The all-time golf great says he hopes to play once a month through the US and British Opens and made the list on Tuesday, as the field was announced for next week's 106th PGA Championship event. Currently ranked 801 in the world, Woods had previously accepted a special invitation into next month's US Open after the US Golf Association announced last week that the three-time tournament champion had been awarded an exemption in order to compete at Pinehurst.

The American finished 60th, last among those who made the cut, in last month's Masters, yet completed 72 holes in a major for the first time since his 2022 Masters comeback. Since 2013, Woods has finished 72 holes at the US Open only once, taking 21st in 2019, only two months after winning the Masters. He missed the cut in 2015, 2018 and 2020 and did not play in the remaining years. The last time he played in the PGA Championship in 2022, he withdrew after three rounds, skipping last year after ankle surgery.

Woods and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland have each won PGA Championship titles at Valhalla, who will host the tournament for the fourth time on May 16-19. The American won in 2000 and McIlroy celebrated in 2014, his most recent major triumph.

The PGA field includes 33 major winners, 16 of them former PGA Championship winners. Two vacancies remain in the field of 156, awaiting winners of this week's PGA Tour events if they are not already qualified for the showdown at Louisville, Kentucky.

The lineup includes top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, who won his second Masters title last month, and the rest of the top 103 players in the official world golf rankings. Scheffler is skipping this week's PGA Tour signature event to be with wife Meredith as she prepares to have a baby. Defending champion Brooks Koepka of the United States is among 16 players from the LIV Golf League who will compete in the year's second major tournament.

Other LIV players from the world's top 100 include fifth-ranked Jon Rahm, England's 17th-ranked Tyrrell Hatton, Australia's Cameron Smith and Lucas Herbert, Poland's Adrian Meronk, Chile's Joaquin Niemann and American Patrick Reed. Niemann, who won the Australian Open in December and has two LIV Golf wins this year, figures to contend, while 94-ranked Rikuya Hoshino withdrew.

Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Martin Kaymer are also among those who have won in LIV events. American Talor Gooch, last year's LIV season champion, was surprisingly invited into his fifth consecutive PGA Championship. His best result was a share of 20th in 2022 but he missed the cut last year.

The field includes 21 club professionals, 20 qualifiers and Michael Block, who returns after sharing 15th last year at Oak Hill.