The 2026 The Genesis Invitational field is set with the passing of the PGA Tour tournament entry deadline. The field is set for this FedEx Cup event, played at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, from February 19-22, 2026.
The Genesis Invitational field is headlined by the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and more. Ludvig Aberg is the defending champion, albeit from the event played at Torrey Pines' South Course last year after the wildfires in southern California and the Pacific Palisades area.
This is set to be an 72-player field is played out over four days, with this event marking the 6th tournament of the 2026 PGA Tour schedule.
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The 72-player tournament is being played in its originally intended slot, continuing the 2026 PGA Tour season in the mainland US with the year's second Signature event that offers 700 FedEx Cup points to the winner.
We do not have Monday qualifiers for this event, which will be played Thursday though Sunday. The players who qualified for the event with the Aon Swing 5 were finalized based on the results of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The players in through that criteria are: Pierceson Coody, Ryo Hisatsune, Matt McCarty, Jake Knapp and Patrick Rodgers.
The Aon Next 10 are the players who finished the FedEx Cup Fall from last season ranked 51st through 60th in points.
The Genesis Invitational alternate list has already been set, with the top name on the list set to replace any withdrawn players, starting with Joe Highsmith and Stephan Jaeger.
The field will be playing for a $20 million purse, with 41 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.
2026 The Genesis Invitational field
| PLAYER |
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| Ludvig Åberg |
| Daniel Berger |
| Akshay Bhatia |
| Keegan Bradley |
| Jacob Bridgeman |
| Sam Burns |
| Brian Campbell |
| Patrick Cantlay |
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| Bud Cauley |
| Wyndham Clark |
| Corey Conners |
| Pierceson Coody |
| Jason Day |
| Nico Echavarria |
| Harris English |
| Matt Fitzpatrick |
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| Tommy Fleetwood |
| Rickie Fowler |
| Ryan Fox |
| Ryan Gerard |
| Lucas Glover |
| Chris Gotterup |
| Max Greyserman |
| Ben Griffin |
| Harry Hall |
| Brian Harman |
| Russell Henley |
| Garrick Higgo |
| Ryo Hisatsune |
| Rico Hoey |
| Tom Hoge |
| Max Homa |
| Viktor Hovland |
| Michael Kim |
| Si Woo Kim |
| Tom Kim |
| Kurt Kitayama |
| Jake Knapp |
| Min Woo Lee |
| Shane Lowry |
| Robert MacIntyre |
| Hideki Matsuyama |
| Denny McCarthy |
| Matt McCarty |
| Max McGreevy |
| Rory McIlroy |
| Maverick McNealy |
| Collin Morikawa |
| Alex Noren |
| Andrew Novak |
| Taylor Pendrith |
| Marco Penge |
| J.T. Poston |
| Aldrich Potgieter |
| Aaron Rai |
| Patrick Rodgers |
| Justin Rose |
| Xander Schauffele |
| Scottie Scheffler |
| Matti Schmid |
| Adam Scott |
| J.J. Spaun |
| Jordan Spieth |
| Sam Stevens |
| Sepp Straka |
| Nick Taylor |
| Sahith Theegala |
| Sami Valimaki |
| Jhonattan Vegas |
| Cameron Young |
| Kevin Yu |
Top 50 players in 2026 The Genesis Invitational field
| RANK | PLAYER |
|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy |
| 3 | Justin Rose |
| 4 | Tommy Fleetwood |
| 5 | Chris Gotterup |
| 6 | Russell Henley |
| 7 | J.J. Spaun |
| 8 | Robert MacIntyre |
| 9 | Ben Griffin |
| 10 | Xander Schauffele |
| 11 | Hideki Matsuyama |
| 13 | Harris English |
| 14 | Sepp Straka |
| 15 | Viktor Hovland |
| 16 | Alex Noren |
| 18 | Keegan Bradley |
| 19 | Collin Morikawa |
| 20 | Ludvig Åberg |
| 21 | Cameron Young |
| 22 | Maverick McNealy |
| 23 | Matt Fitzpatrick |
| 24 | Ryan Gerard |
| 26 | Si Woo Kim |
| 27 | Aaron Rai |
| 28 | Sam Burns |
| 29 | Shane Lowry |
| 30 | Patrick Cantlay |
| 31 | Marco Penge |
| 32 | Corey Conners |
| 34 | Jason Day |
| 35 | Andrew Novak |
| 36 | Matt McCarty |
| 39 | Sam Stevens |
| 41 | Michael Kim |
| 42 | Kurt Kitayama |
| 44 | Pierceson Coody |
| 45 | Sami Valimaki |
| 46 | Brian Harman |
| 47 | Max Greyserman |
| 48 | Akshay Bhatia |
| 49 | Ryan Fox |
