VERONA, N.Y. -- The Turning Stone Resort Championship announced additional player commitments for the PGA Tour tournament September 29 – October 5 at Turning Stone's Atunyote Golf Club. The field currently features 63 players who've won 184 PGA TOUR events as well as 14 players currently in the Top 50 of the PGA TOUR Money Leaders and six Major Championship winners.
The Turning Stone Resort Championship will feature a field of 132 players competing for a $6 million purse with $1.08 million going to the winner. The winning purse is the largest among the seven PGA TOUR Fall Series tournament and only five non-championship tournaments during the regular season offer larger purses.
Field by the Numbers:
184 Total PGA TOUR wins (Davis Love III leads with 19).
64 Returning players from the 2007 Turning Stone Resort Championship.
63 Players with at least one PGA TOUR victory.
32 Players with TOUR wins since start of the 2006 season.
20 Players with Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup experience (representing 25 and 33 teams respectively).
14 Players currently in the Top 50 of the PGA TOUR's Money List.
13 Countries represented in the field (US (96), Australia (13), Sweden (4), South Korea (3), England (2), New Zealand (2), Canada, Japan, Paraguay, Scotland, South Africa, Spain and Wales (1 each)).
11 Returning players who finished in the 2007 Turning Stone Resort Championship's top ten.
6 First time winners on the PGA TOUR in 2008 (Brian Gay, Ryuji Imada, Richard S. Johnson, Greg Kraft, Parker McLachlin, Johnson Wagner).
6 Major Championship winners (Calcavecchia, 1989 British; Elkington, 1995 PGA; Love III, 1997 PGA; Duval, 2001 British; Beem, 2002 PGA; and Hamilton, 2004 British).
4 Players Qualifying through a Monday Local Qualifier at Kaluhyat Golf Club.
3 U.S. Amateur Champions (Danny Lee, 2008; Nick Flanagan, 2003; Jeff Quinney, 2000).
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