, Danny
Streelman, Kevin
Stanger, Jimmy

Nos. 111-125/300 career cuts

Putnam, Andrew
Moore, Taylor
Dahmen, Joel
Power, Seamus
Ryder, Sam
Ghim, Doug
Svensson, Jesper
Ventura, Kris
Suber, Jackson
Lower, Justin
Kuchar, Matt
Griffin, Lanto

Reorder category 37-44

Springer, Hayden
Martin, Ben
Peterson, Paul
Skinns, David
Blair, Zac
Silverman, Ben
Paul, Jeremy
Kohles, Ben
Hadwin, Adam
Kim, Chan
Young, Carson
Brehm, Ryan
Hardy, Nick
Norlander, Henrik
Duncan, Tyler
Laird, Martin
Streb, Robert
Villegas, Camilo
Hahn, James
Merritt, Troy

Nos. 126-150 on prior season FedExCup Fall points list

Higgs, Harry
Montgomery, Taylor