The PGA TOUR Americas membership roster will be completed over the next three weeks, as the 2026 PGA TOUR Americas Qualifying School will be contested across five sites: Dothan, Alabama (March 17–20); Ocala, Florida (March 17–20); Palm Springs, California (March 24–27); Sugar Land, Texas (March 24–27); and San Jacinto, California (March 31–April 3).

The top eight finishers at each site will earn membership for the 2026 PGA TOUR Americas season (subject to the second reorder), while players finishing ninth–25th and ties will receive conditional status (subject to each periodic reorder). In the event of a tie for the final position in the top eight, a playoff will determine who secures membership.

In previous years, Q-School was contested in May and split the PGA TOUR Americas season into two segments. With Q-School now being played before the start of the season, membership and eligibility categories will apply to the Tour’s full 15-event schedule, which begins in April with back-to-back events in Brazil and Argentina.

Updated after each event, this notebook will provide a capsule look at notable players competing and emerging at each of the five Q-School sites.

Dothan, Alabama

Dates: March 17-20
Venue: RTJ Highland Oaks (7,459-yard par-72)

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Who to watch: Currently a senior at Michigan State University, Caleb Bond leads a group of 12 amateurs competing at this venue. The 22-year-old, who won the 2025 Michigan Amateur Championship, has recorded seven top-10 finishes this collegiate season … Martín Contini stands out among a trio of Argentines that also includes Diego Prone (who finished T15 at this same event last year) and Aram Yenidjeian. Contini, 31, finished No. 64 on the PGA TOUR Americas points list in 2024 after spending two full seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2022 and 2023 … Entering his fifth full season as a professional, 2020 U.S. Amateur champion Tyler Strafaci is also hoping to return to PGA TOUR Americas, where he made one cut in four starts early last season in South America … Garrett Reband, who finished No. 5 in the inaugural PGA TOUR University Class of 2021, will be looking to repeat the performance that earned him a PGA TOUR Americas card at this same event last year. The 26-year-old posted rounds of 66-68-65-65 to finish three shots clear at 24-under … A veteran to watch is 38-year-old Erik Barnes, who played two full seasons on the PGA TOUR (2022-23 and 2024) after finishing No. 15 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List … Other familiar names in the field include Cooper Musselman, Luke Schniederjans, Alex Scott, Piercen Hunt and Jimmy Jones.

Ocala, Florida

Dates: March 17-20
Venue: Country Club of Ocala (6,920-yard par-72)

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Who to watch: Ashton McCulloch, another Michigan State University senior, is among 15 amateurs competing in Ocala. A Team Canada member from Bath, Ontario, the 23-year-old won the 2021 British Columbia Men’s Amateur and has been ranked as high as No. 24 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking … Etienne Papineau is another Canadian who should contend for a Tour card. The 29-year-old, who won the 2023 Digital Commerce Group Open in Victoria, British Columbia, is coming off two full seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour, finishing No. 70 in 2024 and No. 121 in 2025 … Another past PGA TOUR Americas champion hoping to regain status is Thomas Longbella. Slowed by an injury he suffered in 2024 shortly after winning the Kia Open de Ecuador, Longbella is looking to bounce back from a tough 2025 season … Charlie Hillier of New Zealand, who has also battled injuries since 2024, arrives hoping to rediscover the form that led him to victory at the 2023 Brazil Open and a fifth-place finish on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica Points List that season … Leading a group of seven Latin American players in the field, Raúl Pereda of Mexico is another notable. The 29-year-old was a PGA TOUR rookie in 2024 after recording 11 top-10 finishes in 42 career starts on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica … A veteran to watch is 37-year-old Jared Wolfe, a PGA TOUR member during the 2021-22 season who won three PGA TOUR Latinoamérica titles between 2017 and 2019. Wolfe made the cut in all three of his PGA TOUR Americas starts last season … Other familiar names in the field include Tommy Kuhl, Yi Cao, George Kneiser and Willy Pumarol.