2018 CareerBuilder Challenge Final Player Field
Here is the roster of 156 golfers comprising the final field for next week’s PGA TOUR CareerBuilder Challenge, the year’s first PGA TOUR event in the mainland U.S. and the PGA TOUR’s first event of its West Coast swing. The tournament will be held in La Quinta, Calif. – at the Stadium and Nicklaus Tournament Courses at PGA WEST and La Quinta Country Club – from Jan. 18-21. Some of the notable players in this year’s field are:
— CareerBuilder Challenge tournament ambassador Phil Mickelson, the World Golf Hall of Famer who counts the 2002 and 2004 CareerBuilder Challenge, 2004, 2006 and 2010 Masters, 2005 PGA Championship and 2013 Open Championship among his 42 PGA TOUR wins.
— 2012 and 2014 Masters champion Bubba Watson.
— World No. 3 Jon Rahm.
— 2014 CareerBuilder Challenge champion and U.S. Ryder Cup/Presidents Cup star Patrick Reed.
— 2010 and 2015 CareerBuilder Challenge winner and 2011 PGA TOUR FedExCup champion Bill Haas.
— CareerBuilder Challenge sponsor exemption John Daly, the two-time major champion (1991 PGA Championship, 1995 Open Championship) and PGA TOUR Champions golfer.
— Palm Desert High School senior Charlie Reiter, the only amateur among the pro field and committed to play golf at USC. Reiter made the cut in his first pro event – the Emeritus Australian Open – in November 2017 .
— CareerBuilder Challenge champions (13): Hudson Swafford (2017), Jason Dufner (2016), Bill Haas (2010, 2015), Patrick Reed (2014), Brian Gay (2013), Mark Wilson (2012), Jhonattan Vegas (2011), D.J. Trahan (2008), Chad Campbell (2006), Phil Mickelson (2002, 2004), Mike Weir (2003), Mark Brooks (1996), Corey Pavin (1987, 1991).
— Major champions (15): Mark Brooks (1996 PGA Championship), Angel Cabrera (2007 U.S. Open, 2009 Masters), Stewart Cink (2009 Open Championship), John Daly, Jason Dufner (2013 PGA Championship), Lucas Glover (2009 U.S. Open), Lee Janzen (1998 U.S. Open), Zach Johnson (2007 Masters, 2015 Open Championship), Phil Mickelson, Geoff Ogilvy (2006 U.S. Open), Corey Pavin (1995 U.S. Open), Webb Simpson (2012 U.S. Open), Jimmy Walker (2016 PGA Championship), Bubba Watson, Mike Weir (2003 Masters).
— Top-50 world-ranked golfers (11): World No. 3 Jon Rahm, No. 23 Brian Harman (T3 in 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge), No. 25 Patrick Reed, No. 27 Kevin Kisner, No. 32 Kevin Chappell, No. 39 Jhonattan Vegas, No. 40 Phil Mickelson, No. 41 Jason Dufner, No. 44 Webb Simpson, No. 45 Brendan Steele, No. 48 Zach Johnson.
— Top-25 golfers in 2017-18 PGA TOUR FedExCup standings (12): No. 3 Patton Kizzire, No. 5 Austin Cook, No. 7 Brendan Steele, No. 9 Brian Harman, No. 10 Chesson Hadley, No. 12 J.J. Spaun, No. 14 Whee Kim, No. 16 Ryan Armour, No. 18 Jon Rahm, No. 19 Alex Cejka, No. 22 Brian Gay, No. 23 Chez Reavie.
2018 CareerBuilder Challenge Final Field (156 players)
Ancer, Abraham
Armour, Ryan
Atkins, Matt
Bae, Sangmoon
Barber, Blayne
Barnes, Ricky
Beljan, Charlie
Blair, Zac
Blaum, Ryan
Block, Michael
Bozzelli, Dominic
Brooks, Mark
Brown, Scott
Bryan, Wesley
Burgoon, Bronson
Byrd, Jonathan
Cabrera, Ángel
Campbell, Chad
Cauley, Bud
Cejka, Alex
Chalmers, Greg
Chappell, Kevin
Cink, Stewart
Conners, Corey
Cook, Austin
Crane, Ben
Curran, Jon
Dahmen, Joel
Daly, John
Díaz, Roberto
Dou, Zecheng
Dufner, Jason
Duncan, Tyler
English, Harris
Every, Matt
Fathauer, Derek
Flores, Martin
Garnett, Brice
Garrigus, Robert
Gay, Brian
Glover, Lucas
Gómez, Fabián
Gooch, Talor
Griffin, Lanto
Haas, Bill
Hadley, Chesson
Hadwin, Adam
Hagy, Brandon
Hahn, James
Harkins, Brandon
Harman, Brian
Hearn, David
Henry, J.J.
Herman, Jim
Hoge, Tom
Hossler, Beau
Howell III, Charles
Hughes, Mac
Huh, John
Hurley III, Billy
Jaeger, Stephan
Janzen, Lee
Johnson, Zach
Jones, Matt
Kang, Sung
Kaufman, Smylie
Kim, Michael
Kim, Whee
Kirk, Chris
Kisner, Kevin
Kizzire, Patton
Knost, Colt
Knox, Russell
Kokrak, Jason
Laird, Martin
Landry, Andrew
Lashley, Nate
Lee, Danny
Lindheim, Nicholas
Lingmerth, David
List, Luke
Loupe, Andrew
Lovelady, Tom
Mahan, Hunter
Malnati, Peter
Martin, Ben
McCarthy, Denny
McNealy, Maverick
Merritt, Troy
Mickelson, Phil
Mitchell, Keith
Mullinax, Trey
Murray, Grayson
Na, Kevin
O’Hair, Sean
Ogilvy, Geoff
Oppenheim, Rob
Palmer, Ryan
Pampling, Rod
Pan, C.T.
Pavin, Corey
Peterson, John
Piercy, Scott
Piller, Martin
Points, D.A.
Poston, J.T.
Potter, Jr., Ted
Power, Seamus
Putnam, Andrew
Rahm, Jon
Randolph, Jonathan
Reavie, Chez
Reed, Patrick
Reiter, Charles
Ryder, Sam
Sabbatini, Rory
Saunders, Sam
Schenk, Adam
Schniederjans, Ollie
Shindler, Conrad
Silverman, Ben
Simpson, Webb
Snedeker, Brandt
Spaun, J.J.
Stallings, Scott
Steele, Brendan
Stefani, Shawn
Stegmaier, Brett
Streelman, Kevin
Stroud, Chris
Stuard, Brian
Swafford, Hudson
Taylor, Nick
Taylor, Vaughn
Thompson, Kyle
Tracy, Ethan
Trahan, D.J.
Tringale, Cameron
Uihlein, Peter
Van Aswegen, Tyrone
Varner III, Harold
Vegas, Jhonattan
Villegas, Camilo
Wagner, Johnson
Walker, Jimmy
Watney, Nick
Watson, Bubba
Weir, Mike
Werenski, Richy
Wheatcroft, Steve
Wilson, Mark
Wise, Aaron
Yun, Andrew
Zhang, Xinjun
