It will be Tiger’s first appearance in the Third Edition of the Classic, which is the only PGA Tour co-sanctioned event in Malaysia.
Other winners from the 2012 PGA Tour season who are in the field include Nick Watney (The Barclays), Jason Dufner (Zurich Classic of New Orleans and the HP Byron Nelson Championship) and Carl Pettersson (RBC Heritage).
Scott Piercy (RBC Canadian Open), Rickie Fowler (Wells Fargo Championship), John Huh (Mayakoba Golf Classic), Kyle Stanley (Waste Management Phoenix Open), Bill Haas (Northern Trust Open), Johnson Wagner (Sony Open in Hawaii) and Marc Leishman (Travelers Championship).
Tiger won three times on 2012 on the PGA Tour – at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard, the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance and the AT&T National.
In addition to the players who gained entry via the FedEx Cup, 2010 champion Ben Crane, Martin Laird, Sean O’Hair, Ricky Barnes, Cameron Tringale and 2008 Masters cham pion Trevor Immelman all received sponsors’ exemptions into this year’s field.
The other two sponsors’ exemptions are Malaysians Danny Chia and Shaaban Hussin.
“We are excited about the strength and depth of field at this year’s CIMB Classic,” said Executive Director Todd Rhine hart.
“The 2012 PGA Tour season has been as thrilling and competitive as I can remember with comeback victories, players winning multiple events and emerging new stars, many of whom will tee it up in Malaysia. We look forward to watching these great players come to the Mines Resort and Golf Club for the CIMB Classic.”
Sanctioned by the PGA TOUR, Asian Tour and Professional Golf Association of Malaysia, the CIMB Classic will see a top class international field of 48 players competing for a US$6.1 million prize purse, with US$1.3 million going to the winner.
