⛳ 2026 Biltmore Championship Asheville Current Field, Cut Line & Weekend Playing Field Hub
2026 Biltmore Championship Asheville Field & Cut Tracker Overview
The inaugural Biltmore Championship Asheville is being played at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove from September 17-20, 2026. The new FedExCup Fall event awards 500 FedExCup points to the winner and brings PGA TOUR golf back to the Asheville area.
The 36-hole cut is 3-under 139, with 76 players advancing to Saturday and Sunday. Sixteen players finished tied for 61st on the number. Neal Shipley leads at 15 under, one stroke ahead of Ben Kohles.
Friday, September 18 status: The complete weekend field is posted below. Robert Streb made a late entry into the starting field in place of Lee Hodges. None of the four Monday qualifiers reached the weekend.
📌 Biltmore Championship Asheville Field & Cut Coverage
- Starting field: all 132 players who began the tournament are alphabetized below.
- Final field check: Robert Streb replaced Lee Hodges in the last change to the starting field.
- FedExCup Fall players: Presidents Cup names and relevant card-position and priority-ranking players competing in Asheville.
- Official 36-hole cut: top 65 players and ties advancing to the weekend.
- Notable results: leading names through, surprise weekend qualifiers, notable missed cuts, withdrawals, and disqualifications.
- Weekend playing field: complete alphabetical list of every player advancing to Saturday and Sunday.
- Fantasy picks: made-cut and missed-cut status for the original CaddyBytes Biltmore Championship selections.
👥 2026 Biltmore Championship Asheville Field & Weekend Cut Tracker
The official cut fell at 3-under 139, with 76 players advancing. Sixteen players tied for 61st finished directly on the number and earned weekend tee times.
Neal Shipley leads at 15 under, Ben Kohles is one shot back, and the complete alphabetical Saturday-Sunday field is posted below.
- Event: inaugural Biltmore Championship Asheville, September 17-20, 2026, at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove.
- Starting field: 132 players.
- Monday qualifiers: Austin Duncan, Keller Harper, Spencer Oxendine and Phillip Yribarren.
- Pre-tournament withdrawals: K.H. Lee, Justin Thomas, S.Y. Noh and Lee Hodges.
- Replacement entries: Ryan Brehm, Cameron Champ, Henrik Norlander and Robert Streb.
- Sponsor exemptions: Carson Bertagnole, Tyler Jones, Brendan Valdes and Tyler Watts remain listed.
- Presidents Cup players in the field: Jacob Bridgeman and Jackson Koivun (United States); Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Corey Conners, Nico Echavarria, Ryo Hisatsune and Nick Taylor (International).
- Purse: $5 million; FedExCup points to winner: 500.
- Official cut: 3-under 139; 76 players advanced under the top-65-and-ties rule.
- Halfway leader: Neal Shipley at 15 under, one ahead of Ben Kohles.
All 132 players who started the tournament, in alphabetical order. Robert Streb replaced Lee Hodges in the final field change. The four Monday qualifiers were Austin Duncan, Keller Harper, Spencer Oxendine and Phillip Yribarren.
- Zach Bauchou
- Carson Bertagnole
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Zac Blair
- Chandler Blanchet
- Ryan Brehm
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Blades Brown
- Jonathan Byrd
- Rafael Campos
- Ricky Castillo
- Cameron Champ
- Davis Chatfield
- Luke Clanton
- Eric Cole
- Corey Conners
- Pierceson Coody
- Trace Crowe
- Joel Dahmen
- Cam Davis
- Morgan Deneen
- Zecheng Dou
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- Austin Duncan
- Tyler Duncan
- Nick Dunlap
- Nico Echavarria
- Austin Eckroat
- A.J. Ewart
- Tony Finau
- Patrick Fishburn
- Steven Fisk
- David Ford
- Brice Garnett
- Doug Ghim
- Lucas Glover
- Fabián Gómez
- Will Gordon
- Max Greyserman
- Lanto Griffin
- Emiliano Grillo
- Adam Hadwin
- Nick Hardy
- Keller Harper
- Harry Higgs
- Kensei Hirata
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Rico Hoey
- Tom Hoge
- Rasmus Højgaard
- Billy Horschel
- Beau Hossler
- Mark Hubbard
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Stephan Jaeger
- Ben James
- Tyler Jones
- Takumi Kanaya
- Jeffrey Kang
- Johnny Keefer
- Michael Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Kevin Kisner
- Patton Kizzire
- Ben Kohles
- Jackson Koivun
- Christo Lamprecht
- Hank Lebioda
- Haotong Li
- David Lipsky
- Luke List
- Justin Lower
- Peter Malnati
- Ben Martin
- Denny McCarthy
- Max McGreevy
- Mac Meissner
- Troy Merritt
- Taylor Moore
- William Mouw
- Keita Nakajima
- Henrik Norlander
- Andrew Novak
- Pontus Nyholm
- Spencer Oxendine
- John Parry
- Jeremy Paul
- Matthieu Pavon
- Taylor Pendrith
- Marco Penge
- Paul Peterson
- Chandler Phillips
- J.T. Poston
- Seamus Power
- Andrew Putnam
- Chad Ramey
- Davis Riley
- Kevin Roy
- Marcelo Rozo
- Isaiah Salinda
- Gordon Sargent
- Adam Schenk
- Neal Shipley
- Ben Silverman
- Webb Simpson
- David Skinns
- Austin Smotherman
- Hayden Springer
- Jimmy Stanger
- Robert Streb
- Kevin Streelman
- Jackson Suber
- Adam Svensson
- Jesper Svensson
- Nick Taylor
- Davis Thompson
- Michael Thompson
- Brendon Todd
- Alejandro Tosti
- Brendan Valdes
- Erik van Rooyen
- John VanDerLaan
- Kristoffer Ventura
- Karl Vilips
- Camilo Villegas
- Danny Walker
- Tyler Watts
- Vince Whaley
- Aaron Wise
- Dylan Wu
- Phillip Yribarren
- Kevin Yu
The opening FedExCup Fall event contains major names, seven players headed to the Presidents Cup and a tightly grouped card-status bubble. Friday's cut immediately separated several players around the full-status line.
- Presidents Cup tune-up: Jacob Bridgeman, Jackson Koivun, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Corey Conners, Nico Echavarria, Ryo Hisatsune and Nick Taylor.
- Players at or just inside the Top-100 line: John Parry, Ben Kohles, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tony Finau and Billy Horschel.
- Players immediately outside the current Top-100 line: Lucas Glover, Taylor Moore, Max Greyserman, Kristoffer Ventura and A.J. Ewart.
- Past champions and veteran names: Tony Finau, Lucas Glover, Billy Horschel, Webb Simpson, Kevin Kisner, J.T. Poston, Nick Taylor and others give the inaugural field substantial TOUR-winning experience.
- Presidents Cup players advancing: Jacob Bridgeman, Jackson Koivun, Corey Conners and Nick Taylor.
- Presidents Cup players missing the cut: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Nico Echavarria and Ryo Hisatsune.
- Top-100 pressure players advancing: John Parry, Ben Kohles and Billy Horschel.
- Players just outside the Top 100 advancing: Lucas Glover and Max Greyserman.
- Top-100 pressure players missing the weekend: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tony Finau, Taylor Moore, Kristoffer Ventura and A.J. Ewart.
Monday qualifying and the final starting-field changes are complete. All four Monday qualifiers played, and Robert Streb entered in the last change before the tournament began.
- Monday qualifiers: Austin Duncan, Keller Harper, Spencer Oxendine and Phillip Yribarren.
- Sponsor exemptions: Carson Bertagnole, Tyler Jones, Brendan Valdes and Tyler Watts.
- Withdrawals and replacements: K.H. Lee out / Ryan Brehm in; Justin Thomas out / Cameron Champ in; S.Y. Noh out / Henrik Norlander in; Lee Hodges out / Robert Streb in.
- Monday qualifier cut results: Austin Duncan finished even par, Keller Harper 3 over, Spencer Oxendine 2 under and Phillip Yribarren 9 over. All four missed the 3-under cut.
- Starting-field status: 132 players completed at least part of the opening round; Lanto Griffin and Rasmus Højgaard later withdrew.
The official cut fell at 3-under 139. A total of 76 players advanced because 16 players tied for 61st on the cut line.
- Official cut score: 3-under 139.
- Players advancing: 76.
- Players on the number: Chandler Blanchet, Davis Chatfield, Corey Conners, Doug Ghim, Stephan Jaeger, Takumi Kanaya, Patton Kizzire, Justin Lower, William Mouw, Chandler Phillips, Andrew Putnam, Isaiah Salinda, David Skinns, Hayden Springer, Vince Whaley and Dylan Wu.
- FedExCup Fall status players advancing: Ben Kohles, John Parry, Billy Horschel, Lucas Glover and Max Greyserman are all through.
- Notable weekend qualifiers: sponsor exemption Tyler Watts reached the weekend at 4 under; Blades Brown, Cameron Champ, Nick Dunlap and Webb Simpson also advanced.
All 76 players advancing to Saturday and Sunday are listed below in alphabetical order. The complete 132-player starting field remains available above for comparison.
- Zach Bauchou
- Zac Blair
- Chandler Blanchet
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Blades Brown
- Jonathan Byrd
- Ricky Castillo
- Cameron Champ
- Davis Chatfield
- Eric Cole
- Corey Conners
- Pierceson Coody
- Trace Crowe
- Cam Davis
- Zecheng Dou
- Tyler Duncan
- Nick Dunlap
- Austin Eckroat
- Steven Fisk
- Brice Garnett
- Doug Ghim
- Lucas Glover
- Will Gordon
- Max Greyserman
- Adam Hadwin
- Harry Higgs
- Rico Hoey
- Billy Horschel
- Mackenzie Hughes
- Stephan Jaeger
- Ben James
- Takumi Kanaya
- Johnny Keefer
- Michael Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Patton Kizzire
- Ben Kohles
- Jackson Koivun
- Hank Lebioda
- Haotong Li
- Justin Lower
- Peter Malnati
- Ben Martin
- Troy Merritt
- William Mouw
- Andrew Novak
- Pontus Nyholm
- John Parry
- Jeremy Paul
- Marco Penge
- Paul Peterson
- Chandler Phillips
- J.T. Poston
- Seamus Power
- Andrew Putnam
- Chad Ramey
- Kevin Roy
- Isaiah Salinda
- Gordon Sargent
- Adam Schenk
- Neal Shipley
- Ben Silverman
- Webb Simpson
- David Skinns
- Austin Smotherman
- Hayden Springer
- Jackson Suber
- Adam Svensson
- Nick Taylor
- Michael Thompson
- John VanDerLaan
- Karl Vilips
- Tyler Watts
- Vince Whaley
- Dylan Wu
- Kevin Yu
The 3-under cut left several Presidents Cup players, FedExCup Fall pressure names and veteran winners outside the weekend field.
- Missed by one at 2 under: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Patrick Fishburn, Nick Hardy, Tom Hoge, Beau Hossler, Keita Nakajima, Spencer Oxendine, Kevin Streelman, Danny Walker and Aaron Wise.
- Presidents Cup players missing the weekend: Bezuidenhout, Nico Echavarria and Ryo Hisatsune.
- FedExCup Fall status players missing the weekend: Tony Finau, Taylor Moore, Kristoffer Ventura and A.J. Ewart joined Bezuidenhout below the cut.
- Other notable missed cuts: Denny McCarthy, Davis Thompson, Kevin Kisner, Luke Clanton, Emiliano Grillo, Taylor Pendrith and Davis Riley.
- Pre-tournament withdrawals: K.H. Lee, Justin Thomas, S.Y. Noh and Lee Hodges.
- Tournament withdrawals: Lanto Griffin and Rasmus Højgaard.
- Disqualifications: none listed through 36 holes.
The original CaddyBytes Biltmore Championship Top 15 remains unchanged as the pre-tournament record. Eight selections reached the weekend, six missed the cut and Justin Thomas withdrew before the event.
- Fantasy picks advancing: Jacob Bridgeman, Jackson Koivun, Corey Conners, J.T. Poston, Michael Kim, Nick Taylor, Max Greyserman and Pierceson Coody.
- Fantasy pick on the cut line: Corey Conners finished at 3 under and advanced in the T61 group.
- Fantasy picks missing the cut: Nico Echavarria, Davis Thompson, Ryo Hisatsune, Tom Hoge, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Luke Clanton.
- Pre-tournament withdrawal: Justin Thomas.
- Weekend fantasy outlook: Greyserman is tied for third at 11 under, Bridgeman is tied for sixth at 9 under and Poston is tied for 10th at 8 under.
- The Biltmore Championship Asheville is an inaugural PGA TOUR FedExCup Fall event.
- The tournament is played at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove in the Asheville area.
- The four tournament rounds are scheduled for September 17-20, 2026.
- The purse is $5 million with 500 FedExCup points awarded to the winner.
- The top 65 players and ties advance after the 36-hole cut.
- The final starting field contained 132 players, including four Monday qualifiers.
- Seven field members are scheduled to play in the 2026 Presidents Cup the following week; four advanced and three missed the cut.
- K.H. Lee, Justin Thomas, S.Y. Noh and Lee Hodges withdrew before play; Tyler Jones competed and missed the cut.
- The final starting-field change brought Robert Streb in for Lee Hodges.
- The official cut was 3-under 139, with 76 players advancing.
- The page remains a permanent record of the original field, official cut, notable misses, and weekend playing field.
🟢 CaddyBytes Biltmore Field Tracker Note
The official 36-hole cut is 3-under 139. Seventy-six players advanced, all 16 players tied for 61st made the weekend, and the complete Saturday-Sunday field is listed above.