PGA Championship: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson confirmed to compete in Oklahoma
- Woods is coming off a 47th-place finish at the Masters, where he impressed with an opening 71 in his first competitive round since a February 2021 car accident
- Mickelson, 51, became golf’s oldest major champion when he won at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course in 2021
Defending champion Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods are among the 156 players entered in the field for the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.
The tournament begins May 19.
For Mickelson, it would mark his first appearance on tour since the Farmers Insurance Open in January, where he missed the cut.
Earlier this year, Mickelson came under fire for remarks he made about the so-called Super Golf League, now the LIV Golf Invitational Series, backed by Saudi financiers. He told author Alan Shipnuck that the Saudis were “scary (expletives) to get involved with” with a “horrible record on human rights,” but he intended to work with them anyway in an attempt to gain leverage with the PGA Tour on financial matters.
After issuing a mea culpa in February, losing multiple sponsors and saying he needed “time away” from the sport, Mickelson, 51, went silent and did not play in the Masters.
Woods, however, did play in the Masters – his first tournament in more than a year after sustaining a devastating leg injury in a car accident in February 2021. He finished in 47th place, 13 over par for the tournament.
