 Top 50 on the final 2008 Official World Golf Rankings list
Aaron Baddeley, Luke Donald (18), Ross Fisher (18), Søren Hansen, Shingo Katayama (18), Martin Kaymer (18), Søren Kjeldsen (18), Graeme McDowell (18), Rory McIlroy (18), Justin Rose (18), Rory Sabbatini (18), Jeev Milkha Singh (18), Richard Sterne, Lin Wen-tang, Oliver Wilson (18)

18.Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament
Mathew Goggin, Prayad Marksaeng, Louis Oosthuizen, Álvaro Quirós

19. International invitees
Ryo Ishikawa


The annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 8.Tim Clark won with a score of -5 (22), two shots better than José María Olazábal and Jack Newman.