144 players are set to take on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass for the 52nd Championship, which promises to be a cracker.
This golf tournament at Ponte Vedra Beach has been graced by the greats: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Tiger Woods. All of these players have won the event in its illustrious history.
It is a golf course that every PGA Tour fan is familiar with – one of the many reasons why it is regarded as the sport’s fifth major championship.
There might be a $25 million purse and a field littered with golf’s biggest stars but, unlike the PGA Tour’s Signature Events with limited fields and sometimes no cuts, this tournament is a full-field format, offering plenty of opportunities for glory.
Rory McIlroy is the defending champion after edging to victory in 2025 by beating J.J. Spaun in a playoff that extended into Monday.
There will be much anticipation to see McIlroy and the rest of his PGA Tour colleagues take on the island green on the 17th hole and the rest of the challenges that Pete Dye’s TPC Sawgrass presents.
The field is made up of winners of PGA Tour events through the final week before The Players and many other players from the FedEx Cup rankings and various other permutations, as well as the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Here is every player who is eligible for the Players Championship field 2026:
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Ludvig Aberg
Ben An
Zach Bauchou
Daniel Berger
Christiaa Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
Keegan Bradley
Michael Brennan
Jacob Bridgeman
Sam Burns
Brian Campbell
Patrick Cantlay
Ricky Castillo
Bud Cauley
Wyndham Clark
Corey Conners
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Eric Cole
Joel Dahmen
Cam Davis
Jason Day
Thomas Detry
Zecheng Dou
Nico Echavarria
Harris English
A.J. Ewart
Tony Finau
Steven Fisk
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Fox
Ryan Gerard
Lucas Glover
Chris Gotterup
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Emiliano Grillo
Harry Hall
Brian Harman
Russell Henley
Garrick Higgo
Joe Highsmith
Ryo Hisatsune
Lee Hodges
Rico Hoey
Tom Hoge
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Nicolai Hojgaard
Rasmus Hojgaard
Max Homa
Viktor Hovland
Mark Hubbard
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Stephan Jaeger
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Takumi Kanaya
Johnny Keefer
Michael Kim
S.H Kim
Si Woo Kim
Chris Kirk
Kurt Kitayama
Jake Knapp
Brooks Koepka
Min Woo Lee
Haotong Li
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarty
Max McGreevey
Rory McIlroy
Maverick McNealy
Mac Meissner
Keith Mitchell
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Will Mouw
Andrew Novak
Thorbjorn Olesen
Matthieu Pavon
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
Chandler Phillips
J.T Poston
Aldrich Potgeiter
Andrew Putnam
Aaron Rai
Chad Ramey
Davis Riley
Patrick Rodgers
Justin Rose
Kevin Roy
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Schenk
Matti Schmid
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Adam Scott
Alex Smalley
Austin Smotherman
Jordan Smith
J.J. Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Sam Stevens
Sepp Straka
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Michael Thorbjornsen
Sami Valimaki
Jhonattan Vegas
Karl Vilips
Danny Walker
Vince Whaley
Gary Woodland
Cameron Young
Sundarshan Yellamaraju
Kevin Yu
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