FINAL FIELD
The field is comprised 24 qualifiers determined by the following criteria:
i) Defending Champion
Ross Fisher
ii) Winner of the 2010 Volvo China Open
YE Yang
iii) The leading two players** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2010 Andalucía Valderrama Masters
Graeme McDowell and Søren Kjeldsen
iv) The leading player* (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2010 Dubai World Championship
(Robert Karlsson (Withdrawn) Miguel Ángel Jiménez
v) The top four players (not otherwise exempt above) from the final 2010 European Tour Race to Dubai Rankings:
Martin Kaymer
Lee Westwood
Ian Poulter
Francesco Molinari
vi) The leading player** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
Rory McIlroy
vii) The leading player** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 Volvo Golf Champions
Paul Casey
viii) The leading two players** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 Open de Andalucía
Paul Lawrie
Johan Edfors
ix) The leading player (not otherwise exempt above), based upon his nationality, listed on the Official World Golf Ranking, from each of the following regions following the completion of the 2011 US Masters (11/04/11):
EuropeLuke Donald
Africa/Middle EastCharl Schwartzel
North AmericaRyan Moore
South AmericaJhonattan Vegas
Asia (comprising China, SE Asia, India, Japan and Korea)Seung-yul Noh
Australasia (comprising Australia, Fiji and New Zealand)Aaron Baddeley
x) The leading player (not otherwise exempt above) from the Official World Golf Ranking following the completion of the 2011 US Masters (11/04/11):
Retief Goosen
xi) The leading two players (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 European Tour Race to Dubai Rankings following the completion of the 2011 US Masters (11/04/11):
Álvaro Quirós
Anders Hansen
xii) The leading player** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 Volvo China Open (25/04/11)
Nicolas Colsearts
xiii) One sponsor invite taken from the top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following the completion of the 2011 US Masters.
Louis Oosthuizen
*Should a player withdraw from any categories (i-viii) and (xii) prior to the draw being announced at 0900 on Monday of the Championship then the next highest ranked player from the 2010 final Race to Dubai Standings will qualify
Should a player withdraw from categories (ix) and (x) prior to the draw being announced at 0900 on Monday of the Championship then the next highest player from the OWGR following the US Masters will qualify
Should a player withdraw from categories (xi) prior to the draw being announced at 0900 on Monday of the Championship then the next highest player from the 2011 Race to Dubai Rankings following the US Masters will qualify
Should a player withdraw from category (xiii) prior to the draw being announced at 0900 on Monday of the Championship then they will be replaced with another player from the OWGR top 50 following the US Masters will qualify.
