All 2011 tournament winners were eligible for the Hundai Tournament of Champions. A total of 28 players elected to play in the event. The only player to have previously won at Kapalua is defending champion Jonathan Byrd. Here is a list of players and how they qualified for the event. Seventeen of the field played in the 2011 Shell Houston Open.

Aaron Baddeley*	Won Northern Trust Open
Keegan Bradley*	Won HP Byron Nelson (also PGA Champ.)
Michael Bradley*	Won Puerto Rico Open
Jonathan Byrd	Won Hyundai Tournament of Champions
K.J. Choi	Won THE PLAYERS Championship
Ben Crane*	Won The McGladrey Classic
Harrison Frazar*	Won FedEx St. Jude Classic
Lucas Glover*	Won Wells Fargo Championship
Bill Haas	Won TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola
Chris Kirk*	Won Viking Classic
Martin Laird	Won Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. by MasterCard
Bryce Molder*	Won Frys.com Open
Kevin Na	Won Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children
Sean O’Hair	Won RBC Canadian Open
Scott Piercy*	Won Reno-Tahoe Open
D.A. Points*	Won AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Rory Sabbatini	Won The Honda Classic
Webb Simpson*	Won Wyndham Championship (also Deutsche Bank)
Scott Stallings*	Won The Greenbrier Classic
Brendan Steele*	Won Valero Texas Open
Steve Stricker*	Won the Memorial Tournament (also John Deere)
David Toms	Won Crowne Plaza Inv’t at Colonial
Jonathan Vegas*	Won Humana Challenge
Johnson Wagner*	Won Mayakoba Golf Classic
Nick Watney	Won WGC-Cadillac (also AT&T National)
Bubba Watson	Won Farmers Insurance (also Zurich Classic)
Mark Wilson	Won Sony Open (also Waste Management)
Gary Woodland*	Won Transitions Championship