Category 0
"(Players ranked within the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings as at 12/09/2005)"
Category 3
"(Winners from all Main Tour sanctioned Order of Merit/Money List Tournaments of Asian Tour,PGA Tour of Australasia,Sunshine Tour (Summer Swing only) and European Tour between 08/11/2004 and 07/11/2005)"
Category 4
"(8 Invitations)"
Category 5
"(8 Chinese Players)"
Category 7
"(Any player not otherwise exempt in:Top 20 of the 2005 Final European Tour OOM,Top 5 of the 2004/2005 Final Sunshine Tour OOM,Top 5 of the 2004 Final PGA Tour of Australasia Money List,Top 5 of the current Asian Tour Money list as at 07/11/2005)"
Cateogry 8
“(The leading money winner on the 2004 PGA Tour of Australasia’s Von Nida Tour Final Order Of Merit.The leading money winner on the 2005 Sunshine Tour's - Winter Tour Final Order Of Merit ( After the Platinum Classic).The leading money winner on the 2005 Challenge Tour Final Order Of Merit)"
Category 9
"(Entered but not yet eligible)"