Fred Couples and Ernie Els will join the American Family Insurance Championship as the event finalizes the players’ field, according to a release from the company. The 2021 championship will be held June 5–13 at the University Ridge Golf Course in Madison and features an 81-player field including:
- Twelve players with PGA TOUR Champions wins during the combined 2020–21 Charles Schwab season;
- Six members of the World Golf Hall of Fame;
- Sixteen winners of the Masters, U.S. Open, The Open Championship, or PGA Championship, including Couples, John Daly, and Andy North;
- Seven winners of the former Greater Milwaukee Open/U.S. Bank Championship;
- Eight recipients of the Payne Stewart Award, an honor presented annually by the PGA TOUR to a player who best exemplifies Stewart’s values of character, charity, and sportsmanship; and
- Twelve players who received invitational sponsor’s exemptions, including North and fellow Wisconsin natives Skip Kendall and Mario Tiziani.
