2023 PGA Championship field: Here’s who is playing at Oak Hill

Major number two of the 2023 season is on deck as the best golfers in the world head to Oak Hill for the PGA Championship.

Since its move to May, the PGA Championship is the first full-field major Championship, its 156 golfers nearly doubling the 88-player, limited-field Masters.

The PGA, unlike the U.S. Open and Open Championship, does not have amateurs in the field, nor is there open qualifying. The PGA of America uses 13 qualification criteria, as well as special invitations to fill out the field. Typically, all golfers in the top 100 in the world make the field. However, 20 PGA of America professionals are in the field this week after qualifying through the PGA Professional Championship.

Back in the field this year, after missing his title defense last year, is Phil Mickelson. Mickelson will join 16 other LIV Golf pros in the field. There were 18 LIV Golfers in the field at the Masters, where three of the top six finishers came from the rivals, including Mickelson as co-runner-up with Brooks Koepka.

Absent from the field is Tiger Woods, who played last year at Southern Hills and last month at the Masters, while he recovers from ankle surgery.

You can find the full list of participants below as well as the list of qualification criteria.

2023 PGA Championship Field

Aaron Wise – Ellerbe, NC  

Abraham Ancer – MEXICO   

Adam Hadwin – CANADA   

Adam Schenk – Vincennes, IN  

Adam Scott – AUSTRALIA   

Adam Svensson – CANADA   

Adri Arnaus – SPAIN   

Adrian Meronk – POLAND   

Adrián Otaegui – SPAIN   

Alex Beach – Stillwater, MN *PGA Professional 

Alex Norén – SWEDEN   

Alex Smalley – Greensboro, NC  

Andrew Putnam – University Place, WA 

Anirban Lahiri – INDIA   

Anthony Cordes – Johns Creek, GA *PGA Professional

Beau Hossler – Mission Viejo, CA 

Ben Griffin – Chapel Hill, NC 

Ben Kern – Grove City, OH *PGA Professional

Ben Taylor – ENGLAND   

Billy Horschel – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Braden Shattuck – Aston, PA *PGA Professional 

Brandon Wu – Scarsdale, NY  

Brendan Steele – Idyllwild, CA  

Brendon Todd – Watkinsville, GA  

Brian Harman – St. Simons Island, GA

Brooks Koepka – West Palm Beach, FL

Bryson DeChambeau – Dallas, TX  

Callum Shinkwin – ENGLAND   

Callum Tarren – ENGLAND   

Cam Davis – AUSTRALIA   

Cameron Smith – AUSTRALIA   

Cameron Young – Scarborough, NY  

Chez Reavie – Scottsdale, AZ  

Chris French – Rockford, IL *PGA Professional 

Chris Kirk – Athens, GA  

Chris Sanger – Red Hook, NY *PGA Professional

Christiaan Bezuidenhout – SOUTH AFRICA  

Colin Inglis – Creswell, OR *PGA Professional 

Collin Morikawa – La Cañada, CA 

Corey Conners – CANADA   

Danny Willett – ENGLAND   

David Lingmerth – SWEDEN   

David Micheluzzi – AUSTRALIA   

Davis Riley – Hattiesburg, MS  

Davis Thompson – St. Simons Island, GA

Dean Burmester – SOUTH AFRICA  

Denny McCarthy – Jupiter, FL  

Dustin Johnson – Jupiter, FL   

Emiliano Grillo – ARGENTINA

Eric Cole – Delray Beach, FL   

Francesco Molinari – ITALY   

Gabe Reynolds – Dallas, TX *PGA Professional 

Gary Woodland – Topeka, KS  

Greg Koch – Orlando, FL *PGA Professional 

Harold Varner III – Gastonia, NC  

Harris English – Sea Island, GA 

Hayden Buckley – Tupelo, MS  

Hideki Matsuyama – JAPAN   

J.J. Spaun – Scottsdale, AZ  

J.T. Poston – Sea Island, GA 

Jason Day – AUSTRALIA   

Jeremy Wells – Estero, FL *PGA Professional 

Jesse Droemer – Houston, TX *PGA Professional 

Jimmy Walker – San Antonio, TX 

JJ Killeen – Lubbock, TX *PGA Professional 

Joaquín Niemann – CHILE   

Joel Dahmen – Scottsdale, AZ  

John Daly – Dardanelle, AR  

John Somers – Brooksville, FL *PGA Professional 

Jon Rahm – SPAIN   

Jordan Smith – ENGLAND   

Jordan Spieth – Dallas, TX  

Josh Speight – Locust Hill, VA *PGA Professional

Justin Rose – ENGLAND   

Justin Suh – San Jose, CA 

Justin Thomas – Louisville, KY  

K.H. Lee – REPUBLIC OF KOREA   

Kazuki Higa – JAPAN   

Keegan Bradley – Woodstock, VT  

Keith Mitchell – St. Simons Island, GA

Kenny Pigman – Norco, CA *PGA Professional 

Kevin Kisner – Aiken, SC  

Kurt Kitayama – Las Vegas, NV 

Lee Hodges – Athens, AL  

Lucas Herbert – AUSTRALIA   

Luke Donald – ENGLAND   

Mackenzie Hughes – CANADA   

Mark Hubbard – The Woodlands, TX   

Matt Cahill – Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Matt Kuchar – Jupiter, FL  

Matt Wallace – ENGLAND   

Matthew Fitzpatrick – ENGLAND   

Matthew NeSmith – Aiken, SC  

Maverick McNealy – Las Vegas, NV 

Max Homa – Valencia, CA  

Michael Block – Mission Viejo, CA *PGA Professional

Min Woo Lee – AUSTRALIA   

Mito Pereira – CHILE   

Nick Hardy – Northbrook, IL  

Nick Taylor – CANADA   

Nico Echavarria – COLOMBIA   

Nicolai Højgaard – DENMARK   

Ockie Strydom – SOUTH AFRICA  

Pablo Larrazábal – SPAIN   

Pádraig Harrington – IRELAND   

Patrick Cantlay – Jupiter, FL  

Patrick Reed – The Woodlands, TX 

Patrick Rodgers – Jupiter, FL  

Paul Casey – ENGLAND   

Phil Mickelson – Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Rasmus Højgaard – DENMARK   

Rickie Fowler – Murrieta, CA  

Rikuya Hoshino – JAPAN   

Robert MacIntyre – SCOTLAND   

Rory McIlroy – NORTHERN IRELAND  

Russell Grove – Coeur d’Alene, ID *PGA Professional

Russell Henley – Columbus, GA  

Ryan Fox – NEW ZEALAND  

Sadom Kaewkanjana – THAILAND   

Sahith Theegala – Houston, TX  

Sam Burns – Shreveport, LA  

Sam Ryder – Longwood, FL  

Scott Stallings – Oak Ridge, TN 

Scottie Scheffler – Dallas, TX  

Séamus Power – IRELAND   

Sepp Straka – AUSTRIA   

Shane Lowry – IRELAND   

Shaun Micheel – Collierville, TN  

Si Woo Kim – REPUBLIC OF KOREA   

Sihwan Kim – Las Vegas, NV 

Steve Holmes – Simi Valley, CA *PGA Professional

Steven Alker – NEW ZEALAND  

Sungjae Im – REPUBLIC OF KOREA 

Talor Gooch – Edmond, OK  

Taylor Montgomery – Las Vegas, NV 

Taylor Moore – Edmond, OK  

Taylor Pendrith – CANADA   

Thomas Detry – BELGIUM   

Thomas Pieters – BELGIUM   

Thorbjørn Olesen – DENMARK   

Thriston Lawrence – SOUTH AFRICA  

Tom Hoge – Fort Worth, TX 

Tom Kim – REPUBLIC OF KOREA   

Tommy Fleetwood – ENGLAND   

Tony Finau – Lehi, UT  

Trey Mullinax – Birmingham, AL  

Tyrrell Hatton – ENGLAND   

Victor Perez – FRANCE   

Viktor Hovland – NORWAY   

Webb Simpson – Charlotte, NC  

Wyatt Worthington II – Reynoldsburg, OH *PGA Professional 

Wyndham Clark – Denver, CO  

Xander Schauffele – San Diego, CA 

Y.E. Yang – REPUBLIC OF KOREA 

Yannik Paul – GERMANY   

Zach Johnson – Cedar Rapids, IA 

PGA Championship exemptions

1. All former winners of the PGA Championship

2. Winners of the last five Masters (2019-23)

3. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2018-22)

4. Winners of the last five Open Championships (2017-22). [Note: Canceled in 2020]

5. Winners of the last three THE PLAYERS Championships (2021-23)

6. The top three on the OWGR’s International Federation Ranking List as of April 24, 2023.

7. Winner of 2022 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship

8. The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2022 PGA Championship

9. The top 20 finishers from the 2023 PGA Professional Championship.

10. The top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship points from the 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson through the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship (ending May 7, 2023).

11. Playing members of the last named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2021), provided they remain in the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of May 7, 2023.

12. Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments whose victories are considered official, from the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson.

13. 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 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson through the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship (ending May 7, 2023) in order of their position on such a list.

*Note: The PGA Championship points list is based on Official Money earned in PGA TOUR events within the defined period in Nos. 10 and 12 above and is available at https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.132.html. Announcement of the final field is planned for May 10.