2026 PGA Championship
Golf tournament
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The 2026 PGA Championship will be the 108th edition of the PGA Championship, scheduled for May 14–17 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia.[2][3]
40.011°N 75.409°W
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | May 14–17, 2026 |
| Location | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, U.S. 40.011°N 75.409°W |
| Course | Aronimink Golf Club |
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| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,394 yards (6,761 m)[1] |
| Location map | |
  Aronimink Golf Club Location in the United States  Aronimink Golf Club Location in Pennsylvania | |
Venue
This is the second time the PGA Championship will be played at Aronimink, which also hosted in 1962. The 2020 Women's PGA Championship was also played at the club. Aronimink Golf Club also hosted a PGA Tour event - the 2018 BMW Championship.
Course yardage
Field
Criteria
This list details the qualification criteria for the 2026 PGA Championship and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players qualified are indicated in parentheses.
1. All past winners of the PGA Championship
- Keegan Bradley (8,10,12)
- Jason Day (10)
- Jason Dufner
- Pádraig Harrington
- Martin Kaymer
- Brooks Koepka
- Rory McIlroy (2,5,10,11,12)
- Shaun Micheel
- Collin Morikawa (4,10,11,12)
- Xander Schauffele (4,10,11,12)
- Scottie Scheffler (2,4,5,8,10,11,12)
- Justin Thomas (10,11,)
- Jimmy Walker
- Yang Yong-eun
- Paul Azinger, Rich Beem, Mark Brooks, John Daly, Steve Elkington, Raymond Floyd, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Davis Love III, John Mahaffey, Phil Mickelson, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, David Toms, Lee Trevino, Bob Tway, Lanny Wadkins, and Tiger Woods will not play.
2. Recent winners of the Masters Tournament (2022–2026)
- Jon Rahm (3,8,11)
3. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2021–2025)
- Wyndham Clark (10)
- Bryson DeChambeau (8,11)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (8,10,11,12)
- J. J. Spaun (10,11,12)
4. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2021–2025)
- Brian Harman (10,11,12)
- Cameron Smith
5. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2024–2026)
- Cameron Young (10,11,12)
6. The top three on the Official World Golf Ranking's International Federation Ranking List as of April 27, 2026
7. Current Senior PGA Champion
8. The leading 15 players, and those tying for 15th place, in the 2025 PGA Championship
- Harris English (10,11)
- Ryan Gerard (10,12)
- Ben Griffin (10,11,12)
- Joe Highsmith
- Kim Si-woo (10)
- Denny McCarthy
- Joaquín Niemann
- Taylor Pendrith (10)
- J. T. Poston
- Davis Riley
- Jhonattan Vegas
9. The leading 20 players in the 2026 PGA Professional Championship
- Derek Berg
- Francisco Bide
- Michael Block
- Tyler Collet
- Jesse Droemer
- Bryce Fisher
- Chris Gabriele
- Mark Geddes
- Zach Haynes
- Austin Hurt
- Jared Jones
- Michael Kartrude
- Ben Kern
- Ryan Lenahan
- Phil McClure
- Ben Polland
- Garrett Sapp
- Braden Shattuck
- Ryan Vermeer
- Timothy Wiseman
10. Top 70 players who are eligible and have earned the most PGA Championship Points since the 2025 PGA Championship, as of May 4, 2026.
- Ludvig Åberg (11)
- Daniel Berger
- Akshay Bhatia (12)
- Jacob Bridgeman (12)
- Sam Burns (11)
- Patrick Cantlay (11)
- Bud Cauley
- Corey Conners
- Pierceson Coody
- Nico Echavarría (12)
- Tommy Fleetwood (11,12)
- Rickie Fowler
- Ryan Fox (12)
- Chris Gotterup (12)
- Max Greyserman
- Emiliano Grillo
- Harry Hall
- Russell Henley (11)
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Rico Hoey
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Viktor Hovland (11)
- Michael Kim
- Chris Kirk
- Kurt Kitayama (12)
- Jake Knapp
- Min Woo Lee
- David Lipsky
- Shane Lowry (11)
- Robert MacIntyre (11)
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Matt McCarty
- Maverick McNealy
- Alex Norén
- Andrew Novak
- Aldrich Potgieter (12)
- Andrew Putnam
- Patrick Rodgers
- Justin Rose (11,12)
- Matti Schmid
- Adam Scott
- Alex Smalley
- Jordan Spieth
- Sam Stevens
- Sepp Straka (11)
- Nick Taylor
- Sahith Theegala
- Michael Thorbjornsen
- Sami Välimäki (12)
- Matt Wallace
- Gary Woodland (12)
11. Playing members of the 2025 Ryder Cup teams, who are ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of May 4, 2026
12. Winners of official tournaments on the PGA Tour from the 2025 PGA Championship until the start of the championship
13. Top 3 finishers on the DP World Tour Asian Swing event rankings
14. PGA of America invitees[4]
- Ángel Ayora
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Chandler Blanchet
- Dan Brown
- Thomas Detry
- Luke Donald
- Lucas Glover
- Garrick Higgo
- Daniel Hillier
- Billy Horschel
- Ian Holt
- Im Sung-jae
- Stephan Jäger
- Dustin Johnson
- Kota Kaneko
- Johnny Keefer
- Li Haotong
- Max McGreevy
- Tom McKibbin
- Keith Mitchell
- Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
- John Parry
- Marco Penge
- David Puig
- Aaron Rai
- Patrick Reed
- Kristoffer Reitan
- Adrien Saddier
- Jayden Schaper
- Jordan Smith
- Austin Smotherman
- Elvis Smylie
- Andy Sullivan
15. If necessary, the field is completed by players in order of PGA Championship points earned (per 10)
Notes
- Replaced Phil Mickelson.