The PGA championship has unveiled the list of participants for the tournament disputed next week at Quail Hollow, a list that takes place a lot top 100 global and which fully recognizes golfers from the Liv circuit.
Posted at 4:16 p.m.
Doug Ferguson
Associated Press
There is already at least one golfer of top 100 Who announced that he would not be in the PGA championship: Billy out of pearl, classified 24ewhich is to undergo a hip surgery next week.
The tournament will be disputed from May 15 to 18, in Charlotte, in North Carolina. Xander Schauffele is the defending champion and Justin Thomas is the last to have won the tournament on the alleys of Quail Hollow, in 2017.
The Liv circuit will have 16 representatives among the 156 golfers who will start for the first round. The group includes John Catlin, a reservist who has played three LIV tournaments this season. He qualified under his performances on the Asian circuit.
Dustin Johnson has used a special invitation, since the PGA invites the last five winners of the masters tournament, instead of a five-year exemption. Johnson won the Tournament at the Augusta National in November 2020, when this edition of the Masters Tournament was moved due to the Pandemic of Covid-19.
Other golfers from the rival circuit have received special invitations, such as Joaquin Niemann, three times winner on the Liv circuit this season, and Sergio Garcia. They received this invitation months ago. Patrick Reed ensured a place by finishing third at the masters tournament.
The PGA championship does not have a specific rule concerning golfers of top 100 global. However, it is a tradition to send them a “special invitation”.
Unlike the US and British omniums, the PGA has decided not to create a special category for the Golfers of the Saudi circuit, a bit like the masters tournament, which can have its exemptions.
“This is what we have done in the past three seasons and continue to do,” said Kerry Haigh, director of the Championships for the American PGA. We have this flexibility to invite these players who deserve to be there, regardless of the circuit in which they evolve. »»
The American PGA chooses the first 70s in the PGA circuit classification, the ranking of the best scholarship holders of the last 12 months. This year, this year, she has gone more in the world ranking than the classification of PGA scholarship holders to build her golfish pool.
The global ranking underwent a recast in 2023 and the PGA circuit tournaments report more points due to the usually raised trays.
Patrick Fishburn slipped out of the top 70 scholarship holders in 71e place and occupies 110e world rank. He took the place of Outchel.
The PGA championship also offered an exemption to Ricky Fowler, who slipped until 125e world rank. Fowler obtained his first victory on the PGA circuit at Quail Hollow in 2012.
