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Qualifying Criteria for the 2015 PGA Championship Golf Tournament
There are multiple ways that golfers can qualify to play in the PGA Championship. The field also always includes 20 club professionals playing along with the touring pros. Players who meet the following qualifications (note - subject to change prior to 2015 PGA) earn berths in the field:

• All former PGA Champions
• Winners of the previous five U.S. Opens
• Winners of the previous five Masters
• Winners of the previous five British Opens
• The current year Senior PGA Champion
• The low 15 (and ties) finishers from the previous PGA Championship
• The low 20 finishers in the current year PGA Professional National Championship
• Top top 70 players on the PGA Championship points list for a one-year period concluding (typically) two weeks prior to the current year PGA Championship
• Members of the most recent Ryder Cup teams (both USA and Europe)
• Winners of PGA Tour events during the period from last year's PGA Championship to this year's PGA
• Remaining openings in field filled by first available player(s) from PGA Championship points list
• Plus any player the PGA of America might choose to invite who otherwise failed to meet the above qualifying criteria.