Who is participating in the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship? Field and qualification criteria explored

After the ongoing World Wide Technology Championship outing in Mexico, the PGA Tour will head to Southampton for the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. The second-to-last PGA Tour stop on the FedEx Cup Fall series will occur at the El Cardonal at Diamante in Los Cabos. The four-day event will tee off on November 9.

The 2023 edition of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship will feature many golfers scrambling for the top 125 for the 2024 season. The event will have a stacked field, including some big FedEx Cup-ranked players as its top contenders, like Lucas Glover, Akshay Bhatia, Adam Scott and more.

The field will also host a few interesting names, including YouTube star and brother of Wesley Bryan, George Bryan, and 15-year-old Bermudian Oliver Betschart, who’ll become the youngest player to play on Tour in nearly a decade.


2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship field explored

The event will have some of the PGA Tour’s big names like Glover, Bhatia and Scott. Cameron Champ and Stewart Cink are other players to watch this weekend. Defending champion Seamus Power will also travel to Southampton to defend his Butterfield Bermuda Championship title.


Complete field for the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship and their qualification criteria, as noted by the PGA Tour:
Winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday or The Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)

PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)
Akshay BhatiaRyan BrehmCameron ChampStewart CinkTyler DuncanNico EchavarriaBrian GayLucas GloverLanto GriffinNick HardyLucas HerbertJim HermanMackenzie HughesMartin LairdAndrew LandryK.H. LeeLuke ListChad RameyDavis RileyRobert StrebBrendon ToddErik van RooyenRichy Werenski
Career money exemption
Jason DufnerRyan MooreJimmy Walker
Sponsor exemption: Korn Ferry Tour Finals Category

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Sponsor exemption (members not otherwise exempt)

Sponsor exemption (unrestricted)
Chris BakerSam BennettOliver BetschartGeorge BryanNick DunlapChase JohnsonScott RoyEric West
PGA Section Champion/Player of the Year
Greg KochOpen qualifyingMartin ContininDanny GuiseKyle WilshireAndy Zhang
Top 125 on prior season’s FedExCup
Taylor PendrithTroy MerrittAlex NorenAlex SmalleyBrandon WuAdam LongDylan FrittelliRyan PalmerDavid LipskyRussell KnoxMark HubbardPeter MalnatiC.T. PanVince WhaleyNate LashleyScott PiercyMax McGreevyChesson HadleyNick WatneyDoug GhimKevin TwayMatthias SchwabPatton Kizzire

2022 Top Finishers Korn Ferry Tour Finals Category reordered based upon year-to-date FedExCup Points
Thomas DetryBen GriffinDavid LingmerthHarry HallWill GordonKevin YuBen MartinCarson YoungTyson AlexanderMJ DaffueZecheng DouHarrison EndycottPaul Haley IIHenrik NorlanderRyan ArmourCarl YuanTano GoyaTrevor ConeBrice GarnettBrent GrantAugusto NúñezAustin CookMatti SchmidKevin RoyTrevor WerbyloScott HarringtonBrian StuardKyle WestmorelandMichael Gligic
Nos. 126-150 on prior season’s FedExCup (reshuffled)Andrew NovakDylan WuHarry HiggsCameron PercyCharley HoffmanJonathan ByrdMartin TrainerSatoshi KodairaReorder Category – Cat. 29 thru 33Aaron BaddeleyRyan GerardPeter KuestCody GribbleSean O’HairS.Y. NohChris StroudKevin ChappellSung KangJonas BlixtWesley BryanWilliam McGirtRicky BarnesFabián GómezTommy GaineyTed Potter, Jr.Greg ChambersDerek ErnstDerek LamelyScott BrownCamilo VillegasBen Crane

More details on the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, including prize money and tee times, will be posted soon.

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