Field set for this week’s PGA tournament in Kentucky. See which golfers will be here.

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The field for the 2023 Barbasol Championship is set.

For the fifth time, the tournament will be held at Champions at Keene Trace in Nicholasville, which is about 25 minutes outside of Lexington.

And for the second straight year, Central Kentucky’s annual PGA Tour event will feature a strong international presence thanks to an existing partnership between the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour that provides access for both memberships to the Barbasol.

A field of about 150 golfers — comprised mainly of PGA Tour members, but also with strong representation from the DP World Tour — will descend on Keene Trace this week in search of what would be a lucrative PGA Tour triumph.

This week’s winner will receive a payout of $684,000 from a $3.8 million purse, in addition to earning a spot into next week’s British Open field.

A two-year PGA Tour exemption and 300 FedEx Cup points will also go to this week’s champion, who will also secure a spot in next year’s 2024 PGA Championship, which will be played in Louisville.

Here are the golfers that will compete for the 2023 Barbasol Championship title.

Trio of former major winners

Three golfers with a major championship victory to their name are expected to play in this year’s Barbasol Championship.

Geoff Ogilvy (2006 U.S. Open), Lucas Glover (2009 U.S. Open) and Jason Dufner (2013 PGA Championship) are all expected to be at Keene Trace this week.

Dufner played in the Barbasol last year and finished in a tie for 27th.

While Glover’s best stretch of professional golf came from 2007 through 2011 (a period during which he finished in the top 20 of all four major championships), his career has been revitalized in recent years.

Glover won his fourth PGA Tour event in 2021 at the John Deere Classic, and in recent weeks alone he’s finished in a tie for fourth at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and in a tie for sixth at the John Deere last weekend.

This recent uptick in form has allowed Glover to shoot back up the Official World Golf Rankings: With a current OWGR of No. 112, Glover is the highest ranked player in the Barbasol field.

Josh Teater lines up a putt during the second round of the 2022 PGA Barbasol Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville. Teater is one of several golfers with Kentucky ties set to compete in the 2023 event.
Josh Teater lines up a putt during the second round of the 2022 PGA Barbasol Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville. Teater is one of several golfers with Kentucky ties set to compete in the 2023 event.

Golfers with Kentucky connections

Whether its hometown roots or college connections, plenty of golfers in the 2023 Barbasol field have ties to the commonwealth.

Robin Sciot-Siegrist — played college golf at Louisville.

Matti Schmid — played college golf at Louisville.

Trey Cox — Born in Lexington and attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.

Stephen Stallings Jr. — Attended St. Xavier High School in Louisville and played college golf at Kentucky.

Josh Teater — Attended Henry Clay High School and played college golf at Morehead State.

Jesse Massie — Attended Trinity High School in Louisville and played college golf at Eastern Kentucky.

Vince Whaley — Born in Lexington.

Chip McDaniel — Attended Clay County High School and played college golf at Kentucky. Former assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky who was recently named a UK men’s golf assistant coach.

Stephen Stallings Jr. is from Louisville and played college golf at Kentucky.
Stephen Stallings Jr. is from Louisville and played college golf at Kentucky.

Additionally, several other golfers in this week’s field played college golf in the SEC:

Andrew Landry (Arkansas)

Austin Cook (Arkansas)

Jason Dufner (Auburn)

Patton Kizzire (Auburn)

Tyson Alexander (Florida)

John Axelsen (Florida)

Chris Nido (Florida)

Ryuji Imada (Georgia)

Peter Malnati (Missouri)

Chad Ramey (Mississippi State)

James Morrison (South Carolina)

Wesley Bryan (South Carolina)

Johannes Veerman (Texas A&M)

Cameron Champ (Texas A&M)

Matthias Schwab (Vanderbilt)

Below is the rest of the 2023 Barbasol Championship field, listed by the way that these remaining golfers qualified for the event.

DP World Tour Ranking (1-45)

Marcus Kinhult

Masahiro Kawamura

Santiago Tarrio

Søren Kjeldsen

John Catlin

Angel Hidalgo Portillo

Louis de Jager

Marcus Helligkilde

Andy Sullivan

Jason Scrivener

Julien Guerrier

Aaron Cockerill

Niklas Norgaard

Daan Huizing

Darius Van Driel

Jazz Janewattananond

Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez

Alexander Levy

Nathan Kimsey

Jeremy Freiburghaus

Alexander Knappe

JC Ritchie

Mikael Lindberg

Jens Dantorp

Oliver Hundebol Jorgensen

Frederik Schott

Clément Sordet

Martin L Simonsen

Jeong Weon Ko

Todd Clements

John Parry

Bryce Easton

Manu Gandas

Deon Germishuys

Ryo Hisatsune

Daniel Brown

Alejandro Del Rey

PGA Tour tournament winner (two-year exemption)

Ryan Brehm

Tyler Duncan

Jim Herman

Robert Streb

Richy Werenski

Jim Herman is one of four former Barbasol winners in the field for the 2023 event.
Jim Herman is one of four former Barbasol winners in the field for the 2023 event.

Career money exemption

Ryan Moore

Sponsor exemption (unrestricted)

David Ford

Bo Hoag

Wes Homan

Peter Kuest

Jeff Overton

PGA club professional champion (6 events)

Jesse Mueller

Past tournament champion member

Grayson Murray

Top 125 in prior season’s FedExCup standings

Taylor Pendrith

Adam Long

Russell Knox

Kevin Streelman

James Hahn

Scott Piercy

Max McGreevy

Nick Watney

Kevin Tway

Kramer Hickok

Justin Lower

Doc Redman

Kelly Kraft

Based on the Official World Golf Rankings, Taylor Pendrith is the second-highest ranked player in the 2023 Barbasol Championship field.
Based on the Official World Golf Rankings, Taylor Pendrith is the second-highest ranked player in the 2023 Barbasol Championship field.

Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reshuffled)

Vincent Norrman

Paul Haley II

Zecheng Dou

MJ Daffue

Henrik Norlander

Ryan Armour

Brice Garnett

Augusto Núñez

Tano Goya

Trevor Werbylo

Scott Harrington

Brandon Matthews

Kevin Roy

Carl Yuan

Kyle Westmoreland

Brian Stuard

Trevor Cone

Michael Gligic

Nos. 126-150 on prior season’s FedExCup points list (reshuffled)

Andrew Novak

Harry Higgs

Cameron Percy

Martin Trainer

Satoshi Kodaira

Hank Lebioda

Jonathan Byrd

Earnings reshuffle within categories 39-44

Akshay Bhatia

Ryan Gerard

Sean O’Hair

Cody Gribble

Chris Stroud

S.Y. Noh

Kevin Chappell

Sung Kang

Ricky Barnes

William McGirt

Jonas Blixt

Derek Ernst

Derek Lamely

Greg Chalmers

Scott Brown

Tommy Gainey

Ben Crane

Sangmoon Bae

Kyle Stanley

D.A. Points

D.J. Trahan

Kevin Stadler

Ted Potter, Jr.

Richard S Johnson

Beyond No. 150 on prior season’s FedExCup points list

Robert Garrigus

Bo Van Pelt

David Hearn

J.J. Henry

Other golfers in Barbasol field

Kiradech Aphibarnrat

Pedro Figueiredo

David Ravetto

Adrien Saddier

Jayden Schaper

Omar Uresti

Andrew Wilson

Christoffer Bring

Joshua Lee

Thomas Aiken

Brian Davis

Monday qualifiers

Max Moldovan

Matt Sharpstene

What you need to know as PGA Tour makes Central Kentucky stop with Barbasol Championship