The first look: The PNC Championship

FIELD NOTES AND HISTORY: Tiger Woods and son Charlie take it up for the fifth time as a couple. Their best ranking is a second place in solo in 2021… Bernard Langer and son Jason will try to defend their title from a year ago. It was an incredible 2024 for Langer, the elder, as he won the season-ending Charles Schwab Championship in dramatic fashion for his 47th career win on the PGA TOUR Champions – after rupturing his Achilles in February and missing seven events… Peace Couple and Trevor Immelman are poised to make their PNC Championship debut. Pair will pair with his 16-year-old stepson Hunter Hannemann, while Immelman will pair with his 18-year-old son Jacob Immelman, who plays on the Clemson golf team … LPGA superstar Nelly Korda will be back in the field with his father, Petr. Korda had an all-time campaign on the LPGA Tour in 2024, winning seven times (including five in a row) and claiming the Rolex Player of the Year award… Annika Sorenstam is also set to return to the PNC Championship field with his now 13-year-old son Will. This is her fifth appearance in the event for the 10-time major winner… Lee Trevinonow 85, will continue his streak as the only golfer to play every iteration of the PNC Championship. He is back in action with his son Daniel… Steve Stricker will once again hit it off with daughter Izzi, where the pair made their debut in 2023. Izzi is a freshman on the University of Wisconsin golf team, while Stricker recorded an impressive 10 top-10s in just 12 events on the PGA TOUR Champions this season, including a win at Sanford International… Padraig Harrington will have a familiar face alongside him in 2024 as his son Paddy Harrington is back (for the sixth time) after sitting on the bench last year with younger brother Ciaran making his tournament debut. Harrington won three times on the PGA TOUR Champions this season … Other past champion pairings in the field include 2022 winner Vijay Singh with son Qass and 2021 winner John Daly along with son John Daly II … The rest of the field consists of great champions and icons of the game, incl. David Duval (with son Brady), Nick Faldo (with son Matthew), Stewart Cink (with son Connor), Matt Kuchar (with son Carson), Tom Lehman (with son Sean), Justin Leonard (with son Luke), aged 89 Gary plays (with grandson Alexander), Nick Price (with son Greg) and Mark O’Meara (with son Shaun), who announced in September that he would retire after a combined 958 starts on the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions and an induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame.