2018 Nedbank Golf Challenge field: Players, rankings
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2018 Nedbank Golf Challenge field: Players, rankings

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The 2018 Nedbank Golf Challenge field is set with the passing of the typical Friday entry deadline.

The Nedbank Golf Challenge field is headlined by Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Haotong Li and Padraig Harrington.

We do not have Monday qualifiers for this event, played at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa. The top 66 available players in the Race to Dubai qualify for the event, along with up to six sponsor exemptions from the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

2018 Nedbank Golf Challenge field

  • Thomas Aiken
  • Kiradech Aphibarnrat
  • Lucas Bjerregaard
  • Alexander Björk
  • Thomas Bjørn
  • Dean Burmester
  • Jorge Campillo
  • Ashley Chesters
  • George Coetzee
  • Nicolas Colsaerts
  • Jens Dantorp
  • Thomas Detry
  • Paul Dunne
  • Nacho Elvira
  • Darren Fichardt
  • Ross Fisher
  • Oliver Fisher
  • Matthew Fitzpatrick
  • Ryan Fox
  • Dylan Frittelli
  • Stephen Gallacher
  • Sergio Garcia
  • Branden Grace
  • Gavin Green
  • Padraig Harrington
  • Benjamin Hebert
  • Lucas Herbert
  • Sam Horsfield
  • Trevor Immelman
  • Andrew Johnston
  • Martin Kaymer
  • Maximilian Kieffer
  • Marcus Kinhult
  • Mikko Korhonen
  • Joakim Lagergren
  • Pablo Larrazábal
  • Alexander Levy
  • Tom Lewis
  • Haotong Li
  • Mike Lorenzo-Vera
  • Shane Lowry
  • Joost Luiten
  • Richard Mcevoy
  • Rory Mcilroy
  • Louis Oosthuizen
  • Wade Ormsby
  • Adrian Otaegui
  • Chris Paisley
  • Renato Paratore
  • Andrea Pavan
  • Matthieu Pavon
  • Tapio Pulkkanen
  • Aaron Rai
  • Robert Rock
  • Matthias Schwab
  • Charl Schwartzel
  • Jason Scrivener
  • Shubhankar Sharma
  • Lee Slattery
  • Jordan Smith
  • Matthew Southgate
  • Brandon Stone
  • Andy Sullivan
  • Julian Suri
  • Hideto Tanihara
  • Erik Van Rooyen
  • Matt Wallace
  • Paul Waring
  • Lee Westwood
  • Danny Willett
  • Chris Wood
  • Ashun Wu

Top 50 players in 2018 Nedbank Golf Challenge field

  • 6. Rory McIlroy
  • 27. Sergio Garcia
  • 37. Kiradech Aphibarnrat
  • 39. Louis Oosthuizen
  • 42. Haotong Li
  • 44. Matthew Fitzpatrick
  • 48. Branden Grace

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