At 2 a.m. Beijing time today, 10 days before the countdown to the second Grand Slam of the year, the PGA of America officially announced the 155-member lineup for the 2022 PGA Championship (see the end of the article).
Two of the most talkative superstars, Tiger Woods, who made his miraculous comeback at the Masters last month, and Phil Mickelson, the defending champion who has recently been mired in a gaffe scandal, are on the list!
For the second consecutive year, the collective absence of Chinese players, including Chinese mainland and Chinese Taipei, will surely become a faint regret in the hearts of Chinese people after watching the PGA Championship this year...
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Tigers return to the Land of Glory?
This year's PGA Championship will take place May 19-22 at the Southern Hills in Oklahoma. The last time a Grand Slam was held here was at the 2007 PGA Championship fifteen years ago. It was Tiger Woods!
In 2007, Woods won the PGA Championship for the first time in South Hills
On April 28 of this year, three weeks after Tigers returned to Augusta, he took a private jet to the Namsan Country Club to warm up for an 18-hole test of this once glorious place and the "battlefield" of the next Grand Slam.
Judging from the pictures and videos flowing out of the scene, Woods is not in serious condition except that his right leg is wrapped in tights. Two days later, he flew to Las Vegas to host the Tiger Jam poker charity event organized by his foundation.
Good signs mentally and physically suggest that Tigers have no problem playing another Grand Slam. However, as of now, he himself is still noncommittal about playing in the PGA Championship. "I'm not sure if I can hit Nanshan." After the masters final round, Woods said.
Tigers tested Nanshan last month
According to a source quoting Woods' team in Golf Digest, Woods is waiting to see how his body reacts to the recent increase in exercise before making a "final decision."
However, the PGA's official release of the list this morning at least means that the possibility of tigers competing is increasing. If he does, it will be his second official match since the february 2021 car accident. The PGA Championship contributed the second most trophies in Tiger Woods' 15-time Grand Slam titles, having lifted the Wernermek Cup four times in 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007, behind the Masters' 5 Green Jackets.
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Lao Mi is facing a life test
Exactly a year ago at the PGA Championship, Mickelson won the championship at the age of 50, becoming a hero who rewrote the history of Grand Slams. However, a year later, his reputation plummeted and he fell to the bottom...
Mickelson also enjoyed praise last year
The gaffe surrounding the LIV league forced Himi to issue a statement of apology and lost almost all of his sponsors, leaving him to not play a single match since the Saudi International in early February. Last week, some netizens filmed a video of the suspected old rice resuming practice, but the biographer Alan Hippnik, who originally made the old rice controversial remarks public, broke the news again, saying that the "left hand monster" actually lost $40 million due to gambling in 2010-2014, which further collapsed Mickelson's human set...
Whether Lao Mi will play in the PGA Championship has become a bigger mystery than the tiger's appearance. If he comes to Nanshan to defend his title, it will be his first public appearance after the scandal – his relationship with Saudi capital, his views on difficult political issues, his gambling habits, what the logo of the new sponsor on his head is (or even whether there is a logo) ... It will become a hot spot for the media to chase and fight hard.
No wonder Seth Waugh, ceo of the PGA Championships and CEO of the American Professional Colleges Association, was deeply worried about the controversy over Lao Mi's appearance in an interview last week: "I have spoken to him many times in the past few weeks. I think he's still struggling to figure out when it's the right time for his comeback? In fact, our game is also thinking, is this the best time for him to appear? It is hard for anyone to say whether he is mentally and physically ready. ”
"If he comes to the competition, he has to face the media. But I hope the sooner this time is better, preferably Monday or Tuesday. Because once the game arrives, golf should be the theme of this week. "After all, we're running a big game, not a circus." The focus is on golf, not lace news. ”
Worf continued: "I guess at this moment, part of his doubts will be: 'Am I ready to face that gaze?' Do I have the answer that everyone is looking forward to? Even if this is done, can I play a good game on such a big competition occasion under the pressure of public opinion? But as soon as he decides to come, we will do everything we can to help him solve the problem a week before the game, or as early as possible in the race week." ”
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Why don't you see Chinese
Compared to the other three Grand Slams, the PGA Championship does not have a "world top 50 automatic entry" clause. But the NBI "has the right to invite any player to participate" – in fact, this condition is the world's top 100.
This year, that condition was even relaxed to 116th place , with Sadom Kaewkanjana, a Thai from the Asian Tour, qualified. However, due to the failure to reach the top two at the British Masters last week, Chinese mainland's highest-ranked Wu Ashun (153rd), missed the opportunity to enter the world's top 116 and missed the PGA Championship squad at the registration deadline.
It is even more regrettable that Pan Zhengchun, the latest chinese Taipei brother who rose to 121st in the world ranking, is only a stone's throw away from the threshold of his third PGA Championship. Coupled with the PGA Tour's other two Chinese players, Brandon Wu (239th) and Dylan Wu (Dylan Wu/405), far from the top 200, Chinese players have regrettably missed two consecutive PGA Championships after last year.
At the 2007 PGA Championship, Liang Wenchong became the second person in China at a Grand Slam
The PGA Championship is only for professional participation, is not open to amateur players, and does not have any qualification system, which can often create a "strongest lineup" in the global professional high, but also makes the threshold for Chinese to enter the country relatively high. So far Chinese mainland players have scored in the PGA Tournament eight times – coincidentally, their first appearance was at the South Mountain Country Club in 2007, where Liang Wenchong ushered in his first Grand Slam trip.
The most recent appearance of Chinese in the PGA Championship is in 2020 - Li Haotong and Zhang Xinjun joined forces, and the former also rushed to a single lead after two rounds, triggering a global hot discussion.
In 2020, Li Haotong soared into the sky on Kiwa Island
Despite the lack of Chinese figures, the PGA Tournament featured as many as 15 Asian players, including 7 japanese (Hideki Matsuyama / Takumi Kanaya / Rikuya Hoshino / Kazuchihiro Kazuka / Kazuki Higa / Yuki Inamori / Minoru Kinoshita) from South Korea (Yoon Sung-jae / Kim Shi-won / Leung Yong-yin / Lee Kyung-hoon / Kim Joo-hyun / Kim Joo-hyun / Kim Fei-woo), and 1 each from Thailand (Shadom Kaokanyana) and one representative from India (Aniban Lassiri).
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Who's on the list
Of the men's four Grand Slams, the PGA Championship has the fewest entry criteria, with only 14. (By comparison, there are as many as 30 selection terms for the British Open and 20 for the Masters and the U.S. Open.) )
There are 156 players in attendance, and the reason only 155 people have been announced this morning is that the last place is prepared for this week's PGA Tour Nelson Invitational Champion. If the final winner has been shortlisted, the current number one replacement, Brandon Steele, will be on the roster.
There is also a variable, bryson de Chambord. Deshambo underwent surgery on April 14 due to a fracture of the hook bone in his left hand caused by a "ping-pong fall" at the Saudi International Tournament in February. According to an PGA Tour athlete, the recovery period for hook bone surgery is generally 10-12 weeks, and in theory, Deschampeau is unlikely to catch up with the PGA Championship, which opens on May 19. Therefore, although he is currently on the list, the quota is basically determined that another player will be substituted for the shortlist.
The 104th PGA Championship is about to begin
The 155 contestants who have been announced are as follows:
1. Former champion of the PGA Championship
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Colin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Patrick Harrington, Kigan Bradley, Martin Kemer, Vijay Singer, Jason Day, Liang Rongyin, Jimmy Walker, John Dalí, Jason Dufner, Davis Ruff III, Richie Bim, Sean Michelle,
2. Last 5 Masters Championships (those who have been finalists are not counted twice)
Scotty Schaufler, Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Rhett
3. Last 5 US Open champion
Joan Ram, Bryson De Chambord, Gary Woodland
4. Last 5 British Open champions
Sean Laurie, Francesco Molinari, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson
5. Winner of the last 3 Players' Championships
Cameron Smith
6. Men's gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics
Zander Sheophile
7. Winner of the latest Senatorial PGA Championship
Alex Seka
8. Top 15 in the last PGA Championship
Abraham Anser, Tony Furno, Harry Higgis, Justin Ross, Will Zaratoris, Paul Casey, Ricky Fowler, LouisEY Urschuren, Kevin Stillman
9. Top 20 in the PGA Professional Coaching Championship
Alex Beach、Brandon Bingaman、Michael Block、Matt Borchert、TylerCollet、Paul Dickinson、Tim Feenstra、Austin Hurt、Colin Inglis、NicIshee、Jared Jones、Sean McCarty、Kyle Mendoza、Jesse Mueller、Dylan Newman、Zac Oakley、Casey Pyne、Ryan Vermeer、Shawn Warren、WyattWorthington II
10. Top 70 in the PGA Championship standings over the past year
Patrick Kantley, Victor Hoflander, Daniel Berger, Brandon Grace, Luke Lister, J.J. Spone, Sam Burns, Adam Hardwin, Mackenzie Hughes, Marvellic McNeely, Sepp Straka, Brian Harman, Ren Chengzai, Troy Merritt, Hudson Swarford, Cameron Chamber, Tyrell Hatton, Matt Jones, Keith Mitchell, Cameron Tringarh, CoryConnes, Russell Henry, Kim Shi-won, Sebastian Mulloz, Eric Van Luyan, Cameron Davis, Lucas Herbert, Kevin Kisner, Luo Xiangyu, Harold Varna III, Harris Ingrid, Garrick Higg, Jason Koklark, Joaquin Nieman, Jonathan Vegas, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tom Hodge, Aniban Lassily, Alexander Noren, Aaron Wise, Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Lee Kyung-hoon, Simmers Powell, Cameron K. Young, Taylor Gouch, Billy Hoshel, Mark Leishman, Adam Scott
11. Members of the U.S. and European teams in the last Ryder Cup (world ranking needs to be in the top 100)
Tommy Fleetwood, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Bend Weisberg
12. PGA Tour champion between two PGA Tournaments
Ryan Brehm, Chad Remy
13. Pro LIGA invited players (basically the world's top 100)
Baba Watson, Adri Arnos, Ryan Fox, Zach Johnson, Chris Cork, Ryan Palmer, Oliver Becker, Justin Harding, Shadom Cocayana, Kaoru, Mito Pereira, Christian Bezeidenhout, Kazuki Kazuki, Kazuka Kazuka, Kazuki, Toshi Gingua, Pablo Larazab, Thomas Pitts, Richard Brand, Nicholas Hagrid, Kim Bio, Lee Minyu, Weber Simpson, Dean Bermeister, Sam Horsfield, Kim Can, Robert McIntyre, Daniel VanTonde, Laurie Cantel, Rikuya Hoshino, Joh Hyung Kim, Sean Norris, Stuart Simk, Yuki Inamori, Kishita Kishita, and Carlos Otiz
14. Under 156 people, to be replaced by the PGA Championship standings
Ranto Griffin, Matt Kuchar, Patton Kinsel, Matthew Wolfe, Davis Riley
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