US PGA Championship 2024: Who is in the field?
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There’ll be no asterisks next to the winner’s name of the US PGA Championship as Talor Gooch accepts his invite to join the star-studded field at the second men’s Major Championship of the season
Brooks Koepka arrives at Valhalla Golf Club bidding to defend his US PGA Championship title and become just the second player in history to lift the Wanamaker Trophy in successive years on two separate occasions. Tiger Woods is the only man to achieve that feat, winning in 1999 & 2000 and again in 2006 & 2007.
The Smash GC Captain won his first of three US PGA Championships in 2018 at Bellerive Country Club, the following year he retained his crown by winning the 2019 US PGA Championship at Bethpage Black. When the American won his fifth Major Championship and third US PGA Championship last year at Oak Hill Country Club he became the first golfer from the LIV Golf Tour to win a Major. Could Koepka defend his title once more?
The US PGA Championship proudly boasts having the most competitive field in golf, featuring past champions and the current best golfers in the world from the PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and the DP World Tour. This year could prove to be one of the most difficult US PGA Championships to win in recent times – no, not just because Talor Gooch is in the field – because there aren’t many big names missing from the field.
The field consists of 33 Major Champions and 16 US PGA Champions. All of the players from the most recently played Ryder Cup are playing at Valhalla Golf Club. As is tradition, the top 20 finishers from the 2024 PGA Professional Championship have also received an invite.
Rory McIlroy was the last US PGA Champion when this event was held at Valhalla Golf Club ten years ago in 2014. Could Rory finally add a fifth Major to his resumé? No winners of the Zurich Classic – since the team format began in 2017 – had won on Tour again that season, until Rory this season won the Wells Fargo Championship. Before this season, the Zurich Classic curse seemed legit, however, who else would it be to break the curse than Rory McIlroy! I’m sure the 2014 US PGA Champion will be hoping to win his first Major in ten years and finally add a fifth. If Shane Lowry goes on to lift the Wanamaker after 72 holes at Valhalla Golf Club he’ll have Rory to thank in his speech for breaking the Zurich Classic curse.
The Block party returns to the US PGA Championship and there’ll be a boatload of fans rooting for Michael Block to recreate his heroic performance at Oak Hill Country Club last season. The club professional at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club stormed into our top 100 most influential people in golf of 2023 and a strong showing at the 2024 US PGA Championship could see him retain his place in the list at the end of this year. If he makes another slam-dunk ace that might just do it!
Are any big names going to be missing at the US PGA Championship?
Perhaps the biggest names missing from the 2024 US PGA Championship are Sergio Garcia, Marc Leishman, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen, Mito Pereira, Thomas Pieters, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood, and Matt Wolff – all of whom play on LIV Golf and haven’t met any of the entry requirements or received an invitation, apart from Louis Oosthuizen, who did receive an invitation but declined the invite due to “personal commitments”, according to his manager.
The most high-profile golfer missing from the PGA Tour is most likely the 2023 US Ryder Cup Team Captain, Zach Johnson. Sadly, fan favorite Joel Dahmen isn’t one of the 156 golfers teeing it up either, his last hope was winning the Myrtle Beach Classic won by Chris Gotterup. One of the biggest stars on the DP World Tour, Yannik Paul, also won’t be making his way to Valhalla Golf Club for the 2024 US PGA Championship.
One important name that won’t be missing from the final 156 names on the tee sheet come Thursday, May 16 is Scottie Scheffler. The World No.1 announced on Instagram that his wife, Meredith, has given birth to perhaps the most anticipated baby in golf history, freeing the most dominant player in the men’s game to play at Valhalla Golf Club.
All 156 players have been confirmed for the 2024 US PGA Championship following the conclusion of the Wells Fargo Championship and the Myrtle Beach Classic. After winning his first PGA Tour event on his 27th start at the Myrtle Beach Clasic, Chris Gotterup earned one of the final two spots remaining.
Rory McIlroy won his fourth Wells Fargo Championship to break the Zurich Classic curse and deny anyone in the field a chance of playing at Valhalla Golf Club. The final place in the field has been awarded to the first alternate, Doug Ghim, rounding at the 156 players all bidding to lift the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday.
How do players qualify for the US PGA Championship?
- All former winners of the US PGA Championship
- Winners of the last five Masters (2020 – 2024)
- Winners of the last five US Opens (2019 – 2023)
- Winners of the last five Open Championships (2018 – 2023). Cancelled in 2020
- Winners of the last three The Players Championships (2022 – 2024)
- The top 3 on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking List as of April 29
- Winner of the 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
- The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2023 US PGA Championship
- The top 20 finishers from the 2024 PGA Professional Championship
- The top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson
- Playing members of the last-named US and European Ryder Cup teams (2023) provided they remain within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of May 6
- Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship and the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic
- The top 3 finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing event rankings that include the Porsche Singapore Open, the Hero Indian Open, the ISPS Handa – Championship and the Volvo China Open
- The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
- If necessary to complete the field, those players beyond the top 70 players who are eligible and who have earned the most US PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson, in order of their position on such list
Who is in the field for the 2024 US PGA Championship?
Åberg, Ludvig – Sweden
An, Byeong Hun – Republic of Kora
Beem, Rich – USA
Bevell, Josh – USA
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan – South Africa
Bhatia, Akshay – USA
Björk, Alexander – Sweden
Blair, Zac – USA
Block, Michael – USA
Bowser, Evan – USA
Bradley, Keegan – USA
Burmester, Dean – South Africa
Burns, Sam – USA
Cantlay, Patrick – USA
Clark, Wyndham – USA
Cole, Eric – USA
Cole, Preston – USA
Collet, Tyler – USA
Conners, Corey – Canada
Daly, John – USA
Davis, Cam – Australia
Day, Jason – Australia
DeChambeau, Bryson – USA
Detry, Thomas – Belgium
Dobyns, Matt – USA
Donald, Luke – England
Dufner, Jason – USA
Dunlap, Nick – USA
Eckroat, Austin – USA
English, Harris – USA
Finau, Tony – USA
Fitzpatrick, Matthew – England
Fleetwood, Tommy – England
Fowler, Rickie – USA
Fox, Ryan – New Zealand
Garnett, Brice – USA
Ghim, Doug – USA
Glover, Lucas – USA
Gooch, Talor – USA
Gotterup, Chris – USA
Griffin, Ben – USA
Grillo, Emiliano – Argentina
Gross, Larkin – USA
Hadwin, Adam – Canada
Harman, Brian – USA
Harrington, Pádraig – Ireland
Hatton, Tyrrell – England
Henley, Russell – USA
Herbert, Lucas – Australia
Hisatsune, Ryo – Japan
Hodges, Lee – USA
Hoffman, Charley – USA
Hoge, Tom – USA
Højgaard, Nicolai – Denmark
Højgaard, Rasmus – Denmark
Homa, Max – USA
Horschel, Billy – USA
Hoshino, Rikuya – Japan
Hossler, Beau – USA
Hovland, Viktor – Norway
Hubbard, Mark – USA
Hughes, Mackenzie – Canada
Im, Sungjae – Republic of Korea
Jaeger, Stephen – Germany
Johnson, Dustin – USA
Jones, Jared – USA
Kanaya, Takumi – Japan
Kaymer, Martin – Germany
Kellen, Jeff – USA
Kim, Si Woo – Republic of Korea
Kim, Tom – Republic of Korea
Kirk, Chris – USA
Kitayama, Kurt – USA
Knapp, Jake – USA
Kobori, Kazuma – New Zealand
Koepka, Brooks – USA
Kohles, Ben – USA
Lawrence, Thriston – South Africa
Lee, K.H. – Republic of Korea
Lee, Min Woo – Australia
List, Luke – USA
Lowry, Shane – Ireland
MacIntyre, Robert – Scotland
Malnati, Peter – USA
Marek, Brad – USA
Matsuyama, Hideki – Japan
McCarthy, Denny – USA
McIlroy, Rory – Northern Ireland
McNealy, Maverick – USA
Mendoza, Kyle – USA
Meronk, Adrian – Poland
Micheel, Shaun – USA
Mickelson, Phil – USA
Mitchell, Keith – USA
Molinari, Francesco – Italy
Montgomery, Taylor – USA
Moore, Taylor – USA
Morikawa, Collin – USA
Mueller, Jesse – USA
Murray, Grayson – USA
Nakajima, Keita – Japan
Niemann, Joaquín – Chile
Noren, Alex – Sweden
Norrman, Vincent – Sweden
Oakley, Zac – USA
Ogletree, Andy – USA
Olesen, Thorbjørn – Denmark
Otaegui, Adrián – Spain
Pavon, Matthieu – France
Pendrith, Taylor – Canada
Perez, Victor – France
Phillips, Tracy – USA
Polland, Ben – USA
Poston, J.T. – USA
Puig, David – Spain
Putnam, Andrew – USA
Rahm, Jon – Spain
Rai, Aaron – England
Reed, Patrick – USA
Rodgers, Patrick – USA
Rose, Justin – England
Schauffele, Xander – USA
Scheffler, Scottie – USA
Schenk, Adam – USA
Scott, Adam – Australia
Shattuck, Braden – USA
Smith, Cameron – Australia
Smith, Jordan – England
Soderberg, Sebastian – Sweden
Somers, John – USA
Speight, Josh – USA
Spieth, Jordan – USA
Straka, Sepp – Austria
Stricker, Steve – USA
Svensson, Adam – Canada
Svensson, Jesper – Sweden
Svoboda, Andy – USA
Taylor, Nick – Canada
Theegala, Sahith – USA
Thomas, Justin – USA
Todd, Brendon – USA
Tosti, Alejandro – Argentina
Valimaki, Sami – Finland
van Rooyen, Erik – South Africa
van Velzen, Ryan – South Africa
Villegas, Camilo – Colombia
Walker, Jimmy – USA
Wallace, Matt – England
Wells, Jeremy – USA
Widing, Tim – Sweden
Woodland, Gary – USA
Woods, Tiger – USA
Worthington II, Wyatt – USA
Yang, Y.E. – Republic of Korea
Young, Cameron – USA
Zalatoris, Will – USA
How much will the US PGA Championship field be playing for in 2024?
The 2024 US PGA Championship purse hasn’t been announced as of yet but it is expected to rise from 2023 and could reach $20m. In 2023 the purse saw a near 50% increase from 2022 when the field was playing for a share of $12m.
The US PGA Champion receives a whole host of prizes, including the famous Wanamaker Trophy and a life exemption to play in all future US PGA Championships, the winner of this year’s tournament could be awarded a record-breaking amount for this tournament – even more than the $3.15m won by Brooks Koepka at last seasons US PGA Championship.
Who is the favorite to win the US PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club?
World number one Scottie Scheffler is the favorite at 4/1, hardly surprising considering he’s already won four times on Tour this season including the Masters. Rory McIlroy is the second favorite with the bookmakers at 11/1 and Jon Rahm is the third favorite at 14/1 (correct at 11 am GMT on May 8, 2024).
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