PGA Championship 2026: Here's every player in the field at Aronimink

The 2026 PGA Championship begins this week at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., with the full 156-player field for the second men’s major of the year now official.

The PGA of America announced the final two players in the field on Sunday night, Brandt Snedeker earning his way in by winning in Myrtle Beach and Sudarshan Yellamaraju getting the final spot off the PGA Championship points list. There were 15 eligibility criteria for players to earn their way to Aronimink (see below). Past PGA champions receive lifetime exemptions to play in the event, although two prominent names—Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson—have choosen not to play this year for personal reasons, as was the case at last month's Masters.

Major winners in the last five years and the Players champ for the last three all clinched spots, as did players who won official PGA Tour events since last year’s PGA. And the 20 club professionals spots are now locked in after the conclusion of the PGA Professional Championship at Bandon Dunes, won by Jesse Droemer.

Meanwhile, 71 players earned exemptions through the PGA Championship points list, which is determined based on official money earned in PGA Tour events from last year’s PGA through the Cadillac Championship.

One of the last uncertainties about the PGA Championship field is who the PGA of America extend invitations to under eligibility criteria No. 14. Traditionally, tournament officials have invited players inside the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking who otherwise haven’t qualified. How much farther past 100 might they go, however, varies by year. In 2025, Rickie Fowler got an invite while sitting 125th on the OWGR. And LIV Golf players have gotten invites despite being well outside the top 100.

The PGA of America's generosity was evident in 34 players receiving invitations, including Dustin Johnson at No. 461 in the OWGR and Luke Donald at 1,285.

Here then is the list the PGA of America released on Sunday.

PGA Championship Field

Ludvig Aberg: 10, 11

Angel Ayora: 14

Derek Berg: 9

Daniel Berger: 10

Christiaan Bezuidenhout: 14

Akshay Bhatia: 10, 12

Francisco Bide: 9

Chandler Blanchet: 14

Michael Block: 9

Keegan Bradley: 1, 8, 10, 12

Michael Brennan: 12

Jacob Bridgeman: 10, 12

Daniel Brown: 14

Sam Burns: 10, 11

Brian Campbell: 12

Patrick Cantlay: 10, 11

Ricky Castillo: 12

Bud Cauley: 10

Stewart Cink: 7

Wyndham Clark: 3, 10

Tyler Collet: 9

Corey Conners: 10

Pierceson Coody: 10

Jason Day: 1, 10

Bryson DeChambeau: 3, 8

Thomas Detry: 14

Luke Donald: 14

Jesse Droemer: 9

Jason Dufner: 1

Nico Echavarria: 10, 12

Harris English: 8, 10, 11

Bryce Fisher: 9

Steven Fisk: 12

Alex Fitzpatrick: 12

Matt Fitzpatrick: 3, 8, 10, 11

Tommy Fleetwood: 10, 11, 12

Rickie Fowler: 10

Ryan Fox: 10, 12

Chris Gabriele: 9

Mark Geddes: 9

Ryan Gerard: 8, 10, 12

Lucas Glover: 14

Chris Gotterup: 10, 12

Max Greyserman: 10

Ben Griffin: 8, 10, 11, 12

Emiliano Grillo: 10

Jordan Gumberg: 13

Harry Hall: 10

Brian Harman: 4, 10

Padraig Harrington: 1

Tyrrell Hatton: 11

Zach Haynes: 9

Russell Henley: 10, 11

Kazuki Higa: 6

Garrick Higgo: 14

Joe Highsmith: 8

Daniel Hiller: 14

Ryo Hisatsune: 10

Rico Hoey: 10

Nicolai Hojgaard: 10

Rasmus Hojgaard: 11

Ian Holt: 14

Max Homa: 14

Billy Horschel: 14

Viktor Hovland: 10, 11

Austin Hurt: 9

Sungjae Im: 14

Stephen Jaeger: 14

Casey Jarvis: 6

Dustin Johnson: 14

Jared Jones: 9

Kota Kaneko: 14

Michael Kartrude: 9

Martin Kaymer: 1

John Keefer: 14

Ben Kern: 9

Michael Kim: 10

Si Woo Kim: 8, 10

Chris Kirk: 10

Kurt Kitayama: 10, 12

Jake Knapp: 10

Brooks Koepka: 1

Min Woo Lee: 10

Ryan Lenahan: 9

Haotong Li: 14

Mikael Lindberg, 13

David Lipsky: 10

Shane Lowry: 10, 11

Robert MacIntyre: 10, 11

Hideki Matsuyama: 10

Denny McCarthy: 8, 10

Matt McCarty: 10

Paul McClure: 9

Max McGreevy: 14

Rory McIlroy: 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12

Tom McKibbin: 14

Maverick McNealy: 10

Shaun Micheel: 1

Keith Mitchell: 14

Collin Morikawa: 1, 4, 10, 11, 12

William Mouw: 12

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen: 14

Joaquin Niemann: 8

Alex Noren: 10

Andrew Novak: 10

John Parry: 14

Taylor Pendrith: 8, 10

Marco Penge: 14

Ben Polland: 9

J.T. Poston: 8, 10

Aldrich Potgieter: 10, 12

David Puig: 14

Andrew Putnam: 10

Jon Rahm: 2, 3, 8, 11

Aaron Rai: 14

Patrick Reed: 14

Kristoffer Reitan: 14

Davis Riley: 8

Patrick Rodgers: 10

Justin Rose: 10, 11, 12

Adrien Saddier: 14

Garrett Sapp: 9

Jayden Schaper: 14

Xander Schauffele: 1, 4, 10, 11, 12

Scottie Scheffler: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12

Adam Schenk: 12

Matti Schmid: 10

Adam Scott: 10

Braden Shattuck: 9

Alex Smalley: 10

Cameron Smith: 4

Jordan Smith: 14

Austin Smotherman: 14

Elvis Smylie: 14

Travis Smyth: 6

Brandt Snedeker: 12

J.J. Spaun: 3, 10, 11, 12

Jordan Spieth: 10

Sam Stevens: 10

Sepp Straka: 10, 11

Andy Sullivan: 14

Nick Taylor: 10

Sahith Theegala: 10

Justin Thomas: 1, 10, 11

Michael Thorbjornsen: 10

Sami Valimaki: 10, 12

Jhonattan Vegas: 8

Ryan Vermeer: 9

Jimmy Walker: 1

Matt Wallace: 10

Bernd Wiesberger, 13

Timothy Wiseman: 9

Gary Woodland: 10, 12

Y.E. Yang: 1

Sudarshan Yellamaraju: 15

Cameron Young: 5, 10, 11, 12

ALTERNATE LIST

Tom Hoge

Kevin Yu

Mac Meissner

Tony Finau

Kevin Roy

Davis Thompson

PGA Championship Eligibility Criteria

1: All former winners of the PGA Championship.

2: Winners of the last five Masters (2022–2026).

3: Winners of the last five U.S. Opens (2021–2025).

4: Winners of the last five Open Championships (2021-2025).

5: Winners of the last three the Players Championships (2024–2026).

6: The top 3 on the International Federation Official World Golf Ranking List as of April 27, 2026.

7: Winner of the 2025 & 2026 Senior PGA Championship.

8: The top 15 finishers and ties from the 2025 PGA Championship.

9: The top 20 finishers from the 2026 PGA Professional Championship.

10: The top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2025 Truist Championship and the 2025 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic through the 2026 Miami Championship (ending May 3, 2026).

11: Playing members of the last-named U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams (2025).

12: Winners of PGA TOUR co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, from the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2026 Truist Championship and the 2026 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic.

13: The top 3 finishers on the 2026 DP World Tour Asian Swing Rankings through May 3, 2026.

14: The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.

15: If necessary to complete the field, those players beyond the top 70 players who are eligible and who have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2025 Truist Championship and the 2025 ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic through the 2026 Miami Championship (ending May 3, 2026), in order of their position on such list.