Tiger Woods was among those named as the field was announced for next week's 106th PGA Championship at Valhalla.
Woods, a 15-time major winner, has struggled to walk four rounds in tournaments since suffering severe leg injuries in a 2021 car crash but finished 60th in last month’sWoods, ranked 801st, has accepted a special invitation into next month’s US Open.
Woods and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland have each won PGA Championship titles at Valhalla – Woods in 2000 and McIlroy in 2014 in his most recent major triumph.Two vacancies remain in the field of 156, awaiting winners of this week’s PGA Tour events if they are not already qualified for the showdown at Louisville, Kentucky.
Scheffler is skipping this week’s PGA Tour event to be with wife Meredith as she prepares to have a baby.Other LIV players from the world’s top 100 include fifth-ranked Jon Rahm, England’s 17th-ranked Tyrrell Hatton, Australia’s Cameron Smith and Lucas Herbert, Poland’s Adrian Meronk, Chile’s Joaquin Niemann and American Patrick Reed.
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