Which Players Have Earned The Most Sponsor's Invites To PGA Tour Signature Events?

After the rise of the LIV Golf League, the PGA Tour introduced a new-look calendar that featured Designated, now Signature, Events, tournaments that offered a $20 million purse and even more FedEx Cup points.

Initially, the eight tournaments were full field events with a cut but, in 2024, they were changed to limited field, no cut tournaments, something that has drawn controversy over the last few years.

Players can qualify for these $20 million events in a number of ways. The top 50 players from the 2025 FedEx Cup standings through the Tour Championship are eligible, while PGA Tour winners from the previous calendar year also qualify.

There's also the AON Next 10 and Swing Five, where accumulated points from 2026 events go towards Signature Event qualification, while the final way is to earn a sponsor's invite, which is decided by the event's tournament committee.

It's the latter, though, that has been a big-talking point for controversy since Signature Events were introduced, with some players claiming the invites are tailored towards specific players, as well as those on the PGA Tour's Player Advisory Council.

Back in May 2024, both Adam Scott and Webb Simpson, who were members of the PAC, earned multiple invitations into Signature Events, which drew criticism from fellow PGA Tour pro Dylan Wu.

Writing to Twitter/X, Wu reacted to Scott and Simpson's addition to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, stating: "Great players and major champions. I can’t say much because I missed the cut hard this week but getting more than one sponsor exemption into elevated events doesn’t seem fair.

“Seems like if you’re a player director, you’ll get an invite into an elevated event... Seems suspect."

Obviously, it's not just members of the PAC who earn invitations. Big name players who have been out of action for some time also earn invites, such as Jordan Spieth, who was given a spot at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after being out with injury.

A three-time Major winner, the addition of Spieth only adds to the event's viewership and publicity, hence why he was given one of the four invites handed out.

Throughout the past few years, there have been many invitations handed out to various players, but which individuals have received the most? We take a look below...

Which Players Have Earned The Most Sponsor's Invites To PGA Tour Signature Events?

As alluded to, prior to the Signature Event model that we are used to now, tournaments would have the option to invite more than four players to make up their full fields and, as you can see by the 2023 Genesis Invitational and Arnold Palmer Invitational, for example, over 10 players earned invites.

For 2023, Luke Donald was the main beneficiary of the invites, securing four. The Englishman was the European Ryder Cup captain that year, making his addition understandable.

Behind Donald was four-time PGA Tour winner Charley Hoffman and then PGA Tour rookie Justin Suh, who was the Korn Ferry Tour's Points List Winner and earned the circuit's Player of the Year honors in 2022.

Since 2024, when four invites were introduced, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Gary Woodland, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler have earned the most exemptions.

For Woodland, who claimed the US Open in 2019, he underwent brain surgery to remove a benign tumor in 2023, making his return in 2024. Spieth, meanwhile, also suffered with injury and returned in 2025, with all six of his invites coming since that year.

Both Scott and Simpson have earned six and five invites, respectively, while all six of Fowler's invites came in 2025.

This was a big talking point throughout that year as, thanks to the six invites, Fowler was able to sneak into the FedEx Cup Playoffs and earn a top 50 spot, which guaranteed him starts in all eight Signature Events for 2026.

Earning a significant chunk of points from Signature Events that he received sponsor's invitations into, Fowler only made it into the Playoffs by 70 points.

The main talking point was his Memorial Tournament exemption, where he finished T7th in Ohio. Earning 176 FedEx Cup points for that performance, it proved to be a big factor in the outcome of the FedEx Cup.

Take a look at which players earned the most sponsor's invites below