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Field Announced for PGA Tour's Tampa Bay Championship (UPDATED)
This week's PGA Tour event at Palm Harbor's Innisbrook Golf Resort contains some of golf's biggest names, including Sergio Garcia and John Daly.
Updated Wednesday, March 13, 2013-
The fourth spot in the Monday Open qualifier was actually decided on Tuesday when a playoff was resumed and it went to David Skinns.
There were two sets of changes in the field on Tuesday. Scott Verplank and Steve Marino withdrew. Jim Herman and Eric Meierdierks moved into the field from the alternate list.
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The PGA TOUR announced pairings for the first two rounds which can be seen here.
Updated Tuesday, March 12, 2013-
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Three of the final four spots in the field were determined in Monday’s Open Qualifier at Fox Hollow Golf Club. They went to veteran pro Tim Petrovic and David Bradshaw who shot 66 and Andy Pope who birdied the second playoff hole after shooting 67. David Skinns and Garrett Osborn who also had 67s, remained tied after four playoff holes and will resume their competition for the final spot in the morning.
Petrovic, a longtime resident of Pasco County, will be playing in the tournament for the 11th time. He finished 4th in 2003.
There was one other change in the field on Monday. Kevin Na withdrew and was replaced by Jin Park. Jim Herman is now the first alternate.
Updated Monday, March 11, 2013-
There were some changes to the Tampa Bay Championship field on Sunday.
Five players qualified to play based on finishing in the top 10 in the Puerto Rico Open, led by winner Scott Brown. It is the second consecutive year Brown’s strong performance inPuerto Rico has put him in the tournament.
Also qualifying in Puerto Rico were Jordan Spieth, Justin Bolli, Peter Uihlein and D.J. Trahan.
Spieth and Uihlein are two of the rising stars in golf. Spieth, still only 19 years old, has won two U.S. Junior Amateur titles and finished 21st in the 2012 U.S. Open. He turned pro in December.
Uihlein, the 2010 U.S. Amateur champion and an All-American at Oklahoma State, received a sponsor’s exemption to the Tampa Bay Championship in 2011 and made his first cut in a PGA TOUR event, finishing 57th.
Ernie Els, who had committed to the tournament on Friday, withdrew due to an ailment.
Saturday, March 9, 2013-
An already strong field for the 2013 Tampa Bay Championship presented by EverBank was bolstered in the final hours before the commitment deadline Friday, March 8, with the addition of former major champions Ernie Els and Geoff Ogilvy.
Els, the defending British Open champion, finished one shot out of a playoff on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort last year and will be making the trip to St. Pete-Clearwater after hosting his annual Els for Autism fundraiser in Palm Beach County on Monday.
Ogilvy, who counts the 2006 U.S. Open winner among his seven PGA TOUR titles, moved back in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) top 50 last week with a runner-up finish at the Honda Classic. The commitments of Els and Ogilvy put 21 members of the OWGR top 50 in the field.
Brandt Snedeker, 4th in the OWGR, is one player who has withdrawn from the field due to injury. Snedeker has not played since winning the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in early February.
The tournament does include four members of the top eight in the OWGR, led by defending champion Luke Donald at number 3. Also in the field are # 6 Louis Oosthuizen, #7 Adam Scott and #8 Matt Kuchar who recently won the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship.
Other players in the OWGR top 30 are #16 Jason Dufner, #17 2012 U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, #18 Sergio Garcia, #23 Nick Watney, #24 Els, #25 Zach Johnson, #27 Jim Furyk and #28 Martin Kaymer.
In addition to Donald and Furyk, other former winners of the Tampa Bay Championship in the field include two-time titlists K.J. Choi and Retief Goosen, as well as Vijay Singh, Carl Pettersson, Sean O’Hair and Gary Woodland.
All told 50 of the top 75 players from the 2012 PGA TOUR Official Money List are in the field. The field is still subject to change, including the addition of four players through Monday’s open qualifying and some top 10 finishers in the Puerto Rico Open.
Field for the Tampa Bay Championship Presented by Everbank
Robert Allenby
Stephen Ames
Stuart Appleby
Aaron Baddeley
Sang-Moon Bae
Ricky Barnes
Charlie Beljan
Jonas Blixt
Jason Bohn
Steven Bowditch
Michael Bradley
Angel Cabrera
Chad Campbell
Patrick Cantlay
Roberto Castro
Bud Cauley
Greg Chalmers
Kevin Chappell
K.J. Choi
Stewart Cink
Will Claxton
George Coetzee
Erik Compton
Ben Crane
John Daly
Brian Davis
Jason Day
Brendon de Jonge
Graham DeLaet
Luke Donald
James Driscoll
Jason Dufner
Ken Duke
Ernie Els
Harris English
Bob Estes
Matt Every
Ross Fisher
Martin Flores
Brad Fritsch
Jim Furyk
Tommy Gainey
Sergio Garcia
Scott Gardiner
Robert Garrigus
Brian Gay
Tom Gillis
Lucas Glover
Fabian Gomez
Retief Goosen
Luke Guthrie
James Hahn
Brian Harman
David Hearn
J.J. Henry
Tim Herron
Justin Hicks
Charley Hoffman
Billy Horschel
John Huh
Trevor Immelman
Ryo Ishikawa
Zach Johnson
Matt Jones
Martin Kaymer
Jerry Kelly
Troy Kelly
Jeff Klauk
Colt Knost
Ben Kohles
Jason Kokrak
Matt Kuchar
Doug LaBelle II
Martin Laird
Scott Langley
D.H. Lee
Richard H.Lee
Marc Leishman
Justin Leonard
David Lingmerth
Luke List
John Mallinger
Steve Marino
David Mathis
Troy Matteson
William McGirt
George McNeill
Bryce Molder
Ryan Moore
Kevin Na
Seung-Yul Noh
Henrik Norlander
Sean O'Hair
Geoff Ogilvy
Louis Oosthuizen
Jeff Overton
Greg Owen
Ryan Palmer
Jesper Parnevik
Cameron Percy
Pat Perez
Rod Perry
Carl Pettersson
Scott Piercy
D.A. Points
Ted Potter, Jr.
Alistair Presnell
Dicky Pride
Chez Reavie
Patrick Reed
Tag Ridings
John Rollins
Andres Romero
Rory Sabbatini
Adam Scott
John Senden
Wes Short, Jr.
Webb Simpson
Vijay Singh
Joey Snyder III
Kevin Stadler
Scott Stallings
Brendan Steele
Shawn Stefani
Robert Streb
Kevin Streelman
Chris Stroud
Brian Stuard
Daniel Summerhays
Kevin Sutherland
Josh Teater
Michael Thompson
Nicholas Thompson
Peter Tomasulo
David Toms
Cameron Tringale
Scott Verplank
Camilo Villegas
Jimmy Walker
Nick Watney
Boo Weekley
Mike Weir
Charlie Wi
Lee Williams
Mark Wilson
Casey Wittenberg
Gary Woodland
Y.E. Yang
4 Open Qualifying
4 Qualifying Tournament
156 Players in the Field
Alternates:
Park, Jin
Bolli, Justin
Herman, Jim
Meierdierks, Eric
Letzig, Michael
Stiles, Darron
Related
- PGA Tour Tampa Bay Championship: Complete Coverage
Thanks to Rick Odioso for submitting this information.
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