Darren Clarke, Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington spice up Dick’s Sporting Goods Open field – Pressconnects
The field has been assembled for the 15th almost-annual Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, which is to be contested Aug. 19-21 at En-Joie Golf Course.
Entries closed at 5 p.m. Friday and participants in the $2.1 million PGA Tour Champions event are to include:
- Steven Alker, who tops the PGA Tour Champions’ 2022 earnings list with $2,321,361.
- Alex Cejka, who has three top-four finishes this season.
- Darren Clarke, winner of last month’s Senior British Open.
- Ernie Els, runner-up by a stroke last summer in his Dick’s Open debut.
- Jim Furyk, 17-time winner on the regular tour who was a three-time winner and three-time runner-up in 2020-21.
- Padraig Harrington, two-time British Open winner and this year’s U.S. Senior Open champion.
- Miguel Angel Jimenez, twice a winner and nine-time top-10 finisher this year.
- Bernhard Langer, 43-time PGA Tour Champions winner who topped the 2014 Dick’s Open.
The senior set is competing this weekend outside Seattle in the Boeing Classic, with Els among the competitors.
“I had a great time last year and you had a great champion, Cameron Beckman,” Els said via video on Twitter. “ … I’m really looking forward to coming back and enjoying the golf course and the people. Everything about the Dick’s tournament is just world-class.”
The 78-player field will be rounded out in Tuesday’s four-spot qualifier at The Links at Hiawatha Landing in Apalachin.
The Dick’s Sporting Goods Open has been played every year in Endicott from 2007 on, but for 2020, when the event was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dick’s Open 2022 field
- Alker, Steven; Allen, Michael; Allenby, Robert; Andrade, Billy; Appleby, Stuart; Austin, Woody
- Barron, Doug; Beckman, Cameron; Bertsch, Shane; Branshaw, David; Broadhurst, Paul; Browne, Olin
- Cejka, Alex; Clarke, Darren; Cochran, Russ
- Daly, John; Dawson, Marco; Day, Glen; DiMarco, Chris; Duke, Ken; Dunlap, Scott; Durant, Joe; Duval, David
- Els, Ernie; Estes, Bob
- Flesch, Steve; Frost, David; Funk, Fred; Furyk, Jim
- Gay, Brian; Gillis, Tom; Gogel, Matt; Goodes, Mike; Goydos, Paul
- Haas, Jay; Harrington, Padraig; Herron, Tim; Huston, John
- Jaidee, Thongchai; Janzen, Lee; Jiménez, Miguel Angel; Jobe, Brandt
- Karlsson, Robert
- Labritz, Rob; Langer, Bernhard; Leaney, Stephen
- Maggert, Jeff; Mayfair, Billy; McCarron, Scott; Mediate, Rocco; Montgomerie, Colin
- Pampling, Rod; Parel, Scott; Parnevik, Jesper; Pavin, Corey; Pernice Jr., Tom; Petrovic, Tim; Pride, Dicky
- Quigley, Brett
- Rowland, Roger
- Sauers, Gene; Senden, John; Short, Jr., Wes; Sindelar, Joey; Singh, Vijay; Sluman, Jeff; Sutherland, Kevin
- Tanigawa, Ken; Tiziani, Mario; Toms, David
- Waldorf, Duffy; Weir, Mike
- Yang, Y.E.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Open schedule, TV, tickets
When: Aug. 19-21.
Where: En-Joie Golf Course, Endicott.
Purse: $2.1 million ($315,000 to the winner).
Defending champion: Cameron Beckman.
Tickets: See dsgopen.com.
Schedule: Tuesday, Event Qualifier (Links at Hiawatha Landing). Tuesday, Practice rounds. Wednesday, Pro-Am, double shotgun starts at 8 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.; UHS Golf Expo featuring Bernhard Langer (he’ll speak at about 6:15 p.m.). Thursday, Pro-Am, double shotgun starts at 8 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Friday, First round; Zac Brown Band concert. Saturday, Second round; Guthrie Health & Sole 5K; Family Fun Night (movie “Sing 2” on Jumbotron, 8 p.m., followed by fireworks. Sunday, Sunrise Yoga; Final round.
Television (Golf Channel): Friday, 8-10 p.m.; Saturday, 7-9 p.m.; Sunday, = 5-7 p.m.