Nine previous majors winners along with the last four of the Viking Classic winners have come to be among the players committing to be playing in the upcoming Viking Classic, as the deadline for committing to the tournament passed on October 23, 2009.
The defending champion, who is Will MacKenzie, is going to be on the schedule to play, along with David Toms, a former championship winner with the PGA Tour. He is the highest ranking player on the year's money list in this field, and he is sitting at 14th rank and has earned more than $3 million dollars so far this year.
This is a $3.6 million dollar PGA Tour event that is set to be held between October 29 and November 1, and it is going to be held at the Annandale Golf Club which is located in Madison. The winner of this championship tournament is going to win a total of $648,000, and they are going to also win a 2 year Tour exemption as well.
There have been a number of past winners that have returned and are in the field again, and these winners include Lee Janzen, Todd Hamilton, Steve Elkington, David Duval, John Daly, Ben Curtis, Mark Calcevecchia and Rich Beem.
Some of the recent Viking Classic winners that are planning on coming to play this year include Chad Campbell, who won in the year 2007, D.J. Trahan, who won in the year 2006 as well as Heath Slocum, who is a former resident of Vicksburg and who managed to take the win in the year 2005 at Annandale.
Randy Watkins, the tournament director, said that this is going to be a truly outstanding field. In fact, he has said that it is one of the best fields so far top to bottom, because there is a really great mix this year that includes veteran players, winners of major championships and some of the newer and younger players as well.
The Commitment List for the 2009 Viking Classic, which is slated to be held between October 29 and November 1 of 2009 at the Annandale Golf Course in Madison includes:
Willie Wood, Casey Wittenberg,. Dean Wilson, Jay Williamson, Charlie Wi, Matt Weibring, Aaron Watkins, Charles Warren, Jimmy Walker, Johnson Wagner, Brian Vranesh, Vance Veazey, Bo van Pelt, Marc Turnesa, D.J. Trahan, David Toms, Peter Tomasulo, Brendon Todd, Nicholas Thompson, Roland Thatcher, Vaughn Taylor, Chris Stroud, Kevin Streelman, Darron Stiles, Scott Sterling, Brandt Snedeker, Heath Slocum, Patrick Sheehan, Phil Schmitt, Chris Riley, Chez Reavie, Jeff Quinney, Brett Quigley, Ted Purdy, Rick Price, Aaron Price, Carl Pettersson, Tim Petrovic, Tom Pernice Jr., Ryan Palmer, Greg Owen, Jeff Overton, Lief Olson, James Oh, Joe Ogilvie, Nick O’Hearn, James Nitties, Patrick Moore, Bryce Molder, Rocco Mediate, George McNeill, Troy Matteson, David Mathis, John Mallinger, Jeff Maggert, Will MacKenzie, Jarrod Lyle, Bill Lunde, Steve Lowery, Peter Lonard, Spencer Levin, Michael Letzig, Matt Kuchar, Cliff Kresge, Colt Knost, Jeff Klauk, Troy Kelly, Matt Jones, Kent Jones, Ryuji Imada, Charles Howell III, Charley Hoffman, Tim Herron, J.J. Henry, Bob Heintz, Todd Hamilton, Bill Haas, Scott Gutschewski, Mathias Gronberg, Nathan Green, Jason Gore, Robert Garrigus, Jim Gallagher Jr., Harrson Frazar, Steve Flesch, Brad Faxon, Derek Fathauer, Steve Elkington, David Duval, Joe Durant, Ken Duke, James Driscoll, Chris DiMarco, Brendon de Jonge, Glen Day, Brian Davis, John Daly, Mark Calcavecchia, Jonathan Byrd, Matthew Borchert, Jason Bohn, Shane Bertsch, Rich Beem, Ricky Barnes, Eric Axley, Tommy Armors III and Steve Allan.
Alternates include Skip Kendal, Neal Lancaster, Ronnie Black, Gut Boros, Paul Stankowski, Kirk Triplett, Garrett Willis, Omar Uresti, Dicky Pride, Shaun Micheel, Mark Brooks, J.P. Hayes, Jonathan Kaye, Frank Lickliter II, Tommy Gainey and Tag Ridings.
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