PGA Championship field: Who will be teeing it up at Quail Hollow

The PGA of America unveiled on Tuesday morning the field for next week’s 107th PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy and defending PGA champion Xander Schauffele are among those scheduled to compete in the year’s second major championship, as are all but one player currently ranked inside the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking (Billy Horschel is listed in the field but is expected to withdraw due to injury).

Sixteen current LIV players will tee it up at Quail Hollow: Richard Bland, Dean Burmester, John Catlin, Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka, Tom McKibbin, Phil Mickelson, Joaquin Niemann, David Puig, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed and Cameron Smith.

Lucas Herbert, Sebastian Munoz, Carlos Ortiz and Marc Leishman all were not invited to compete, though all currently sit top 10 in LIV’s individual standings.

Victor Perez, at No. 109 in the OWGR, is the highest-ranked player not in the field. No. 110 Patrick Fishburn is first alternate, but with Horschel announcing he’s about to have right hip surgery, Fishburn will surely be bumped into the field.

Surprisingly, No. 125 Rickie Fowler received an invite; there are 13 pros ranked ahead of Fowler in the OWGR who are not in field, which is traditionally filled with players ranked inside and just outside the top 100 in OWGR. The PGA criteria also states that the PGA “reserves the right to invite additional players to complete the field.”

McKibbin, Fowler, Garcia, Johnson, Elvis Smylie (PGA Tour of Australasia money leader) and Luke Donald (European Ryder Cup captain) are the six Category 14 invitees all ranked behind Perez.

There are two spots that will either go to winners of the Truist Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic, or if those winners are already in, the PGA will pull from the alternate list, where Fishburn is followed by Rico Hoey, Michael Thorbjornsen, Perez and Alex Smalley, in that order.

Here is the full field list (currently at 154 players):