PGA European Tour - Players - Exemption Categories

Exemption Categories

European Tour Order

Category 1

Winners of Majors/European Tour Order of Merit (Race To Dubai)

Rank	Name	Country
2	Padraig HARRINGTON	IRL
3	Todd HAMILTON	USA
4	Ben CURTIS	USA
6	Lee WESTWOOD	ENG
7	Robert KARLSSON	SWE
8	Justin ROSE	ENG
9	Colin MONTGOMERIE	SCO
10	Ernie ELS	RSA
11	Angel CABRERA	ARG
12	Trevor IMMELMAN	RSA
17	Geoff OGILVY	AUS
18	Michael CAMPBELL	NZL
19	Retief GOOSEN	RSA
21	Y. E. YANG	KOR
23	Vijay SINGH	FIJ
24	Shaun MICHEEL	USA

Category 2

Winners PGA C'ship from 1997/TPC of Europe/Volvo Masters/Dubai World Championship

Rank	Name	Country
1	Paul CASEY	ENG
2	Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ	ESP
3	Anders HANSEN	DEN
4	David HOWELL	ENG
5	Andres ROMERO	ARG
6	Niclas FASTH	SWE
7	Ross FISHER	ENG
8	Stephen DODD	WAL
9	Kenneth FERRIE	ENG
10	Søren KJELDSEN	DEN
11	Jeev Milkha SINGH	IND
12	Paul MCGINLEY	IRL

Category 2b

Winners of World Golf Chamionships/European Open/French Open and Scottish Open (from 2009 onwards)

Rank	Name	Country
1	Christian CÉVAËR	FRA
2	Martin KAYMER	GER
3	Henrik STENSON	SWE

Category 3

European Tour Order of Merit Tournament Winners 2008-2010 inclusive

Rank	Name	Country
1	Grégory BOURDY	FRA
2	Ian POULTER	ENG
3	Michael JONZON	SWE
4	Ross McGOWAN	ENG
5	Simon DYSON	ENG
6	James KINGSTON	RSA
7	Alexander NOREN	SWE
8	Peter HEDBLOM	SWE
9	Oskar HENNINGSSON	SWE
10	Nick DOUGHERTY	ENG
11	Jeppe HULDAHL	DEN
12	Shane LOWRY	IRL
13	Daniel VANCSIK	ARG
14	Thomas LEVET	FRA
15	Thongchai JAIDEE	THA
16	Scott STRANGE	AUS
17	Danny LEE	NZL
18	Anthony KANG	USA
19	Rory MCILROY	NIR
20	Alvaro QUIROS	ESP
21	Richard STERNE	RSA
22	Wen-tang LIN	TPE
23	Sergio GARCIA	ESP
24	Charl SCHWARTZEL	RSA
25	Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO	ESP
26	Jean-François LUCQUIN	FRA
27	Grégory HAVRET	FRA
28	Darren CLARKE	NIR
29	Peter HANSON	SWE
30	Mikael LUNDBERG	SWE
31	Graeme MCDOWELL	NIR
32	Pablo LARRAZÁBAL	ESP
33	Richard FINCH	ENG
34	Hennie OTTO	RSA
35	Peter LAWRIE	IRL
36	Damien MCGRANE	IRL
37	Alastair FORSYTH	SCO
38	Arjun ATWAL	IND
39	Mark BROWN	NZL
40	Felipe AGUILAR	CHI
41	S S P CHOWRASIA	IND
42	Adam SCOTT	AUS
43	John BICKERTON	ENG

Category 3a

Medical Extension

Rank	Name	Country
1	Ariel CANETE	ARG
2	Per-Ulrik JOHANSSON	SWE

Category 3b

Winners of dual ranking European/Challenge Tour events and from 2009 onwards, winners of R2D events with a prizefund below 1.5 million Euro

Rank	Name	Country
1	Richie RAMSAY	SCO
2	Pablo MARTIN	ESP
3	Rafael CABRERA-BELLO	ESP
4	Ricardo GONZALEZ	ARG
5	Christian NILSSON	SWE
6	Michael HOEY	NIR
7	Tano GOYA	ARG
8	Rodney PAMPLING	AUS

Category 7

Members of last named Ryder Cup Team

Rank	Name	Country
1	Søren HANSEN	DEN
2	Oliver WILSON	ENG

Category 8

Players finishing within positions 1-120 from 2009 Race To Dubai

Rank	Name	Country
14	Francesco MOLINARI	ITA
21	Robert ALLENBY	AUS
29	Robert ROCK	ENG
30	Camilo VILLEGAS	COL
31	Louis OOSTHUIZEN	RSA
32	Johan EDFORS	SWE
37	Raphaël JACQUELIN	FRA
38	Anthony KIM	USA
40	Anthony WALL	ENG
44	Chris WOOD	ENG
46	Thomas AIKEN	RSA
47	Steve WEBSTER	ENG
48	David DRYSDALE	SCO
49	Graeme STORM	ENG
53	Gareth MAYBIN	NIR
54	Wen-chong LIANG	CHN
55	Luke DONALD	ENG
57	Bradley DREDGE	WAL
58	Danny WILLETT	ENG
59	Jamie DONALDSON	WAL
63	Fabrizio ZANOTTI	PAR
65	Ignacio GARRIDO	ESP
67	Robert-Jan DERKSEN	NED
70	Tim CLARK	RSA
73	Marcus FRASER	AUS
74	Richard GREEN	AUS
75	Prayad MARKSAENG	THA
76	David HORSEY	ENG
78	Rafa ECHENIQUE	ARG
79	Marcel SIEM	GER
81	Gary ORR	SCO
82	Paul LAWRIE	SCO
84	Marc WARREN	SCO
85	Paul BROADHURST	ENG
88	Martin ERLANDSSON	SWE
89	David LYNN	ENG
91	Thomas BJÖRN	DEN
92	Mikko ILONEN	FIN
95	José Manuel LARA	ESP
96	Maarten LAFEBER	NED
99	Brett RUMFORD	AUS
100	Jyoti RANDHAWA	IND
101	Andrew MCLARDY	RSA
105	Mark FOSTER	ENG
106	François DELAMONTAGNE	FRA
107	David DIXON	ENG
108	Gary LOCKERBIE	ENG
109	Markus BRIER	AUT
111	Sam LITTLE	ENG
112	Richard BLAND	ENG
113	Shiv KAPUR	IND
115	Paul WARING	ENG
116	Chapchai NIRAT	THA
117	Rory SABBATINI	RSA
120	Seve BENSON	ENG
121	Joost LUITEN	NED

Category 8a

Medical Extension

Rank	Name	Country
1	Stephen GALLACHER	SCO

Category 9

Top 40 2009 Career Money List

Rank	Name	Country
1	Bernhard LANGER	GER
2	José Maria OLAZÁBAL	ESP
3	Ian WOOSNAM	WAL
4	Sir Nick FALDO	ENG
5	Eduardo ROMERO	ARG
6	Barry LANE	ENG
7	Peter O'MALLEY	AUS
8	Phillip PRICE	WAL

Category 10

Winners of three Challenge Tour events during 2009 season

Rank	Name	Country
1	Edoardo MOLINARI	ITA

Category 10b

Challenge Tour Graduates - Positions 2 to 10 on final 2009 CT Rankings

Rank	Name	Country
2	José-Filipe LIMA	POR
3	Nicolas COLSAERTS	BEL
4	Rhys DAVIES	WAL
5	Peter WHITEFORD	SCO
6	Andrew BUTTERFIELD	ENG
7	Gary BOYD	ENG
8	Julien QUESNE	FRA
9	Richard MCEVOY	ENG
10	Robert COLES	ENG

Category 11

Re-Rank 1 of players in categories 11,11a,11b,11c,11d

Rank	Name	Country
11	Peter BAKER	ENG
12	Carlos RODILES	ESP
13	Chris GANE	ENG
14	John PARRY	ENG
15	Andrew TAMPION	AUS

Category 11b

Players finishing within positions 1-31 from the 2009 European Tour Qualifying School

Rank	Name	Country
1	Simon KHAN	ENG
2	Sam HUTSBY	ENG
4	Marco RUIZ	PAR
5	Alejandro CAÑIZARES	ESP
6	Fredrik OHLSSON	SWE
7	Eirik Tage JOHANSEN	NOR
8	Mark F HAASTRUP	DEN
9	Steven O'HARA	SCO
10	Clodomiro CARRANZA	ARG
11	Benjamin HEBERT	FRA
12	Fredrik ANDERSSON HED	SWE
13	Phillip ARCHER	ENG
14	Carl SUNESON	ESP
15	Jamie ELSON	ENG
16	James KAMTE	RSA
17	Gary MURPHY	IRL
18	Andrew COLTART	SCO
19	Steven JEPPESEN	SWE
20	Anton HAIG	RSA
21	George COETZEE	RSA
22	James RUTH	ENG
23	Patrik SJÖLAND	SWE
24	Stephan GROSS JR	GER
25	Jarmo SANDELIN	SWE
26	Rick KULACZ	AUS
27	Jean-Baptiste GONNET	FRA
28	Julien GUERRIER	FRA
29	Simon THORNTON	IRL
30	Scott DRUMMOND	SCO
31	Lorenzo GAGLI	ITA

Category 11c

Players finishing within positions 16-20 on the final 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings

Rank	Name	Country
17	Andrew MCARTHUR	SCO
18	James MORRISON	ENG
19	Sion E BEBB	WAL
20	François CALMELS	FRA

Category 11d

Medical Extension

Rank	Name	Country
1	Gary CLARK	ENG
2	Henrik NYSTRÖM	SWE

Category 12

Players finishing within positions 121-153 from the 2009 Race To Dubai

Rank	Name	Country
125	Oliver FISHER	ENG
126	Alessandro TADINI	ITA
129	Scott HEND	AUS
131	Michael LORENZO-VERA	FRA
132	Pelle EDBERG	SWE
133	Benn BARHAM	ENG
134	Callum MACAULAY	SCO
135	Marc CAYEUX	ZIM
136	Lee SLATTERY	ENG
137	Miles TUNNICLIFF	ENG
141	Carlos DEL MORAL	ESP
142	Klas ERIKSSON	SWE
143	Magnus A CARLSSON	SWE
145	John DALY	USA
146	Robert DINWIDDIE	ENG
148	Branden GRACE	RSA
149	Roope KAKKO	FIN