🏆 PGA Championship Field Hub
This page tracks how players qualify for the PGA Championship and will be updated with the official confirmed field when released.
2026 PGA Championship Field Overview
The PGA Championship is one of golf’s four major championships and is unique because it is operated by the PGA of America, not the PGA Tour. Each year, the tournament features an elite field of the world’s best players, plus a special group of PGA club professionals who earn their way in.
This page outlines the official qualification categories and will be updated with the confirmed field list as exemptions, world ranking cutoffs, and qualifying events are finalized.
📌 How Players Qualify for the PGA Championship
- Past PGA Championship Winners (lifetime exemption)
- Winners of the Masters, U.S. Open, and Open Championship (last 5 years)
- Winners of The Players Championship (last 3 years)
- Top finishers at the previous PGA Championship (typically top 15 and ties)
- Top-ranked players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) at designated cutoff dates
- PGA Tour tournament winners since the previous PGA Championship
- Senior PGA Championship winner
- PGA Professional Championship qualifiers (20 PGA club professionals)
- Special Invitations issued by the PGA of America
👥 2026 PGA Championship Qualified Players (Updates Coming Soon)
Below will be the confirmed list of players qualified for the 2026 PGA Championship, organized by exemption category. This list will grow as tournament winners qualify, OWGR cutoff dates are reached, and PGA Professionals earn their spots.
Players who have previously won the PGA Championship receive a lifetime exemption.
- Field list will be added when confirmed
Winners of the Masters, U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship within the past 5 years qualify.
- Field list will be added when confirmed
- Field list will be added when confirmed
- Field list will be added when confirmed
Players ranked high enough in the Official World Golf Ranking at the cutoff date will qualify.
- Field list will be added when confirmed
- Field list will be added when confirmed
- Field list will be added when confirmed
A special feature of the PGA Championship is the inclusion of 20 PGA club professionals who qualify through the PGA Professional Championship.
- Field list will be added when confirmed
- Field list will be added when confirmed
Official field updates will be added as the PGA of America releases qualification information and exemption lists.
🟢 CaddyBytes Field Update Note
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