The field of 64 is set for next week's revamped WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship.
The top 64 players in the latest Official World Golf Ranking have qualified for the event at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Tommy Fleetwood jumped from 66th to 55th in the world, booting Thomas Bjorn from the field.
The format for the event has changed to offer fans and TV partner NBC a chance to see the top golfers for more than one match in the somewhat unpredictable format.
The field will be divided into 16 groups of four that will play round-robin over the first two days of the event. The groups will be headed by the top 16 players in the OWGR, with each of the remaining three players randomly selected from one of three tiered groups based on world ranking. The top player from each group then advances to a bracket-style, single-elimination tournament.
Here's the full 64-player field for the event:
1. Rory McIlroy
2. Jordan Spieth
3. Henrik Stenson
4. Bubba Watson
5. Jim Furyk
6. Jason Day
7. Dustin Johnson
8. Adam Scott
9. Justin Rose
10. Sergio Garcia
11. Jimmy Walker
12. J.B. Holmes
13. Rickie Fowler
14. Matt Kuchar
15. Patrick Reed
16. Hideki Matsuyama
17. Martin Kaymer
18. Phil Mickelson
19. Billy Horschel
20. Brooks Koepka
21. Kevin Na
22. Victor Dubuisson
23. Zach Johnson
24. Bill Haas
25. Ryan Palmer
26. Chris Kirk
27. Ian Poulter
28. Ryan Moore
29. Jamie Donaldson
30. Hunter Mahan
31. Graeme McDowell
32. Louis Oosthuizen
33. Lee Westwood
34. Keegan Bradley
35. Anirban Lahiri
36. Brandt Snedeker
37. Paul Casey
38. Charl Schwartzel
39. Branden Grace
40. Matt Every
41. Stephen Gallacher
42. Bernd Wiesberger
43. Brendon Todd
44. Joost Luiten
45. Thongchai Jaidee
46. Webb Simpson
47. Russell Henley
48. Shane Lowry
49. Danny Willett
50. Luke Donald
51. Gary Woodland
52. Charley Hoffman
53. Marc Warren
54. Jason Dufner
55. Tommy Fleetwood
56. Harris English
57. Tim Clark
58. Marc Leishman
59. Andy Sullivan
60. Alexander Levy
61. Matt Jones
62. John Senden
63. George Coetzee
64. Ben Martin
Any player who withdraws or does not participate is filled in with the next-best player in the ranking, starting with No. 65.
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