2021 PGA Championship field: Players, rankings
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2021 PGA Championship field: Players, rankings

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The 2021 PGA Championship field is set with the passing of the typical Friday entry deadline. The field is set for this event, played at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, S.C.

The PGA Championship field is headlined by the likes of Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy. Tiger Woods is not playing this week.

This is set to be a 156-player field is played out over four days, with this being the second major championship on the PGA Tour schedule in 2021 and the fourth major of the 2020-2021 season.

The tournament is back in May after being last played in May in 2019, when Brooks Koepka won.

We do not have Monday qualifiers for this event, but a spot is held open for winner of this week's AT&T Byron Nelson on the PGA Tour, who turned out to be Kyoung-hoon Lee, who wasn't already qualified.

The field will be playing for a $11 million purse, with 49 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders. Matthew Wolff is the only top-50 player not competing.

2021 PGA Championship field

Top 50 players in 2021 PGA Championship field

  • 1. Dustin Johnson
  • 2. Justin Thomas
  • 3. Jon Rahm
  • 4. Bryson DeChambeau
  • 5. Xander Schauffele
  • 6. Collin Morikawa
  • 7. Rory McIlroy
  • 8. Patrick Reed
  • 9. Tyrrell Hatton
  • 10. Webb Simpson
  • 11. Viktor Hovland
  • 12. Brooks Koepka
  • 13. Patrick Cantlay
  • 14. Tony Finau
  • 15. Hideki Matsuyama
  • 16. Daniel Berger
  • 17. Matthew Fitzpatrick
  • 18. Billy Horschel
  • 19. Abraham Ancer
  • 20. Paul Casey
  • 21. Sungjae Im
  • 22. Scottie Scheffler
  • 23. Lee Westwood
  • 24. Harris English
  • 25. Cameron Smith
  • 26. Tommy Fleetwood
  • 28. Jordan Spieth
  • 29. Joaquin Niemann
  • 30. Will Zalatoris
  • 31. Ryan Palmer
  • 32. Louis Oosthuizen
  • 33. Victor Perez
  • 34. Jason Kokrak
  • 35. Kevin Na
  • 36. Adam Scott
  • 37. Corey Conners
  • 38. Marc Leishman
  • 39. Max Homa
  • 40. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
  • 41. Justin Rose
  • 42. Stewart Cink
  • 43. Kevin Kisner
  • 44. Sam Burns
  • 45. Robert MacIntyre
  • 46. Sergio Garcia
  • 47. Shane Lowry
  • 48. Brian Harman
  • 49. Matt Kuchar
  • 50. Si Woo Kim

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