Next week's RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ont., will feature just four players currently in the PGA Tour's top 20 money earners for 2008.
The final list, announced by the Royal Canadian Golf Association on Friday, is headed by Anthony Kim (fifth, with $3.25 million US in earnings) and Ryuji Imada (ninth).
Also coming for the July 21-27 event will be Jeff Quinney (14th) and two-time consecutive Canadian Open champ Jim Furyk (16th).
Not on the list are the injured Tiger Woods, plus top 10 performers Kenny Perry, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Justin Leonard, Geoff Ogilvy and Sergio Garcia.
Calgary's Stephen Ames (23rd on the money list), Mike Weir, of Bright's Grove, Ont., (42nd) and Jon Mills, of Oshawa, Ont., (132nd) headline a group of 14 Canadians hoping to become the first native to win the event since Pat Fletcher did it in 1954.
Others include David Hearn, Bryan DeCorso, Ian Leggatt, Brad Fritsch and David Morland, all from Ontario, Wes Heffernan, of Calgary, Eric Landreville, of Quebec and Jim Rutledge, of Victoria.
Rounding out the Canadian group are amateurs Nick Taylor, of B.C., and Calgary's Michael Knight, plus Calgary's Dustin Risdon of the Canadian Tour and one more player to be decided this weekend.
Five other former Canadian Open winners join Furyk: Mark Calcavecchia (2005), Bob Tway (2003), Scott Verplank (2001), Billy Andrade (1998) and Dudley Hart (1996).
With files from the Canadian PressHornets' Rasual Butler charged for flashing gun
New Orleans Hornets guard Rasual Butler was charged Monday with flashing a loaded gun near a nightclub in Miami Beach, Fla.
Double silver for Canada in short-track speedskating
Charles Hamelin of Ste-Julie, Que., and Kalyna Roberge of Ste-Etienne-de-Lauzon, Que., each won a silver medal in their respective 1,500-metre events during the fourth stop of the World Cup circuit.
Canada's Dancevic shocks Nalbandian at Wimbledon
Frank Dancevic of Niagara Falls, Ont., knocked off former finalist David Nalbandian in Monday's biggest upset at Wimbledon.
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