The burgeoning strength of The European Tour will again be on display when a record 49 European Tour Members, comfortably surpassing the previous best of 41, line-up in the final Major of the season for the US PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club, Illinois, from August 17-20.
Eight of those players will be making their debuts – England’s John Bickerton, Swede Johan Edfors, Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Englishmen Kenneth Ferrie and Simon Khan, Andres Romero of Argentina, South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel and another Englishman in Anthony Wall.
American World Number Two Phil Mickelson will be defending the title he won by a stroke from European Tour Member Thomas Björn of Denmark and Australian Steve Elkington a year ago at Baltusrol.
The US PGA Championship was last played at Medinah in 1999, won by World Number One Tiger Woods, who this week will be looking to follow his Open Championship triumph at Hoylake last month with a 12th Major title. Woods triumphed after a wonderful duel with a teenage Sergio Garcia which announced the young Spaniard on the global stage.
Contestants in the
88th US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Medinah Country Club – Medinah, Illinois
August 14 - 20, 2006
As of August 7, 2006
ABER, John – Pittsburgh, Pa.
ALLENBY, Robert - AUSTRALIA
AMES, Stephen - CANADA
APPLEBY, Stuart – AUSTRALIA
ARNOLD, Sam - Cincinnati, Oh.
AUSTIN, Woody - Derby, Kan.
AZINGER, Paul - Bradenton, Fla.
BADDELEY, Aaron - AUSTRALIA
BEEM, Rich - Austin, Texas
BICKERTON, John - ENGLAND
BISCONTI, Gregory - South Salem, N.Y.
BJORN, Thomas - DENMARK
BOHN, Jason - Acworth, Ga.
BROADHURST, Paul - ENGLAND
BROOKS, Mark – Fort Worth, Texas
BROWN, Mark - Oyster Bay, N.Y.
BROWNE, Olin - Hobe Sound, Fla.
BRYANT, Bart – Ocoee, Fla.
BUCKLE, Andrew - AUSTRALIA
CABRERA, Angel - ARGENTINA
CALCAVECCHIA, Mark – Phoenix, Ariz.
CAMPBELL, Chad - Lewisville, Texas
CAMPBELL, Michael - NEW ZEALAND
CASEY, Paul – ENGLAND
CHOI, K.J. – SOUTH KOREA
CINK, Stewart - Duluth, Ga.
CLARK, Tim – SOUTH AFRICA
CLARKE, Darren - NORTHERN IRELAND
COUCH - Chris - Gainesville, Fla.
COUPLES, Fred - Silverleaf, Ariz.
CRANE, Ben - Beaverton, Ore.
CRANFORD, Jeffrey - LaQuinta, Calif.
CURTIS, Ben - Ostrander, Ohio
DALY, John - Dardanelle, Ark.
DIMARCO, Chris – Heathrow, Fla.
DODD, Stephen - WALES
DONALD, Luke – ENGLAND
DOUGHERTY, Nick - ENGLAND
DREDGE, Bradley - WALES
DUVAL, David – Denver, Colo.
EDFORS, Johan - SWEDEN
ELKINGTON, Steve – AUSTRALIA
ELS, Ernie - SOUTH AFRICA
EVANS, Barry - Charleston, W. Va.
FASTH, Niclas - SWEDEN
FAXON, Brad - Barrington, R.I.
FERNANDEZ-CASTANO, Gonzalo - SPAIN
FERRIE, Kenneth - ENGLAND
FLESCH, Steve – Union, Ky.
FUNK, Fred - Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
FURYK, Jim - Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
GAMEZ, Robert - Celebration, Fla.
GARCIA, Sergio - SPAIN
GLOVER, Lucas – Greenville, S.C.
GOOSEN, Retief - SOUTH AFRICA
GORE, Jason - Valencia, Calif.
GRADY, Wayne - AUSTRALIA
GREEN, Nathan - AUSTRALIA
GREEN, Richard - AUSTRALIA
HAAS, Jay - Greer, S.C.
HAAS, Jerry - Winston-Salem, N.C.
HAMILTON, Todd - Dallas, Texas
HANSEN, Anders - DENMARK
HARRINGTON, Padraig – IRELAND
HART, Dudley – Jupiter, Fla.
HENRY, J.J. - Ft. Worth, Texas
HENSBY, Mark – AUSTRALIA
HERRON, Tim – Deephaven, Minn.
HO, S.K. - SOUTH KOREA
HOLMES, J.B. - Lexington, Ky.
HOWELL, III, Charles – Augusta, Ga.
HOWELL, David – ENGLAND
IMMELMAN, Trevor - SOUTH AFRICA
INTERNATIONAL winner
JIMENEZ, Miguel Angel - SPAIN
JOBE, Brandt - Westlake, Texas
JOHNSON, Richard S. - SWEDEN
JOHNSON, Zach - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
KANE, Jim - Edmond, Okla.
KARLSSON, Robert - SWEDEN
KATAYAMA, Shingo - JAPAN
KELLY, Jerry - Madison, Wis.
KHAN, Simon - ENGLAND
LANGER, Bernhard – GERMANY
LEHMAN, Tom – Scottsdale, Ariz.
LEONARD, Justin - Dallas, Texas
LONARD, Peter – AUSTRALIA
LOVE III, Davis - Sea Island, Ga.
LOWERY, Steve - Birmingham, Ala.
MAGGERT, Jeff – Houston, Texas
MARUYAMA, Shigeki – JAPAN
MAYFAIR, Billy - Scottsdale, Ariz.
MCDOWELL, Graeme – NORTHERN IRELAND
MCGINLEY, Paul – IRELAND
MICHEEL, Shaun - Memphis, Tenn.
MICKELSON, Phil - Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
MITCHUM, Kelly – Southern Pines, N.C
MONTGOMERIE, Colin – SCOTLAND
NELSON, Larry - Marietta, Ga.
O'HAIR Sean - West Chester, Pa.
O’HERN, Nick - AUSTRALIA
OBERHOLSER, Arron – Scottsdale, Ariz.
OGILVY, Geoff - AUSTRALIA
OLAZABAL, Jose Maria – SPAIN
OWEN, Greg - ENGLAND
PALMER, Ryan - Hurst, Texas
PAMPLING, Rod – AUSTRALIA
PARNEVIK, Jesper - SWEDEN
PAVIN, Corey - Plano, Texas
PEREZ, Pat - Scottsdale, Ariz.
PERNICE, JR., Tom - Scottsdale, Ariz.
PERRY, Kenny - Franklin, Ky.
PETTERSSON, Carl - SWEDEN
PHILO, Ron – Amelia Island, Fla.
POULTER, Ian - ENGLAND
PRICE, Nick - SOUTH AFRICA
PURDY, Ted - Phoenix, Ariz.
QUIGLEY, Brett - Barrington, R.I.
RILEY, Chris - Las Vegas, Nev.
RINKER, Lee - Jupiter, Fla.
ROLLINS, John - Irving, Texas
ROMERO, Andres - ARGENTINA
ROSE, Justin - ENGLAND
SABBATINI, Rory - SOUTH AFRICA
SCHNEITER, Steve - Sandy, Utah
SCHULTE, Alan - Fishers, Ind.
SCHWARTZEL, Charl - SOUTH AFRICA
SCOTT, Adam - AUSTRALIA
SENDEN, John - Flower Mound, Texas
SHORT, Wes - Austin, Texas
SINGH, Vijay - FIJI
SLOCUM, Heath - Pensacola, Fla.
SLUMAN, Jeff - Hinsdale, Ill.
SMALL, Mike - Champaign, Ill.
STARKJOHANN, Chris – Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.
STENSON, Henrik - SWEDEN
STRICKER, Steve - Madison, Wis.
SULLIVAN, Chip - Troutville, Va.
TANIHARA, Hideto - JAPAN
TAYLOR, Vaughn – Augusta, Ga.
THOMAS, Craig – Muttontown, N.Y.
TOMS, David – Shreveport, La.
TRIPLETT, Kirk - Scottsdale, Ariz.
TWAY, Bob - Edmond, Okla.
VAN PELT, Bo - Bixby, Okla.
VERPLANK, Scott - Edmond, Okla.
VILLEGAS Camilo - COLOMBIA
WALL, Anthony - ENGLAND
WEINHART, Tim - Buford, Ga.
WEIR, Mike – CANADA
WESTWOOD, Lee – ENGLAND
WETTERICH, Brett - Jupiter, Fla.
WIEMERS, Chris - Omaha, Neb.
WILSON, Dean - Kaneohe, Hawaii
WOODS, Tiger – Windermere, Fla.
YRENE, Don - Scottsdale, Ariz.
Alternates:
1. SINDELAR, Joey - Horseheads, N.Y. (73)
2. BARLOW, Craig - Henderson, Nev. (74)
3. MOORE, Ryan -Spanaway, Wash. (78)
4. CHOPRA, Daniel - SWEDEN (79)
5. FRAZAR, Harrison -Dallas, Tex. (83)
6. BYRD, Johathan - Sea Island, Ga. (84)
7. ESTES, Bob - Austin, Texas (85)
8. ANDRADE, Billy - Bristol, R.I. (86)
9. WARREN, Charles - Greenville, S.C. (90)
10. WATNEY, Nick - Fresno, Calif. (91)
11. FRANCO, Carlos - PARAGUAY (92)
12. RIDINGS, Tag - Fayetteville, Ark. (95)
