Greg Norman, Nick Price Rory McIlroy (2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11,13,15) withdrew with an ankle injury. 2. The Open Champions for 2005–2014 3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2009–2014 Tom Watson The category was extended from 2010 back to 2009 to enable Watson to make a final Open appearance at St Andrews 4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2014 Open Championship Victor Dubuisson (5,6,15), Rickie Fowler (5,12,13,15), Jim Furyk (5,13,15), Sergio García (5,6,13,15), Marc Leishman, Shane Lowry (5,6), Graeme McDowell (5,6,15), Edoardo Molinari, Charl Schwartzel (5,6,10), Adam Scott (5,10,13) 5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2015 Keegan Bradley (11,15), Paul Casey, Jason Day (13), Jamie Donaldson (6,15), Matt Every, Branden Grace, Bill Haas (13), J. B. Holmes, Billy Horschel (13), Thongchai Jaidee (6), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6), Dustin Johnson (13), Zach Johnson (13,15), Martin Kaymer (6,9,11,12,13,15), Brooks Koepka (6), Matt Kuchar (13,15), Anirban Lahiri (OQS Thailand), Joost Luiten (6), Hunter Mahan (13,15), Ben Martin, Hideki Matsuyama (13), Ryan Moore, Kevin Na (13), Ryan Palmer (13), Ian Poulter (6,15), Patrick Reed (13,15), Justin Rose (6,9,13,15), Webb Simpson (9,13,15), Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth (9,10,13,15), Henrik Stenson (6,15), Brendon Todd (13), Jimmy Walker (13,15), Bubba Watson (10,13,15), Lee Westwood (6,15), Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett (6), Gary Woodland (13) Chris Kirk (13) withdrew with a hand injury. 6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2014 Thomas Bjørn (15), Jonas Blixt, George Coetzee, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher (15), Mikko Ilonen, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, Marcel Siem, Marc Warren, Romain Wattel 7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2013–2015 An Byeong-hun, Matteo Manassero 8. First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai on completion of the 2015 BMW International Open Kiradech Aphibarnrat Alex Norén withdrew with an injury. 9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2011–2015 10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2011–2015 11. The PGA Champions for 2010–2014 Jason Dufner 12. The Players Champions for 2013–2015 13. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2014 Tour Championship Russell Henley, Morgan Hoffmann, Geoff Ogilvy, John Senden, Cameron Tringale 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