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PGA Championship 2022: Here's everyone who is in the field at Southern Hills
Tiger Woods walks off the 18th green with his caddie Steve Williams after his two-stroke victory at the 2007 PGA Championship at the Southern Hills.
David Cannon
On May 9, the PGA of America announced the field for its 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Though 156 players will tee it up in Tulsa, Okla., most eyes gravitated towards two names.
That would be Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Woods made his first tournament start since his February 2021 car accident last month at the Masters and made a scouting trip to Southern Hills in late April. Though Woods intends to play in the year’s second major, sources in Woods’ camp told Golf Digest Woods is waiting to see how his body responded to an increased workload before making any final decisions. Woods has won four career Wanamakers, including the 2007 PGA contested at Southern Hills. He's also listed on the official interview list, suggesting he's on track to play.
As for the reigning PGA champ, a title defense would have signaled an end to Mickelson’s sabbatical from the sport since his comments on Saudi golf went public in February. Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA of America, said on the “5 Clubs Conversation” podcast that he’s had a “number” of talks with Mickelson over the last several weeks and that they will continue to do so as the championship nears. But on Friday, the talks resulted in an annoucnement by the PGA of America that Mickelson had choosen to withdraw from the championship.
It should be noted the field is far from final; for example Bryson DeChambeau is listed among the participants. While DeChambeau has not officially pulled out of the competition, his presence would be a surprise given his recent surgery. Meanwhile over the weekend, Harris English and Paul Casey both withdrew from the tournament due to injuries.
According to the PGA of America the field includes 17 PGA champions, 34 major winners and the top 70 players who have earned the most PGA Championship points through the 2022 Wells Fargo Championship, along with the the top-20 finishers from the 2022 PGA Professional Championship. The final spot in the field is reserved for winner of the AT&T Byron Nelson.
2022 PGA Championship field
Abraham Ancer – MEXICO
Ardria Arnaus – SPAIN
Alex Beach – Stillwater, Minn.*
Rich Beem – Austin, Texas
Oliver Bekker – SOUTH AFRICA
Daniel Berger – Jupiter, Fla.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout – SOUTH AFRICA
Brandon Bingaman – Dallas*
Richard Bland – ENGLAND
Michael Block – Mission Viejo, Calif.*
Matt Borchert – Winter Garden, Fla.*
Keegan Bradley – Woodstock, Vt.
Ryan Brehm – Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Dean Burmester – SOUTH AFRICA
Sam Burns – Shreveport, La.
Laurie Canter — England
Patrick Cantlay – Jupiter, Fla.
Alex Cejka – GERMANY
Cameron Champ – Sacramento, Calif.
Stewart Cink – Atlanta
Tyler Collet – Vero Beach, Fla.*
Corey Conners – CANADA
Joel Dahmen – Clarkston, Wash.
John Daly – Dardanelle, Ark.
Cam Davis – AUSTRALIA
Jason Day, Jason – AUSTRALIA
Paul Dickinson – Montauk, N.Y.*
Jason Dufner – Auburn, Ala.
Tim Feenstra – Fall City, Wash.*
Tony Finau – Salt Lake City
Matt Fitzpatrick – ENGLAND
Rickie Fowler – Murrieta, Calif.
Ryan Fox — New Zealand
Tommy Fleetwood – ENGLAND
Sergio Garcia – SPAIN
Lucas Glover – Jupiter, Fla.
Talor Gooch – Edmond, Okla.
Branden Grace - SOUTH AFRICA
Lanto Griffin — Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
Jusin Harding — SOUTH AFRICA
Adam Hadwin – CANADA
Brian Harman – Sea Island, Ga.
Padraig Harrington – IRELAND
Tyrrell Hatton – ENGLAND
Russell Henley — Columbus, Ga.
Lucas Herbert – AUSTRALIA
Kramer Hickok – Dallas
Garrick Higgo – SOUTH AFRICA
Harry Higgs – Dallas
Tom Hoge – Fargo, ND
Nicolai Hojgaard – DENMARK
Max Homa – Scottsdale, Ariz.
Billy Horschel – Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Sam Horsfield — ENGLAND
Rokuya Hoshino – JAPAN
Beau Hossler – Austin, Texas
Viktor Hovland – NORWAY
Mackenzie Hughes — CANADA
Austin Hurt – Bainbridge Island, Wash.*
Yuki Inamori - JAPAN
Colin Inglis – Eugene, Ore.*
Nic Ishee – Dallas, *
Dustin Johnson – Jupiter, Fla.
Zach Johnson – Sea Island, Ga.
Jared Jones – Houston
Matt Jones – AUSTRALIA
Sadom Kaewkanjana — THAILAND
Takumi Kanaya – JAPAN
Martin Kaymer – GERMANY
Bio Kim — REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Chan Kim – Gilbert, Ariz.
Joohyung Kim – REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Si Woo Kim – REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Ryosuke Kinoshita – JAPAN
Chris Kirk – Athens, Ga.
Kevin Kisner – Aiken, S.C.
Patton Kizzire — Sea Island, Ga.
Russell Knox – Scotland
Brooks Koepka – West Palm Beach, Fla.
Jason Kokrak – Hudson, Ohio
Jinichiro Kozuma — JAPAN
Matt Kuchar - Sea Island, Ga.
Anirban Lahiri — INDIA
Pablo Larrazabal - Spain
K.H. Lee — REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Min Woo Lee – AUSTRALIA
Marc Leishman — AUSTRALIA
Luke List – Augusta, Ga.
Shane Lowry – IRELAND
Robert MacIntyre – SCOTLAND
Hideki Matsuyama – JAPAN
Denny McCarthy – Rockville, Md.
Sean McCarty – Solon, Iowa*
Rory McIlroy – N. IRELAND
Mav McNealy — Las Vegas
Kyle Mendoza – Oceanside, Calif.*
Troy Merritt — Eagle, Id.
Shaun Micheel – Memphis, Tenn.
Keith Mitchell — St. Simons Island, Ga.
Francesco Molinari – ITALY
Collin Morikawa – La Canada, Calif.
Jesse Mueller – Phoenix*
Sebastian Munoz — COLOMBIA
Kevin Na — Las Vegas
Dylan Newman – Stamford, Conn.*
Joaquin Niemann – CHILE
Alex Noren — SWEDEN
Shaun Norris – SOUTH AFRICA
Zac Oakley – King of Prussia, Pa.*
Louis Oosthuizen – SOUTH AFRICA
Carlos Ortiz – MÉXICO
Ryan Palmer – Colleyville, Texas
Mito Pereira – CHILE
Thomas Pieters – BELGIUM
Ian Poulter – ENGLAND
Seamus Power – IRELAND
Casey Pyne – Greenwich, Conn.*
Jon Rahm – SPAIN
Chad Ramey – Fulton, Miss.
Patrick Reed – Houston
Davis Riley – Dallas
Justin Rose – ENGLAND
Xander Schauffele – San Diego
Scottie Scheffler – Dallas
Adam Schenk – Vincennes, Ind.
Charl Schwartzel – SOUTH AFRICA
Adam Scott – AUSTRALIA
Webb Simpson – Charlotte, N.C.
Cam Smith – AUSTRALIA
J.J. Spaun – Scottsdale, Ariz.
Jordan Spieth – Dallas
Scott Stallings – Oak Ridge, Tenn,
Brendan Steele – Idyllwild, Calif.
Henrik Stenson – SWEDEN
Sepp Straka – AUSTRIA
Kevin Streelman – Wheaton, Ill.
Hudson Swafford – Sea Island, Ga.
Justin Thomas – Louisville, Ky.
Cameron Tringale - Mission Viejo, Calif.
Erik van Rooyen – SOUTH AFRICA
Daniel van Tonder — SOUTH AFRICA
Harold Varner III – Gastonia, N.C.
Jhonattan Vegas - VENEZUELA
Ryan Vermeer – Omaha, Neb.*
Shawn Warren – Falmouth, Maine*
Bubba Watson – Bagdad, Fla.
Lee Westwood – ENGLAND
Bernd Wiesberger – AUSTRIA
Aaron Wise — Jupiter, Fla.
Matt Wolff – Agoura Hills, Calif.
Gary Woodland – Topeka, Kans.
Tiger Woods – Jupiter, Fla.
Wyatt Worthington II – Reynoldsburg, Ohio*
Y.E. Yang – SOUTH KOREA
Cameron Young – Scarsborough, N.Y.
Will Zalatoriz – Dallas
* PGA Professionals who qualified
ALTERNATES
Sam Ryder – Atlantic Beach, Fla.
Pat Perez
Doc Redman
Chez Reavie