2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open field: How to qualify, earn exemptions
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2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open field: How to qualify, earn exemptions

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The 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open field is one of the most popular events on the PGA Tour. Being one of the biggest parties in golf, with a good purse, is attractive to lots of players.

The Waste Management Phoenix Open exemption criteria tend to use the PGA Tour's existing priority order to determine the 132-player field.

While the field has some exemptions, this is typically a straightforward entry.

Waste Management Phoenix Open qualifying and exemption categories

  1. 127 players are certainly drawn from the PGA Tour current priority order the Friday before the tournament, while exemptions can be used for five other categories (if applicable):
  2. The top finishers on the 2018 Web.com Tour money list
  3. A sponsor exemption from current membership
  4. An unrestricted sponsor exemption
  5. An open qualifier
  6. The current PGA National Professional champion

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