Field set for 2006 Mercedes Championships
IN: News | US PGA | Mercedes Championships (2006) | General | 22 Nov 2005
With the close of the PGA TOUR's official money season at the Tour Championship, the field is now set for the 2006 season-opening, winners-only Mercedes Championships January 2-8, at Kapalua's Plantation Course. There are 32 PGA TOUR professionals qualified for the US$5.4 million tournament that awards US$1,080,000 and the keys to a new 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550 to the winner.
Two-time defending champion Stuart Appleby will try for an unprecedented third-straight Mercedes Championships title against a field that will include world's number one and two, Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh, who have been close to winning at Kapalua the past two years.
The competition should be even more intense this year as well, thanks to Kapalua's major improvements to The Plantation Course this past summer. Most importantly, The Plantation Course's greens now feature Ultradwarf TifEagle grass that has received extremely favourable comments from the guests. Renovations were also made to the tees and fairway bunkers on The Plantation Course, and to the pro-shop and The Plantation House Restaurant that overlooks the first tee and the 18th fairway.
Final field for 2006
Bart Bryant
Ben Crane
Brad Faxon
Carl Pettersson
David Toms
Fred Funk
Geoff Ogilvy
Heath Slocum
Jason Bohn
Jason Gore
Jim Furyk
Justin Leonard
K.J. Choi
Kenny Perry
Lucas Glover
Mark Calcavecchia
Michael Cambell
Olin Browne
Padraig Harrington
Peter Lonard
Phil Mickelson
Retief Goosen
Robert Gamez
Sean O'Hair
Sergio Garcia
Stuart Appleby
Ted Purdy
Tiger Woods
Tim Petrovic
Vaughn Taylor
Vijay Singh
Wes Short, Jr.
Tickets for the Mercedes Championships are available at www.ticketmaster.com
Source - PGA Tour
Photo - Anthony Powter
