A field like this would have led to champagne corks popping in the offices of The Players Championship — 20 years ago.
In the present day, it’s as good as it gets for the PGA Tour Champions.
The field for the upcoming Constellation Furyk & Friends was finalized late Friday afternoon and the final roll call at the Timuquana Country Club when the first round begins on Oct. 8 will be nine members of the World Golf Hall of Fame and 21 major champions who have combined to win 38 of golf’s grand-slam events.
Leading the way will be current PGA champion and five-time major winner Phil Mickelson, four-time major champion Ernie Els, three-time major champion Vijay Singh of Ponte Vedra Beach, two-time Masters champion and current Charles Schwab Cup points leader Bernard Langer, tournament host and 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk of Jacksonville and two-time Players champion and 1997 PGA winner Davis Love III of St. Simons Island, Ga.
Six past Players champions are in the field, Mickelson, Love, Fred Couples, Lee Janzen, Fred Funk and K.J. Choi.
The list also includes both Ryder Cup captains whose teams battled last week at Whistling Straits, Steve Stricker for the U.S. and Padraig Harrington for Europe. Harrington, a three-time major champion who turned 50 years old on Aug. 31, is making his PGA Tour Champions debut.
Vijay Singh of Ponte Vedra Beach is one of nine members of the World Golf Hall of Fame and 18 major champions playing in the Constellation Furyk & Friends tournament Oct. 8-10 at the Timuquana Country Club.
The field of 81 includes more than 50 past PGA Tour winners who have combined for more than 400.
Players also will be jockeying for position in the 54-hole, no-cut tournament, with two events left to qualify for the final-72 on the Schwab Cup points list and make the three-tournament playoff series. Only five of the current top-72 are not playing.
Tickets and parking information are available by visiting constellationfurykandfriends.com.
Furyk & Friends field
Players who have committed to the Constellation Furyk & Friends PGA Tour Champions event Oct. 8-10 at the Timuquana Country Club (World Golf Hall of Fame members in bold):
Steven Alker, Michael Allen, Robert Allenby, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Doug Barron, Cameron Beckman, Rich Beem, Shane Bertsch, Paul Broadhurst, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, K.J. Choi, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, John Daly, Marco Dawson, Glen Day, Chris DiMarco, Ken Duke, Scott Dunlap, Joe Durant, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Steve Flesch, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Tom Gillis, Matt Gogel, Retief Goosen, Jay Haas, Padraig Harrington, Tim Herron, Scott Hoch, Lee Janzen, Miguel Angel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Kent Jones, Robert Karlsson, Jerry Kelly, Bernhard Langer, Stephen Leaney, Tom Lehman, Frank Lickliter II, Davis Love III, Jeff Maggert, Billy Mayfair, David McKenzie, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Jose Maria Olazábal, Rod Pampling, Scott Parel, Jesper Parnevik, Corey Pavin, Tom Pernice Jr., Tim Petrovic, Dicky Pride, Brett Quigley, Loren Roberts, Gene Sauers, John Senden, Wes Short, Jr., Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Paul Stankowski, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Ken Tanigawa, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir.
Tournament information
Dates: Oct. 8-10.
Course: Timuquana Country Club, Jacksonville.
Tickets/parking: Visit constellationfurykandfriends.com.
TV: Golf Channel (Oct. 8-10, 3-5 p.m.).
Purse: $2 million ($300,000 to the winner).