Tournament of Champions field features all but two of the 2023 winners
03/01/2024 17:01
The Sentry Tournament of Champions, which is scheduled to take place from January 4–7 at the Kapalua Resort in Maui, will kick off the PGA TOUR’s Opening Drive.
The TOUR’s Opening Drive, a two-week event in Hawaii, will open on a site that is unique in its artistic design and picturesque surroundings.
The Sentry is the first of eight Signature Events that will take place in 2024. The best players in the game will come together for the Signature Events, where they will compete for FedExCup points and increased purses on legendary courses.
The Sentry brings 39 previous-year event champions to Kapalua’s Plantation Course. The marquee tournament also features 24 players who qualified by finishing in the top 50 in FedEx Cup points, a new addition this year.
Without that twist, Patrick Cantlay (world No.5) and Xander Schauffele (world No.6) would be ineligible for the season-opening tournament. But as it is, only two FedEx top 50 players are not in the field.
Rory McIlroy, who finished fourth in points last year and won the 2023 Genesis Scottish Open, is remaining at home. And, of course, Jon Rahm, who won the Sentry last year as part of four triumphs that included the Masters, has left for LIV Golf.
With Rahm’s exit, Mackenzie Hughes’ position improved from 51 to 50, putting him in line for the Sentry. The Canadian has jumped at the chance to take a trip to Hawaii. Harris English, the 2021 champion, is the most recent Sentry winner in the field.
The 2022 champion, Cam Smith has also left for LIV Golf.
The 2024 PGA TOUR Season begins next week at The Sentry.
The field of 59 is made up of 35 players who won on TOUR in 2023 and 24 others who qualified by finishing in the top 50 in the FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List.
Field: pic.twitter.com/RFsoRwIIPP
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) December 29, 2023
Sentry Tournament of Champions field 2024
Current tournament winners
Ludvig Åberg
Akshay Bhatia
Keegan Bradley
Sam Burns
Wyndham Clark
Corey Conners
Jason Day
Nico Echavarria
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick
Rickie Fowler
Lucas Glover
Emiliano Grillo
Nick Hardy
Brian Harman
Lee Hodges
Max Homa
Viktor Hovland
Si Woo Kim
Tom Kim
Chris Kirk
Kurt Kitayama
Luke List
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Vincent Norrman
Davis Riley
Justin Rose
Scottie Scheffler
Sepp Straka
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Erik van Rooyen
Camilo Villegas
Matt Wallace
Top 50 on prior season’s FedExCup
Patrick Cantlay
Tommy Fleetwood
Russell Henley
Xander Schauffele
Sungjae Im
Adam Schenk
Tyrrell Hatton
Jordan Spieth
Denny McCarthy
Andrew Putnam
Adam Svensson
Harris English
J.T. Poston
Seamus Power
Cameron Young
Eric Cole
Byeong Hun An
Adam Hadwin
Tom Hoge
Brendon Todd
Cam Davis
Patrick Rodgers
Mackenzie Hughes
Hideki Matsuyama
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