Jason Day and Marc Leishman will be among an elite 34-player field in next week's Tournament of Champions on the PGA Tour.
World No. 20 Leishman, winner of the CIMB Classic, comes into the tournament fresh from his second placing at the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Pines Resort at the beginning of the month.
The Victorian was in contention throughout with rounds of 68, 68, 69 and 69, before finishing just two shots behind tournament winner and compatriot Cameron Smith.
Former world No.1 Day, who will be hoping to claw his way back up the rankings, won the Wells Fargo Championship and the Farmers Insurance Open.
Day, who also also tied for second at Pebble Beach, is currently world No.14.
Tiger Woods, however, will not be saying 'Aloha' to golf fans in Hawaii.
There was speculation Woods would play at Kapalua but he was not on the list of the final field released on Friday.
Woods instead has chosen to extend his holiday season for a couple more weeks, rather than tee it up in Maui, where he has not played since 2005.
Seven of the world's top eight players have confirmed their entry and Woods qualified for the winners-only tournament with his victory at the Tour Championship in September.
It now seems likely the 14-times major champion will begin his 2019 campaign at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego from January 24-27.
Despite the absence of Woods, the 34-man Kapalua field will be loaded with talent, headed by defending champion Dustin Johnson and world No.1 Brooks Koepka.
Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy will also make his debut in the event as he seeks to get his year off to a fast start.
British Open champion Francesco Molinari, of Italy, will also contest the event after qualifying for the first time.
Rounding out the world top eight players are Americans Justin Thomas and Bryson DeChambeau and Spaniard Jon Rahm.
English world No.2 Justin Rose is the only top-eight player missing.
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