<P> Clampett attempted to explain the process in a 2011 post on his blog . Standard tour events--apart from invitationals and majors, which have their own entry criteria--have a field of 78 (currently 81). The first 60 places in the field are filled as follows: </P> <Ul> <Li> The top 30 players, not otherwise exempt, who finished in the top 50 of the previous year's PGA Tour Champions money list . </Li> <Li> Up to 30 players who are in the top 70 of the all - time combined PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions money list . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The top 30 players, not otherwise exempt, who finished in the top 50 of the previous year's PGA Tour Champions money list . </Li> <Li> Up to 30 players who are in the top 70 of the all - time combined PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions money list . </Li>

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