2026 U.S. Senior Open Field

Current CaddyBytes status: early U.S. Senior Open exempt-player and qualifying-route tracker as of May 28, 2026. The official USGA exempt-player page lists players across many categories, and some players appear in more than one route.

🏆 U.S. Senior Open Champions / Past Champion Routes

📈 2025 U.S. Senior Open Top Finishers to Track

⭐ Major Championship / First-Year Senior Eligibility Names

🏅 Senior Major Winner Routes

🏌️ PGA Tour Champions / Money-List / Recent Winner Routes

🌍 International / Amateur / Special Exemption Routes

The top of the U.S. Senior Open field tracker is built around past U.S. Senior Open winners, recent major winners, senior major champions, and the previous year's top finishers. Some names qualify in multiple categories, so this section is best used as a category tracker until the final player list is posted.

U.S. Senior Open Winners and Past Champion Names

Major Championship Names in the Exemption Tracker

Senior Major Winner Routes to Watch

• Senior PGA Championship: Stewart Cink, Angel Cabrera, Richard Bland, Steve Stricker, Steven Alker.
• Senior Open Championship: Pádraig Harrington, K.J. Choi, Alex Cejka, Darren Clarke, Stephen Dodd.
• Regions Tradition: Stewart Cink, Angel Cabrera, Doug Barron, Steve Stricker.
• Kaulig Companies Championship: Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Ernie Els, Steve Stricker, Jerry Kelly.

The U.S. Senior Open field pulls heavily from PGA Tour Champions performance categories, all-time money-list positions, recent Champions Tour winners, international senior tours, and selected team-event / PGA Tour categories.

2025 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Qualifiers Listed

Current-Year Charles Schwab Cup Money List Names Listed

Legends Tour / Japan Senior Tour / Amateur Routes

• Legends Tour Order of Merit: Scott Hend, Peter Baker, Keith Horne, Darren Fichardt, Greg Owen, Mikael Lundberg, Simon Griffiths, James Kingston, Andrew Marshall, David Drysdale.
• Japan Senior Tour money list: Katsumasa Miyamoto, Thammanoon Sriroj, Takashi Iwamoto.
• Senior amateur routes: Michael McCoy (a), Greg Sanders (a), John Kennedy (a).
• Special exemption currently listed: Lee Janzen.

Non-exempt players can still build their way into Scioto through the U.S. Senior Open qualifying process. Local qualifying runs from April 2-May 7, then final qualifying runs from May 18-June 15. Use this section to add successful qualifiers, alternates, and late promotions as results are posted.

2026 U.S. Senior Open Local Qualifying Sites — 32

2026 U.S. Senior Open Final Qualifying Sites — 12

Late Field Items to Watch

• Local qualifying medalists and alternates promoted into final qualifying.
• Final qualifying players who earn direct spots into the 156-player championship field.
• Special exemptions selected by the USGA.
• Withdrawals from exempt players and alternate list movement before championship week.
• Any official USGA corrections to exemption categories or player status.
• Whether high-interest names listed in exemption categories formally commit and appear in the final field.

This section is useful for quick tournament context around the field. Keep it short so the page remains a field tracker first.

• Venue: Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio.
• Course opened: 1916.
• Architect: Donald Ross.
• Listed championship yardage/par: 7,170 yards / par 70, subject to change.
• Field size: 156 competitors.
• Cut format: after two rounds, the field is reduced to the low 60 scores and ties for the final 36 holes.
• Scioto note: Jack Nicklaus learned the game at Scioto under teaching professional Jack Grout.
• Previous Scioto U.S. Senior Opens: 1986 and 2016.
• Recent 2025 champion: Pádraig Harrington won his second U.S. Senior Open title at The Broadmoor.

• The 2026 U.S. Senior Open is scheduled for July 2-5 at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.
• The official championship field is expected to be 156 players.
• The USGA fast facts list 2,780 accepted entries for the 2026 championship.
• The U.S. Senior Open is open to professionals and amateurs who meet the age and handicap requirements.
• Local qualifying is separate from final qualifying; players who advance from local sites still must move through the final stage unless otherwise exempt.
• The exempt-player tracker should be deduped carefully before presenting any final count because many players qualify in multiple categories.
• Once the official USGA player field is fully posted, replace the route tracker with the final alphabetized field or a category-by-category player list.