Currently Exempt Players for 2022 U.S. Senior Open

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The list of exempt players for the 42nd U.S. Senior Open Championship, which will be conducted June 23-26 at Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course) in Bethlehem, Pa. BOLD denotes a first time a player is listed and (a) indicates an amateur.

1. Winners of the U.S. Senior Open Championship (2011-21):

Jim Furyk (2021)
Steve Stricker (2019)
David Toms (2018)
Gene Sauers (2016)
Jeff Maggert (2015)
Colin Montgomerie (2014)
Roger Chapman (2012)
Olin Browne (2011)
Note: 2020 championship canceled due to COVID-19

2. Winners of the U.S. Senior Open since 2010 who have not yet reached their 66th birthday on or before June 26, 2022:

Jim Furyk (2021)
Steve Stricker (2019)
David Toms (2018)
Kenny Perry (2017)
Gene Sauers (2016)
Jeff Maggert (2015)
Colin Montgomerie (2014)
Kenny Perry (2013)
Roger Chapman (2012)
Olin Browne (2011)
Bernhard Langer (2010)

3. Winners of the U.S. Senior Open Championship from 1980-2009:

Fred Funk (2009)

4. From the 2021 U.S. Senior Open Championship, the lowest 15 and anyone tying for 15th place:

Stephen Ames
Tom Byrum
Fred Couples
Bob Estes
Steve Flesch
Jim Furyk
Retief Goosen
Paul Goydos
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Robert Karlsson
Jerry Kelly
Bob Estes
Bernhard Langer
Rod Pampling
Wes Short Jr.
Kevin Sutherland
Scott McCarron
Mike Weir

5. From the 2021 U.S. Senior Open Championship, the amateur returning the lowest 72-hole score (must be an amateur):

William Mitchell (a)

6. Winners of the U.S. Open Championship since 2012:

N/A

7. From the 2022 U.S. Open Championship, any amateur returning a 72-hole score (must be an amateur and meet age requirement):

N/A

8. Any player in his first 10 years of eligibility who has won the U.S. Open Championship:

Michael Campbell (2005)
Ernie Els (1994, 1997)
Jim Furyk (2003)
Retief Goosen (2001, 2004)
Lee Janzen (1993, 1998)

9. Winners of the U.S. Amateur Championship in the last 10 years (2012-2021) and the runner-up from 2021 (must be an amateur):

N/A

10. Winner of the 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship (must be an amateur and age eligible):

N/A

11. From the 2021 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship, the winner and runner-up (must be an amateur):

Gene Elliott (champion)
Jerry Gunthorpe (runner-up)

12. Any player in his first year of eligibility who has won a U.S. Amateur Championship, Masters, Open Championship, Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A or PGA Championship:

David Duval (2001 Open Championship)
Padraig Harrington (2007 and 2008 Open Championship; 2008 PGA Championship)
Y.E. Yang (2009 PGA Championship)

13. Playing members of the 2017, 2019 and 2021 USA Walker Cup Teams, and 2018 and 2022 USA World Amateur Teams (must be an amateur):

N/A

14. Winners of the Senior PGA Championship from 2011-2022:

Steven Alker (2022)
Alex Cejka (2021)
2020 championship canceled due to COVID-19
Ken Tanigawa (2019)
Paul Broadhurst (2018)
Bernhard Langer (2017)
Rocco Mediate (2016)
Colin Montgomerie (2015)
Colin Montgomerie (2014)
Roger Chapman (2012)

15. Winners of the Senior Open Championship conducted by The R&A in collaboration with the Legends Tour (2015-2021):

Stepen Dodd (2021)
No championship held in 2020 due to COVID-19
Bernhard Langer (2019)
Miguel Angel Jimenez (2018)
Bernhard Langer (2017)
Paul Broadhurst (2016)

16. Those players who qualified for the 2021 PGA Tour Champions season-ending Championship (Charles Schwab Cup):

Steven Alker
Stephen Ames
Woody Austin
Doug Barron
Paul Broadhurst
Alex Cejka
K.J. Choi
Darren Clarke
Fred Couples
Glen Day
Ernie Els
Steve Flesch
Jim Furyk
Retief Goosen
Paul Goydos
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Brandt Jobe
Robert Karlsson
Jerry Kelly
Bernhard Langer
Colin Montgomerie
Rod Pampling
Scott Parel
Kenny Perry
Tim Petrovic
Dicky Pride
Brett Quigley
Gene Sauers
West Short Jr.
Vijay Singh
Kevin Sutherland
David Toms
Kirk Triplett
Mike Weir

17. From the 2022 official PGA Tour Champions money list, the top 20 money leaders through the close of entries on April 27, 2022. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry. (Must have filed an entry by April 27, 2022):

To be Determined on April 27, 2022

18. From PGA Tour Champions all-time money list, the top 40 money leaders through the close of entries on April 27, 2022. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry. (Must have filed an entry by April 27, 2022):

Stuart Appleby
Mark Calcavecchia
Chris DiMarco
Jay Haas
Davis Love III
Tom Pernice Jr.
Jeff Sluman
Scott Verplank

19. Any player whos 50th birthday falls between the close of entries and the first scheduled round of the Championship that, at the close of entries (April 27, 2022), would have otherwise been listed among the top 40 on the PGA Tour Champions all-time money list. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry. (Must have filed an entry by April 27, 2022):

20. Winners of PGA Tour Champions co-sponsored events, excluding team events, whose victories are considered official, in the last three calendar years (2019-2021) and during the current calendar year to the initiation of the 2022 U.S. Senior Open Championship:

Steven Alker (2021 TimberTech Championship; 2022 Rapiscan Systems Classic; 2022 Insperity Invitational)
Stephen Ames (2021 Principal Charity Classic)
Doug Barron (2019 Dick's Sporting Goods Open)
Cameron Beckman (2021 Dick's Sporting Goods Open)
Shane Bertsch (2020 Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge)
Alex Cejka (2021 Regions Tradition; 2021 Senior PGA Championship)
K.J. Choi (2021 PURE Insurance Championship)
Darren Clarke (2020 TimberTech Championship; 2021 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai; 2021 Sanford International)
Stephen Dodd (2021 Senior Open Championship conducted by The R&A)
Joe Durant (2021 The Ally Challenge)
Ernie Els (2020 Hoag Classic; 2020 SAS Championship)
Jim Furyk (2020 The Ally Challenge; 2020 PURE Insurance Championship; 2021 U.S. Senior Open)
Retief Goosen (2019 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship; 2022 Hoag Classic) 
Lee Janzen (2021 SAS Championship)
Miguel Angel Jimenez (2019 Chubb Classic; 2019 Dominion Energy Charity Classic; 2020 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai; 2020 Sanford International; 2022 Mitsubish Electric Championship at Hualalai; 2022 Cologuard Classic)
Brandt Jobe (2019 Boeing Classic)
Jerry Kelly (2019 The Ally Challenge; 2019 SAS Championship; 2020 Bridgestone Players Championship; 2021 American Family Insurance Championship; 2022 Principal Charity Classic)
Bernhard Langer (2019 Oasis Championship; 2019 Senior Open Championship conducted by The R&A; 2020 Cologuard Classic; 2021 Dominion Energy Charity Classic; 2022 Chubb Classic)
Tom Lehman (2019 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai)
Jeff Maggert (2019 Charles Schwab Championship)
Scott McCarron (2019 Mitsubishi Electric Classic; 2019 Insperity Invitational; 2019 MasterCard Japan Championship)
Rocco Mediate (2019 Sanford International)
Phil Mickelson (2020 Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National; 2020 Dominion Energy Charity Classic; 2021 Constellation Furyk & Friends; 2021 Charles Schwab Cup Championship) 
Colin Montgomerie (2019 Invesco QQQ Championship)
Mark O'Meara (2019 Cologuard Classic)
Rod Pampling (2021 Boeing Classic)
Scott Parel (2020 Chubb Classic; 2022 ClubCorp Classic)
Dicky Pride (2021 Mitsubishi Electric Classic)
Brett Quigley (2020 Morocco Championship)
Wes Short Jr. (2019 Shaw Charity Classic)
Steve Stricker (2019 Regions Tradition; 2019 U.S. Senior Open; 2021 Chubb Classic; 2021 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship; 2022 Regions Tradition)
Kevin Sutherland (2019 Rapiscan Systems Classic; 2019 Principal Charity Classic; 2020 Charles Schwab Cup Championship; 2021 Cologuard Classic)
Ken Tanigawa (2019 Senior PGA Championship)
David Toms (2021 Ascension Charity Classic) 
Kirk Triplett (2019 Hoag Classic; 2019 PURE Insurance Championship)
Mike Weir (2021 Insperity Invitational)
Steve Flesch (2022 Mitsubishi Electric Classic)
Thongchai Jaidee (2022 American Family Insurance Championship)

21. Top 10 players from the 2021 Legends Tour Order of Merit as of December 31, 2021:

Peter Baker
John Bickerton
Markus Brier
Stephen Dodd
Joakim Haeggman
James Kingston
Thomas Levet
Mauricio Molina
Phillip Price

22. From the final 2021 Japan Senior Tour money list, the top 4 money winners:

Naoyuki Tamura

23. Winners of The Masters Tournament from 2012-2022:

24. Winners of the PGA Championship from 2011-2022:

25. Winners of The Open Championship from 2011-21:

Ernie Els (2012)
Darren Clarke (2011)

26. Playing members of the five most current United States and European Ryder Cup Teams, and U.S. and International Presidents' Cup Teams:

K.J. Choi
Ernie Els
Jim Furyk
Retief Goosen
Thongchai Jaidee
Steve Stricker
David Toms
Y.E. Yang

27. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, in the last six calendar years (2016-2021) and during the current calendar year to the initiation of the 2022 U.S. Senior Open:

Rod Pampling (2016 Shriner's Hospital for Children Open)

28. Special Exemptions as selected by the USGA. Deadline for submission request is April 27, 2022

TBD