2026 Austin Championship Field: Top Players and Course Guide

The 2026 Austin Championship field is set, with 120 players teeing it up Nov. 12 to 15 on the Fazio Canyons Course at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa. Austin Smotherman, Jackson Koivun and Blades Brown lead the way at the PGA Tour’s first stop in Austin in three years.

It’s the inaugural edition of the event and the second-to-last tournament of the FedExCup Fall. The winner takes home $1.08 million from the $6 million purse.

2026 Austin Championship Field: Top Players

Smotherman is the hottest player in the field. He has won twice this fall, including the Butterfield Bermuda Championship last month, and sits at No. 51 in the FedExCup Fall standings.

Brown arrives fresh off his first PGA Tour win. The 19-year-old closed with a 63 to win the World Wide Technology Championship on Sunday, beating Ben James on the second playoff hole. James is also in the field.

Koivun, a PGA Tour rookie, won the 3M Open in July and was a captain’s pick for the Presidents Cup in September. Andrew Novak, who won the Mexico Open two weeks ago, is also entered.

Two major champions are in the field: Brian Harman, the 2023 Open winner, and Lucas Glover, the 2009 U.S. Open winner. Max Homa, Billy Horschel, Matt Kuchar, Chris Kirk and Daniel Berger are also playing.

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What’s at Stake at the Austin Championship

Time is running out for players fighting for status. The top 100 in the FedExCup Fall standings after next week’s RSM Classic keep their PGA Tour cards for 2027.

Chandler Phillips holds the final spot at No. 100, with Horschel at No. 98 and Kevin Yu at No. 99 just ahead of him. Kirk, Mackenzie Hughes and Taylor Pendrith sit just outside at Nos. 102, 103 and 104, all within 32 points of the cutoff.

There’s also a race for Nos. 51 through 60, known as the Aon Next 10, which gets players into the first two Signature Events of 2027 at Pebble Beach and Riviera. Brown moved into that group at No. 59 with his win, while Homa sits one spot outside at No. 61. The winner in Austin earns 500 FedExCup points.

Fazio Canyons Course at Omni Barton Creek

The Fazio Canyons Course is a par 72 that plays 7,451 yards. Tom Fazio designed it in 1999, and the course was recently renovated ahead of the event.

It sits at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa on the edge of Texas Hill Country, just west of downtown Austin. It’s the first time the course has hosted a PGA Tour event.

The tournament was originally the Good Good Championship. Good Good Golf stepped away as title sponsor in August, and Compliance Solutions joined as presenting sponsor this month.

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Who Won the Last PGA Tour Event in Austin?

Sam Burns won the last PGA Tour event in Austin, the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club. He beat Cameron Young 6 and 5 in the final after taking down Scottie Scheffler in 21 holes in the semifinals.

Austin Country Club hosted the Match Play from 2016 to 2023. The PGA Tour ended the event after that year.

Full 2026 Austin Championship Field

Players are listed by their current FedExCup Fall rank. Four players are in on sponsor exemptions: Christiaan Maas, Tommy Morrison, Miles Russell and Cole Sherwood. Casey Russell earned a spot as the PGA section champion.

Monday qualifiers will fill the final spots in the 120-player field. The FedExCup Fall wraps up next week at the RSM Classic at Sea Island.