1x PGA Tour champ joins Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler as sponsor exemption for Truist Championship 2025

The Truist Championship field is officially set. After some exemptions were handed out, Keith Mitchell was given the final spot in the Signature Event's field. He is not the only player to get into the field this way.

Signature Events are the top tournaments on the PGA Tour. They boast fields of the best of the best, and they're generally more challenging to get into for most golfers.

However, thanks to the invite, Mitchell, a one-time winner on the Tour, has been added to the field. He, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler are all in the event thanks to a sponsor's exemption.

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The decision to add players into Signature Events by way of sponsors' exemptions has been met with a little bit of controversy, but that's how Truist is handling the tournament.

Mitchell was last in action at the Corales Puntacana Championship where he tied for second. He, Jeremy Paul, Michael Thorbjornsen, Joel Dahmen, and Alejandro Tosti all tied one stroke back of Garrick Higgo.

Mitchell also withdrew from last week's CJ CUP Byron Nelson, which Scottie Scheffler dominated and won with a -31 score, but he's back in action this weekend.

Odds for Truist Championship explored

With his entry, Keith Mitchell joins a stacked field for the Truist Championship. As a Signature Event, it has some of the best golfers in the world matched up with one another, though World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is out.

Keith Mitchell will play the Truist Championship (Image via Imagn)

Rory McIlroy is the favorite, but here are the odds according to CBS Sports:

Rory McIlroy +400
Collin Morikawa +1400
Xander Schauffele +1600
Ludvig Aberg +1600
Justin Thomas +1800
Patrick Cantlay +2000
Viktor Hovland +2800
Tommy Fleetwood +2800
Jordan Spieth +2800
Russell Henley +3000
Hideki Matsuyama +3000
Corey Conners +3000
Shane Lowry +3500
Sepp Straka +4000
Daniel Berger +4000
Wyndham Clark +4500
Sungjae Im +4500
Robert MacIntyre +4500
Maverick McNealy +4500
Keegan Bradley +4500
Sam Burns +5000
Min Woo Lee +5000
Jason Day +5000
Taylor Pendrith +5500
JJ Spaun +5500
Denny McCarthy +5500
Davis Thompson +5500
Byeong Hun An +5500
Tony Finau +6000
Michael Kim +6000
Keith Mitchell +6000
Si Woo Kim +6500
Justin Rose +6500
Andrew Novak +6500
Aaron Rai +6500
Will Zalatoris +7000
Brian Harman +7000
Akshay Bhatia +7000
J.T. Poston +7500
Ben Griffin +7500
Stephan Jaeger +9000
Sam Stevens +9000
Sahith Theegala +9000
Max Homa +9000
Harris English +9000
Thomas Detry +10000
Rasmus Hojgaard +10000
Max Greyserman +10000
Matt Fitzpatrick +10000
Lucas Glover +10000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +10000
Tom Hoge +11000
Ryan Gerard +11000
Jacob Bridgeman +11000
Adam Scott +11000
Rickie Fowler +12000
Nick Taylor +12000
Michael Thorbjornsen +12000
Gary Woodland +12000
Eric Cole +12000
Cameron Young +12000
Chris Kirk +15000
Austin Eckroat +15000

Mitchell, despite his last-minute invitation to the field, is far from the longest odds. He's right in the middle of the Truist Championship field.

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