2 struggling stars receive last-minute PGA Championship invites
Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson received special invites to the 2025 PGA Championship
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The field for the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., is just about set.
The PGA of America announced the field Tuesday, and a few notable names received special invitations after not meeting the qualification criteria.
Young LIV golfers Tom McKibbin and David Puig were given invitations. As members of LIV Golf, Puig and McKibbin have limited opportunities to earn Official World Golf Rankings points and are therefore not ranked inside the top 100, which is the standard cutoff for qualification. Joaquin Niemann received an early special invitation to the PGA Championship; the Chilean also received a special invite to the 2025 Masters.
Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson in 2025 PGA Championship field
There was another notable LIV name on Tuesday’s announcement as Dustin Johnson, whose exemption for his 2020 Masters win expired this year, was awarded a place in the field. Johnson is ranked 751st in the OWGR and has only two top-10 finishes in majors since he joined LIV in 2022 (2022 Open and 2023 U.S. Open).
Also getting an invite was Rickie Fowler.
Fowler was a member of the 2023 U.S. Ryder Cup team. All players who were members of the U.S and European Ryder Cup teams receive invites as long as they remain in the top 100 in the world. Fowler, who has just one top-20 finish in nine PGA Tour starts this year, has dipped to 125th in the OWGR and received a spot ahead of 13 players ranked ahead of him. Fowler was invited to the 2022 PGA Championship when he was ranked 146th in the world. He has not missed a PGA Championship since 2010.
Fowler earned his first-career PGA Tour win at the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow.
Full PGA Championship field
Two spots will be awarded this week to the winners of the Truist Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic, if those players aren’t already exempt. There will be 14 past champions in the field; Tiger Woods and John Daly aren’t among them. Woods is recovering from surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Here’s the full field for the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club, along with an alternate list and qualifying criteria.
Ludvig Aberg (10, 11)
Byeong Hun An (10)
Daniel Berger (10)
Brian Bergstol (9)
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (10)
Akshay Bhatia (10)
Brandon Bingaman (9)
Richard Bland (7)
Michael Block (9)
Keegan Bradley (1, 10, 12)
Jacob Bridgeman (10)
Dean Burmester (8)
Sam Burns (10, 11)
Brian Campbell (12)
Rafael Campos (12)
Laurie Canter (14)
Patrick Cantlay (10, 11)
John Catlin (14)
Bud Cauley (10)
Eugenio Chacarra (13)
Andre Chi (9)
Wyndham Clark (3, 10, 11
Eric Cole (10)
Tyler Collet (9)
Corey Conners (10)
Cam Davis (10, 12)
Jason Day (1, 10)
Bryson DeChambeau (3, 8, 10, 12)
Thomas Detry (8, 10, 12)
Luke Donald (4)
Jesse Droemer (9)
Jason Dufner (1)
Nick Dunlap (10, 12)
Nico Echavarria (10, 12)
Austin Eckroat (10, 12)
Harris English (10, 12)
Tony Finau (10)
Matt Fitzpatrick (3, 11)
Tommy Fleetwood (10, 11)
Rickie Fowler (11)
Sergio Garcia (14)
Bobby Gates (9)
Ryan Gerard (14)
Lucas Glover (10)
Max Greyserman (10)
Ben Griffin (10, 12)
Larkin Gross (9)
Adam Hadwin (10)
Harry Hall (10, 12)
Brian Harman (4, 10, 11, 12)
Padraig Harrington (1)
Tyrrell Hatton (11)
Russell Henley (10, 12)
Justin Hicks (9)
Garrick Higgo (12)
Joe Highsmith (10, 12)
Ryo Hisatsune (14)
Lee Hidges (8)
Tom Hoge (10)
Nicolai Hojgaard (11)
Rasmus Hojgaard (14)
Max Homa (11)
Beau Hossler (14)
Viktor Hovland (8, 10, 11)
Mackenzie Hughes (10)
Sungjae Im (10)
Nic Ishee (9)
Stephan Jaeger (10)
Dustin Johnson (14)
Tom Johnson (9)
Takumi Kanaya (14)
Michael Kartrude (9)
Martin Kaymer (1)
John Keefer (14)
Michael Kim (10)
Si Woo Kim (10)
Tom Kim (10)
Chris Kirk (14)
Kurt Kitayama (14)
Patton Kizzire (12)
Jake Knapp (14)
Greg Kock (9)
Brooks Koepka (1, 11)
Thirston Lawrence (14)
Min Woo Lee (10, 12)
Ryan Lenahan (9)
Justin Lower (14)
Shane Lowry (4, 8, 10, 11)
Robert MacIntyre (8, 10, 11, 12)
Hideki Matsuyama (2, 10, 12)
Denny McCarthy (10)
Matt McCarty (10, 12)
Max McGreevy (14)
Rory McIlroy (1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11)
Tom McKibbin (14)
Maverick McNealy (10, 12)
Shaun Micheel (1)
Phil Mickelson (1)
Keith Mitchell (14)
Taylor Moore (8)
Collin Morikawa (1, 4, 8, 10, 11)
Keita Nakajima (13)
Rasmus Neegaard-Petersen (14)
Dylan Newman (9)
Joaquin Niemann (14)
Alex Noren (8)
Niklas Norgaard (14)
Shaun Norris (14)
Andrew Novak (10, 12)
Thorbjorn Olesen (14)
John Parry (14)
Matthieu Pavon (14)
Taylor Pendrith (10)
Marco Penge (13)
J.T. Poston (10, 12)
Seamus Power (10)
David Puig (14)
Jon Rahm (2, 3, 11)
Aaron Rai (10, 12)
Patrick Reed (14)
Davis Riley (10, 12)
Patrick Rodgers (10)
Justin Rose (8, 10, 11)
Xander Schauffele (1, 4, 8, 10, 11)
Scottie Scheffler (2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12)
Adam Scott (10)
Vijay Singh (1)
Cameron Smith (4)
Elvis Smylie (14)
John Somers (9)
Bob Sowards (9)
J.J. Spaun (10)
Jordan Spieth (10, 11)
Eric Steger (9)
Sam Stevens (10)
Sepp Straka (10, 11, 12)
Nick Taylor (10, 12)
Rupe Taylor (9)
Sahith Theegala (8, 10)
Justin Thomas (1, 8, 10, 11)
Davis Thompson (10, 12)
Sami Valimaki (14)
Erik van Rooyen (14)
Daniel van Tonder (14)
Jhonattan Vegas (10, 12)
Karl Vilips (12)
Jimmy Walker (1)
Matt Wallace (14)
Timothy Wiseman (9)
Gary Woodland (14)
Cameron Youing (14)
Kevin Yu (10, 12)
Will Zalatoris (14)
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