A field of 34 players will tee it up this week at Kapalua Resort’s Plantation Course for the 2018 edition of the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
It’s the first tournament of the 2018 portion of the new PGA Tour season, and one of two straight events contested in Hawaii.
The field is comprised of only 2017 calendar-year winners and is headlined by three former winners, who also happen to be the world’s top-3 ranked golfers in Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.
As we do each week, here’s a look at the field in Maui, by the numbers.
FORMER WINNERS IN KAPLUA
Three past winners of the Tournament of Champions are in the field this week:
- Justin Thomas (2017)
- Jordan Spieth (2016)
- Dustin Johnson (2013)
MAJOR WINNERS
There are five major champions in the field this week:
- Jordan Spieth (2015 Masters, U.S. Open; 2017 Open Championship)
- Brooks Koepka (2017 U.S. Open)
- Justin Thomas (2017 PGA Championship)
- Dustin Johnson (2016 U.S. Open)
- Jason Dufner (2013 PGA Championship)
WORLD TOP 10
Seven of the top 10 in the world rankings will be teeing it up this week:
- Dustin Johnson (1)
- Jordan Spieth (2)
- Justin Thomas (3)
- Jon Rahm (4)
- Hideki Matsuyama (5)
- Rickie Fowler (7)
- Brooks Koepka (8)
TOP 10 FROM 2017
Six of the 11 players who finished among the top 10 (and ties) at last year’s Tournament of Champions will be teeing it up this week:
- (1st) Justin Thomas (-22)
- (2nd) Hideki Matsuyama (-19)
- (3rd) Jordan Spieth (-16)
- (3rd) Pat Perez (-16)
- (6th) Dustin Johnson (-15)
- (6th) Brendan Steele (-15)
MULTIPLE WINNERS
The field includes five players with multiple wins during the 2017 calendar year:
- Justin Thomas (5) – Tournament of Champions, Sony Open, PGA Championship, Dell Tech Championship, CJ Cup
- Dustin Johnson (4) – Genesis Open, WGC-Mexico, WGC-Dell Match Play, Northern Trust
- Jordan Spieth (3) – AT&T Pebble Beach, Travelers Championship, Open Championship
- Hideki Matsuyama (2) – Waste Management Phoenix Open, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
- Xander Schauffele (2) – The Greenbrier, TOUR Championship
2017 PRESIDENTS CUP
Thirteen participants of the recent Presidents Cup will be teeing it up this week – including eight from U.S:
- Dustin Johnson (USA)
- Jordan Spieth (USA)
- Justin Thomas (USA)
- Rickie Fowler (USA)
- Brooks Koepka (USA)
- Kevin Chappell (USA)
- Kevin Kisner (USA)
- Daniel Berger (USA)
- Hideki Matsuyama (INTL)
- Jhonattan Vegas (INTL)
- Si Woo Kim (INTL)
- Marc Leishman (INTL)
- Adam Hadwin (INTL)
- Si Woo Kim (INTL)
FIRST-TIME WINNERS
Fourteen first-time PGA Tour winners are in the field this week:
- Ryan Armour (Sanderson Farms)
- Wesley Bryan (Heritage)
- Patrick Cantlay (Shriners)
- Kevin Chappell (Valero)
- Austin Cook (RSM)
- Chris Stroud (Barracuda)
- Adam Hadwin (Valspar)
- Patton Kizzire (OHL)
- Hudson Swafford (CareerBuilder)
- Grayson Murray (Barbasol)
- Xander Schauffele (Greenbrier, TOUR)
- Bryson DeChambeau (John Deere)
- Cameron Smith (Zurich)
- Cameron Smith (Zurich)
- Jon Rahm (Farmers)
2018 SENTRY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS FIELD
Sorted By World Rank
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Credit: PGA Tour Media, Getty Images
