Loaded Field is set for PGA Championship at Valhalla

Nick Roushby:Nick Roush•05/07/24•

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Next week the eyes of the golf world will be on Kentucky when Louisville’s Valhalla Golf Club hosts the 2024 PGA Championship.

Not all majors are created equally. Fields have been narrowed since the LIV split, but almost all of the noteworthy players (like Phil Mickelson) will still have exemptions to play in this year’s tournament, creating a star-studded field.

After making the cut at The Masters, Tiger Woods is returning to Valhalla where he won the 2000 PGA Championship. Rory McIlroy is back in Louisville after winning the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla. Brooks Koepka, a three-time winner of the event, will look to defend his major championship crown next week.

There’s a young star in the making who also has some history at Valhalla. Akshay Batia, one of the last players to qualify for The Masters, won the 2018 Junior PGA Championship at Valhalla.

There are some players with Kentucky connections playing in the Bluegrass State next week. KSR’s favorite caddy, Aaron Flener, will be on the bag for JT Poston. A Louisville native is returning home. On Monday the city dedicated a new Hometown Hero banner along the Watterson Expressway to two-time PGA Champion Justin Thomas.

“I thank the city of Louisville so much for making me feel like this,” said an emotional Thomas during his dedication ceremony. “There’s a reason when I tee off that I’m announced from Louisville, Kentucky.”

Practice rounds at Valhalla tee off on Monday before the first round begins on Thursday. Tickets to the PGA Championship are still available through the event’s official ticketing partner, SeatGeek.

Field for the 2024 PGA Championship

Åberg, Ludvig – SWEDEN
An, Byeong Hun – REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Beem, Rich – Austin, TX
Bevell, Josh – Nashville, TN (CFT)
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan – SOUTH AFRICA
Bhatia, Akshay – Wake Forest, NC
Björk, Alexander – SWEDEN
Blair, Zac – Orem, UT
Block, Michael – Mission Viejo, CA (CFT)
Bowser, Evan – Naples, FL (CFT)
Bradley, Keegan – Woodstock, VT
Burmester, Dean – SOUTH AFRICA
Burns, Sam – Shreveport, LA
Cantlay, Patrick – Jupiter, FL
Clark, Wyndham – Denver, CO
Cole, Eric – Tequesta, FL
Cole, Preston – Charlotte, NC (CFT)
Collet, Tyler – Vero Beach, FL (CFT)
Conners, Corey – CANADA
Daly, John – Clearwater Beach, FL
Davis, Cameron – AUSTRALIA
Day, Jason – AUSTRALIA
DeChambeau, Bryson – Dallas, TX
Detry, Thomas – BELGIUM
Dobyns, Matt – Glen Head, NY (CFT)
Donald, Luke – ENGLAND
Dufner, Jason – Auburn, AL
Dunlap, Nick – Tuscaloosa, AL
Eckroat, Austin – Edmond, OK
English, Harris – Sea Island, GA
Finau, Tony – Lehi, UT
Fitzpatrick, Matthew – ENGLAND
Fleetwood, Tommy – ENGLAND
Fowler, Rickie – Murrieta, CA
Fox, Ryan – NEW ZEALAND
Garnett, Brice – Gallatin, MO
Glover, Lucas – Jupiter, FL
Gooch, Talor – Oklahoma City, OK
Griffin, Ben – Chapel Hill, NC
Grillo, Emiliano – ARGENTINA
Gross, Larkin – Center Cross, VA (CFT)
Hadwin, Adam – CANADA
Harman, Brian – Saint Simons Island, GA
Harrington, Pádraig – IRELAND
Hatton, Tyrrell – ENGLAND
Henley, Russell – Columbus, GA
Herbert, Lucas – Orlando, FL
Hisatsune, Ryo – Japan
Hodges, Lee – Athens, AL
Hoffman, Charley – San Diego, CA
Hoge, Tom – Fort Worth, TX
Højgaard, Nicolai – DENMARK
Højgaard, Rasmus – DENMARK
Homa, Max – Scottsdale, AZ
Horschel, Billy – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Hoshino, Rikuya – JAPAN
Hossler, Beau – Mission Viejo, CA
Hovland, Viktor – NORWAY
Hubbard, Mark – The Woodlands, TX
Hughes, Mackenzie – CANADA
Im, Sungjae – REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Jaeger, Stephan – GERMANY
Johnson, Dustin – Jupiter, FL
Jones, Jared – Houston, TX (CFT)
Kanaya, Takumi – JAPAN
Kaymer, Martin – GERMANY
Kellen, Jeff – Rockford, IL (CFT)
Kim, Si Woo – REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Kim, Tom – REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Kirk, Chris – Watkinsville, GA
Kitayama, Kurt – Las Vegas, NV
Knapp, Jake – Costa Mesa, CA
Kobori, Kazuma – NEW ZEALAND
Koepka, Brooks – West Palm Beach, FL
Kohles, Ben – Dallas, TX
Lawrence, Thriston – SOUTH AFRICA
Lee, Kyoung-Hoon – REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Lee, Min Woo – AUSTRALIA
List, Luke – Augusta, GA
Lowry, Shane – IRELAND
MacIntyre, Robert – SCOTLAND
Malnati, Peter – Knoxville, TN
Marek, Brad – Berkeley, CA (CFT)
Matsuyama, Hideki – JAPAN
McCarthy, Denny – Jupiter, FL
McIlroy, Rory – NORTHERN IRELAND
McNealy, Maverick – Stanford, CA
Mendoza, Kyle – Oceanside, CA (CFT)
Meronk, Adrian – POLAND
Micheel, Shaun – Colliersville, TN
Mickelson, Phil – Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Mitchell, Keith – Saint Simons Island, GA
Molinari, Francesco – ITALY
Montgomery, Taylor – Las Vegas, NV
Moore, Taylor – Southlake, TX
Morikawa, Collin – La Canada, CA
Mueller, Jesse – Phoenix, AZ (CFT)
Murray, Grayson – Raleigh, NC
Nakajima, Keita – JAPAN
Niemann, Joaquin – CHILE
Noren, Alex – SWEDEN
Norrman, Vincent – SWEDEN
Oakley, Zac – King of Prussia, PA (CFT)
Ogletree, Andy – Alpharetta, GA
Olesen, Thorbjorn – DENMARK
Otaegui, Adrian – SPAIN
Pavon, Matthieu – FRANCE
Pendrith, Taylor – CANADA
Perez, Victor – FRANCE
Phillips, Tracy – Tulsa, OK (CFT)
Polland, Ben – Teton Village, WY (CFT)
Poston, J.T. – Sea Island, GA
Puig, David – SPAIN
Putnam, Andrew – University Place, WA
Rahm, Jon – SPAIN
Rai, Aaron – ENGLAND
Reed, Patrick – The Woodlands, TX
Rodgers, Patrick – Avon, IN
Rose, Justin – ENGLAND
Schauffele, Xander – San Diego, CA
Scheffler, Scottie – Dallas, TX
Schenk, Adam – Vincennes, IN
Scott, Adam – AUSTRALIA
Shattuck, Braden – Aston, PA (CFT)
Smith, Cameron – AUSTRALIA
Smith, Jordan – ENGLAND
Soderberg, Sebastian – SWEDEN
Somers, John – Clearwater, FL (CFT)
Speight, Josh – Dallas, TX (CFT)
Spieth, Jordan – Dallas, TX
Straka, Sepp – AUSTRIA
Stricker, Steve – Madison, WI
Svensson, Adam – CANADA
Svensson, Jesper – SWEDEN
Svoboda, Andy – Oak Brook, IL (CFT)
Taylor, Nick – CANADA
Theegala, Sahith – Spring, TX
Thomas, Justin – Louisville, KY
Todd, Brendon – Watkinsville, GA
Tosti, Alejandro – ARGENTINA
Valimaki, Sami – FINLAND
van Rooyen, Erik – SOUTH AFRICA
van Velzen, Ryan – SOUTH AFRICA
Villegas, Camilo – COLOMBIA
Walker, Jimmy – Terrell Hills, TX
Wallace, Matt – ENGLAND
Wells, Jeremy – Estero, FL (CFT)
Widing, Tim – SWEDEN
Woodland, Gary – Topeka, KS
Woods, Tiger – Jupiter, FL
Worthington II, Wyatt – Las Vegas, NV (CFT)
Yang, Y.E. – REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Young, Cameron – Jupiter, FL
Zalatoris, Will – Dallas, TX

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