Rory McIlroy headlines a stacked field at the 2026 PGA Championship, 20$ million event at Aronimink, Pennsylvania.

The 2026 PGA Championship will be held from May 14–17 at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania. The field will consist of 156 players, and as of May 4, 125 golfers have already qualified.

Notable Qualified PlayersHere is the current list of qualified players (as of May 4, 2026):

Major Winners & Top Stars

Scottie Scheffler (defending champion), Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Åberg, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann, Cameron Smith, Min Woo Lee, Sahith Theegala, Wyndham Clark, Keegan Bradley, and many more.

Past Champions

Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Martin Kaymer, Y.E. Yang, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, John Daly, Jimmy Walker, Jason Day, Stewart Cink, and Padraig Harrington.

Still to be decided:

Two automatic spots for the winners (if not already qualified) of the Truist Championship and the OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic (May 7–10).

The remaining spots will be filled from the PGA Championship Points list (beyond the top 70).

Note: Tiger Woods is currently on the qualified list via lifetime exemption but is not expected to compete as he continues rehabilitation.

Complete Players List Breakdown of 2026 PGA Championship Field in in Alphabetic Order

Full List of Qualified Players (as of May 4):

Full Qualified Player List:

Ludvig Åberg

Rich Beem

Derek Berg

Daniel Berger

Akshay Bhatia

Francisco Bide

Michael Block

Keegan Bradley

Michael Brennan

Jacob Bridgeman

Sam Burns

Angel Cabrera

Brian Campbell

Patrick Cantlay

Ricky Castillo

Bud Cauley

Stewart Cink

Wyndham Clark

Tyler Collet

Corey Conners

Pierceson Coody

John Daly

Jason Day

Bryson DeChambeau

Jesse Droemer

Jason Dufner

Nico Echavarria

Harris English

Bryce Fisher

Steven Fisk

Alex Fitzpatrick

Matt Fitzpatrick

Tommy Fleetwood

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox

Chris Gabriele

Mark Geddes

Ryan Gerard

Chris Gotterup

Max Greyserman

Ben Griffin

Emiliano Grillo

Jordan Gumberg

Harry Hall

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington

Tyrrell Hatton

Zach Haynes

Russell Henley

Kazuki Higa

Joe Highsmith

Ryo Hisatsune

Rico Hoey

Nicolai Højgaard

Rasmus Højgaard

Viktor Hovland

Austin Hurt

Casey Jarvis

Jared Jones

Michael Kartrude

Martin Kaymer

Ben Kern

Michael Kim

Si Woo Kim

Chris Kirk

Kurt Kitayama

Jake Knapp

Brooks Koepka

Min Woo Lee

Ryan Lenahan

Mikael Lindberg

David Lipsky

Shane Lowry

Robert MacIntyre

Hideki Matsuyama

Denny McCarthy

Matt McCarty

Paul McClure

Rory McIlroy

Maverick McNealy

Shaun Micheel

Phil Mickelson

Collin Morikawa

William Mouw

Joaquin Niemann

Alex Noren

Andrew Novak

Taylor Pendrith

Ben Polland

J.T. Poston

Aldrich Potgieter

Andrew Putnam

Jon Rahm

Davis Riley

Patrick Rodgers

Justin Rose

Garrett Sapp

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Matti Schmid

Adam Scott

Braden Shattuck

Alex Smalley

Cameron Smith

Travis Smyth

J.J. Spaun

Jordan Spieth

Sam Stevens

Sepp Straka

Nick Taylor

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Michael Thorbjornsen

Sami Valimaki

Jhonattan Vegas

Ryan Vermeer

Jimmy Walker

Matt Wallace

Bernd Wiesberger

Timothy Wiseman

Gary Woodland

Tiger Woods

Y.E. Yang

Cameron Young

15 ways of PGA Championship Qualification Criteria per PGA of America

1. Past champions of the PGA Championship

2. Winners of the past five Masters

3. Winners of the past five U.S. Opens

4. Winners of the past five Open Championships

5 Winners of the past three Players Championships

6. Top three on the International Federation Official World Golf Rankings

7. Winner of the 2024 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship

8. Top 15 and ties from the 2024 PGA Championship

9. Top 20 finishers from the 2025 PGA Professional Championship

10. Top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship

points from the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2025 CJ Cup Byron

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11. Players of the 2023 U.S. and European Ryder Cup teams, provided they remain in the top 100 in the OWGR

12. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments from the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 2025 Truist Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic

13. Top three finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing Series

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

15. If necessary to complete the field, those players beyond the top 70 who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship Points from the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge through the 20245CJ CUP Byron Nelson in order of their position on such list.

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