PGA Championship 2024: Who is in the field for second major of year at Valhalla? | Golf News

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The field is set for the 2024 PGA Championship, but who has qualified for the major being held at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky?

Defending champion Brooks Koepka, past PGA Championship winners Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, and world No 1 Scottie Scheffler, fresh from a second Masters triumph at Augusta National, headline a decorated field at the second major of year, which you can watch exclusively live on Sky Sports from May 16-19.

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Koepka recorded his fifth career major last year by winning at Oak Hill Country Club, with Scheffler finishing tied for second alongside Viktor Hovland two strokes back. Koepka also won the tournament in 2018 and 2019 and is in good form ahead of his defence after triumphing at last week’s LIV event in Singapore.

Brooks Koepka holds the Wanamaker trophy after winning the PGA Championship
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Brooks Koepka holds the Wanamaker trophy after winning the PGA Championship for a third time last year

Woods, a 15-time major champion, won the PGA Championship in 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007, while world No 2 McIlroy emerged victorious in 2012 and 2014. The four-time major winner has yet to win a major since that 2014 tournament which was held at the very same Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky. A good omen, perhaps?

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There is also the opportunity for Jordan Spieth to complete the career Grand Slam, the 30-year-old needing the Wanamaker Trophy to complete his set after his victories at The Masters and US Open in 2015 and The Open two years later.

World No 5 Jon Rahm joins Koepka as part of a strong LIV Golf contingent named, which also includes former Open champion Cameron Smith and English hopeful Tyrrell Hatton.

They are among the 154 golfers named in the field by the PGA of America, with two remaining spots reserved for the winners of the Wells Fargo Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic. Should a golfer who is already exempt emerge victorious at either event, additional players will be chosen from the alternates list.

Which LIV Golf players are among the field?

LIV Golf features 16 players in this year’s PGA Championship field, down from 18 a year ago.

Along with Koepka, Rahm, Smith and Hatton mentioned above, that number includes seven ‘special invitations’ being extended to players from the Saudi-backed tour, ensuring that golf’s entire top 100 in the world rankings will feature at Valhalla.

The PGA of America strives to have the world’s top 100 participate in the tournament in order to maintain its reputation for having the strongest field of the four majors.

The PGA has used the catch-all category of ‘special invitations’ to include the likes of Patrick Reed, Joaquin Niemann and Talor Gooch.

Captain Joaqu..n Niemann of Torque GC poses with the Event Individual Champion Trophy after the final round of LIV Golf Jeddah at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on Sunday, March 03, 2024 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Charles Laberge/LIV Golf via AP)
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Joaquin Niemann has won twice on the LIV Golf tour so far this year

2018 Masters champion Reed’s tied 12th finish at Augusta National this year moved him inside the top 100 to 92nd, while Niemann won the Australian Open in December and has two LIV Golf wins to his name this year.

Gooch announced in a post on X on Monday, prior to the field being officially announced, that he had received an invitation.

His selection is perhaps a sign that the PGA of America’s selection committee are looking specifically at LIV results on their own, as Gooch doesn’t play much outside of the Saudi league. He won three LIV events in 2023 on his way to topping their season points list.

Talor Gooch of RangeGoats GC celebrates winning on the 18th green during the final round of LIV Golf Andaluc..a at the Real Club Valderrama on Sunday, July 02, 2023 in San Roque, Spain. (Photo by LIV Golf via AP)
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Talor Gooch topped LIV Golf’s season points list after three victories in 2023

Other invitations went to Dean Burmester, Lucas Herbert, and Adrian Meronk, all of them inside the top 100 in the world, and David Puig at 106th in the rankings.

There might have been one more LIV golfer to feature, but for the fact former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen turned down his invitation due to “personal commitments”, according to his manager.

Full list of the PGA Championship field

Correct as of May 7; USA unless stated

Ludiv Aberg (Swe)

Byeong Hun An (Kor)

Rich Beem

Josh Bevell

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa)

Akshay Bhatia

Alexander Bjork (Swe)

Zac Blair

Michael Block

Evan Bowser

Keegan Bradley

Bean Burmester (Rsa)

Sam Burns

Patrick Cantlay

Wyndham Clark

Eric Cole

Preston Cole

Tyler Collet

Corey Conners (Can)

John Daly

Cameron Davis (Aus)

Jason Day (Aus)

Bryson DeChambeau

Thomas Detry (Bel)

Matt Dobyns

Luke Donald (Eng)

Jason Dufner

Nick Dunlap

Austin Eckroat

Harris English

Tony Finau

Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)

Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox (Nzl)

Brice Garnett

Lucas Glover

Talor Gooch

Ben Griffin

Emiliano Grillo (Arg)

Larkin Gross

Adam Hadwin (Can)

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington (Irl)

Tyrrell Hatton (Eng)

Russell Henley

Lucas Herbert (Aus)

Ryo Hisatsune (Jpn)

Lee Hodges

Charley Hoffman

Tom Hoge

Nicolai Hojgaard (Den)

Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)

Max Homa

Billy Horschel

Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn)

Beau Hossler

Viktor Hovland (Nor)

Mark Hubbard

Mackenzie Hughes (Can)

Sungjae Im (Kor)

Stephan Jaeger (Ger)

Dustin Johnson

Jared Jones

Takumi Kanaya (Jpn)

Martin Kaymer (Ger)

Jeff Kellen

Si Woo Kim (Kor)

Tom Kim (Kor)

Chris Kirk

Kurt Kitayama

Jake Knapp

Kazuma Kobori (Nzl)

Brooks Koepka

Ben Kohles

Thriston Lawrence (Rsa)

Kyoung-Hoon Lee (Kor)

Min Woo Lee (Aus)

Luke List

Shane Lowry (Irl)

Robert MacIntyre (Sco)

Peter Malnati

Brad Marek

Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)

Denny McCarthy

Rory McIlroy (NIrl)

Maverick McNealy

Kyle Mendoza

Adrian Meronk (Pol)

Shaun Michael

Phil Mickelson

Keith Mitchell

Francesco Molinari (Ita)

Taylor Montgomery

Taylor Moore

Collin Morikawa

Jesse Mueller

Grayson Murray

Keita Nakajima (Jpn)

Joaquin Niemann (Chi)

Alex Noren (Swe)

Vincent Norrman (Swe)

Zac Oakley

Andy Ogletree

Thorbjorn Olesen (Den)

Adrian Otaegui (Esp)

Matthieu Pavon (Fra)

Taylor Pendrith (Can)

Victor Perez (Fra)

Tracy Phillips

Ben Polland

JT Poston

David Puig (Esp)

Andrew Putnam

Jon Rahm (Esp)

Aaron Rai

Patrick Reed

Patrick Rodgers

Justin Rose (Eng)

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Adam Scott (Aus)

Braden Shattuck

Cameron Smith (Aus)

Jordan Smith (Eng)

Sebastian Soderberg (Swe)

John Somers

Josh Speight

Jordan Spieth

Sepp Straka (Aut)

Steve Stricker

Adam Svensson (Can)

Jesper Svensson (Swe)

Andy Svoboda

Nick Taylor (Can)

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Brendon Todd

Alejandro Tosti (Arg)

Sami Valimaki (Fin)

Erik van Rooyen (Rsa)

Ryan van Velzen (Rsa)

Camilo Villegas (Col)

Jimmy Walker

Matt Wallace (Eng)

Jeremy Wells

Tim Widing (Swe)

Gary Woodland

Tiger Woods

Wyatt Worthington II

Cameron Young

Will Zalatoris

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