2020 TOURNAMENT ELIGIBILITY
Former winners of the Charles Schwab Challenge tournament prior to 2000. Winners of the 2000 tournament and beyond for a period of five years. Winners of the 2000 event and beyond who, after five years beyond their win, finish in the top 150 of the previous year's PGA TOUR FedExCup points list.
Winners in the last 5 years (2016-2020) of THE PLAYERS Championship and Masters Tournament.
Winners in the last 5 years (2015-2019) of the U.S. Open and The Open tournaments.
Winners of the PGA Championship from 2015-2020.
Winners of the TOUR Championship in the years 2017 and 2018.
Winners of WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and WGC-Mexico Championship in the last three years (2018-2020).
Winners of WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational and WGC-HSBC Champions in the last three years (2017-2019).
Winner of the three previous Arnold Palmer Invitationals (2018-20), Memorial Tournaments (2017-19) and the last Genesis Invitational (2020).
Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments since the previous year's Charles Schwab Challenge tournament.
Playing members of last-named U.S. Ryder Cup Team (2018).
Current PGA TOUR members who were players on either the last named European Ryder Cup Team (2018) or International Presidents Cup Team (2019), & U.S. Presidents Cup Team (2019).
Two players to be selected by the current and former champions of the Charles Schwab Challenge tournament ("Champions' Choices").
The 15 lowest scores, and any tied for 15th place in the previous year’s Charles Schwab Challenge tournament.
On invitation by the tournament, a maximum of 12 players, which shall include: two PGA Tour members not otherwise eligible, from the top 50 qualifiers from the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour, at least six other PGA TOUR members not otherwise eligible; and up to four 'unrestricted' invitations.
Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking through the 2020 Masters Tournament.
Top 80 PGA TOUR members from the final 2018-19 Official PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List.
2019-20 TOUR members in the previous season's Top 125-Nonmembers category whose official FedExCup points for the previous season equals or exceeds the amount of FedExCup points earned by the player in the 80th position on the 2019 Official PGA Tour FedExCup points list.
The top 80 players, not otherwise eligible, on the 2019-20 Official PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List through the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship.
If necessary to complete a field of 120 players, those players below 80th position on the 2019-20 Official PGA TOUR FedExCup Points List through the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship, in order of their positions on such list.
THE FEDEXCUP
As part of the season-long race to the FedExCup, here is a look at the official points to be awarded to every player making the cut at the 2020 event. (First place is worth 500 points.)
1st - 500 2nd - 300 3rd - 190 4th - 135 5th - 110 10th - 75 30th - 41 70th - 1
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