The majority of the field for the Galleri Classic Presented by Spotlight 29 Casino was finalized on Friday with 74 of 78 players set for the second annual PGA Tour Champions golf tournament.
The tournament will be played Friday through Sunday, March 31 on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club.
The Galleri Classic, named after title sponsor GRAIL’s multi-cancer early detection test, is a 54-hole event, and next week’s winner will be awarded $330,000 from a $2.2 million purse.
Those entered into next week’s Galleri Classic include 2023 PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year and Charles Schwab Cup winner Steve Stricker, as well as 2023 Galleri Classic champion David Toms. Stricker will raise awareness of multi-cancer early detection as an ambassador for Galleri.
Joining them are World Golf Hall of Famers and past World No. 1s Fred Couples, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh.
World Golf Hall of Famer Retief Goosen and past World No. 1s David Duval and Tom Lehman were also among the players along with two-time major champion and long-hitting fan favorite John Daly. The 2023 Galleri Classic runner-up and 2022 Charles Schwab Cup champion Steven Alker was also entered.
“PGA Tour Champions golf in the Coachella Valley is a perfect match, as evidenced by last year’s inaugural Galleri Classic, and we are confident our 2024 sequel can be even better than the original,” said Michelle DeLancy, tournament director of The Galleri Classic.
“We believe The Galleri Classic is already one of the circuit’s premier events, and we have the golf course and a field of legends, major champions and personalities to prove it,” DeLancy added.
The Galleri Classic awarded sponsor exemptions to 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 Open Championship winner Daly, Notah Begay III, Boo Weekley, Mario Tiziani and Jeff Brehaut.
The Galleri Classic’s final three spots will be determined within the Coachella Valley on Tuesday at the tournament’s 18-hole open qualifying event at Bermuda Dunes Country Club in Bermuda Dunes.
Daily ticket options for The Galleri Classic, including official Pro-Am rounds on Wednesday and Thursday and three rounds of competition from Friday to Sunday, are on sale at the tournament’s website, TheGalleriClassic.com. Event updates and additional information are also available.