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Boston Globe
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Dustin Johnson receives special exemption to PGA Championship at Quail Hollow
LIV Golf will have 16 players in the 156-man field, the same number as last year. That includes John Catlin, a reserve who has played three LIV tournaments this year. He qualified through his Asian Tour performance. Advertisement Dustin Johnson required a special invitation because the PGA takes the last five winners of the Masters, instead of a Masters champion getting a five-year exemption. Johnson won the Masters in November 2020 during rescheduling from the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the LIV players getting a spot was Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland, who joined the rival league this year. He is No. 115 in the world ranking. His lone victory was the European Open in Germany in 2023, and he spent only two weeks in the top 100 before joining LIV. Also getting special invitations were Joaquin Niemann, a three-time winner on LIV this year, and Sergio Garcia. They were notified months ago. Patrick Reed sewed up his spot with his third-place finish in the Masters. Advertisement See the current field list for the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow! 🏆 — PGA Championship (@PGAChampionship) The PGA Championship does not have a specific category for the top 100 in the world ranking. It's more an unwritten tradition to fit them under 'special invitations.' Unlike the 'That's what we have done the last three years and continue to do so,' said Kerry Haigh, the championships director for the PGA of America. 'We have that flexibility to be able to invite those players who are deserving from whichever tour.' The PGA of America takes the top 70 from PGA points — a PGA Tour money list from the last 12 months — and then goes beyond that to fill the field. In this case, it did not go beyond the top 70, leaning more on the world ranking. The world ranking formula was changed in 2023 and is more heavily weighted toward PGA Tour events because of stronger fields. Patrick Fishburn was bumped out of the top 70 in PGA points the final week to No. 71. He also is No. 110 in the world. Fishburn winds up getting in with Horschel withdrawing. Rico Hoey is the first alternate and likely to get in. The PGA is reserving two spots for winners of the Truist Championship and the Myrtle Beach Classic this week on the PGA Tour if they are not already eligible. In the Truist Championship, a signature event in Philadelphia, Michael Thorbjornsen of Wellesley is the only player not yet eligible for Quail Hollow. The PGA Championship also offered an exemption to Rickie Fowler, who has plunged to No. 125 in the world. There is a category for players in the most recent Ryder Cup — Fowler was at Marco Simone in Italy — provided they are among the top 100 in the world. Advertisement Fowler's first PGA Tour victory was at Quail Hollow in 2012.
South China Morning Post
11-03-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
LIV Golf Singapore: Catlin earns Iron Heads spot after league's first 18-hole shoot-out
John Catlin will be join Iron Heads at LIV Golf Singapore this week, after winning an 18 hole shoot-out with the league's other reserve players on Tuesday. Advertisement The American outgunned Kalle Samooja, Ollie Schniederjans and Wade Ormsby at Sentosa Golf Club, shooting a four-under-par 67 on the Serapong Course in LIV's first elimination event to decide who would stand in for the injured Jinichiro Kozuma. Kozuma has not played all year and is listed as 'out indefinitely'. But a LIV spokesman said Catlin's win did not mean he was now a full-time member of Kevin Na's outfit. After struggling towards the end of last year, Catlin said he 'loved having the chance' to earn a spot on the team, but admitted the reserves had 'not been ready for LIV to shake things up' in the manner they did. 'I always love it when there's a chance where you can earn your spot,' Catlin said. 'Because then, nobody can take it away from you. It'd be interesting to see if it's something that continues, if it's needed. You never know, but I think it's a cool concept, and hey, I obviously liked it.' John Catlin hits his approach on 18 at Sentosa Golf Club. Photo: LIV Golf) Schniederjans stood in for Japan's Kozuma in Hong Kong last week and finished in a tie for 42nd, while Iron Heads were tenth in the team standings.
