Field announced for Kaulig Companies Championship
AKRON, Ohio – The Kaulig Companies Championship, scheduled for July 11-14 at Firestone Country Club, announced its 78-player field on Monday.
Two-time champion (2021, 2023) and reigning Charles Schwab Cup winner Steve Stricker returns to Firestone looking to become the second three-time winner in tournament history. Fellow Wisconsin native Jerry Kelly has also won this event twice at Firestone, capturing titles in 2020 and 2022. They are two of six past champions in the field along with Retief Goosen (2019), Vijay Singh (2018), Scott McCarron (2017) and Kenny Perry (2013).
Each of the top 5 players in the Charles Schwab Cup standings will tee it up this week on the famed South Course, including No. 1 Stephen Ames, No. 2 Steven Alker, No. 3 Ernie Els, No. 4 Stricker and No. 5 Richard Green. Ames and Els will each be going for their Champions Tour-leading third win of the 2024 season.
Els is one of five World Golf Hall of Fame members in the field along with Goosen, Singh, Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal. Singh and Olazabal are each past winners at Firestone, with Singh capturing the 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Olazabal winning the NEC World Series of Golf in 1990 and 1994. Other past winners at Firestone in the 2024 field are Darren Clarke (2003 WGC-NEC Invitational) and David Duval (1998 NEC World Series of Golf).
In all, the 2024 field includes 17 PGA TOUR Champions major winners, 13 PGA TOUR major winners, 46 players who have won on PGA TOUR Champions (combining for 196 wins) and 55 players who have won on the PGA TOUR (306 wins). Additional notables include two-time major winner John Daly, 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk, 1997 Open Championship winner Justin Leonard and 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir, who will captain the International Team at the 2024 Presidents Cup.
The Kaulig Companies Championship is the fourth of five majors on PGA TOUR Champions in 2024. The winner of this year’s Kaulig Companies Championship will receive an exemption into the 2025 PLAYERS Championship.
2024 Kaulig Companies Championship Field (78)
Alker, Steven
Allan, Steve
Allen, Michael
Ames, Stephen
Andrade, Billy
Appleby, Stuart
Atwal, Arjun
Bertsch, Shane
Bjørn, Thomas
Broadhurst, Paul
Browne, Olin
Cabrera, Ángel
Calcavecchia, Mark
Campbell, Chad
Chalmers, Greg
Choi, K.J.
Clarke, Darren
Daly, John
Dawson, Marco
Day, Glen
DiMarco, Chris
Dodd, Stephen
Duke, Ken
Dunlap, Scott
Durant, Joe
Duval, David
Els, Ernie
Estes, Bob
Flesch, Steve
Frazar, Harrison
Furyk, Jim
Gay, Brian
Gogel, Matt
Gonzalez, Ricardo
Goosen, Retief
Goydos, Paul
Green, Richard
Hensby, Mark
Herron, Tim
Huston, John
Jaidee, Thongchai
Janzen, Lee
Jiménez, Miguel Angel
Karlsson, Robert
Kelly, Jerry
Labritz, Rob
Leonard, Justin
Maggert, Jeff
Mayfair, Billy
McCarron, Scott
Mediate, Rocco
Montgomerie, Colin
O'Neal, Tim
Olazábal, José María
Pampling, Rod
Parel, Scott
Pate, Steve
Percy, Cameron
Pernice Jr., Tom
Perry, Kenny
Petrovic, Tim
Pride, Dicky
Quigley, Brett
Sauers, Gene
Senden, John
Singh, Vijay
Slocum, Heath
Stankowski, Paul
Stricker, Steve
Sutherland, Kevin
Tanigawa, Ken
Tiziani, Mario
Verplank, Scott
Waldorf, Duffy
Weekley, Boo
Weir, Mike
Wi, Charlie
Yang, Y.E.
For more information on the 2024 Kaulig Companies Championship, please visit KauligChampionship.com.