Justin Leonard, a 12-time PGA Tour winner, heads the latest
group of players committed to the upcoming Frys.com Open at
CordeValle Golf Club
SAN MARTIN — Justin Leonard, a 12-time PGA Tour winner, heads the latest group of players committed to the upcoming Frys.com Open at CordeValle Golf Club.
Leonard won the 1996 British Open and is a three-time member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team. He is one of several highly ranked players who recently signed up for the Oct. 14-17 Frys.com Open, the first PGA Tour event in Silicon Valley.
Two-time European Ryder Cup team member Henrik Stenson, winner of the 2009 Players Championship and 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, is set to visit San Martin along with 1992 and 1998 U.S. Open winner Lee Janzen and 2007 Frys.com Open champ George McNeill. Bryce Molder, ranked 66th in the world, has also committed.
The 132-player field will be finalized Oct. 8. (The current entries are listed below.)
Tournament chairwoman and Fry’s Electronics co-founder Kathy Kolder recently announced that Robert Trent Jones Jr., the renowned designer of CordeValle’s championship course and more than 270 others, has been named tournament honoree.
Jones Jr., better known as RTJ II in the golf world, will be present at several activities during the tournament week. Spectators can meet the legendary course architect at the Pro-Am held Oct. 13 at CordeValle.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COMMITTED PLAYERS: Blake Adams, Michael Allen, Briny Baird, Rich Barcelo, Craig Barlow, Ricky Barnes, Cameron Beckman, Rich Beem, Matt Bettencourt, Henrik Bjornstad, Kris Blanks, Jason Bohn, Justin Bolli, Craig Bowden, Alex Cejka, Kevin Chappell, Chad Collins, Ben Crane, John Daly, Brian Davis, Marco Dawson, Glen Day, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Brent Delahoussaye, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Joe Durant, David Duval, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Martin Flores, Rickie Fowler, Carlos Franco, Robert Garrigus, Tom Gillis, Mathew Goggin, Jeff Gove, Paul Goydos, Nathan Green, Mathias Gronberg, Todd Hamilton, J.J. Henry, Mark Hensby, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, Ryuji Imada, Lee Janzen, Kevin Johnson, Richard S. Johnson, Kent Jones, Matt Jones, Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Cliff Kresge, Derek Lamely, Justin Leonard, Michael Letzig, Spencer Levin, Jamie Lovemark, Bill Lunde, David Lutterus, Jarrod Lyle, Will MacKenzie, John Mallinger, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Andrew McLardy, George McNeill, Rocco Mediate, Troy Merritt, Shaun Micheel, Bryce Molder, Garth Mulroy, James Nitties, Joe Ogilvie, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling, Brenden Pappas, Cameron Percy, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice, Jr., Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson, Scott Piercy, D.A. Points, Aron Price, Alex Prugh, Ted Purdy, Brett Quigley, Jeff Quinney, Chris Riley, John Rollins, John Senden, Jeev Milkha Singh, Paul Stankowski, Henrik Stenson, Brian Stuard, Kevin Sutherland, Roger Tambellini, Josh Teater, Roland Thatcher, Nicholas Thompson, Chris Tidland, D.J. Trahan, Cameron Tringale, Kirk Triplett, Jerod Turner, Marc Turnesa, Omar Uresti, Bo Van Pelt, Vance Veazey, Charles Warren, Brett Wetterich, Steve Wheatcroft, Charlie Wi, Jay Williamson, Chris Wilson, Dean Wilson, Mark Wilson.
