2026 OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic format, cut rules and PGA Tour playoff format
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2026 OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic format, cut rules and PGA Tour playoff format

PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 17: Brooks Koepka of USA looks on during the pro-am prior to the FedEx Open de France 2025 at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Breteche on September 17, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)


The 2026 OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic format remains unchanged this year, with the PGA Tour event played at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The 2026 OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic field is 120 players.

The OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic field is made up of a variety of players, namely nearly three top-50 players in the world and a variety of players looking to get critical points and dollars.

OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic format

The OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic format is a 72-hole event. The field is divided into morning and afternoon waves for the first two rounds, with players competing in twosomes each day. The same groups play together in each of the first two rounds, with morning and afternoon windows.

A cut is not made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who make the field and make the cut are eligible to finish the event.

For the third and fourth rounds, the pairings and tee times are made based on each player's total score through two and three rounds, respectively. Players with the highest total score go first, then in descending order until the two players with the lowest total score in the final group.

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The player with the lowest total score after 72 holes is the winner and will earn the 2026 OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic winner's share of the purse.

The winning player will get a two-season PGA Tour exemption. The winner earns 300 FedEx Cup points and 27 Official World Golf Ranking points.

OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic playoff format

A playoff to settle any ties after 72 holes will be played under PGA Tour rules. The OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic playoff format is a sudden-death format, with playoff holes being 18, 18, then 17 and 18 in a loop, played by any qualifying players. The players compete hole by hole, and the player with the lowest score wins. In the event of a tie, the players compete hole-by-hole until a winner is determined by a player scoring the lowest among the remaining players.

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