Stellar Field Set for HP Byron Nelson Championship
By: Kayla Mansour
Updated: May 11, 2012
IRVING, TX, May 11, 2012 - Phil
Mickelson, Adam
Scott, Jason
Day, Ernie
Els and Vijay
Singh headline a stellar field of former champions and international stars that will be on hand at the 2012
HP Byron Nelson Championship to help celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Byron Nelson's birth. Mickelson returns for the first
time since 2007; Els for the first time since 2006. For the complete
field list, click
here.
They
will be joined by a number of other Nelson champions, including
defending
champion Keegan Bradley, Rory Sabbatini, Scott Verplank and Brett
Wetterich. The field also includes several international standouts,
including South African Louis Oosthuizen and Irishman Padraig
Harrington, both of whom will make their first career starts
at the tournament.
"We're
excited to welcome back so many of our former champions and pleased
to see some international players who are new to our event," said
tournament chairman Robert Smith. "When you combine this field of elite
players with all the new fan and corporate experiences on the course,
the result is a world-class event that benefits a
great charity in our community."
Players
in the field have won a combined 20 major championships. Major
winners including Mickelson, Singh, Harrington, Els, Bradley, Ooshuizen,
Y.E. Yang, Justin Leonard, Rich Beem, David Duval and Mike Weir. In
total, the field has 27 players who have won on the PGA TOUR in the last
two years.
Other notables include:
International
standouts
such as Jhonattan Vegas (Venezuela), Arjun Atwal (India), Andres Romero
(Argentina), Ryuji Imada (Japan) and Yang (South Korea).
Nine
former
winners of the U.S. Amateur, including Matt Kuchar, Ricky Barnes, Kelly
Kraft, Danny Lee, Colt Knost, Billy Mayfair, Scott Verplank. Leonard
and Mickelson.
Crowd
favorites like Boo Weekley, Andres Gonzales, J.B. Holmes, Rocco Mediate and Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey.
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