TARGET WORLD CHALLENGE: WORLD'S BEST AT TIGER'S TOURNEY.Byline: JILL PAINTER Staff Writer The Target World Challenge really will be a world event of sorts. Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. announced the field for his December tournament at
Sherwood Country Club, and 10 of the 16 players are from outside the
U.S. Woods and his selection committee chose a star-studded field that
includes Luke Donald Luke Campbell Donald (born December 7, 1977) is an English golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. , Adam Scott
Adam Derek Scott (born July 16, 1980) is a professional golfer and one of a crop of young Australians plying their trade on the major golf tours. , Padraig Harrington, Paul Casey This page is about the English golfer. For the Gaelic football player see Paul Casey. Paul Alexander Casey (born 21 July 1977) is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S. based PGA Tour and the European Tour. , Jose Maria Olazabal, Geoff Ogilvy Geoff Charles Ogilvy (born June 11 1977) is an Australian professional golfer who now resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the United States. Ogilvy was born in Adelaide, South Australia. , David Howell, Colin Montgomerie, Henrik Stenson, David Toms, Chris DiMarco and Woods. The four special exemptions went to Darren Clarke, Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer. Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. , John Daly and Fred Couples. ``We are very excited about this year's field,'' Woods said in a conference call Monday. ``It's probably the deepest we've ever had, the international flavor that's there in the field.'' The Target World Challenge, in its eighth year, has a purse of $5.75 million, with $1.35 million to the winner and $170,000 to the last-place finisher. England's Donald is the defending champion. ``It is a global game,'' Woods said. ``You look at most of the players in the top 15, top 20 in the world and it's pretty international. You get guys who are not only Europeans, but you get Australians and guys from South Africa, obviously Vijay (Singh) from Fiji. It's a very global game. I just think the game has changed and evolved. It's a global contest. ``That's why we have these World Golf Championships, to try to capture that essence of our game growing and expanding.'' jill.painter@dailynews.com (818) 713-3615 |
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