When the PGA of America unveiled the preliminary field list for the 104th PGA Championship on Monday, two names stood out for obvious reasons: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
While neither former champion has said they’re 100 percent certain they’ll be competing at Southern Hills starting three weeks from Thursday, both have registered for the championship in order to be able to make a final decision at a later date.
Woods, who made his first tournament start since his February 2021 car accident last month at the Masters, indicating interest in competing at Southern Hills but was far from making a firm commitment when he mentioned it after wrapping up his week at Augusta.
“I will try, there’s no doubt,” Woods said after posting a 47th-place finish. “This week, I will try to get ready for Southern Hills, and we’ll see what this body is able to do.”
Mickelson hasn’t played a PGA Tour event since January after announcing in February that he was taking time away from the game in the wake of his controversial comments about the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series and the PGA Tour. Mickelson’s agent, Steve Loy, released a statement on Monday confirming that Mickelson, who is the defending PGA champion after becoming the oldest golfer to win a major a year ago at Kiawah Island, had registered but had not “concrete plans” on when he would be playing again. “Any actions taken are in no way a reflection of a final decision made, but rather to keep all options open.”
As for the remaining 121 names announced by the PGA of America, barring any lingering or last-minute injuries (looking at you Bryson DeChambeau) it would appear that they will all be in Oklahoma in three weeks’ time. Here’s the list as revealed by the PGA of America. Additional players will qualify to compete, with May 9 being the date the PGA of America sets the full field, addition the remaining players from a top 70 points list through the PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship.
Phil Mickelson, at 50, became the oldest winner of a major championship when he won the PGA title last May at Kiawah Island.
Sam Greenwood
Abraham Ancer
Adria Arnaus
Alex Beach*
Rich Beem
Daniel Berger
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Brandon Bingaman*
Richard Bland
Michael Block*
Matt Borchert*
Keegan Bradley
Ryan Brehm
Dean Burmester
Sam Burns
Patrick Cantlay
Paul Casey
Alex Cejka
Cameron Champ
Stewart Cink
Tyler Collet*
Corey Conners
John Daly
Cam Davis
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Paul Dickinson*
Jason Dufner
Harris English
Tim Feenstra*
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick
Rickie Fowler
Tommy Fleetwood
Sergio Garcia
Lucas Glover
Talor Gooch
Padraig Harrington
Tyrrell Hatton
Lucas Herbert
Garrick Higgo
Harry Higgs
Tom Hoge
Nicolai Hojgaard
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Rikuya Hoshino
Viktor Hovland
Austin Hurt*
Sungjae Im
Colin Inglis*
Nic Ishee*
Dustin Johnson
Zach Johnson
Jared Jones*
Matt Jones
Takumi Kanaya
Martin Kaymer
Chan Kim
Joohyung Kim
Si Woo Kim
Ryosuke Kinoshita
Chris Kirk
Kevin Kisner
Brooks Koepka
Jason Kokrak
Matt Kuchar
Min Woo Lee
Luke List
Davis Love III
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Hideki Matsuyama
Sean McCarty*
Rory McIlroy
Kyle Mendoza*
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
Francesco Molinari
Collin Morikawa
Jesse Mueller*
Dylan Newman*
Joaquin Niemann
Shaun Norris
Zac Oakley*
Louis Oosthuizen
Carlos Oritz
Ryan Palmer
Mito Pereira
Thomas Pieters
Ian Poulter
Seamus Power
Casey Pyne*
Jon Rahm
Chad Ramey
Patrick Reed
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Scott
Webb Simpson
Vijay Singh
Cameron Smith
J.J. Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Henrik Stenson
Sepp Straka
Kevin Streelman
Hudson Swafford
Justin Thomas
Erik van Rooyen
Harold Varner III
Ryan Vermeer*
Jimmy Walker
Shawn Warren*
Bubba Watson
Lee Westwood
Bernd Wiesberger
Matthew Wolff
Gary Woodland
Tiger Woods
Wyatt Worthington II*
Y.E. Yang
Will Zalatoris
*qualified via the PGA Professional Championship