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PGA Tour Q-School: What fans should know about the 72-hole qualifier in Ponte Vedra Beach

When and where is PGA Tour Q-School? 

Thursday through Sunday at the TPC Sawgrass Dye's Valley Course and the Sawgrass Country Club. The field of 168 players will compete in two rounds at each course. There is no cut. 

What's at stake at PGA Tour Q-School? 

For the first time in a decade (when the qualifying tournament was for Korn Ferry Tour status), PGA Tour cards are up for grabs. The top five, plus ties, will earn Tour status for the 2024 season. 

Other rewards: 

• The next 40 finishers, plus ties, are exempt for the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season. 
• The first 25 finishers and ties in this category will be subject to the third reshuffle, assuring them starts in the first 12 events of the 2024 season. 
• Any remaining finishers within the category will be subject to the second reshuffle, assuring them starts in the first eight events of the 2024 season. 
• -The next 20 finishers and ties (following the top 40 finishers and fies) have exempt status for the Latin America Swing of the 2024 PGA Tour Americas season, in addition to conditional Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2024 season. 
• All remaining finishers outside of the aforementioned categories earn conditional Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Americas membership for the 2024 season. 
• The winner gets $50,000 from a total purse of $410,000. 

How can I watch PGA Tour Q-School? 

Fans can go in person to the rounds at the Valley Course by purchasing tickets for $5 at pgatourqschool/tickets.com. All proceeds go to charity.

PGA Tour Q-School tee times  

Parking is free at the TPC Sawgrass.

Rounds at the Sawgrass Country Club are closed to the public. 

Golf Channel and Peacock will have tournament coverage on Saturday and Sunday. Coverage begins from 12:30-2:30 p.m. on Saturday on Peacock and Golf Channel Digital, and 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Golf Channel. Sunday coverage begins with Peacock and Golf Channel Digital from 12:30-1:30 p.m and Golf Channel from 1:30-4:30 p.m. 

One player is among the top 100 

Keita Nakajima of Japan, who turned professional in September of 2022 after a successful amateur career, is the only player in the field inside the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Nakajima is 90th on this week's rankings and won the Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit this year to earn an exemption for the final stage of Q-School. He won three times on the Japan Golf Tour in 2023 and previously won the tour’s 2021 Panasonic Open as an amateur. 

Nakajima won the 2018 Australian Amateur, 2018 Asian Games, and 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, in addition to spending a record 87 weeks at No. 1 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking prior to turning professional. 

Order of Merit winners in Ponte Vedra 

Four other Order of Merit winners from international tours are in the field this week: 

• Chandler Blanchet: Totalplay Cup (PGA TOUR Latinoamérica). 
• Jeongwoo Ham: Korean Professional Golfers’ Association. 
• David Micheluzzi: PGA Tour of Australasia. 
• Hayden Springer: Fortinet Cup (PGA TOUR Canada). 
• PGA Tour University graduates are playing 

The top five players on the inaugural PGA Tour University rankings in June earn exemptions to the final stage. No. 1 Ludvig Aberg (winner of the RSM Classic) and No. 3 Andrien Dumant de Chassart top-30, Korn Ferry Tour) earned PGA Tour cards, Playing this week will be No. 2. Fred Biondi of the University of Florida, the 2023 NCAA Championship medalist, No. 4 Ross Steelman of Georgia Tech, the NCAA Championship runner-up and No. 5 Sam Bennett of Texas A&M, the 2022 U.S. Amateur Championship winner. 

Youth is served by South African Aldrich Potgeiter 

The youngest player in the field is Aldrich Potgieter of South Africa, who turned 19 in September and is 3 years, 2 months, and 4 days younger than the next-youngest player in the field, 22-year-old Sudarshan Yellamaraju. The only other players in the field under the age of 23 are Biondi and Korn Ferry Tour winner Ricky Castillo (22), his former UF teammate. 

Potgieter, who was the medalist at a second-stage qualifier at Kinderlou Forest in Valdosta, Ga., won the 2022 Amateur Championship at age 17 (making him the second-youngest winner in the event’s history) and turned professional earlier this year after appearances as an amateur at the 2023 Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, and the Memorial Tournament. He finished tied for sixth at the 2023 South African PGA Championship in September. 

Who traveled the longest road to Ponte Vedra? 

Two players in the final stage field began their journey through PGA Tour Q-School at pre-qualifiers, Caleb Hicks and Wes Homan. 

Hicks tied for ninth at a pre-qualifier at Gunter, Texas, tied for 19th at a first-stage qualifier at Rockwall, Texas, and tied for 11th at a second-stage qualifier in Port St. Lucie. Homan, 39, tied for sixth at a pre-qualifier in Chardon, Ohio, tied for 10th at a first-stage qualifier at ChampionsGate near Orlando and tied for seventh at a second-stage qualifier at Port St. Lucie. 

Past PGA Tour winners in the field 

Four-time winners Sean O’Hair and Scott Piercy; two-time winners Russell Knox of Ponte Vedra Beach, Patton Kizzire of St. Simons Island, Ga., Robert Streb and Fabian Gomez and Charlie Beljan, Wesley Bryan, Kevin Chappell, Austin Cook, Brice Garnett, Cody Gribble, Sung Kang, Satoshi Kodaira, Adam Long, S.Y. Noh, Martin Trainer, Kevin Tway and Richy Werenski. 

Who are the First Coast players in the field? 

In addition to Knox, there are Raul Pereda, Dawson Armstrong, Biondi, Blanchet, Cody Blick, Dillon Board, Castillo, Brett Drewitt, Taylor Funk, Tano Goya, Doc Redman, Mathias Schwab, Julian Suri, Danny Walker and Thomas Walsh. 

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JEEV MILKHA SINGH WINS JAPAN SENIOR Q-SCHOOL, GAINS FULL EXEMPTION TO TOUR

Jeev Milkha Singh produced three superb rounds of 71-67-72 to win the Japan PGA Senior Qualifying School with a total of six-under 210 and gain exemption into the Tour which begins in April 2023.

The 51-year-old Jeev, who is in his second year as Senior Pro, has won four times in his career on the regular Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO), was tied fourth after the first round but moved into sole lead with a brilliant 67 on the second in tough windy conditions at the Par-76,946 yard long Ibusuki Golf Club. Then on the third and final day, he played an even par 72 in tough conditions including rain to finish on top of the field that had about 120 players vying for playing rights.

Only 11 players were able to compile under totals for the three days in tough conditions, where scoring was difficult. Jeev’s second-round 67 was the best card of the week.

Singh said, “The conditions were tough but the golf course is excellent. I am happy that I was able to win the Tour card that I was aiming for.” Naoki Yazawa (52), who is in his third year as a senior, came in second at four-under 212, two strokes behind Jeev.

Players up to 10th place can participate in the season, and 11th and higher rankings will be eligible for participation depending on the number of entries at each event.

The Japan Senior Tour will have 14 tournaments this year. It will start in April with the Kanehide Senior Okinawa Open Golf Tournament 2023 at Kise Country Club in Okinawa.

This is the second season for Jeev on the Japan Senior Tour. After having passed his Japan PGA Qualification Pro Test, Jeev last season exercised his qualification as “a player with two or more regular tour wins” and played 11 events on the Japan Senior Tour. He had two top-ten finishes and ranked 42nd on the money list, but needed to qualify again. This time he topped the Q-school.

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Japan Golfers Getting Path to DP World Tour, and Thus the PGA Tour

• Author: Gabrielle Herzig

On Monday, the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour announced a joint partnership with the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) that aims to give Japan golfers a direct pathway to the PGA Tour. 

The top three players on the JGTO Order of Merit will gain membership to the DP World Tour. In June, the PGA Tour announced that the top 10 players on the DP World Tour's Race to Dubai Rankings will earn their PGA Tour cards . Therefore, the newly announced venture with the JGTO will give players a new opportunity to climb the ranks straight to the PGA Tour. 

Players who do not earn DP World Tour exemptions will be given access to the DP World Tour qualifying school. Additionally, the ISPS Handa Championship in Omitama, Japan, will make its debut on the DP World Tour schedule. 

"The Japan Golf Tour Organization has produced many incredibly talented players over the year, and we are delighted to establish this formal pathway as part of golf's meritocratic system, defining clear routes for players from the other international Tours to earn status on the DP World Tour and potentially go onto play on the PGA Tour," said Keith Pelley, the CEO of the DP World Tour.

The move is part of a continued effort by the PGA Tour to develop a unified system of mobility among affiliated tours around the world. The Asian Tour, Asia's other primary professional men's golf circuit, is currently funded by LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed rival league to the PGA Tour. 

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Three Japanese golfers advance to final week of LPGA Q-Series

Japanese golfers Minami Katsu, Yuna Nishimura and Yuri Onishi on Sunday advanced to the final week of the LPGA Q-Series, a two-week tournament at which players must finish in the top 45 and ties to qualify for the 2023 U.S. LPGA Tour.

On Sunday, Katsu had three birdies, at Nos. 9, 10 and 16, in her first bogey-free round of the qualifying tournament.

"I'm relieved I made the cut," Katsu said. "I'll just try to concentrate on things right in front of me, without worrying about the final result."

Nishimura shared 25th place at 9 under, and Onishi barely made the cut after being tied for 66th at 2 under.

The final four rounds will be played from Thursday at Highland Oaks Golf Course in Dothan, Alabama.

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Aussies on Tour: Baseball great gets Brazel battle-ready

Australian veteran Sam Brazel has turned to a former baseball great to build a body that can withstand the rigours of professional golf late into his 40s.

Brazel is among the 19-strong Aussie contingent teeing it up at the Asian Tour’s International Series Morocco this week, the first time the event has been held since Jazz Janewattananond triumphed two years ago.

Including the co-sanctioned New Zealand Open, it is Brazel’s fourth start on the Asian Tour in 2024 having regained his card by finishing 16th at Final Stage of Q School in January.

That performance was a continuation of good form on home soil that yielded a top-10 finish at the ISPHS HANDA Australian Open in Sydney and gave the 45-year-old the belief that he can still compete at the highest level.

Battling the same groin injury that has sidelined Melbourne Storm star Cameron Munster, Brazel turned to 2000 Olympian Matt Buckley earlier this year to not only aid injury prevention, but add the speed that’s needed to keep up in the modern game.

“I’ve never really been one to go to the gym or look after my body that well so enlisted a guy that I’ve known for 25 years,” said Brazel of Buckley, an exercise physiologist and co-owner of Pure Fitness Alstonville in northern New South Wales.

“I’ve only been doing it the last three months or so and I’m just starting to see some benefits of it.

“We generally do a morning session and then I go and practice in the afternoon. I can definitely see a correlation between having that dynamic warmup prior to practice and how that makes a huge difference to the way I swing the club and the pace at which the club moves.

“It’s that mental side of it too, just a different health aspect to it, feeling better within myself for actually doing it.”

The 2016 Hong Kong Open remains Brazel’s lone victory on a major tour yet he has been a perennial contender both on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and the Asian Tour.

He has top-10 finishes in both marquee Australian events the past two years and was tied for ninth at the World City Championship in Hong Kong in March last year.

It’s been enough to convince him that, when fit, his best remains good enough.

“The end of the Aussie summer last year was probably a fair indication of where I’m at with my golf,” said Brazel.

“I put a fair bit of effort into trying to have a good summer here in Australia and I really enjoyed that.

“I didn’t play so well at the Aussie PGA on the final day, but the Aussie Open was solid enough.

“Golf game’s good, mentally I’m good. I still feel like I can compete, so I’m going to keep plodding along while ever I feel like I can be competitive.”

On the back of a top-10 finish at the Italian Open 2023 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner David Micheluzzi leads the five-strong Aussie charge at the BMW International Open in Germany and LPGA Tour player Stephanie Kyriacou joins Kirsten Rudgeley and Whitney Hillier at the Aramco Team Series event in London.

Round 1 tee times AEST

PGA TOUR John Deere Classic TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois 11:46pm*         Harrison Endycott 3:49am            Jason Day

Defending champion: Sepp Straka Past Aussie winners: Mark Hensby (2004), John Senden (2006) Prize money: $US8 million TV times: Live 2am-9am Friday, Saturday; Live 2am-8am Sunday, Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

DP World Tour BMW International Open Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich, Germany 4pm*               Ryan Fox (NZ)= 4:30pm            Jason Scrivener 4:30pm*          Daniel Hillier (NZ) 4:40pm            Sam Jones (NZ) 5:10pm            Haydn Barron 5:10pm*          Tom Power Horan 5:20pm*          David Micheluzzi 5:30pm            Andrew Martin

Defending champion: Thriston Lawrence Past Aussie winners: Peter Fowler (1993) Prize money: $US2.5 million TV times: Live 8:30pm-2am Thursday, Friday; Live 11pm-2am Saturday; Live 9pm-2am Sunday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

Asian Tour International Series Morocco Royal Golf Dar Es Salam (Red Course), Morocco 4:20pm*          Brendan Jones 4:30pm*          Travis Smyth 4:50pm*          Ben Campbell (NZ) 5:10pm            Kevin Yuan 5:20pm            Jed Morgan 5:30pm            Maverick Antcliff 5:40pm            Deyen Lawson 6pm                 Justin Warren 9:20pm            Kazuma Kobori (NZ) 9:30pm*          Aaron Wilkin 9:40pm            Wade Ormsby 10pm               Scott Hend 10pm*             Harrison Crowe 10:10pm          Jack Thompson 10:20pm          Todd Sinnott 10:20pm*         Andrew Dodt 10:30pm*         Zach Murray 10:40pm          Sam Brazel 10:40pm*         Marcus Fraser 11:10pm*         Lachlan Barker 11:20pm          Doug Klein

Defending champion: Jazz Janewattananond (2022) Past Aussie winners: Nil Prize money: $US2 million TV times: Live 11pm-3am Thursday; Live 12:10am-3am Saturday on Fox Sports 505; Live 11pm-1am Saturday on Fox Sports 507; 8am-10am Monday on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo.

Ladies European Tour Aramco Team Series – London Centurion Club, London 4:51pm            Kirsten Rudgeley 9:39pm            Stephanie Kyriacou, Momoka Kobori (NZ) 10:27pm          Whitney Hillier

Defending champion: Nelly Korda Past Aussie winners: Nil Prize money: $US500,000 TV times: Live 12:30am-4:30am Thursday on Fox Sports 503; Live 12:30am-4.30am Friday; Live 9:30pm-1:30am Friday on Fox Sports 507 and Kayo.

Japan Golf Tour Japan Professional Golf Championship Fuji Country Kani Club (Shino Cse), Gifu 8:55am            Brad Kennedy 9:05am            Michael Hendry (NZ)

Defending champion: Kensei Hirata Past Aussie winners: Adam Bland (2015) Prize money: ¥150 million

LET Access Series PGA Championship Gothenburg Albatross GolfKlubb, Sweden 4:44pm            Kelsey Bennett 5:17pm            Munchin Keh (NZ) 5:28pm            Wenyung Keh (NZ) 9:12pm            Hanee Song (NZ)

Defending champion: Chiara Tamburlini Past Aussie winners: Nil Prize money: €40,000

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The 152nd Open: Genesis Scottish Open offers last-chance route to Royal Troon

The Genesis Scottish Open offers the final opportunity for DP World Tour members to play their way into The 152nd Open at Royal Troon.

The tournament, co-sanctioned with the PGA TOUR, is the 16th and last in The Open Qualifying Series (OQS), which has so far seen 41 players book their spots in the field for the final Major Championship of the year.

There are three places on offer to the leading three players, not already exempt, who make the cut at this week’s second Rolex Series event of the 2024 Race to Dubai schedule.

The Open, the oldest golf tournament in the world, is being held this year from July 18-21.

Brian Harman is set to defend his Open Championship title later this month in Ayrshire, having lifted the Claret Jug for his first Major victory at Royal Liverpool last year.

Who is in the field for The 152nd Open?

As of July 8, the field for the 2024 Open Championship is*:

*Listed in alphabetical order, with the numbers for their routes of qualification after their name. Page will be updated as further exemptions are finalised.

• # Åberg, Ludvig - 5
• An, Byeong Hun - 5
• Ancer, Abraham - Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow
• # Andersen, Mason - 15
• Bezuidenhout, Christiaan - 14
• # Bhatia, Akshay - 5
• Björk, Alexander - 6
• # Boriboonsub, Denwit - OQS Malaysia
• Bradbury, Dan - OQS South Africa
• Bradley, Keegan - 5, 13
• # Brown, Daniel - Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
• Burmester, Dean - OQS South Africa
• Burns, Sam - 5, 13
• Campillo, Jorge - 6
• Canter, Laurie - 8
• Cantlay, Patrick - 5, 13
• Catlin, John - OQS Malaysia
• Čejka, Alex - 18
• Cink, Stewart - 1
• Clark, Wyndham - 5, 9, 13
• Clarke, Darren - 1
• Clemons, Dominic (a) - Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow
• Cole, Eric - 5
• Conners, Corey - 5, 13
• Crocker, Sean - OQS Italy
• Curtis, Ben - 1
• Daly, John - 1
• Day, Jason - 4, 5, 13
• Dean, Joe - OQS Netherlands
• DeChambeau, Bryson - 5, 9
• De La Fuente, Santiago (a) - 24
• Dodd-Berry, Matthew (a) - Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
• Duval, David - 1
• # Eckroat, Austin - 5
• Els, Ernie - 1
• Elvira, Nacho - 8
• English, Harris - 5
• Ferguson, Ewen - 8
• Fichardt, Darren - OQS South Africa
• Finau, Tony - 5, 13
• Fitzpatrick, Matt - 5, 6, 9, 13
• Fleetwood, Tommy - 4, 5, 6, 13
• Fowler, Rickie - 5, 13
• Fox, Ryan - 6, 7
• Glover, Lucas - 5, 13
• Griffin, Ben - OQS Canada – RBC Canadian Open
• Grillo, Emiliano - 4, 13
• Hadwin, Adam - OQS USA – the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
• Hamilton, Todd - 1
• Harman, Brian - 1, 3, 4, 5, 13
• Harrington, Pádraig - 1
• Hatton, Tyrrell - 5, 6, 13
• Hendry, Michael - 27
• Henley, Russell - 5, 13
• # Hidalgo, Angel - Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
• Hillier, Daniel - 6
• # Hisatsune, Ryo - 6
• Hoge, Tom - 14
• Højgaard, Nicolai - 5, 6
• Højgaard, Rasmus - 6
• Homa, Max - 4, 5, 13
• Horschel, Billy - 7
• Horsfield, Sam - Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
• Hoshino, Rikuya - OQS Australia
• Hovland, Viktor - 5, 6, 13
• Hughes, Mackenzie - OQS Canada - RBC Canadian Open
• # Hutsby, Sam - Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
• Im, Sungjae - 5, 13
• # Iwasaki, Aguri - 17
• # Jaeger, Stephan - 5
• Johnson, Dustin - 10
• Johnson, Zach - 1, 3
• Jordan, Matthew - 4
• Katsuragawa, Yuto - OQS Japan
• Kawamura, Masahiro - Final Qualifying - West Lancashire
• Kim, Minkyu - OQS Korea
• Kim, Si Woo - 5, 13
• Kim, Tom - 4, 5, 6, 13
• Kinoshita, Ryosuke - OQS Japan
• Kirk, Chris - 5
• Kitayama, Kurt - 5
• # Kobori, Kazuma - 16
• Koepka, Brooks - 5, 11
• # Koh, Guntaek - OQS Japan
• Langasque, Romain - 6
• Lawrence, Thriston - 6
• Lawrie, Paul - 1
• Lee, Min Woo - 5, 6
• Leonard, Justin - 1
• # Lindh, Charlie - Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow
• Lowry, Shane - 1, 3, 5, 7
• Luiten, Joost - 6
• MacIntyre, Robert - 6
• Manassero, Matteo - 8
• # Masaveu, Luis (a) - Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
• Matsuyama, Hideki - 5, 10
• McCarthy, Denny - 5
• # McDonald, Jack - Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
• # McKibbin, Tom - OQS Italy
• McIlroy, Rory - 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13
• McNealy, Maverick - OQS Canada
• Meronk, Adrian - 6
• Mickelson, Phil - 1, 3, 11
• Migliozzi, Guido - OQS Netherlands
• Molinari, Francesco - 1, 3
• # Montojo, Jaime (a) - Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
• Moore, Taylor - 13
• Morikawa, Collin - 1, 3, 5, 11, 13
• Morrison, Tommy (a) - 21
• Nakajima, Keita - 16
• Niemann, Joaquin - OQS Australia
• # Nolan, Liam (a) - Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links
• # Norrman, Vincent - 6
• # Ogletree, Andy - 16
• Olesen, Thorbjørn - 6
• # Olesen, Jacob Skov (a) - 19
• Oosthuizen, Louis - 1
• Paul, Yannik - 6
• Pan, C.T. - OQS USA - John Deere Classic
• Pavon, Matthieu - 5, 6
• Perez, Victor - 6
• Poston, JT - 5
• # Puig, David - 16
• Rahm, Jon - 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13
• Rose, Justin - Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow
• # Sargent, Gordon (a) - 22
• Schauffele, Xander - 5, 11, 13
• Scheffler, Scottie - 5, 10, 12, 13
• Schenk, Adam - 5, 13
• Scott, Adam - OQS Australia
• # Scott, Calum (a) - 25
• Sharma, Shubhankar - 4
• Siem, Marcel - 6
• Smith, Cameron - 1, 3, 12
• Smith, Jordan - 6
• # Smylie, Elvis - Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
• # Söderberg, Sebastian - 6
• Song, Younghan - OQS Korea
• Southgate, Matthew - Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports
• Spieth, Jordan - 1, 3, 5, 13
• Stenson, Henrik - 1, 3
• Straka, Sepp - 4, 5, 13
• # Stubbs, Jasper (a) - 23
• Svensson, Jesper - 8
• Taylor, Nick - 5, 13
• Theegala, Sahith - 5
• Thomas, Justin - 5, 11
• Thompson, Davis - OQS USA - John Deere Classic
• Todd, Brendon - OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational
• Välimäki, Sami - 6
• # Van der Merwe, Altin (a) - 26
• # Van Velzen, Ryan - 16
• Wallace, Matt - 6
• Wang, Jeunghun - OQS Malaysia
• Woodland, Gary - 9
• Woods, Tiger - 1, 10
• Young, Cameron - 4, 5
• Zalatoris, Will - OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational

(a) = Amateur

# = Making their debut

The Open qualifying criteria

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions up to 2024)

2. The Open Champions aged 55 or under on 21 July 2024 (for all Champions from 2024)

3. The Open Champions for 2013-2023

4. First 10 anyone tying for 10th place in The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool in 2023

5. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 21, 2024

6. First 30 in the Final Race to Dubai Rankings for 2023

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2021-2023

8. First 5 DP World Tour members and any Race to Dubai members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai Rankings on completion of the 2024 BMW International

9. The US Open Champions for 2019-2024

10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2019-2024

11. The PGA Champions for 2018-2024

12. The PLAYERS Champions for 2022-2024

13. Top 30 players for the Final 2023 FedEx Cup

14. First 5 PGA TOUR members and any PGA TOUR members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR FedEx Cup for 2024 on completion of the 2024 Travelers Championship

15. The 117th VISA Open de Argentina 2024 Champion

16. The first 5 players on the 2024 Federations Ranking List as of closing date

17. The Japan Open Champion for 2023

18. The Senior Open Champion for 2023

19. The Amateur Champion for 2024

20. The US Amateur Champion for 2023

21. The European Amateur Champion for 2024

22. The Mark H McCormack Medal (Men's World Amateur Golf Ranking) winner for 2023

23. The Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion 2023

24. The Latin America Amateur Champion 2024

25. The Open Amateur Series winner 2024

26. The Africa Amateur Champion 2024

27. Medical Exemption

Exemptions 19-26 can only be taken up by players retaining their amateur status.

OQS South Africa - Joburg Open OQS Australia - ISPS Handa Australian Open OQS USA - Arnold Palmer Invitational OQS Malaysia - IRS Prima Malaysian Open OQS Japan - Mizuno Open OQS Canada - RBC Canadian Open OQS USA - the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday OQS Korea - KOLON Korea Open OQS Netherlands - KLM Open OQS Italy - Italian Open OQS USA - John Deere Classic OQS Scotland - Genesis Scottish Open

Final Qualifying - Burnham & Berrow Final Qualifying - Dundonald Links Final Qualifying - Royal Cinque Ports Final Qualifying - West Lancashire

Past champions not playing

Curtis, Ben (2003 Open Championship)

Lawrie, Paul (1999 Open Championship)

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DP World Tour Partners

Japan Golf Tour, DP World Tour, PGA TOUR announce formal pathway

Top three JGTO finishers to receive DP World Tour membership

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The DP World Tour and PGA TOUR jointly announced today a new landmark partnership with the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) that will see the top three players on the JGTO Order of Merit earn membership onto the DP World Tour for the ensuing season, beginning with the 2022-23 campaign.

The formal pathway further enhances the existing global pathway system, as the leading 10 players on DP World Tour’s Race To Dubai Rankings [in addition to those already exempt] will earn cards on the PGA TOUR, beginning with the 2024 season, as part of the operational joint venture partnership between the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour announced in June.

In addition to these new formal pathways, which also includes access to DP World Tour Qualifying School for leading players not otherwise exempt, the JGTO will work alongside the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR on other key business areas, including strategic development and commercial growth. Among those is a continued commitment to the ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP, which is set to make its debut on the DP World Tour schedule next April 20-23, 2023, at PGM Ishioka GC in Omitama, Japan.

Keith Pelley, Chief Executive Officer of the DP World Tour, said, “The Japan Golf Tour Organization has produced many incredibly talented players over the years, and we are delighted to establish this formal pathway as part of golf’s meritocratic system, defining clear routes for players from the other international Tours to earn status on the DP World Tour and potentially go on to play on the PGA TOUR.

“There are players from 34 different countries exempt on the DP World Tour in 2023 and, alongside our first tournament in Japan next April, today’s announcement further underlines our position as golf’s global Tour.”

Jay Monahan, Commissioner of the PGA TOUR, said: “Japan has a long, storied history of producing world-class golf talent that deserves the opportunity to compete on the game’s highest stage, and today’s announcement is recognition of that. Over the past 30 years, 25 players have claimed at least one victory on both the PGA TOUR and Japan Golf Tour, including current Japan Golf Tour Chairman Isao Aoki, who in 1983 became the first Japanese-born player to win on the PGA TOUR when he holed out for eagle on the 72nd hole to win the Sony Open in Hawaii. His legacy continues today with eight-time JGTO winner Hideki Matsuyama and will now endure for years to come under this new pathway.”

Isao Aoki, Chairman of the Japan Golf Tour Organization, said, “We are proud of the rich tradition the Japan Golf Tour Organization has established over the last 40 years, and this development is the next step in the journey of our organization. Our players have made significant contributions to the global game since our 1973 inception, and we are excited that the next class of Japanese players will soon be able to reap the rewards that their predecessors helped create for them. We are looking forward to working with both the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour on the next era of professional golf development in Japan."

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2024 Olympic men's basketball field set as Greece, Brazil, Spain and Puerto Rico claim final spots

Giannis antetokounmpo is heading to paris as greece won its qualifying tournament on sunday.

The remaining four spots in the 2024 Olympic Games have been claimed, with Brazil, Greece, Spain and Puerto Rico punching their tickets to Paris on Sunday. They round out the 12-team field in the Paris Olympics, joining France, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Serbia, South Sudan and the United States.

Those four countries outlasted the competition at four different qualifying tournaments featuring 24 total teams over the course of the week. There were plenty of familiar NBA faces playing in the qualifiers, including  Giannis Antetokounmpo , who is heading to the Olympics for the first time. The Antetokounmpo-led Greece team is in the Olympics for the first time in 16 years after beating Croatia on Sunday. Greece, which hosted a qualifying tournament, also knocked out Luka Doncic and Slovenia in the semifinals on Saturday.

In Valencia, Spain, the host country (featuring Santi Aldama , Usman Garuba , Juan Nunez , Sergio Llull, Rudy Fernandez, Lonrezo Brown and Juancho and Willy Hernangomez ) defeated an intriguing team from the Bahamas (featuring Deandre Ayton , Buddy Hield and Eric Gordon ) in the finals. Previously, Spain beat Finland (which did not have Lauri Markkanen) in Saturday's semifinals.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the host country (featuring Jose Alvarado , Tremont Waters and Davon Reed ) defeated Lithuania (featuring Domantas Sabonis , Domantas Motiejunas, Mindaugus Kuzminskas and Deividas Sirvydis ) to head to the Olympics.

In Riga, Latvia, the host country (featuring Davis and Dairis Bertans, Rodions Kurucs and Janis Timma) fell to Brazil (featuring Gui Santos , Bruno Caboclo , Cristiano Felicio , Raul Neto , Marcelo Huertas and Didi Louzada) in the finals.

Here is a look at all the results from Olympic qualifying. 

Olympic basketball qualifying tournament schedule, scores

(All times Eastern)

Tuesday, July 2 Bahamas 96, Finland 85 Spain 104, Lebanon 59 Dominican Republic 90, Egypt 77 Brazil 81, Montenegro 72 Latvia 83, Georgia 55 Croatia 108, Slovenia 92 Italy 114, Bahrain 53 Lithuania 96, Mexico 84

Wednesday, July 3 Montenegro 70, Cameroon 66 New Zealand 90, Croatia 86 Bahamas 90, Poland 81 Philippines 89, Latvia 80 Greece 89, Dominican Republic 82 Spain 89, Angola 81 Lithuania 97, Côte d'Ivoire 93 Puerto Rico 99, Bahrain 56 

Thursday, July 4 Georgia 96, Philippines 94 Slovenia 104, New Zealand 78 Lebanon 74, Angola 70 Cameroon 77, Brazil 74 Greece 93, Egypt 71 Finland 89, Poland 88 Mexico 92, Côte d'Ivoire 81 Puerto Rico 80, Italy 69

Saturday, July 6 Brazil 71, Philippines 60 Greece 96, Slovenia 68 Bahamas 89, Lebanon 72 Latvia 72, Cameroon 59 Croatia 80, Dominican Republic 77 Spain 81, Finland 74 Lithuania 88, Italy 64 Puerto Rico 98, Mexico 78

Sunday, July 7 Brazil 94, Latvia 69 Greece 80, Croatia 69 Spain 86, Bahamas 78 Puerto Rico 79, Lithuania 68

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Golf in the Olympics is starting to catch on. For Americans, the hard part is getting there

FILE - Xander Schauffele, of the United States, holds his gold medal in the men’s golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Kawagoe, Japan. Qualifying for the Paris Games was the hardest part for Schauffele and the Americans. ((AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

FILE - Nelly Korda, of the United States, bites her gold medal of the women’s golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan. Korda will be a strong favorite to win another gold at the Paris Games. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

FILE - Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and his teammate Shane Lowry speak during a practice round of the men’s golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan, McIlroy was indifferent about golf in the Olympics when it returned to the program in 2016. Now it’s a priority to him.(AP Photo/Matt York, File)

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One of the best indications that golf was starting to catch on as an Olympic sport came from a player who never even made it to the podium.

Rory McIlroy was part of a seven-man playoff for the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games, eliminated on the third of four extra holes. He said when it was over, “I never tried so hard to finish third.”

McIlroy was among those who skipped the Olympics when golf returned to the program in 2016 at Rio de Janeiro. He said then he wouldn’t be watching golf, only “the stuff that matters.” The next time around, he was all in.

And he’s not alone. Only two eligible players are sitting out the men’s competition when it begins Aug. 1 at Le Golf National outside Paris.

One is Bernd Wiesberger of Austria, who withdrew from the Tokyo Games right after he moved into position to make it. The other is Cristobal del Solar of Chile, who plays on the Korn Ferry Tour and doesn’t want to miss a week if it jeopardizes his chance to get a PGA Tour card.

In most cases, the competition was fierce just to get to the Paris Games.

“Qualifying was my first goal this year,” defending gold medalist Xander Schauffele said. “It’s a very hard team to qualify for on the U.S. side.”

The Americans have two players in the top 10 who won’t be going, including U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau .

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Of course, there are no excuses for skipping this year. Rio de Janeiro carried the threat of the Zika virus. The Tokyo Games were postponed one year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning no spectators, no opportunity for athletes to attend other events and daily coronavirus testing.

Still to be determined is the value of gold, silver and bronze.

Given the endless golf schedule, the silver claret jug from the British Open will be awarded just 11 days before the pursuit of a gold medal.

“For track and field, gymnastics, winning a gold medal from when you were a kid was the top of the top,” said Schauffele, who won his first major this year at the PGA Championship . “People ask me now about a major and a gold medal. Growing up, it was about watching the majors. Maybe in 50 years it will be different.

“But there’s added emphasis on trying to win one,” he said of an Olympic gold. “It’s starting to pull some of its own weight. And I imagine it will be pulling more and more.”

The gold medalists from Rio de Janeiro (Justin Rose and Inbee Park) and Tokyo (Schauffele and Nelly Korda) all have major championship hardware at home.

Schauffele and Korda will be among the contenders to give golf back-to-back gold medalists, a difficult task in golf regardless of the brand of trophy.

Scottie Scheffler remains the clear favorite everywhere he goes, already a six-time winner against the best fields in golf, including the Masters and The Players Championship . The gap between Scheffler and the rest of golf in the world ranking is a size not seen since the peak years of Tiger Woods .

“Playing for your country is always extremely exciting. Especially I think it will be extra special doing it on the Olympic stage,” Scheffler said. “It’s also good bragging rights for people when they tell me golf’s not a sport. I can say it’s an Olympic sport.”

Korda is more of a mystery.

The American, who will be 26 when the women’s competition begins, was unbeatable in March and April as she tied an LPGA record with five consecutive victories, including her second major at the Chevron Championship .

But then she took a 10 on one hole in the U.S. Women’s Open and shot 80 , missing the cut. She missed another cut in Michigan, and then shot 81 in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and missed another cut in a major.

Typical of golf these days, there is a LIV Golf effect. Seven players from the Saudi-funded league will be in the Olympics. The list starts with Jon Rahm, the two-time major winner who defected to LIV at the end of last year. His world ranking was high enough that it didn’t affect his Olympic standing.

The same can’t be said of DeChambeau, who this year tied for sixth in the Masters, was the runner-up to Schauffele at the PGA Championship and beat McIlroy at the U.S. Open . Because majors are the only events where he can accrue world ranking points, it left him out of the top four Americans who get to play.

The Olympic ranking is based on the world ranking, and countries get a maximum of four players provided they are among the top 15 in the world.

Joaquin Niemann of Chile and Abraham Ancer of Mexico were among those who played where they could — mainly the Asian Tour — to get whatever ranking points they could. Ancer narrowly made it back for his second Olympics.

The venue will be familiar to a handful of players and a television audience. Le Golf National has hosted the French Open 29 times — three past champions, including Tommy Fleetwood, will be in the Olympics — and more famously it hosted the Ryder Cup in 2018.

Five players from that Ryder Cup will be at the Olympics, all of them European, including Rahm and McIlroy.

They are playing for the flag, yes, but they are playing for themselves and a medal. In that respect, it’s just like any another tournament except it comes around only once every four years. That makes it special, whether a player has won a major or not.

“You’re playing for a medal, for bragging rights. It’s the rawest form of competition and it has an old-school feeling to it when you play the game because you love it,” Schauffele said.

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