The 2026 Farmers Insurance Open is the first PGA Tour event of the calendar year to offer a Monday qualifier.
The San Diego-area tournament is an open event and allocates four spots in the 144-player tournament field to players who earn their way in through a Monday qualifier. The tournament, which features a $9.6 million purse, is played Thursday through Sunday.
Monday qualifiers are tournaments held on Mondays (although a rare few are not), and they feature a field of typically around 80 players that are looking to get into that week's PGA Tour event. The tournaments are 18-hole affairs typically put on by the local PGA of America section nearest to the tournament host. Eligibility is not limited to professionals, as amateurs with a USGA handicap index under 2.0 may play as well.
For the 2026 Farmers Insurance Open, the Southern California section of the PGA of America presents the tournament. The Monday qualifier is played January 26, 2026, at Mission Viejo Country Club in Mission Viejo, California, and the field of 64 players was finalized on January 24.
Before the Monday qualifier, there were pre-qualifiers, which is common. This tournament creates a pathway to the Monday qualifier for players who have limited or no status with the PGA Tour and, frankly, raises entry fees.
For this Monday qualifier, the field is filled with players with limited PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour status.
The top four finishers from the Monday qualifier will gain entry to the 2026 Farmers Insurance Open. The last Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour is Corey Conners, who won the 2019 Valero Texas Open after Monday qualifying.
2026 Farmers Insurance Open Monday qualifier field
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| Joachim Altonen |
| Gavin Aurilia |
| Sangmoon Bae |
| Ronin Banerjee |
| Zac Blair |
| Devon Bling |
| Michael Block |
| Jordan Brajcich |
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| Frankie Capan III |
| David Carey |
| Lucas Carper |
| Vince Covello |
| James Driscoll |
| Jason Dufner |
| Samuel Echikson |
| Brannon Fahrny |
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| Mike Fergin |
| Andrew Fernandes |
| Zack Fischer |
| Robert Garrigus |
| David Gazzolo |
| Brent Grant |
| Brandon Harkins |
| JJ Henry |
| Harry Higgs |
| Donald Kay |
| Brandon Kewalramani |
| David Kim |
| David Kocher |
| Chris Korte |
| Lyon Lazare |
| Greyson Leach |
| Riley Lewis |
| Evan Liu |
| Hunter Logan |
| Adam Long |
| David Longmire |
| Taylor Lowe |
| Justin Lower |
| RJ Manke |
| Ryan McCormick |
| Mike Miller |
| Jace Minni |
| Henrik Norlander |
| Sean O'Hair |
| Jeremy Paul |
| Scott Piercy |
| Ted Purdy |
| Caleb Ramirez |
| Luke Ringkamp |
| Thomas Rosenmueller |
| John Sand |
| Noah Scavo |
| Max Schliesing |
| Corey Shaun |
| Jeevan Sihota |
| Jaden Soong |
| Kyle Stanley |
| Nick Watney |
| Dominic Willson |
| Kento Yamawaki |
| Andy Yoon |
| Carson Young |
| Steen Zeman |
