There are 15 exemption categories for this year's 2024 US PGA Championship, which takes place May 16-19 at Valhalla Golf Club.
One of those exemptions will come to a head at this week's Volvo China Open on the DP World Tour. DP World Tour Members who finish in positions 1 to 3 only in the final “Asian Swing ranking” (at the conclusion of the Volvo China Open on the 5th May 2024) will be exempt into the 2024 US PGA Championship.
US PGA Championship Exemptions
- All former winners of the PGA Championship.
- Winners of the last five Masters (2020 – 2024).
- Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2019 – 2023).
- Winners of the last five Open Championships (2018 – 2023). Cancelled in 2020.
- Winners of the last three THE PLAYERS Championships (2022 – 2024).
- The top 3 on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking List as of April 29, 2024.
- Winner of the 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship.
- The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2023 PGA Championship.
- The top 20 finishers from the 2024 PGA Professional Championship.
- The top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (ending May 5, 2024).
- Playing members of the last-named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2023) provided they remain within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of May 6, 2024.
- Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship and the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic.
- The top 3 finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing event rankings, that include the Porsche Singapore Open, the Hero Indian Open, the ISPS Handa Championship and the Volvo China Open.
- The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.
- If necessary to complete the field, those players beyond the top 70 players who are eligible and who have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (ending May 5, 2024), in order of their position on such list.
