Multiple PGA Tour winner WDs from US PGA: "I'm tired"

Multiple PGA Tour winner and former U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker has withdrawn from the 2024 PGA Championship, citing his age and tiredness. 

Stricker, whose most recent event was the Regions Tradition on the PGA Tour Champions, told the official website the venue for the second men's major of the year might be too difficult for him. 

"I'd love to be there because it is a big event, but it's a big course" Stricker told reporters of Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. 

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But the 57-year-old conceded: "I'm tired. I'm old. You know, I know where my place is. 

"I'm going to assess where I'm at. But I'm kind of leaning towards not going."

The former Ryder Cup captain got his place in the field next week thanks to his victory at last year's senior PGA Championship. 

It represented one of his six victories last year. 

Stricker has been replaced in the field by Alex Smalley. 

Smalley is playing his second full season on the PGA Tour and went into the final round of the Myrtle Beach Classic in T-7. 

The 2024 US PGA Championship begins on 16 May.

Unsurprisingly, world number one Scottie Scheffler is the overwhelming favourite to clinch his second major victory of the year. 

Scheffler's appearance was in doubt because he did not want to miss the birth of his first child. 

But Sports Illustrated have confirmed his wife Meredith has given birth and therefore Scheffler will tee it up. 

US PGA Championship 2024 field:

• Åberg, Ludvig (10, 11, 12)
• An, Byeong Hun (10)
• Beem, Rich (1)
• Bevell, Josh (9)
• Bezuidenhout, Christiaan (10)
• Bhatia, Akshay (10, 12)
• Björk, Alexander (14)
• Blair, Zac (10)
• Block, Michael (8)
• Bowser, Evan (9)
• Bradley, Keegan (1, 10, 12,)
• Burmester, Dean (14)
• Burns, Sam (10, 11)
• Cantlay, Patrick (8, 10, 11)
• Clark, Wyndham (3, 10, 11, 12)
• Cole, Eric (8, 10)
• Cole, Preston (9)
• Collet, Tyler (9)
• Conners, Corey (8, 10)
• Daly, John (1)
• Davis, Cameron (8, 10)
• Day, Jason (1,10)
• DeChambeau, Bryson (3, 8)
• Detry, Thomas (10)
• Dobyns, Matt (9)
• Donald, Luke (14)
• Dufner, Jason (1)
• Dunlap, Nick (12)
• Eckroat, Austin (10, 12)
• English, Harris (10)
• Finau, Tony (10)
• Fitzpatrick, Matthew (3, 10, 11)
• Fleetwood, Tommy (10, 11)
• Fowler, Rickie (10, 11, 12)
• Fox, Ryan (14)
• Garnett, Brice (12)
• Ghim, Doug (15)
• Glover, Lucas (10, 12)
• Gooch, Talor (14)
• Griffin, Ben (14)
• Grillo, Emiliano (10, 12)
• Gross, Larkin (9)
• Hadwin, Adam (10)
• Harman, Brian (4, 10, 11)
• Harrington, Pádraig (1)
• Hatton, Tyrrell (8, 10, 11)
• Henley, Russell (10)
• Herbert, Lucas (14)
• Hisatsune, Ryo (14)
• Hodges, Lee (10, 12)
• Hoffman, Charley (14)
• Hoge, Tom (10)
• Højgaard, Nicolai (11)
• Højgaard, Rasmus (14)
• Homa, Max (10, 11)
• Horschel, Billy (12)
• Hoshino, Rikuya
• Hossler, Beau (10)
• Hovland, Viktor (8, 10, 11, 12)
• Hubbard, Mark (10)
• Hughes, Mackenzie (10)
• Im, Sungjae (10)
• Jaeger, Stephan (10, 12)
• Johnson, Dustin (2)
• Jones, Jared (9)
• Kanaya, Takumi (14)
• Kaymer, Martin (1)
• Kellen, Jeff (9)
• Kim, Si Woo (10)
• Kim, Tom (10, 12)
• Kirk, Chris (10, 12)
• Kitayama, Kurt (8)
• Knapp, Jake (10, 12)
• Kobori, Kazuma (14)
• Koepka, Brooks (1, 8, 10, 11)
• Kohles, Ben (14)
• Lawrence, Thriston (14)
• Lee, Kyoung-Hoon (14)
• Lee, Min Woo (10)
• List, Luke (10, 12)
• Lowry, Shane (4, 8, 10, 11, 12)
• MacIntyre, Robert (11)
• Malnati, Peter (10, 12)
• Marek, Brad (9)
• Matsuyama, Hideki (2, 10, 12)
• McCarthy, Denny (10)
• McIlroy, Rory(1, 8, 10, 11, 12)
• McNealy, Maverick (14)
• Mendoza, Kyle (9)
• Meronk, Adrian (9)
• Micheel, Shaun (1)
• Mickelson, Phil (1)
• Mitchell, Keith (14)
• Molinari, Francesco (4)
• Montgomery, Taylor (14)
• Moore, Taylor (10)
• Morikawa, Collin(1, 4, 10, 11, 12)
• Mueller, Jesse (9)
• Murray, Grayson (10, 12)
• Nakajima, Keita (6, 13)
• Niemann, Joaquin (14)
• Noren, Alex (10)
• Norrman, Vincent (12)
• Oakley, Zac (9)
• Ogletree, Andy (6)
• Olesen, Thorbjørn (14)
• Otaegui, Adrian (13)
• Pavon, Matthieu (10, 12)
• Pendrith, Taylor (10, 12)
• Perez, Victor (8)
• Phillips, Tracy (9)
• Polland, Ben (9)
• Poston, J.T. (10)
• Puig, David (14)
• Putnam, Andrew (10)
• Rahm, Jon (2, 3, 11)
• Rai, Aaron (10)
• Reed, Patrick (14)
• Rodgers, Patrick (10)
• Rose, Justin (8, 11)
• Schauffele, Xander (10, 11)
• Scheffler, Scottie (2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12)
• Schenk, Adam (10)
• Scott, Adam (10)
• Shattuck, Braden (9)
• Smith, Cameron (4, 5, 8)
• Smith, Jordan(14)
• Söderberg, Sebastian (13)
• Somers, John (9)
• Speight, Josh (9)
• Spieth, Jordan (10, 11)
• Straka, Sepp (8, 10, 11, 12)
• Svensson, Adam (14)
• Svensson, Jesper (14)
• Svoboda, Andrew (9)
• Taylor, Nick (10, 12)
• Theegala, Sahith (10, 12)
• Thomas, Justin (1, 10, 11)
• Todd, Brendon (10)
• Tosti, Alejandro (14)
• Välimäki, Sami (14)
• van Rooyen, Erik (10, 12)
• van Velzen, Ryan (6)
• Villegas, Camilo (12)
• Walker, Jimmy (1)
• Wallace, Matt (14)
• Wells, Jeremy (9)
• Widing, Tim (14)
• Woodland, Gary (3)
• Woods, Tiger (1)
• Worthington II, Wyatt (9)
• Yang, Y.E. (1)
• Young, Cameron (10)
• Zalatoris, Will (10)                                                                           

Qualifying criteria:

1. All former winners of the PGA Championship
2. Winners of the last five Masters (2020 – 2024)
3. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2019 – 2023)
4. Winners of the last five Open Championships (2018 – 2023). Cancelled in 2020
5. Winners of the last three THE PLAYERS Championships (2022 – 2024)
6. The top 3 on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking List as of April 29, 2024.
7. Winner of the 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship
8. The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2023 PGA Championship
9. The top 20 finishers from the 2024 PGA Professional Championship
10. The top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (ending May 5, 2024)
11. Playing members of the last-named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2023) provided they remain within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of May 6, 2024
12. Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship and the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic
13. The top 3 finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing event rankings, that include the Porsche Singapore Open, the Hero Indian Open, the ISPS HANDA - CHAMPIONSHIP and the Volvo China Open
14. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above
15. If necessary to complete the field, those players beyond the top 70 players who are eligible and who have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson (ending May 5, 2024), in order of their position on such list

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