All former winners of the U.S. Open Championship

From the 2009 U.S. Open Championship, those returning scores for 72 holes

Winners of the U.S. Senior Open Championship the last five years (2005-2009)

All former winners of the U.S. Amateur Championship and the runners-up in 2007 and 2008 (must be an amateur)

Winner of the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championship (must have turned professional)

Quarterfinalists from the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

From the U.S. Amateur Public Links, U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships, the winners the last three years (2007-2009) and the runners- up from 2009 (must be an amateur)

Winner of the 2009 USGA Senior Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

Playing members of the 2007 and 2009 USA and Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup and the 2006 and 2008 USA Men’s World Amateur Teams (must be an amateur)

Low eight individual finishers and ties from the 2008 Men’s World Amateur Team Championship (must be an amateur)

Playing members of the 2010 USA Men’s Copa de las Americas Team

Winner of the 2010 individual NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

Winners of the British Amateur Championship the last three years (2007-2009) (must be an amateur)

All former winners of the Masters Tournament, the British Open Championship and the PGA of America Championship

30 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 30th place at the 2010 Masters Tournament, the 2009 British Open Championship and PGA of America Championship

Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, in the last three calendar years (2007, 2008, 2009) and during the current year through April 28 (must have filed an entry by April 28)

Winners of PGA European Tour Volvo Order of Merit Tournaments whose victories are considered official in the last two calendar years (2008, 2009) and during the current year through April 28 (must have filed an entry by April 28)

Winners of Nationwide Tour, Challenge Tour, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour, Japan Tour, Australasian Tour and One Asia events, whose victories are considered official in the last calendar year (2009) and during the current year through April 28 (must have filed an entry by April 28)

Winner of the 2009 PGA of America Club Professional Championship

Playing members of the five most current United States and European Ryder Cup and United States and World Presidents Cup Teams

From the 2010 PGA European Tour exemption categories, those players listed in categories 1, 2, 3 and 8 (not including medical extension subcategories)

Top 75 point leaders from the final 2009 World Ranking

Top 100 point leaders as of April 28, 2010, from the current World Ranking (must have filed an entry by April 28)

From the 2009 final official PGA Tour money list, the top 150 money leaders; and from the final official PGA Tour money lists, the top 10 money leaders in each of the last three calendar years; and, any player who had multiple finishes in the top 150 money leaders in the last five calendar years

Top 100 money leaders through April 28, 2010, from the 2010 PGA Tour official money list (must have filed an entry by April 28)

Top 50 money leaders as of the end of 2009 from the official PGA Tour career money list

Top 10 money leaders from the 2009 final official Champions Tour money list

Top 25 money leaders from the 2009 final official Nationwide Tour money list

Top 10 money leaders from the 2009 final official Canadian Tour money list

Top 20 money leaders from the 2009 final official Challenge Tour money list

Top 20 money leaders from the 2009 final official Sunshine Tour money list

Top 25 money leaders from the 2009 final official Asia, Australasian and Japan Tour money lists

Top 5 money leaders from the 2009 final official European Seniors Tour money list

Head professional at club hosting the championship

Any player whom the USGA selects for an exemption on the basis of his playing record (must have filed an entry by April 28)