Talk:2017 PGA Championship

Special invitations
All players in the top 115 of the OWGR (as of July 31) were invited, except Scott Piercy, who hasn't played since the week after the U.S. Open, so he might be injured. Remaining invitees: pʰeːnuːmuː →‎  pʰiːnyːmyː  → ‎ ɸinimi  → ‎ fiɲimi  19:02, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * 9. Alexander Norén
 * 33. Bernd Wiesberger
 * 40. Ross Fisher
 * 52. Hideto Tanihara
 * 65. An Byeong-hun
 * 66. Li Haotong
 * 68. Yuta Ikeda
 * 69. Alexander Lévy
 * 72. Wang Jeung-hun
 * 73. Anirban Lahiri
 * 76. Steve Stricker
 * 79. Søren Kjeldsen
 * 80. Shane Lowry
 * 82. Jordan Smith
 * 83. Joost Luiten
 * 84. Dylan Frittelli
 * 86. Thorbjørn Olesen
 * 88. Peter Uihlein
 * 91. Jim Furyk
 * 92. Luke Donald
 * 94. Jim Herman
 * 96. Brandon Stone
 * 99. Thongchai Jaidee
 * 100. David Lingmerth
 * 101. Ryan Fox
 * 103. Pablo Larrazábal
 * 105. Fabrizio Zanotti
 * 106. Graeme McDowell
 * 107. Scott Hend
 * 109. Andrew Johnston
 * 110. Kim Kyung-tae
 * 111. Song Young-han
 * 113. Nicolas Colsaerts
 * 114. Graham DeLaet
 * 115. Richard Sterne
 * Thomas Bjørn (2018 Ryder Cup captain)
 * Patrick Cantlay (ranked 130, 98th in PGA Championship points; played only 8 tournaments since 2014 and would likely be significantly higher in both rankings on a full schedule)
 * Ernie Els (five-year exemption into majors ended at the Open Championship)
 * Satoshi Kodaira (ranked 121; not uncommon for them to invite a Japanese player a little below the OWGR cutoff)