Sony Open in Hawaii attracts eight past champions

Eight past winners have committed to play in the 2012 Sony Open in Hawaii at Honolulu?s Waialae Country Club the week of Jan. 9-15.

They include defending champion Mark Wilson, Ryan Palmer (2010), Zach Johnson (2009), K.J. Choi (2008), Paul Goydos (2007), David Toms (2006), Ernie Els (2004, 2003) and Jerry Kelly (2002).

Vijay Singh, the 2005 winner, has not yet committed to play. Three previous winners ? Brad Faxon (2001), Paul Azinger (2000) and Jeff Sluman (1999) ? are now playing on the Champions Tour.

Five alternates have yet to be selected to complete the 144-player field.

The Sony Open in Hawaii is the first full-field PGA golf tournament of the year. As in the previous two years, it will carry a purse of $5.5 million and the winner will walk away with $990,000.

The following is an alphabetical list of golfers who have committed to play as of Thursday:

? Blake Adams;

? Stephen Ames;

? Mark Anderson;

? Stuart Appleby;

? Woody Austin;

? Sang-Moon Bae;

? Briny Baird;

? Ricky Barnes;

? Cameron Beckman;

? Charlie Beljan;

? Shane Bertsch;

? Matt Bettencourt;

? Tommy Biershenk;

? Kris Blanks;

? Jonas Blixt;

? Jason Bohn;

? Keegan Bradley;

? Michael Bradley;

? Scott Brown;

? Jonathan Byrd;

? Chad Campbell;

? Miguel Angel Carballo;

? Roberto Castro;

? Kevin Chappell;

? K.J. Choi;

? Gary Christian;

? Stewart Cink;

? Will Claxton;

? Gavin Coles;

? Chad Collins;

? Erik Compton;

? John Daly;

? Brian Davis;

? Marco Dawson;

? Brendon de Jonge;

? Chris DiMar ...

Eight past winners have committed to play in the 2012 Sony Open in Hawaii at Honolulu?s Waialae Country Club the week of Jan. 9-15.

They include defending champion Mark Wilson, Ryan Palmer (2010), Zach Johnson (2009), K.J. Choi (2008), Paul Goydos (2007), David Toms (2006), Ernie Els (2004, 2003) and Jerry Kelly (2002).

Vijay Singh, the 2005 winner, has not yet committed to play. Three previous winners ? Brad Faxon (2001), Paul Azinger (2000) and Jeff Sluman (1999) ? are now playing on the Champions Tour.

Five alternates have yet to be selected to complete the 144-player field.

The Sony Open in Hawaii is the first full-field PGA golf tournament of the year. As in the previous two years, it will carry a purse of $5.5 million and the winner will walk away with $990,000.

The following is an alphabetical list of golfers who have committed to play as of Thursday:

? Blake Adams;

? Stephen Ames;

? Mark Anderson;

? Stuart Appleby;

? Woody Austin;

? Sang-Moon Bae;

? Briny Baird;

? Ricky Barnes;

? Cameron Beckman;

? Charlie Beljan;

? Shane Bertsch;

? Matt Bettencourt;

? Tommy Biershenk;

? Kris Blanks;

? Jonas Blixt;

? Jason Bohn;

? Keegan Bradley;

? Michael Bradley;

? Scott Brown;

? Jonathan Byrd;

? Chad Campbell;

? Miguel Angel Carballo;

? Roberto Castro;

? Kevin Chappell;

? K.J. Choi;

? Gary Christian;

? Stewart Cink;

? Will Claxton;

? Gavin Coles;

? Chad Collins;

? Erik Compton;

? John Daly;

? Brian Davis;

? Marco Dawson;

? Brendon de Jonge;

? Chris DiMarco;

? Jason Dufner;

? Eric Dugas;

? Ken Duke;

? Scott Dunlap;

? Joe Durant;

? Ernie Els;

? Harris English;

? Matt Every;

? Steve Flesch;

? Martin Flores;

? Harrison Frazar;

? Tommy Gainey;

? Stephen Gangluff;

? Bobby Gates;

? Lucas Glover;

? Mathew Goggin;

? Paul Goydos;

? Brian Harman;

? David Hearn;

? Tim Herron;

? Billy Horschel;

? Charles Howell III;

? John Huh;

? Billy Hurley III;

? Ryuji Imada;

? Ryo Ishikawa;

? Fredrik Jacobson;

? Zach Johnson;

? Kent Jones;

? Matt Jones;

? Sunghoon Kang;

? Jerry Kelly;

? Troy Kelly;

? J.J. Killeen;

? Chris Kirk;

? Kevin Kisner;

? Colt Knost;

? Derek Lamely;

? Richard H. Lee;

? Justin Leonard;

? Spencer Levin;

? WC Liang;

? Edward Loar;

? Davis Love III;

? Jarrod Lyle;

? John Mallinger;

? Steve Marino;

? Shigeki Maruyama;

? David Mathis;

? Hideki Matsuyama;

? Troy Matteson;

? Billy Mayfair;

? Scott McCarron;

? William McGirt;

? George McNeill;

? Matt McQuillan;

? Rocco Mediate;

? Toshinori Muto;

? Kevin Na;

? Seung-yul Noh;

? Sean O?Hair;

? John Oda;

? Koumei Oda;

? Joe Ogilvie;

? Greg Owen;

? Ryan Palmer;

? Corey Pavin;

? Pat Perez;

? Tom Pernice Jr.;

? Tim Petrovic;

? Scott Piercy;

? Ted Potter Jr.;

? Michael Putnam;

? Fran Quinn;

? Kyle Reifers;

? Chris Riley;

? Alexandre Rocha;

? John Rollins;

? Rory Sabbatini;

? John Senden;

? Patrick Sheehan;

? Webb Simpson;

? Heath Slocum;

? Paul Stankowski;

? Steve Stricker;

? Chris Stroud;

? Daniel Summerhays;

? Tadahiro Takayama;

? Vaughn Taylor;

? Josh Teater;

? Kyle Thompson;

? Michael Thompson;

? Brendon Todd;

? Peter Tomasulo;

? David Toms;

? Jhonattan Vegas;

? Johnson Wagner;

? Duffy Waldorf;

? Jimmy Walker;

? Boo Weekley;

? Steve Wheatcroft;

? Garrett Willis;

? Mark Wilson.

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