Medical exemptions

November 1st, 2025

The DP World Tour relaxes rule for this European Ryder Cup team member in the wake of family emergency

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May 3rd, 2022

Playing ‘on a medical’: The PGA Tour’s injury exemption program explained

Most fans of professional golf probably have some awareness of the tour’s medical extension policy or at least have heard references made to it. But chances are they have little idea how it works.

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The RSM Classic - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Sami Valimaki	-19	F	3
T2	Michael Thorbjornsen	-17	F	3
T2	Patrick Rodgers	-17	F	3
T4	Zac Blair	-16	F	3
T4	Johnny Keefer	-16	F	3
T4	Andrew Novak	-16	F	3
T7	John Pak	-15	F	3
T7	S.W. Kim	-15	F	3
T7	Seamus Power	-15	F	3
T7	Lee Hodges	-15	F	3
T7	Max McGreevy	-15	F	3
T7	Eric Cole	-15	F	3
T13	William Mouw	-14	F	3
T13	Doug Ghim	-14	F	3
T13	Nico Echavarria	-14	F	3
T13	J.T. Poston	-14	F	3
T17	Davis Thompson	-13	F	3
T17	Mac Meissner	-13	F	3
T17	Mark Hubbard	-13	F	3
T17	Rico Hoey	-13	F	3
T17	Antoine Rozner	-13	F	3
T17	Andrew Putnam	-13	F	3
T17	Ricky Castillo	-13	F	3
T24	Jonathan Byrd	-12	F	3
T24	Patton Kizzire	-12	F	3
T24	Webb Simpson	-12	F	3
T24	Troy Merritt	-12	F	3
T24	Keith Mitchell	-12	F	3
T24	Doc Redman	-12	F	3
T24	Hayden Buckley	-12	F	3
T24	Greyson Sigg	-12	F	3
T24	Harrison Endycott	-12	F	3
T33	Ryan Palmer	-11	F	3
T33	Denny McCarthy	-11	F	3
T33	Sam Stevens	-11	F	3
T33	Niklas Norgaard	-11	F	3
T33	Quade Cummins	-11	F	3
T38	Vince Whaley	-10	F	3
T38	Jackson Suber	-10	F	3
T38	Ben Kohles	-10	F	3
T38	Michael Brennan	-10	F	3
T38	Chris Kirk	-10	F	3
T38	Alex Smalley	-10	F	3
T38	Sam Ryder	-10	F	3
T38	Harris English	-10	F	3
T38	Byeong Hun An	-10	F	3
T47	Trey Mullinax	-9	F	3
T47	Patrick Fishburn	-9	F	3
T47	Chan Kim	-9	F	3
T47	Chad Ramey	-9	F	3
T47	Henrik Norlander	-9	F	3
T47	Ben Silverman	-9	F	3
T47	Karl Vilips	-9	F	3
T47	Matthew Riedel	-9	F	3
T47	Adam Hadwin	-9	F	3
T47	Mackenzie Hughes	-9	F	3
T47	Ben Martin	-9	F	3
T58	Matt Wallace	-8	F	3
T58	Thomas Rosenmueller	-8	F	3
T58	Chez Reavie	-8	F	3
T61	Matt Kuchar	-7	F	3
T61	Pi Coody	-7	F	3
T63	Brandt Snedeker	-6	F	3
T63	James Hahn	-6	F	3
T63	Matthieu Pavon	-6	F	3
T63	Daniel Berger	-6	F	3
T63	Beau Hossler	-6	F	3
T63	Brice Garnett	-6	F	3
T63	Austin Eckroat	-6	F	3
T70	Kris Ventura	-5	F	3
T70	Brendan Valdes	-5	F	3
T72	Davis Riley	-4	F	3
T72	Jesper Svensson	-4	F	3
CUT	Martin Laird	-6	F	2
CUT	Car Young	-6	F	2
CUT	Robert Streb	-6	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	-6	F	2
CUT	Zach Johnson	-6	F	2
CUT	Brian Harman	-6	F	2
CUT	Sahith Theegala	-6	F	2
CUT	Steven Fisk	-6	F	2
CUT	David Ford	-6	F	2
CUT	Braden Thornberry	-6	F	2
CUT	Chesson Hadley	-6	F	2
CUT	Blades Brown	-6	F	2
CUT	Kevin Velo	-6	F	2
CUT	Cristobal Del Solar	-6	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	-6	F	2
CUT	Kevin Streelman	-6	F	2
CUT	Kevin Roy	-6	F	2
CUT	Lanto Griffin	-6	F	2
CUT	Luke List	-6	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	-6	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	-6	F	2
CUT	Peter Knade	-6	F	2
CUT	Cameron Champ	-5	F	2
CUT	Dylan Frittelli	-5	F	2
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	-5	F	2
CUT	Rikuya Hoshino	-5	F	2
CUT	Mason Andersen	-5	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	-5	F	2
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-5	F	2
CUT	Ryan Gerard	-5	F	2
CUT	Will Gordon	-5	F	2
CUT	Kyle Cottam	-5	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-5	F	2
CUT	Trevor Cone	-5	F	2
CUT	Harry Higgs	-4	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	-4	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	-4	F	2
CUT	Tim Widing	-4	F	2
CUT	Taylor Dickson	-4	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	-4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Kisner	-4	F	2
CUT	Tom Hoge	-4	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	-4	F	2
CUT	Noah Goodwin	-4	F	2
CUT	Matt Atkins	-4	F	2
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	-3	F	2
CUT	Robby Shelton	-3	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	-3	F	2
CUT	Anders Albertson	-3	F	2
CUT	Scott Piercy	-3	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	-3	F	2
CUT	Jeremy Paul	-3	F	2
CUT	Ryan Blaum	-3	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	-3	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	-2	F	2
CUT	Kaito Onishi	-2	F	2
CUT	Ryo Hisatsune	-2	F	2
CUT	Tyler Duncan	-2	F	2
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	-2	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	-2	F	2
CUT	Will Chandler	-2	F	2
CUT	Frankie Capan III	-2	F	2
CUT	Taylor Moore	-1	F	2
CUT	Tommy Gainey	-1	F	2
CUT	Kyle Westmoreland	-1	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	-1	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	-1	F	2
CUT	Chandler Phillips	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Montgomery	-1	F	2
CUT	Jacob Bridgeman	E	F	2
CUT	Austin Cook	E	F	2
CUT	Matt NeSmith	E	F	2
CUT	Jason Dufner	E	F	2
CUT	Vince Covello	E	F	2
CUT	Bud Cauley	+1	F	2
CUT	Ben Polland	+1	F	2
CUT	George McNeill	+1	F	2
CUT	Nick Watney	+2	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	+2	F	2
CUT	Brendon Todd	+3	F	2
CUT	Mason Howell	+3	F	2
CUT	Davis Love III	+5	F	2
CUT	Matt Sanders	+11	F	2

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The DP World Tour relaxes rule for this European Ryder Cup team member in the wake of family emergency

Playing ‘on a medical’: The PGA Tour’s injury exemption program explained

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