The 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational field is one of the most elite on the PGA Tour, with exemptions in 5 different categories that wind up getting the overwhelming number of top-50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking in the field.
A golfer has to be one of the best on the planet to qualify for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, or they have to earn their way in with a money list lead or an important victory in a big golf tournament, earning an invitation to this no-cut tournament.
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational qualifying and exemption categories
- Playing members of the prior year's Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup teams, whichever was played the prior year
- Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking two weeks prior to event
- Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking one week prior to event
- Tournament winners of International Federation of PGA Tours events since the previous WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more
- 2016 100th Open de France
- 2016 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
- 2016 British Open
- 2016 RBC Canadian Open
- 2016 PGA Championship
- 2016 Travelers Championship
- 2016 Olympic Golf Competition
- 2016 Wyndham Championship
- 2016 The Barclays
- 2016 Omega European Masters
- 2016 Deutsche Bank Championship
- 2016 BMW Championship
- 2016 Italian Open
- 2016 Tour Championship
- 2016 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
- 2016 British Masters
- 2016 Safeway Open
- 2016 CIMB Classic
- 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions
- 2016 Turkish Airlines Open
- 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
- 2016 OHL Classic at Mayakoba
- 2016 Nedbank Golf Challenge
- 2016 The RSM Classic
- 2016 DP World Tour Championship
- 2016 Hero World Challenge
- 2016 UBS Hong Kong Open
- 2017 SBS Tournament of Champions
- 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii
- 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge
- 2017 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
- 2017 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
- 2017 Farmers Insurance Open
- 2017 Omega Dubai Desert Classic
- 2017 Waste Management Phoenix Open
- 2017 Maybank Championship
- 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
- 2017 Genesis Open
- 2017 The Honda Classic
- 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship
- 2017 Valspar Championship
- 2017 Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
- 2017 Shell Houston Open
- 2017 Masters Tournament
- 2017 RBC Heritage
- 2017 Valero Texas Open
- 2017 Wells Fargo Championship
- 2017 The Players Championship
- 2017 AT&T Byron Nelson
- 2017 Dean & DeLuca Invitational
- 2017 BMW PGA Championship
- 2017 Nordea Masters
- 2017 the Memorial Tournament
- 2017 FedEx St. Jude Classic
- 2017 U.S. Open
- 2017 BMW International Open
- 2017 Travelers Championship
- 2017 Quicken Loans National
- 2017 HNA Open de France
- 2017 The Greenbrier Classic
- 2017 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
- 2017 John Deere Classic
- 2017 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
- 2017 British Open
- The winner of one selected tournament from the PGA Tour of Australasia (2016 Australian PGA Championship), Sunshine Tour (2017 Dimension Data Pro-Am) and Asian Tour (TBA) and two selected tournaments from the Japan Golf Tour (2017 Japan Golf Tour Championship and 2016 Bridgestone Open)
