Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia absent from 2023 PGA Championship field

The PGA Championship stuck to its mission of getting the strongest field of the four majors, announcing a field Wednesday that includes 99 of the top 100 in the world ranking no matter what tour they play.

Missing from the 155-player list is Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia, the former Masters champion who had been eligible for every major dating to the 1999 British Open at Carnoustie.

Woods had ankle surgery last month, which will likely keep him out of the next two majors.

The PGA Championship starts on 18 May at Oak Hill just outside Rochester, New York.

The last time Garcia was not eligible was for the U.S. Open in 1999 — he was 19 and in his second month as a pro. Garcia did not play in the 2020 Masters held in November because he tested positive for the coronavirus. The Spaniard currently is No. 189 in the world.

The only player from the top 100 not in the field is Will Zalatoris, who is No. 9 in the world and out for the rest of the season after surgery on his lower back.

Justin Thomas is the defending champion. He rallied from seven shots behind last year at Southern Hills and defeated Zalatoris in a three-hole aggregate playoff.

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