2026 PGA Championship
The Game
PGA Championship is around the corner, and I'll run another pool for anyone interested. Based on available sites, unlike The Masters, I will run this one via a spreadsheet I built that pulls in data from pgatour.com.
Each participant selects five players from each category. You may only field one player per team, even if that player appears in more than one category. All picks and tie-breaker must be submitted by 5:00 PM ET on Wednesday, May 13. Scoring is based on score to par for the combined team, with the highest player being dropped (so four scores will count in the total over 72 holes). If a player misses the cut, the highest score from each round on Saturday and Sunday will be used to replace the missed player's score.
Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third (65%, 25%, 10%). Only first place will be determined by tie-breaker, and the tied team will be moved to second and second will become third, etc. If teams are tied in second place, the prize pool for second and third will be combined and those teams will share equally and there will be no third-place.
Submit your bracket selections and tie-breaker via the form (https://forms.gle/yTTRhfzKQ5vjHE1E6) by 5/13/2026 at 5:00 PM. I will send an update at the conclusion of each round via text to those who have entered, and updates will be available via this site.
Select one player from each of the following categories, which can be found below and in drop-down within the linked submission form. Select one US Player; one International Player; one PGA Club Pro (20 entered); one PGA Tour Winner Qualifier; one Major Winner (last five years). The tie-breaker will be determined by the individual closest to the winning 72-hole final score (winning player's four round score).
Categories
Select one player from each category (cannot duplicate in a category).
Category 1
US Players
Daniel Berger
Akshay Bhatia
Chandler Blanchet
Keegan Bradley
Micheal Brennan
Jacob Bridgeman
Sam Burns
Brian Campbell
Patrick Cantlay
Ricky Castillo
Bud Cauley
Stewart Cink
Wyndham Clark
Pierceson Coody
Bryson Dechambeau
Jason Dufner
Harris English
Steven Fisk
Rickie Fowler
Ryan Gerard
Lucas Glover
Chris Gotterup
Ben Griffin
Max Greyserman
Jordan Gumberg
Brian Harman
Russell Henley
Joe Highsmith
Ian Holt
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Dustin Johnson
John Keefer
Michael Kim
Chris Kirk
Jurt Kitayama
Jake Knapp
Brooks Koepka
David Lipsky
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarthy
Max McGreevy
Maverick McNealy
Shaun Micheel
Keith Mitchell
Collin Morikawa
William Mouw
Andrew Novak
JT Poston
Andrew Putnam
Patrick Reed
Patrick Rodgers
Davis Riley
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Schenk
Alex Smalley
Austin Smotherman
JJ Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Sam Stevens
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Michael Thorbjorsen
Jimmy Walker
Gary Woodland
Cameron Young
Category 2
International Players
Ludvig Aberg
Angel Ayora
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Daniel Brown
Corey Conners
Jason Day
Thomas Detry
Luke Donald
Nico Echavarria
Alex Fitzpatrick
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Ryan Fox
Emiliano Grillo
Harry Hall
Padrig Harrington
Tyrell Hatton
Kazuki Higa
Garrick Higgo
Daniel Hillier
Ryo Hisatsune
Rico Hoey
Nicolai Hojgarrd
Rasmus Hojgaard
Victor Hovland
Sungjae Im
Stephen Jaeger
Casey Jarvis
Kota Kaneko
Matrin Kaymer
Si Woo Kim
Min Woo Lee
Haotong Li
Mikael Lindberg
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Hideki Matsuyama
Rory McIlroy
Tom McKibbin
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Joaquin Niemann
Alex Noren
John Perry
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
Aldrich Potgeiter
David Puig
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Kristoffer Reitan
Justin Rose
Adrien Saddler
Jayden Schaper
Matti Schmid
Adam Scott
Cameron Smith
Jordan Smith
Elvid Smylie
Travis Smyth
Sepp Straka
Andy Sullivan
Nick Taylor
Sami Valimaki
Jhonattan Vegas
Matt Wallace
Bernd Wiesberger
YE Yang
Category 3
PGA Club Pros
Derek Berg
Franciso Bide
Michael Block
Tyler Collet
Jesse Droomer
Bryce Fisher
Chris Gabriele
Mark Geddes
Zach Haynes
Austin Hurt
Jared Jones
Michael Katruda
Ben Kern
Ryan Lenahan
Paul McClure
Ben Polland
Garrett Sapp
Braden Shattuck
Ryan Vermeer
Timothy Wiseman
Category 4
PGA Tour Qualifying Winners
Akshay Bhatia
Keegan Bradley
Micheal Brennan
Jacob Bridgeman
Brian Campbell
Ricky Castillo
Nico Echavarria
Steven Fisk
Alex Fitzpatrick
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Ryan Fox
Ryan Gerard
Chris Gotterup
Ben Griffin
Jurt Kitayama
Rory McIlroy
Collin Morikawa
William Mouw
Aldrich Potgeiter
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Schenk
JJ Spaun
Sami Valimaki
Gary Woodland
Cameron Young
Category 5
Major Champions (5 Years)
Wyndham Clark
Bryson Dechambeau
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Brian Harman
Brooks Koepka
Jon Rahm
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Cameron Smith
JJ Spaun
Justin Thomas
Category 6
Tie-Breaker
Submit your guess for the winning 72-hole score as total strokes (i.e. even-par is 280, not E).