2026 Valspar Championship field: PGA Tour players, rankings
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2026 Valspar Championship field: PGA Tour players, rankings

A photo of golfer Xander Schauffele WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - AUGUST 21: Xander Schauffele of the United States plays his shot from the seventh tee during the final round of the BMW Championship at Wilmington Country Club on August 21, 2022 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)


The 2026 Valspar Championship field is set with the passing of the PGA Tour tournament entry deadline. The field is set for this FedEx Cup event, played at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida, from March 19-22, 2026.

The Valspar Championship field is headlined by the likes of Robert MacIntyre, Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland and more. Hovland is the defending champion.

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This is set to be an 135-player field is played out over four days, with this event marking the 11th tournament of the 2026 PGA Tour schedule.

The 135-player tournament is being played in its originally intended slot, continuing the 2026 PGA Tour season in Florida with their Tampa-area event that offers 500 FedEx Cup points and 50 Official World Golf Ranking points to the winner.

We do not yet have our two Monday qualifiers for this event, which will be played Thursday though Sunday.

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The Valspar Championship alternate list has already been set, with the top names on the list set to replace any withdrawn players.

The field will be playing for a $9.1 million purse, with 19 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.

2026 Valspar Championship field

PLAYER
Zach Bauchou
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
Zac Blair
Chandler Blanchet
Keegan Bradley
Michael Brennan
Jacob Bridgeman
Blades Brown
Dan Brown
Brian Campbell
Rafael Campos
Patrick Cantlay
Ricky Castillo
Bud Cauley
Davis Chatfield
Luke Clanton
Wyndham Clark
Eric Cole
Corey Conners
Pierceson Coody
Cam Davis
Zecheng Dou
Adrien Dumont de Chassart
Nick Dunlap
Austin Eckroat
A.J. Ewart
Tony Finau
Patrick Fishburn
Steven Fisk
Matt Fitzpatrick
David Ford
Brice Garnett
Lucas Glover
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Emiliano Grillo
Adam Hadwin
Garrick Higgo
Joe Highsmith
Kensei Hirata
Ryo Hisatsune
Lee Hodges
Rico Hoey
Charley Hoffman
Nicolai Højgaard
Rasmus Højgaard
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Beau Hossler
Viktor Hovland
Mark Hubbard
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Stephan Jaeger
Takumi Kanaya
Jeffrey Kang
Johnny Keefer
Michael Kim
S.H. Kim
Tom Kim
Patton Kizzire
Greg Koch
Brooks Koepka
Matt Kuchar
Hank Lebioda
David Lipsky
Robert MacIntyre
Peter Malnati
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarty
Max McGreevy
Mac Meissner
Keith Mitchell
Taylor Moore
William Mouw
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Andrew Novak
Pontus Nyholm
Thorbjørn Olesen
John Parry
Jeremy Paul
Matthieu Pavon
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
Paul Peterson
Chandler Phillips
Aaron Rai
Chad Ramey
Kristoffer Reitan
Davis Riley
Patrick Rodgers
Kevin Roy
Marcelo Rozo
Adrien Saddier
Isaiah Salinda
Gordon Sargent
Xander Schauffele
Adam Schenk
Matti Schmid
Neal Shipley
Webb Simpson
David Skinns
Alex Smalley
Jordan Smith
Austin Smotherman
Brandt Snedeker
J.J. Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Jimmy Stanger
Kevin Streelman
Jackson Suber
Adam Svensson
Jesper Svensson
Nick Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Alejandro Tosti
Erik van Rooyen
John VanDerLaan
Karl Vilips
Danny Walker
Matt Wallace
Paul Waring
Vince Whaley
Danny Willett
Gary Woodland
Dylan Wu
Sudarshan Yellamaraju
Kevin Yu

Top 50 players in 2026 Valspar Championship field

RANK PLAYER
8 Robert MacIntyre
10 Xander Schauffele
11 J.J. Spaun
13 Ben Griffin
14 Justin Thomas
18 Viktor Hovland
19 Akshay Bhatia
22 Jacob Bridgeman
23 Keegan Bradley
24 Matt Fitzpatrick
33 Patrick Cantlay
35 Aaron Rai
38 Marco Penge
39 Corey Conners
43 Matt McCarty
45 Michael Brennan
46 Kristoffer Reitan
47 Andrew Novak
48 Pierceson Coody

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