Inside the Field: 106th PGA Championship

The PGA TOUR's best return to Valhalla Golf Club for the second major championship of the 2024 season, the 106th PGA Championship.

The field will be comprised of a maximum of 156 players determined via several qualifying factors and headlined by Tiger Woods, a 15-time major champion and winner of the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla. All former winners of the PGA Championship earn an invite, along with many other conditions including the top 15 and ties from last year's event, the top 20 finishers of the 2024 PGA Professional Championship, the winner of 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship and many more. Two spots in the field remain for winners of this week’s Wells Fargo Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic.

Scroll below to see the full list of players who will be heading to Louisville, Kentucky. (qualifying categories in parentheses)

Monday, May 13:

• C.T. Pan (14)
• Taylor Montgomery (out, W/D after deadline)

Sunday, May 12:

• Chris Gotterup (12)
• S.H. Kim (14)
• Steve Stricker (out, W/D after deadline)

The field as of Friday, May 10:

• Ludvig Åberg (10, 11, 12)
• Byeong Hun An (10)
• Rich Beem (1)
• Josh Bevell (9)
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout (10)
• Akshay Bhatia (10, 12)
• Alexander Björk (14)
• Zac Blair (10)
• Michael Block (8)
• Evan Bowser (9)
• Keegan Bradley (1, 10, 12,)
• Dean Burmester (14)
• Sam Burns (10, 11)
• Patrick Cantlay (8, 10, 11)
• Wyndham Clark (3, 10, 11, 12)
• Eric Cole (8, 10)
• Preston Cole (9)
• Tyler Collet (9)
• Corey Conners (8, 10)
• John Daly (1)
• Cam Davis (8, 10)
• Jason Day (1,10)
• Bryson DeChambeau (3, 8)
• Thomas Detry (10)
• Matt Dobyns (9)
• Luke Donald (14)
• Jason Dufner (1)
• Nick Dunlap (12)
• Austin Eckroat (10, 12)
• Harris English (10)
• Tony Finau (10)
• Matt Fitzpatrick (3, 10, 11)
• Tommy Fleetwood (10, 11)
• Rickie Fowler (10, 11, 12)
• Ryan Fox (14)
• Brice Garnett (12)
• Doug Ghim (15)
• Lucas Glover (10, 12)
• Talor Gooch (14)
• Ben Griffin (14)
• Emiliano Grillo (10, 12)
• Larkin Gross (9)
• Adam Hadwin (10)
• Brian Harman (4, 10, 11)
• Padraig Harrington (1)
• Tyrrell Hatton (8, 10, 11)
• Russell Henley (10)
• Lucas Herbert (14)
• Ryo Hisatsune (14)
• Lee Hodges (10, 12)
• Charley Hoffman (14)
• Tom Hoge (10)
• Nicolai Højgaard (11)
• Rasmus Højgaard (14)
• Max Homa (10, 11)
• Billy Horschel (12)
• Beau Hossler (10)
• Viktor Hovland (8, 10, 11, 12)
• Mark Hubbard (10)
• Mackenzie Hughes (10)
• Sungjae Im (10)
• Stephan Jaeger (10, 12)
• Dustin Johnson (2)
• Jared Jones (9)
• Takumi Kanaya (14)
• Martin Kaymer (1)
• Jeffrey Kellen (9)
• Si Woo Kim (10)
• Tom Kim (10, 12)
• Chris Kirk (10, 12)
• Kurt Kitayama (8)
• Jake Knapp (10, 12)
• Kazuma Kobori (14)
• Brooks Koepka (1, 8, 10, 11)
• Ben Kohles (14)
• Thriston Lawrence (14)
• K.H. Lee (14)
• Min Woo Lee (10)
• Luke List (10, 12)
• Shane Lowry (4, 8, 10, 11, 12)
• Robert MacIntyre (11)
• Peter Malnati (10, 12)
• Brad Marek (9)
• Hideki Matsuyama (2, 10, 12)
• Denny McCarthy (10)
• Rory McIlroy (1, 8, 10, 11, 12)
• Maverick McNealy (14)
• Kyle Mendoza (14)
• Adrian Meronk (9)
• Shaun Micheel (1)
• Phil Mickelson (1)
• Keith Mitchell (14)
• Francesco Molinari (4)
• Taylor Montgomery (14)
• Taylor Moore (10)
• Collin Morikawa (1, 4, 10, 11, 12)
• Jesse Mueller (9)
• Grayson Murray (10, 12)
• Keita Nakajima (6, 13)
• Joaquin Niemann (14)
• Alex Noren (10)
• Vincent Norrman (12)
• Zac Oakley (9)
• Andy Ogletree (6)
• Thorbjørn Olesen (14)
• Adrian Otaegui (13)
• Matthieu Pavon (10, 12)
• Taylor Pendrith (10, 12)
• Victor Perez (8)
• Tracy Phillips (9)
• Ben Polland (9)
• J.T. Poston (10)
• David Puig (14)
• Andrew Putnam (10)
• Jon Rahm (2, 3, 11)
• Aaron Rai (10)
• Patrick Reed (14)
• Patrick Rodgers (10)
• Justin Rose (8, 11)
• Xander Schauffele (10, 11)
• Scottie Scheffler (2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12)
• Adam Schenk (10)
• Adam Scott (10)
• Braden Shattuck (9)
• Cameron Smith (4, 5, 8)
• Jordan Smith (14)
• Sebastian Soderberg (13)
• John Somers (9)
• Josh Speight (9)
• Jordan Spieth (10, 11)
• Sepp Straka (8, 10, 11, 12)
• Steve Stricker (7)
• Adam Svensson (14)
• Jesper Svensson (14)
• Andrew Svoboda (9)
• Nick Taylor (10, 12)
• Sahith Theegala (10, 12)
• Justin Thomas (1, 10, 11)
• Brendon Todd (10)
• Alejandro Tosti (14)
• Sami Valimaki (14)
• Erik van Rooyen (10, 12)
• Ryan van Velzen (6)
• Camilo Villegas (12)
• Jimmy Walker (1)
• Matt Wallace (14)
• Jeremy Wells (9)
• Tim Widing (14)
• Gary Woodland (3)
• Tiger Woods (1)
• Wyatt Worthington II (9)
• Y.E. Yang (1)
• Cameron Young (10)
• Will Zalatoris (10)

Categories for 2024 PGA Championship eligibility

1. All former winners of the PGA Championship.
2. Winners of the last five Masters (2020-24).
3. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2019-23).
4. Winners of the last five Open Championships (2018-23; cancelled in 2020).
5. Winners of the last three THE PLAYERS Championships (2022-24).
6. The top three on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking List as of April 29, 2024.
7. Winner of the 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship.
8. The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2023 PGA Championship.
9. The top 20 finishers from the 2024 PGA Professional Championship.
10. The top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (ending May 5, 2024).
11. Playing members of the last-named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2023) provided they remain within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of May 6, 2024.
12. Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship and the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic.
13. The top three finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing event rankings, that include the Porsche Singapore Open, the Hero Indian Open, the ISPS Handa Championship and the Volvo China Open.
14. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.
15. 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 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (ending May 5, 2024), in order of their position on such list.