Field Announced for PGA Tour's Tampa Bay Championship (UPDATED)

Updated Wednesday, March 13, 2013-

The fourth spot in the Monday Open qualifier was actually decided on Tuesday when a playoff was resumed and it went to David Skinns.

There were two sets of changes in the field on Tuesday.  Scott Verplank and Steve Marino withdrew.  Jim Herman and Eric Meierdierks moved into the field from the alternate list. 

The PGA TOUR announced pairings for the first two rounds which can be seen here.

Updated Tuesday, March 12, 2013-

Three of the final four spots in the field were determined in Monday’s Open Qualifier at Fox Hollow Golf Club. They went to veteran pro Tim Petrovic and David Bradshaw who shot 66 and Andy Pope who birdied the second playoff hole after shooting 67. David Skinns and Garrett Osborn who also had 67s, remained tied after four playoff holes and will resume their competition for the final spot in the morning.

Petrovic, a longtime resident of Pasco County, will be playing in the tournament for the 11^th time.  He finished 4^th in 2003.

There was one other change in the field on Monday.  Kevin Na withdrew and was replaced by Jin Park.  Jim Herman is now the first alternate.

Updated Monday, March 11, 2013-

There were some changes to the Tampa Bay Championship field on Sunday.

Five players qualified to play based on finishing in the top 10 in the Puerto Rico Open, led by winner Scott Brown.  It is the second consecutive year Brown’s strong performance inPuerto Rico has put him in the tournament.

Also qualifying in Puerto Rico were Jordan Spieth, Justin Bolli, Peter Uihlein and D.J. Trahan. 

Spieth and Uihlein are two of the rising stars in golf.  Spieth, still only 19 years old, has won two U.S. Junior Amateur titles and finished 21st in the 2012 U.S. Open.  He turned pro in December.

Uihlein, the 2010 U.S. Amateur champion and an All-American at Oklahoma State, received a sponsor’s exemption to the Tampa Bay Championship in 2011 and made his first cut in a PGA TOUR event, finishing 57th.

Ernie Els, who had committed to the tournament on Friday, withdrew due to an ailment.

Saturday, March 9, 2013-

An already strong field for the 2013 Tampa Bay Championship presented by EverBank was bolstered in the final hours before the commitment deadline Friday, March 8, with the addition of former major champions Ernie Els and Geoff Ogilvy.

Els, the defending British Open champion, finished one shot out of a playoff on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort last year and will be making the trip to St. Pete-Clearwater after hosting his annual Els for Autism fundraiser in Palm Beach County on Monday.

Ogilvy, who counts the 2006 U.S. Open winner among his seven PGA TOUR titles, moved back in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) top 50 last week with a runner-up finish at the Honda Classic.  The commitments of Els and Ogilvy put 21 members of the OWGR top 50 in the field.

Brandt Snedeker, 4^th in the OWGR, is one player who has withdrawn from the field due to injury. Snedeker has not played since winning the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in early February.

The tournament does include four members of the top eight in the OWGR, led by defending champion Luke Donald at number 3.  Also in the field are # 6 Louis Oosthuizen, #7 Adam Scott and #8 Matt Kuchar who recently won the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship.

Other players in the OWGR top 30 are #16 Jason Dufner, #17 2012 U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, #18 Sergio Garcia, #23 Nick Watney, #24 Els, #25 Zach Johnson, #27 Jim Furyk and #28 Martin Kaymer. 

In addition to Donald and Furyk, other former winners of the Tampa Bay Championship in the field include two-time titlists K.J. Choi and Retief Goosen, as well as Vijay Singh, Carl Pettersson, Sean O’Hair and Gary Woodland.

All told 50 of the top 75 players from the 2012 PGA TOUR Official Money List are in the field.  The field is still subject to change, including the addition of four players through Monday’s open qualifying and some top 10 finishers in the Puerto Rico Open.

Field for the Tampa Bay Championship Presented by Everbank

Robert Allenby 
Stephen Ames 
Stuart Appleby 
Aaron Baddeley 
Sang-Moon Bae 
Ricky Barnes 
Charlie Beljan 
Jonas Blixt 
Jason Bohn 
Steven Bowditch 
Michael Bradley 
Angel Cabrera 
Chad Campbell 
Patrick Cantlay 
Roberto Castro 
Bud Cauley 
Greg Chalmers 
Kevin Chappell 
K.J. Choi 
Stewart Cink 
Will Claxton 
George Coetzee 
Erik Compton 
Ben Crane 
John Daly 
Brian Davis 
Jason Day 
Brendon de Jonge 
Graham DeLaet 
Luke Donald 
James Driscoll 
Jason Dufner 
Ken Duke 
Ernie Els 
Harris English 
Bob Estes 
Matt Every 
Ross Fisher 
Martin Flores

Brad Fritsch 
Jim Furyk 
Tommy Gainey 
Sergio Garcia 
Scott Gardiner 
Robert Garrigus 
Brian Gay 
Tom Gillis 
Lucas Glover 
Fabian Gomez 
Retief Goosen 
Luke Guthrie 
James Hahn 
Brian Harman 
David Hearn 
J.J. Henry 
Tim Herron 
Justin Hicks 
Charley Hoffman 
Billy Horschel 
John Huh 
Trevor Immelman 
Ryo Ishikawa 
Zach Johnson 
Matt Jones 
Martin Kaymer 
Jerry Kelly 
Troy Kelly 
Jeff Klauk 
Colt Knost 
Ben Kohles 
Jason Kokrak 
Matt Kuchar 
Doug LaBelle II 
Martin Laird 
Scott Langley 
D.H. Lee 
Richard H.Lee 
Marc Leishman

Justin Leonard 
David Lingmerth 
Luke List 
John Mallinger 
Steve Marino 
David Mathis 
Troy Matteson 
William McGirt 
George McNeill 
Bryce Molder 
Ryan Moore 
Kevin Na 
Seung-Yul Noh 
Henrik Norlander 
Sean O'Hair 
Geoff Ogilvy 
Louis Oosthuizen 
Jeff Overton 
Greg Owen 
Ryan Palmer 
Jesper Parnevik 
Cameron Percy 
Pat Perez 
Rod Perry 
Carl Pettersson 
Scott Piercy 
D.A. Points 
Ted Potter, Jr. 
Alistair Presnell 
Dicky Pride 
Chez Reavie 
Patrick Reed 
Tag Ridings 
John Rollins 
Andres Romero 
Rory Sabbatini 
Adam Scott 
John Senden 
Wes Short, Jr.

Webb Simpson 
Vijay Singh 
Joey Snyder III 
Kevin Stadler 
Scott Stallings 
Brendan Steele 
Shawn Stefani 
Robert Streb 
Kevin Streelman 
Chris Stroud 
Brian Stuard 
Daniel Summerhays 
Kevin Sutherland 
Josh Teater 
Michael Thompson 
Nicholas Thompson 
Peter Tomasulo 
David Toms 
Cameron Tringale 
Scott Verplank 
Camilo Villegas 
Jimmy Walker 
Nick Watney 
Boo Weekley 
Mike Weir 
Charlie Wi 
Lee Williams 
Mark Wilson 
Casey Wittenberg 
Gary Woodland 
Y.E. Yang 

4  Open Qualifying
4  Qualifying Tournament
156 Players in the Field 
Alternates:
Park, Jin 
Bolli, Justin 
Herman, Jim 
Meierdierks, Eric 
Letzig, Michael 
Stiles, Darron 

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Thanks to Rick Odioso for submitting this information.

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