Stroke contested over 72 holes.
Successful Pre Qualifying applicants and applicants eligible for the First Qualifying Stage shall participate in First Qualifying Stage. Field sizes, including positions reserved for successful Pre Qualifying applicants, are scheduled to be approximately 78 players, with no reduction of fields. An overflow site at St. Johns Country Club in St. Augustine, FL has been reserved for November 1-4. The number of players advancing from each First Qualifying Stage site will be on a pro rata basis (i.e., an approximately equal percentage from each site will advance), and such number will be announced during the First Qualifying Stage. All players tying for the last qualifying position at the conclusion of play at each First Qualifying Stage site will advance.
The entry fee for applicants at First Qualifying Stage includes: green fees, practice balls on all official practice and qualifying round days and liability insurance coverage covering liability, which may arise as a result of the applicant’s presence at the First Qualifying Stage site.
NOTE: Players shall walk during all official practice rounds and all competitive rounds. The use a golf carts prohibited except: caddies may use a golf cart during Sunday official practice rounds with a limit of two carts per grouping or; when permitted by the Rules Committee. (Fees for golf carts are at the discretion of the host facility). Caddies shall walk during the Monday or Tuesday official practice rounds and all competitive rounds.
PGA TOUR reserves the right to add players to the field of the First Qualifying Stage in it's sole discretion.