Feb 27, 2026

Inside the Field: Puerto Rico Open

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Inside the Field

Karl Vilips captures first PGA TOUR win at Puerto Rico

Escrito por Staff

The 2026 PGA TOUR season heads to Grand Reserve Golf Club for the Puerto Rico Open.

The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based on the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories.

Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with 'reshuffle' notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred.

Note: An additional year of eligibility was granted to some categories because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

See the field below:

Wednesday, March 3

Trey Mullinax (out, W/D)

Monday, March 2

Hunter Logan (in, Monday qualifier)
Ted Potter Jr. (in, Monday qualifier)
Luke Long (in, Monday qualifier)
Erik Barnes (in, Monday qualifier)
Patton Kizzire (out, W/D)
S.Y. Noh (out, W/D)
Nick Watney (out, W/D)
George McNeill (out, W/D)
Tommy Gainey (out, W/D)
Haotong Li (out, W/D)
Ryan Armour (out, W/D)

Sunday, March 1

Dan Brown (out, W/D)
William Mouw (out, W/D)
Brendon Todd (out, W/D)
Emiliano Grillo (out, W/D)
Joel Dahmen (out, W/D)
Andrew Putnam (out, W/D)
Jordan Smith (out, W/D)
Taylor Moore (out, W/D)
Austin Smotherman (out, W/D)
Nicolai Højgaard (out, W/D)
Martin Laird (in)
Tyler Duncan (in)
Austin Cook (in)
Scott Piercy (in)
Ryan Palmer (in)
Chesson Hadley (in)
Fabian Gomez (in)

Saturday, Feb. 28

Greyson Sigg (out, W/D)
Adam Schenk (out, W/D)
Ben Martin (in)
Jonathan Byrd (in)

Tournament winner in past two seasons

Brennan, Michael
Campos, Rafael
Dunlap, Nick
Eckroat, Austin
Garnett, Brice
Malnati, Peter
Mouw, William
Pavon, Matthieu
Riley, Davis
Thompson, Davis

Past champion of Puerto Rico Open

Brehm, Ryan

Top 70 on prior season's FedExCup points list

Schmid, Matti
Grillo, Emiliano
van Rooyen, Erik

Top 100 on prior season's FedExCup Fall points list

Whaley, Vince
Cole, Eric
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Højgaard, Rasmus
Højgaard, Nicolai
Hubbard, Mark
Ramey, Chad
Walker, Danny
Kanaya, Takumi

Sponsors exemptions – unrestricted

Akina, Kihei
Bertagnole, Carson
Biondi, Fred
Brown, Blades
Daly II, John
Jakubcik, Filip
Russell, Miles
Sienkiewicz, Chase
van Wyk, Kieron
Zhou, Yanhan

Designated sponsor exemption

Chacarra, Eugenio
Nido, Chris
Pena, Evan
Simoni, Reinaldo

PGA Section Champion Player of the Year

Kartrude, Michael

Leading players on DP World Tour (not otherwise exempt)

Saddier, Adrien
Parry, John
Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus
Smith, Jordan
Brown, Dan

Top 20 prior season Korn Ferry Tour points list

Blanchet, Chandler
Smotherman, Austin
Shipley, Neal
Lebioda, Hank
Dumont de Chassart, Adrien
Kim, S.H.
Lamprecht, Christo
Chatfield, Davis
Bauchou, Zach
Kang, Jeffrey
Hirata, Kensei
VanDerLaan, John
Dou, Zecheng
Yellamaraju, Sudarshan
Nyholm, Pontus

Top five from PGA TOUR Q-School

Ewart, A.J.
Tosti, Alejandro
Svensson, Adam
Rozo, Marcelo
Wu, Dylan

PGA TOUR University

Clanton, Luke
Sargent, Gordon
Ford, David

Nos. 101–110 on prior season FedExCup Fall points list

Castillo, Ricky
Wallace, Matt
Hossler, Beau
Salinda, Isaiah
Lipsky, David
Fishburn, Patrick

Major medical extension

Todd, Brendon
Wise, Aaron
Hoffman, Charley
Willett, Danny
Streelman, Kevin
Stanger, Jimmy
Lindheim, Nicholas
Waring, Paul

Nos. 111–125 on prior season FedExCup Fall points list

Svensson, Jesper
Ghim, Doug
Putnam, Andrew
Ventura, Kris
Power, Seamus
Lower, Justin
Dahmen, Joel
Ryder, Sam
Suber, Jackson
Griffin, Lanto

Nos. 126–150 on prior season FedExCup Fall points list

Snedeker, Brandt
Capan III, Frankie
Young, Carson
Kim, Chan
Springer, Hayden
Higgs, Harry
Norlander, Henrik
Paul, Jeremy
Sigg, Greyson
Montgomery, Taylor
Hadwin, Adam
Silverman, Ben
Goodwin, Noah
Peterson, Paul
Blair, Zac
Kohles, Ben
Champ, Cameron
Skinns, David