David Toms defeated the best players in the world to win last year’s PGA Championship. That’s because the season’s final major offers one of the best fields of the year.
The following is a list of players eligible to compete in the 84th PGA Championship, Aug. 15-18 at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn:
1. All former PGA Champions.
2. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (1998-2002).
3. Winners of the last five Masters (1998-2002).
4. Winners of the last five British Opens (1998-2002).
5. The current (2002) Senior PGA Champion.
6. The low 15 scorers and ties in the 2001 PGA Championship.
7. The 25 low scorers in The 2002 PGA Club Professional Championship.
8. The 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2001 Buick Open through the 2002 International.
9. Members of the 1999 United States Ryder Cup Team.
10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour from the 2001 PGA Championship to the 2002 PGA Championship (does not include pro-am and team competitions).
11. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.
12. Vacancies will be filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings.
The total field will consist of 156 players, with spots being held for: Winners of the International and Buick Open (if not already exempt); The top 70 players from the PGA Championship Points List as of Aug. 4; and any additional special invites by the PGA of America.
Field as of 8/11/02
| Robert Allenby Stephen Ames Billy Andrade Stuart Appleby Paul Azinger Briny Baird Cameron Beckman Rich Beem Don Berry Thomas Bjorn James Blair Mark Brooks Angel Cabrera Mark Calcavecchia Chad Campbell Michael Campbell Jim Carter Paul Casey K.J. Choi Stewart Cink Tim Clark Darren Clarke Jose Coceres John Cook John Daly Wayne DeFrancesco Chris DiMarco Tom Dolby Joe Durant David Duval Joel Edwards Steve Elkington Ernie Els Bob Estes Barry Evans Nick Faldo Sean Farren Niclas Fasth Brad Faxon Tim Fleming Steve Flesch Fred Funk Jim Furyk Robert Gamez Sergio Garcia Brian Gay Mike Gilmore Matt Gogel Ricardo Gonzalez Retief Goosen David Gossett Jay Haas | Anders Hansen Soren Hansen Padraig Harrington Buddy Harston Dudley Hart Rick Hartmann J.P. Hayes J.J. Henry Tim Herron Scott Hoch Charles Howell III John Huston Toshi Izawa Lee Janzen Shingo Katayama Jonathan Kaye Jerry Kelly Skip Kendall Joseph Klinchock Matt Kuchar Rob Labritz Neal Lancaster Bernhard Langer Jeffrey Lankford Paul Lawrie Scott Laycock Ian Leggatt Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Thomas Levet J.L. Lewis Frank Lickliter Peter Lonard Davis Love III Steve Lowery Jeff Maggert Barry Mahlberg Shigeki Maruyama Len Mattiace Billy Mayfair Scott McCarron Paul McGinley Spike McRoy Rocco Mediate Phil Mickelson Colin Montgomerie Alan Morin Larry Nelson Greg Norman Peter OMalley Mark OMeara | Jose Maria Olazabal Greg Owen Jesper Parnevik Craig Parry Carl Paulson David Peoples Pat Perez Craig Perks Kenny Perry Carl Pettersson Bill Porter Nick Price Phillip Price Chris Riley Loren Roberts John Rollins Eduardo Romero Justin Rose Rory Sabbatini Steve Schneiter Adam Scott Joey Sindelar Vijay Singh Heath Slocum Jeff Sluman Chris Smith Kent Stauffer Craig Stevens Curtis Strange Steve Stricker Kevin Sutherland Hal Sutton Toru Taniguchi Dave Tentis Taichi Teshima Tim Thelen Kim Thompson Robert Thompson David Toms Kirk Triplett Bob Tway Scott Verplank Duffy Waldorf Tom Watson Tim Weinhart Mike Weir Lee Westwood Dean Wilson Tiger Woods Ian Woosnam Bruce Zabriski Fuzzy Zoeller |
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