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CHASKA, Minn. (AP) A look at the 156-man field for the 84th PGA Championship, to be played Aug. 15-18 at Hazeltine National Golf Club. One spot remains open in case the Buick Open winner has not already qualified (players listed only in first category for which they are eligible): PGA champions (lifetime): David Toms, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Davis Love III, Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington, Nick Price, Paul Azinger, John Daly, Jeff Sluman, Larry Nelson, Bob Tway, Hal Sutton. U.S. Open champions (5 years): Retief Goosen, Lee Janzen. Masters champions (5 years): Jose Maria Olazabal, Mark O'Meara. British Open champions (5 years): Ernie Els, David Duval, Paul Lawrie. Senior PGA champion: Fuzzy Zoeller. Top 15 and ties from the 2001 PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson, Steve Lowery, Shingo Katayama, Mark Calcavecchia, Billy Andrade, Scott Verplank, Scott Hoch, Jim Furyk, Justin Leonard, Kirk Triplett, Steve Flesch, Jesper Parnevik. Top 25 from the PGA Club Pro Championship: Barry Evans, Mike Gilmore, Don Berry, Sean Farren, Tim Weinhart, Tim Thelen, Rob Labritz, Wayne DeFrancesco, Craig Stevens, Alan Morin, Bruce Zabriski, Kim Thompson, Dave Tentis, Tom Dolby, James Blair, Rick Hartmann, Jeffrey Lankford, Robert Thompson, Tim Fleming, Kent Stauffer, Steve Schneiter, Buddy Harston, Joseph Klinchock, Barry Mahlberg, Bill Porter. Top 70 in PGA points list (PGA Tour money earning from the 2001 Buick Open through the 2002 International):@ Bob Estes, Chris DiMarco, Justin Leonard, Jerry Kelly, Sergio Garcia, Kenny Perry, Shigeki Maruyama, Len Mattiace, John Cook, Rocco Mediate, Scott McCarron, Robert Allenby, Brad Faxon, Mike Weir, Rich Beem, Craig Perks, Kevin Sutherland, Charles Howell III, K.J. Choi, Fred Funk, Matt Kuchar, Cameron Beckman, Joel Edwards, Stuart Appleby, Dudley Hart, Chris Riley, Tom Lehman, David Peoples, Matt Gogel, Stephen Ames, Ian Leggatt, Chris Smith, Loren Roberts, Pat Perez, Rory Sabbatini, Peter Lonard, J.P. Hayes, Jeff Maggert, Duffy Waldorf, Joey Sindelar, Steve Stricker, Billy Mayfair, John Huston, Stewart Cink, Skip Kendall. PGA Tour winners from the 2001 PGA Championship through the 2002 Buick Open:@ Jose Coceres, Spike McRoy. Special exemptions and players from the PGA points list needed to fill the field:@ Briny Baird, Thomas Bjorn, Angel Cabrera, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Paul Casey, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, Joe Durant, Nick Faldo, Niclas Fasth, Robert Gamez, Brian Gay, Ricardo Gonzalez, Jay Haas, Anders Hansen, Soren Hansen, Padraig Harrington, J.J. Henry, Tim Herron, Toshi Izawa, Jonathan Kaye, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Scott Laycock, Thomas Levet, J.L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Greg Norman, Peter O'Malley, Greg Owen, Craig Parry, Carl Paulson, Carl Pettersson, Phillip Price, John Rollins, Eduardo Romero, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Heath Slocum, Curtis Strange, Toru Taniguchi, Taichi Teshima, Tom Watson, Lee Westwood, Dean Wilson, Ian Woosnam.
Alternates: David Gossett, Phil Tataurangi, Dan Forsman, Kaname Yokoo, David Frost.
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