It looks like Tiger Woods will be in Tulsa next week to see if his comeback from an injury will lead to another PGA championship.

Woods, a four-time PGA Championship winner,  has confirmed his return to professional golf just 14 months after a car accident. His return to Tulsa marks the 15-year anniversary of Woods’ victory at Southern Hills Country Club – the host club for this year’s Major Championship May 16-22.

Woods won his fourth PGA Championship in 2007 at Southern Hills, beating Woody Austin by two shots. The two professional golfers battled closely on the back nine holes while Austin birdied Nos. 11-13 and Woods had a bogey on the par 3 14th hole. But Woods birdied the 15th and held his two shot lead.

“I got off to a good start. And I was 2-under there through eight holes. Felt like I was in control of the tournament. I knew that Woody was playing well, and Ernie (Els) was making a run,” said Woods at the time. “But 14 was a little mishap there. Three-putted that one and I felt like I gave all the momentum back to Ernie and to Woody. And just felt like, ‘you know what, I got myself in this mess, I need to go get myself out of it.’

“And I just did serious yelling at myself going up to the 15th tee, just to get back into what I do. And positioned the golf ball, put it where I need to put it and just bear down, get it down somehow. And I made that putt on there on 15, it felt great. Felt like I had the momentum again, and I was back in control of the tournament. And if I parred in I felt I would win the tournament. It turned out to be the case.”

Woods was six shots off the lead after the first round but he came back with 63 in the second round. His 63 tied for the lowest single round score at a men’s Major and it tied the course record at Southern Hills – set by Raymond Floyd in 1982 at the PGA Championship.

“It got me back in the tournament,” said Woods of his 63. “It wasn’t like I was out of the tournament, but I just felt that winning score this year was going to probably be around 4-, 5-under par and to go ahead and get it in one lump sum felt pretty good.”

That week at Southern Hills was hampered by hot weather, with the average temperature hovering around 100 degrees during each of the Championship days.

Woods defended a PGA Championship victory for the second time in his career (he won in both 1999 and 2000 as well as the year prior, in 2006 at Medinah Country Club).

Woods did not play the 2008 PGA Championship but returned in 2009, nearly winning again but settling for second. He also finished second nearly a decade later, falling just short of Brooks Koepka in 2018

The current field list for the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club has been announced.

The full field will be set on May 9 and includes the top 70 players who have earned the most PGA Championship points through the 2022 Wells Fargo Championship and the top-20 finishers from the 2022 PGA Professional Championship.

 

Here’s the current field, which includes 18 PGA Champions:

  • Ancer, Abraham – Mexico
  • Arnaus, Adria – Spain
  • *Beach, Alex – Stamford, Connecticut
  • Beem, Rich – Austin, Texas
  • Berger, Daniel – Jupiter, Florida
  • Bezuidenhout, Christiaan – South Africa
  • *Bingaman, Brandon – Dallas, Texas
  • Bland, Richard – England
  • *Block, Michael – Mission Viejo, California
  • *Borchert, Matt – Winter Garden, Florida
  • Bradley, Keegan – Woodstock, Vermont
  • Brehm, Ryan – Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
  • Burmester, Dean – South Africa
  • Burns, Sam – Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Cantlay, Patrick – Jupiter, Florida
  • Casey, Paul – England
  • Cejka, Alex – Germany
  • Champ, Cameron – Sacramento, California
  • Cink, Stewart – Atlanta, Georgia
  • *Collet, Tyler – Vero Beach, Florida
  • Conners, Corey – California
  • Daly, John – Dardanelle, Arkansas
  • Davis, Cam – Australia
  • Day, Jason – Australia
  • DeChambeau, Bryson – Dallas, Texas
  • *Dickinson, Paul – Montauk, NY
  • Dufner, Jason – Auburn, AL
  • English, Harris – Sea Island, Georgia
  • *Feenstra, Tim – Fall City, Washington
  • Finau, Tony – Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Fitzpatrick, Matt – England
  • Fowler, Rickie – Murrieta, California
  • Fleetwood, Tommy – England
  • Garcia, Sergio – Spain
  • Glover, Lucas – Jupiter, Florida
  • Gooch, Talor – Edmond, Oklahoma
  • Harrington, Padraig – Ireland
  • Hatton, Tyrrell – England
  • Herbert, Lucas – Australia
  • Higgo, Garrick – South Africa
  • Higgs, Harry – Dallas, Texas
  • Hoge, Tom – Fargo, North Dakota
  • Hojgaard, Nicolai – Denmark
  • Homa, Max – Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Horschel, Billy – Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
  • Hoshino, Rikuya – Japan
  • Hovland, Viktor – Norway
  • *Hurt, Austin – Bainbridge Island, Washington
  • Im, Sungjae – Republic Of Korea
  • *Inglis, Colin – Eugene, Oregon
  • *Ishee, Nic – Dallas, Texas
  • Johnson, Dustin – Jupiter, Florida
  • Johnson, Zach – Sea Island, Georgia
  • *Jones, Jared – Houston, Texas
  • Jones, Matt – Australia
  • Kanaya, Takumi – Japan
  • Kaymer, Martin – Germany
  • Kim, Joohyung – Republic of Korea
  • Kim, Si Woo – Republic of Korea
  • Kinoshita, Ryosuke – Japan
  • Kirk, Chris – Athens, Georgia
  • Kisner, Kevin – Aiken, SC
  • Koepka, Brooks – West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Kokrak, Jason – Hudson, Ohio
  • Kuchar, Matt – Sea Island, Georgia
  • Larrazabal, Pablo – Spain
  • Lee, Min Woo – Australia
  • List, Luke – Augusta, Georgia
  • Love III, Davis – Sea Island, Georgia
  • Lowry, Shane – Ireland
  • MacIntyre, Robert – Scotland
  • Matsuyama, Hideki – Japan
  • *McCarty, Sean – Solon, Iowa
  • McIlroy, Rory – Northern Ireland
  • *Mendoza, Kyle – Oceanside, California
  • Micheel, Shaun – Memphis, Tennessee
  • Mickelson, Phil – Rancho Santa Fe, California
  • Molinari, Francesco – ITALY
  • Morikawa, Collin – La Canada, California
  • *Mueller, Jesse – Phoenix, AR
  • *Newman, Dylan – Stamford, Connecticut
  • Niemann, Joaquin – Chile
  • Norris, Shaun – South Africa
  • *Oakley, Zac – King of Prussia, PA
  • Oosthuizen, Louis – South Africa
  • Ortiz, Carlos – Mexico
  • Palmer, Ryan – Colleyville, Texas
  • Pereira, Mito – Chile
  • Pieters, Thomas – Belgium
  • Poulter, Ian – England
  • Power, Seamus – Ireland
  • *Pyne, Casey – Greenwich, Connecticut
  • Rahm, Jon – Spain
  • Ramey, Chad – Fulton, Mississippi
  • Reed, Patrick – Houston, Texas
  • Rose, Justin – England
  • Schauffele, Xander – San Diego, California
  • Scheffler, Scottie – Dallas, Texas
  • Scott, Adam – Australia
  • Simpson, Webb – Charlotte, NC
  • Singh, Vijay – FIJI
  • Smith, Cameron – Australia
  • Spaun, J.J. – Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Spieth, Jordan – Dallas, Texas
  • Stenson, Henrik –Sweden
  • Straka, Sepp – Austria
  • Streelman, Kevin – Wheaton, Illinois
  • Swafford, Hudson – Sea Island, Georgia
  • Thomas, Justin – Louisville, Kentucky
  • van Rooyen, Erik – South Africa
  • Varner III, Harold – Gastonia, North Carolina
  • *Vermeer, Ryan – Omaha, Nebraska
  • Walker, Jimmy – Terrell Hills, Texas
  • *Warren, Shawn – Falmouth, Maine
  • Watson, Bubba – Bagdad, Florida
  • Westwood, Lee – England
  • Wiesberger, Bernd –Austria
  • Wolff, Matthew – Agoura Hills, California
  • Woodland, Gary – Topeka, Kansas
  • Woods, Tiger – Jupiter, Florida
  • Worthington II, Wyatt – Reynoldsburg, Ohio
  • Yang, Y.E. – Republic of Korea
  • Zalatoris, Will – Dallas, Texas