It’s time for the second men’s Major of the year as the world’s best – along with 21 club pros – get ready to tee it up at Valhalla Golf Club, ten years on from Rory McIlroy‘s Wanamaker Trophy win and the last time the Louisville, Kentucky venue hosted the Major.
The PGA Championship claims the strongest field in golf with all of the world’s top-100 teeing it up. With the line-up so stacked and containing the likes of past winners Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, it means that there really aren’t many big, current names not featuring.
But there are still some, many of whom ply their trade in the LIV Golf League and a couple of the PGA Tour veterans who miss the event for the first time in a long time.
So, which big names are missing the 2024 PGA Championship?
Louis Oosthuizen
Two-time PGA Championship runner-up Oosthuizen received an invite but was unable to make it
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The South African, winner of the 2010 Open at St Andrews, has finished runner-up in all four of the Majors and he’s been T2nd at the PGA on two separate occasions. Oosthuizen was runner-up in 2017 at Quail Hollow and in 2021 at Kiawah Island.
The Stinger GC captain in LIV Golf, who won twice on the DP World Tour late last year, actually received an invite into this year’s event but declined due to personal commitments. He misses his second consecutive PGA Championship.
Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson misses his first PGA Championship in over 20 years
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There was some surprise (or confusion) on social media that Johnson didn’t receive an invite as the USA’s most recent Ryder Cup captain while Luke Donald did – with the PGA of America running the US arm of the Ryder Cup.
However, Donald is also the current captain, with only the current captains getting an invite into the PGA of America’s showpiece.
Two-time Major champion Johnson misses this championship for the first time since 2003, with his world ranking down at 229th.
Matt Kuchar
Kuchar has missed all three Valhalla PGA Championships in his career
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Another PGA Tour veteran who hasn’t quite made the field is Matt Kuchar, with the World No.109 missing the PGA Championship for the first time in 10 years.
It was at Valhalla back then in 2014, meaning he has missed all three Valhalla PGA…
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