Past winners Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo and 21-year-old Australian Adam Scott have filled three of the four remaining places in the 12-man field for next week's Cisco World Matchplay championship at Wentworth.
Woosnam was the first Briton to lift the trophy in 1987, triumphed again in 1990 and three years ago should have beaten Tiger Woods in the quarter-finals, but three-putted the final green and lost at the 37th.
Faldo's victory came in 1989 when he beat Woosnam, his Ryder Cup partner a month earlier, in a memorable final.
The Welshman was three up with nine to play, but reigning Masters champion Faldo eagled the 12th, birdied the 13th and 16th and then sank a 20-foot putt for another eagle at the last. First prize then was a European tour record £100,000 sterling - and Faldo gave it all to children's charities.
Next week, the winner's cheque is £250,000 sterling and the two British stars join defending champion Lee Westwood, 1999 winner Colin Montgomerie, 1997 winner Vijay Singh, Darren Clarke, Padraig Harrington, Thomas Bjorn, US Open champion Retief Goosen and Canadian Mike Weir.
Scott replaces his compatriot Robert Allenby, which leaves just one player to be announced. That is expected later this week.
The draw takes place next Monday morning and based on the current world rankings the four to be given byes into the quarter-finals would be Singh, Clarke, Montgomerie and Goosen. However, as holder, Westwood may be made one of the quartet.
Three-times British Open champion Nick Faldo and twice Masters winner Jose Maria Olazabal have confirmed they will play in this month's $5 million Dunhill Links Championship, organisers said yesterday.
Faldo and Olazabal, along with Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, will join the likes of major winners Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Steve Elkington and Ian Woosnam in the richest golf event ever staged in Britain.
Top European players Padraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke are also in the field.
The tournament, which takes place from October 18th-21st, offers a first prize of £570,000 sterling, only £30,000 less than what David Duval earned for winning the British Open at Royal Lytham earlier in the year.
Although no American golfers have so far committed to play in the event, organisers were pleased to announce yesterday that US celebrities Michael Douglas, Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell and Kyle MacLachlan would be taking part in the pro-am.
"There had been fears that, as with the postponed Ryder Cup and several other European tournaments, the Dunhill Links Championship. . . might be in jeopardy," the organisers said in a statement, referring to the aftermath of the recent suicide plane attacks on the United States.
"But today's confirmation that Hollywood and other US and European stars are signing up for the tournament suggests the "deadlock" on trans-Atlantic travel is loosening."
The four-day event, which replaces the former Alfred Dunhill Cup team contest, will be played on a pro-am format at the three links courses of St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns.
A total of 156 teams, featuring one professional and one amateur, will play one round on each of the three layouts before the field is cut to the leading 60 professionals and ties, plus the 20 leading teams.
The final round will be played over the Old Course at St Andrews.
