PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open 2023: Full field explored

After the ongoing Honda Classic in Florida, the PGA Tour is headed for a double-game week. The Puerto Rico Open will tee off on Thursday, March 2, along with the Arnold Palmer Invitational. While the latter will take place at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, the Puerto Rico Open will once again return to the Grand Reserve Country Club in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Dubbed one of the most fun outings on the PGA Tour schedule, many fans eagerly look forward to the Puerto Rico Open. The event is back and the PGA Tour has already let out the player list for the event’s field. Unsurprisingly, the field features no big names from the American circuit.

Incidentally, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which takes place parallelly, features 44 of the world's top 50 golfers.

While the Orlando event is headlined by the likes of world No.1 Jon Rahm, No. 2 Scottie Scheffler, and No.3 Rory McIlroy, the Puerto Rico Open features mostly golfers sitting over the top 100. However, the event still carries some valuable FedEx Cup and OWGR points to its winners.

The field for the event has been decided by PGA Tour’s standardized system, which selects players based on the current season’s Priority Ranking and exemptions.

Puerto Rico Open field

Here is the full-field list at Grand Reserve Country Club for the Puerto Rico Open (As of February 25th):

PGA Tour tournament winner (two-year exemption)

Jim Herman
Andrew Landry
Erik van Rooyen
Richy Werenski

Career money exemption

Jason Dufner

Sponsor's exemption (members not otherwise exempt)

Jason Bohn
Derek Lamely

Designated sponsor exemptions

Roberto Díaz
Edward Figueroa
Chris Nido
Diego Saavedra-Davila

PGA Club Professional Champion (six events)

Jesse Mueller

PGA Section Champion\Player of the Year

Timothy G Cantwell

Past Champion of respective event

Martin Trainer
D.A. Points

Top 125 on prior season's FedExCup

Nate Lashley
Scott Piercy
Max McGreevy
Nick Watney
Austin Smotherman

Major medical extension

Kyle Stanley
Zac Blair

Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reshuffled)

Harrison Endycott
Erik Barnes
Ryan Armour
Harry Hall
Ben Martin
Zecheng Dou
Chris Stroud
Michael Kim
Paul Haley II
Henrik Norlander
Matti Schmid
Brent Grant
Austin Cook
Nico Echavarria
Samuel Stevens
Austin Eckroat
Carl Yuan
Brian Stuard
Brice Garnett
Tano Goya
MJ Daffue
Augusto Núñez
Scott Harrington
Vincent Norrman
Trevor Werbylo
Trevor Cone
Brandon Matthews
Kevin Roy
Michael Gligic
Carson Young
Anders Albertson

Nos. 126-150 on prior season's FedExCup Points List (reshuffled)

Andrew Novak
Harry Higgs
Dylan Wu
Hank Lebioda
Cameron Percy
Jonathan Byrd
Bill Haas

Beyond No. 150 on prior season's FedExCup Points List

Vaughn Taylor
Kevin Chappell
Grayson Murray
Tommy Gainey
Wesley Bryan
Robert Garrigus
Bo Van Pelt
David Hearn
Ricky Barnes
Sangmoon Bae
J.J. Henry
D.J. Trahan
Derek Ernst
George McNeill
Ryuji Imada
Richard S Johnson
Omar Uresti
Ted Potter, Jr.
Brian Davis
Kevin Stadler
Matt Every
Jeff Overton
Boo Weekley
Daniel Chopra

Past Champion member

Steve Stricker
K.J. Choi
Carl Pettersson
Chad Campbell
Duffy Waldorf
Carlos Franco
John Rollins
Cameron Beckman
Robert Gamez

About the author

Vishnu is a Golf journalist at Sportskeeda. He completed his post-graduation diploma in Print Media Journalism. Before joining Sportskeeda, he worked as an entertainment writer at Zee5 and a news writer at Republic.

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Edited by Ankush Das