Ahead of the BMW PGA Championship, europeantour.com takes a closer look at the stellar field assembled at Wentworth Club for The European Tour's flagship event...
In the field, there are:
150 players from 26 different countries
98 European Tour winners with 434 European Tour victories between them
10 Major Champions who have 18 Major victories between them
Darren Clarke
Ernie Els
Retief Goosen
Padraig Harrington
Martin Kaymer
Paul Lawrie
Rory McIlroy
José María Olazábal
Justin Rose
Charl Schwartzel
8 European Tour Number Ones
Lee Westwodd (2000, 2009)
Retief Goosen (2001-2002)
Ernie Els (2003-2004)
Padraig Harrington (2006)
Justin Rose (2007)
Robert Karlsson (2008)
Martin Kaymer (2010)
Luke Donald (2011)
Rory McIlroy (2012)
Henrik Stenson (2013)
8 PGA Champions competing
José Maria Olazábal (1994)
Anders Hansen (2002, 2007)
Scott Drummond (2004)
David Howell (2006)
Miguel Angel Jiménez (2008)
Simon Khan (2010)
Luke Donald (2011, 2012)
Matteo Manassero (2013)
4 of the current top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking
Henrik Stenson (3)
Sergio Garcia (7)
Justin Rose (9)
Rory McIlroy (10)
5 former World Number Ones
Rory McIlroy
Luke Donald
Lee Westwood
Martin Kaymer
Ernie Els
26 Ryder Cup players
2 Ryder Cup Captains
José Maria Olazábal (2012)
Paul McGinley (2014)
8 WGC winners with 11 WGC titles between them
Darren Clarke
Luke Donald
Ernie Els
Martin Kaymer
Francesco Molinari
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose
Henrik Stenson
17 of the 2014 European Tour winners competing
Felipe Aguilar
Thomas Aiken
Thomas Björn
Daniel Brooks
Alejandro Cañizares
George Coetzee
Marco Crespi
Ross Fisher
Stephen Gallacher
Sergio Garcia
Miguel Angel Jiménez
Pablo Larrazábal
Alexander Levy
Morten Ørum Madsen
Charl Schwartzel
Dawie Van der Walt
Lee Westwood
10 British PGA Professionals
Mark Hooper
Jason Levermore
Matt Ford
Ian Ellis
Graham Fox
Chris Kelly
Matthew Cort
Damien Mooney
Liam Bond
Grieg Hutcheon
3 2013 Qualifying School Graduates
Carlos Del Moral
Fabrizio Zanotti
Gary Stal
