Former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama has confirmed he will make his first appearance at the DP World Tour’s flagship event.
Matsuyama will tee it up at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth over 11-14 September.
He joins a world-class field that includes several members of the European side that will head to Bethpage Black in New York for the Ryder Cup.
Reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy will headline the field. Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Robert MacIntyre, Tyrrell Hatton, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Aberg and Rasmus Hojgaard are also playing.
Major champions Patrick Reed and Wyndham Clark are also in the field. Matsuyama will make his debut in the $9m tournament.
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The most notable omission is Sepp Straka. The Austrian is widely expected to be handed a captain’s pick by European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald for the Bethpage showdown.
Straka withdrew from the second event of the PGA Tour’s play-offs, citing personal reasons. He returned to action at the Tour Championship, but finished last in the 30-man field.
Billy Horschel won the 2024 BMW PGA Championship, overcoming the aforementioned McIlroy in an electric play-off.
The American is making his first start since undergoing surgery on his hip. The procedure sidelined Horschel several months and torpedoed any hopes he had of making the 2025 US Ryder Cup team.
BMW PGA Championship field 2025
John Parry
Corey Conners
Laurie Canter
Michael Kim
Si Woo Kim
Keita Nakajima
Jhonattan Vegas
Wyndham Clark
Kevin Yu
Patrick Rodgers
Matti Schmid
Erik van Rooyen
Ben Schmidt
Rory McIlroy
Jon Rahm
Francesco Molinari
Shane Lowry
Matt Fitzpatrick
Patrick Reed
Danny Willett
Tyrrell Hatton
Nicolai Højgaard
Ryan Fox
Viktor Hovland
Thomas Pieters
Alex Noren
Grant Forrest
Ryan Gerard
Daniel Brown
Adrien Saddier
Connor Syme
Nicolai von Dellingshausen
Martin Couvra
Eugenio Chacarra
Richard Mansell
Haotong Li
Alejandro Del Rey
Julien Guerrier
Dan Bradbury
Angel Hidalgo
Rasmus Højgaard
Matt Wallace
Niklas Norgaard
Frederic Lacroix
David Ravetto
Harry Hall
Ewen Ferguson
Marcel Siem
Guido Migliozzi
Nacho Elvira
Adrian Otaegui
Darius van Driel
Rikuya Hoshino
Dylan Frittelli
Sami Välimäki
Adrian Meronk
Matthieu Pavon
Ludvig Åberg
Todd Clements
Daniel Hillier
Thriston Lawrence
Dale Whitnell
Tom McKibbin
Pablo Larrazábal
Simon Forsström
Jorge Campillo
Ockie Strydom
Daniel Gavins
Calum Hill
Dylan Naidoo
Shaun Norris
Ryggs Johnston
Elvis Smylie
Matteo Manassero
Dean Burmester
Joaquin Niemann
Min Woo Lee
Justin Rose
Padraig Harrington
Luke Donald
Paul O’Hara
Antoine Rozner
Jordan Smith
Sebastian Söderberg
Romain Langasque
Ugo Coussaud
Sam Bairstow
Joe Dean
Alex Fitzpatrick
Matthew Jordan
Yannik Paul
Andy Sullivan
Aaron Cockerill
Francesco Laporta
Thomas Detry
Brandon Stone
Jeff Winther
Casey Jarvis
Jayden Schaper
Aaron Rai
Shubhankar Sharma
Sean Crocker
David Micheluzzi
Gavin Green
Joost Luiten
Alfredo Garcia-Heredia
Matthew Baldwin
Jeong Weon Ko
Andrea Pavan
Richie Ramsay
Scott Jamieson
Marcus Kinhult
Jason Scrivener
Tom Vaillant
Darren Fichardt
Thomas Aiken
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