Inside the field: The Honda Classic

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Mar. 5, 2009

Who's playing at The Honda Classic? We've analyzed the field based on the following categories (please check at bottom for late-breaking updates to the field):

Top 30s

FedExCup standings	PGA TOUR Money List	Official World Golf Ranking
Player (Rk.)	Player (Rk.)	Player (Rk.)
Davis Love III (14)	Davis Love III (15)	Sergio Garcia (2)
John Merrick (16)	Stewart Cink (16)	Camilo Villegas (9)
Luke Donald (17)	Mark Wilson (17)	Ernie Els (14)
Brian Gay (20)	John Merrick (20)	Rory McIlroy (16)
John Rollins (22)	Luke Donald (22)	Stewart Cink (18)
Mark Wilson (23)	John Rollins (23)	Justin Rose (21)
Camilo Villegas (25)	Camilo Villegas (25)	Miguel A. Jimenez (24)
Stewart Cink (27)	J.J. Henry (26)	Justin Leonard (25)
J.J. Henry (28)	Brian Gay (28)	Luke Donald (27)
Lucas Glover (30)	Justin Leonard (29)
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Past winners of The Honda Classic

Ernie Els (2008)	Mark Wilson (2007)
Luke Donald (2006)	Todd Hamilton (2004)
Justin Leonard (2003)	Matt Kuchar (2002)
Dudley Hart (2000)	Mark Calcavecchia (1998, 1987)
Stuart Appleby (1997)	Tim Herron (1996)
John Huston (1990)

Major winners

Player	Major(s) won	Tournament
Ernie Els	3	1994, 1997 U.S. Open, 2002 British Open
Angel Cabrera	1	2007 U.S. Open
David Duval	1	2001 British Open
Davis Love III	1	1997 PGA Championship
Todd Hamilton	1	2004 British Open
Steve Elkington	1	1995 PGA Championship
Mark Calcavecchia	1	1989 British Open
Justin Leonard	1	1997 British Open
Shaun Micheel	1	2003 PGA Championship

2009 PGA TOUR Winners

Player	Wins	Tournament
Mark Wilson	1	Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun

International players

	Argentina	Andres Romero, Angel Cabrera, Jose Coceres
	Australia	Marc Leishman, James Nitties, Aron Price, Jarrod Lyle, Nathan Green, Greg Chalmers, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Nick O'Hern, John Senden, Peter Lonard, Steve Elkington
	Colombia	Camilo Villegas
	England	Justin Rose, Luke Donald, Greg Owen, Brian Davis
	Germany	Alex Cejka
	India	Arjun Atwal
	Northern Ireland	Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke
	Japan	Shingo Katayama
	Korea	Charlie Wi, Y.E. Yang
	New Zealand	Tim Wilkinson
	Scotland	Martin Laird
	South Africa	Ernie Els
	Spain	Sergio Garcia, Miguel A. Jimenez
	Sweden	Carl Pettersson, Richard S. Johnson, Fredrik Jacobson, Mathias Gronberg
	Zimbabwe	Brendon de Jonge

Younger and older

Young Guns (under 30)		Grizzled Vets (40 and over)
Tadd Fujikawa	Jarrod Lyle	David Berganio Jr.	Scott McCarron
Rory McIlroy	Chez Reavie	Darren Clarke	Paul Goydos
Derek Fathauer	Andres Romero	Chris DiMarco	Greg Kraft
Colt Knost	Chris Stroud	Ken Duke	Davis Love III
Webb Simpson	Peter Tomasulo	Dudley Hart	Scott Verplank
Spencer Levin	Camilo Villegas	Cliff Kresge	Billy Andrade
Casey Wittenberg	Ricky Barnes	Shaun Micheel	Woody Austin
Gary Woodland	Brendon de Jonge	Rick Price	Jose Coceres
Marc Leishman	Michael Letzig	Steve Flesch	Miguel A. Jimenez
Jeff Overton	Steve Marino	Peter Lonard	Jeff Maggert
Bill Haas	Justin Rose	Kent Jones	Bart Bryant
J.B. Holmes	Brandt Snedeker	Jerry Kelly	Steve Elkington
Martin Laird	D.J. Trahan	Billy Mayfair	Rocco Mediate
John Merrick	Johnson Wagner	Tim Petrovic	Brad Faxon
Ryan Moore	Sergio Garcia	Jay Williamson	John Huston
James Nitties	Lucas Glover	Glen Day	Mark Calcavecchia
Aron Price	John Mallinger	Bob Estes	Steve Lowery
Nicholas Thompson	Troy Matteson	Todd Hamilton	Tommy Armour III
Erik Compton		Brandt Jobe	Olin Browne
		Michael Allen	Tom Pernice Jr.

Field updates

Here are the most recent changes to The Honda Classic field:
Dean Wilson	Withdrew before deadline
Greg Chalmers	Qualified
Chad Campbell	Withdrew before deadline
Charley Hoffman	Withdrew after deadline
Rich Beem	Withdrew after deadline
D.J. Trahan	Withdrew after deadline
Robert Gamez	Open Qualifier
Shane Bertsch	Withdrew after deadline
Arjun Atwal	Withdrew after deadline
Steve Elkington	Withdrew after deadline
Jason Caron	Open Qualifier
Sal Spallone	Open Qualifier
Leif Olson	Open Qualifier
Luke Donald	Withdrew after deadline