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May 10, 2024

Inside the Field: 106th PGA Championship

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Inside the Field

PGA Professional Michael Block reflects on PGA Championship experience

PGA Professional Michael Block reflects on PGA Championship experience

    Written by Staff

    The PGA TOUR's best return to Valhalla Golf Club for the second major championship of the 2024 season, the 106th PGA Championship.

    The field will be comprised of a maximum of 156 players determined via several qualifying factors and headlined by Tiger Woods, a 15-time major champion and winner of the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla. All former winners of the PGA Championship earn an invite, along with many other conditions including the top 15 and ties from last year's event, the top 20 finishers of the 2024 PGA Professional Championship, the winner of 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship and many more. Two spots in the field remain for winners of this week’s Wells Fargo Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic.

    Scroll below to see the full list of players who will be heading to Louisville, Kentucky. (qualifying categories in parentheses)

    Monday, May 13:

    • C.T. Pan (14)
    • Taylor Montgomery (out, W/D after deadline)

    Sunday, May 12:

    The field as of Friday, May 10:

    Categories for 2024 PGA Championship eligibility

    1. All former winners of the PGA Championship.
    2. Winners of the last five Masters (2020-24).
    3. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2019-23).
    4. Winners of the last five Open Championships (2018-23; cancelled in 2020).
    5. Winners of the last three THE PLAYERS Championships (2022-24).
    6. The top three on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking List as of April 29, 2024.
    7. Winner of the 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship.
    8. The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2023 PGA Championship.
    9. The top 20 finishers from the 2024 PGA Professional Championship.
    10. 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 (ending May 5, 2024).
    11. Playing members of the last-named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2023) provided they remain within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of May 6, 2024.
    12. 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.
    13. The top three 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.
    14. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.
    15. If necessary to complete the field, those players beyond the top 70 players who are eligible and who have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (ending May 5, 2024), in order of their position on such list.

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