The PGA Championship will have a field stacked with stars from both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.
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TigerWoodsmostrecentlywonthePGAChampionshipin2007.(MontanaPritchard/ThePGAofAmericaviaGettyImages)TigerWoodswillreturntogolfnextweekatthePGAChampionship.ThePGAofAmericahasannouncedthefieldfornextweek’smajoratValhalla,andWoods—afour-timewinneroftheevent,mostrecentlyin2007—islistedamongthecontenders.Thefieldincludes16priorPGAchampionsand33majorchampions.
ItalsoincludesaLIVGolfchampion—TalorGooch,whowonLIV’sindividualtitlelastseason.GoochhadbeenoutspokeninhiscondemnationofthemajorsfornotinvitingLIVplayerstotheirevents,somuchsothathewon’tevenattempttoqualifyfortheU.S.OpenorOpenChampionship.
ThePGAofAmerica,whichhastakenamoreevenhandedapproachtowardLIVplayersthansomeotherentities,decidedtoextendGoochaspecialexemption,inadditiontotheinvitationitmadeearliertoLIV’sJoaquinNiemann.NeitherGoochnorNiemannqualifiedforthePGAunderitstypicalqualificationprocesses,whichincludevictoriesonthe
