🏆 2026 ISPS HANDA Senior Open Field Hub
2026 ISPS HANDA Senior Open Field Overview
The ISPS HANDA Senior Open, often searched by fans as the Senior British Open, returns to The King's Course at Gleneagles in Scotland for the 2026 senior major championship. Championship play is scheduled for July 23-26, 2026 with a finalized 144-player field over four rounds.
The final field combines senior major exemptions, Legends Tour and PGA TOUR Champions eligibility routes, international and amateur exemptions, the four July 20 qualifying events, and the final tournament-week field adjustments.
Final field status: the official PGA TOUR Champions alpha field list dated July 20, 2026 contains 144 players. The completed field includes 16 Monday qualifiers from Blairgowrie Rosemount, Blairgowrie Lansdowne, Stirling, and Glenbervie. The full field is listed alphabetically below.
📌 How Players Qualify for the 2026 ISPS HANDA Senior Open
- Age eligibility: players must be 50 years old on or before Thursday, July 23, 2026.
- Senior major and championship exemptions, including past Senior Open champions, current senior major champions, and players covered by official R&A / European Tour Group eligibility criteria.
- PGA Tour Champions and Legends Tour routes, including players moving through senior tour standings, priority lists, winner categories, and Order of Merit / Charles Schwab Cup-related pathways as applicable.
- Confirmed star-field entries announced before the full field, including defending champion Pádraig Harrington and other major champions already named for Gleneagles.
- Eligible professionals without a direct exemption who have a current Tour affiliation or PGA Membership.
- Eligible amateurs who meet the championship handicap requirement: a current Handicap Index based on ratings for men of not more than 0.4 at the date of entry.
- Four Monday Qualifying Events were played on Monday, July 20, 2026, with 16 players advancing into the championship field.
- Qualifying venues: Blairgowrie Golf Club's Rosemount Course, Blairgowrie Golf Club's Lansdowne Course, Stirling Golf Club, and Glenbervie Golf Club.
- Entry deadline: 12pm on Thursday, July 2, 2026, for players entering the 2026 Senior Open process.
- Late field movement: the July 20 qualifier results and final official adjustments produced the current 144-player alpha field.
👥 2026 ISPS HANDA Senior Open Final Field of Players
The CaddyBytes Senior Open field page now contains the official 144-player alphabetical field from the July 20 PGA TOUR Champions alpha field document. All 16 Monday qualifiers have been added to the complete list below.
The final update also includes Harrison Frazar and Doug McGuigan, removes Brett Quigley from the prior entry list, and uses the official field spelling Steve Allan. Scroll down to open the full 144-player alphabetical field.
- Official alpha field date: July 20, 2026 at 5:13 PM.
- Final field count: 144 players.
- Monday qualifiers added: 16 players from four Scottish qualifying courses.
- Additional final-field names: Harrison Frazar and Doug McGuigan.
- Prior entry removed: Brett Quigley does not appear in the official 144-player alpha field.
- Name correction: the official list uses Steve Allan rather than Stephen Allan.
- Host course: The King's Course at Gleneagles in Scotland.
- Championship dates: July 23-26, 2026.
- Defending champion: Padraig Harrington.
- Qualifying venues: Blairgowrie Rosemount, Blairgowrie Lansdowne, Stirling Golf Club, and Glenbervie Golf Club.
Official final-field total: 144 players, sorted alphabetically by last name. This list follows the PGA TOUR Champions alpha field document dated July 20, 2026 and includes all 16 players who advanced through Monday qualifying.
- Felipe Aguilar
- Lionel Alexandre
- Steven Alker
- Steve Allan
- Stephen Ames
- Billy Andrade
- Stuart Appleby
- Phillip Archer
- Ryan Armour
- Woody Austin
- Peter Baker
- Doug Barron
- Rich Beem
- Shane Bertsch
- Markus Brier
- Mark Brown
- Gordon Burns
- Mark Calcavecchia
- Chad Campbell
- Michael Campbell
- Emanuele Canonica
- Jason Caron
- Alex Cejka
- Greg Chalmers
- K.J. Choi
- Stewart Cink
- Darren Clarke
- Robert Coles
- Matthew Cort
- Ben Crane
- Stephen Creed
- Adilson da Silva
- Clark Dennis
- Chris DiMarco
- Richard Dinsdale
- Stephen Dodd
- Jamie Donaldson
- Bradley Dredge
- Scott Drummond
- David Drysdale
- Will Dugdale
- Joe Durant
- David Duval
- Johan Edfors
- Ernie Els
- Bob Estes
- Craig Farrelly
- Niclas Fasth
- Darren Fichardt
- Alastair Forsyth
- Mark B. Foster
- Harrison Frazar
- Fred Funk
- Tommy Gainey
- Stephen Gallacher
- Brian Gay
- Matt Gogel
- Thomas Gögele
- Mathew Goggin
- Ricardo Gonzalez
- Retief Goosen
- Paul Goydos
- Richard Green
- Simon Griffiths
- Joakim Haeggman
- Soren Hansen
- Padraig Harrington
- Scott Hend
- Mark Hensby
- Bryan Hoops
- Keith Horne
- David Howell
- Greig Hutcheon
- Takashi Iwamoto
- Freddie Jacobson
- Raphael Jacquelin
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Miguel Angel Jiménez
- Zach Johnson
- Robert Karlsson
- Jerry Kelly
- Simon Khan
- James Kingston
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Maarten Lafeber
- Paul Lawrie
- Justin Leonard
- Thomas Levet
- Sam Little
- Michael Long
- Mikael Lundberg
- Bill Lunde
- Malcolm MacKenzie
- Jeff Maggert
- Andrew Marshall
- Michael McCoy
- Paul McGinley
- Doug McGuigan
- George McNeill
- Shaun Micheel
- Colin Montgomerie
- Tim O'Neal
- Gary Orr
- Hennie Otto
- Greg Owen
- Rod Pampling
- Scott Parel
- David Park
- Cameron Percy
- Pat Perez
- Tom Pernice Jr.
- Tim Petrovic
- Van Phillips
- Luis Portela
- Phillip Price
- Dicky Pride
- Jyoti Randhawa
- Jean-Francois Remesy
- Tag Ridings
- Rory Sabbatini
- Jarmo Sandelin
- Todd Sapere
- Jeev Milkha Singh
- Patrik Sjöland
- Heath Slocum
- Thammanoon Sriroj
- Paul Stankowski
- Henrik Stenson
- Knud Storgaard
- Kyron Sullivan
- Carl Suneson
- Ken Tanigawa
- Vaughn Taylor
- Mario Tiziani
- Kirk Triplett
- Bo Van Pelt
- Anthony Wall
- Steve Webster
- Boo Weekley
- Sean Whiffin
- Charlie Wi
- Michael Wright
- Y.E. Yang
- Shinichi Yokota
Final field math from the prior page: 127 listed entries, plus 16 Monday qualifiers, plus Harrison Frazar and Doug McGuigan, minus Brett Quigley = 144 players.
The final 144-player field includes a deep group of Senior Open champions, senior major winners, and former winners of The Masters, U.S. PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open.
Past Senior Open Champions in the Final Field
- Pádraig Harrington — defending champion.
- K J Choi — Senior Open champion.
- Alex Cejka — Senior Open champion.
- Darren Clarke — 2022 Senior Open champion at Gleneagles.
- Stephen Dodd — Senior Open champion.
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez — Senior Open champion.
Former Major Champions in the Final Field
- Zach Johnson
- Y.E. Yang
- Shaun Micheel
- Rich Beem
- Michael Campbell
- Retief Goosen
- Ernie Els
- Henrik Stenson
- Stewart Cink
- David Duval
- Paul Lawrie
- Justin Leonard
This section reflects the names contained in the official July 20 alpha field. Players not listed in that final field document are not added by reputation alone.
The final 144-player field combines published exemption categories, Legends Tour and PGA TOUR Champions routes, international and amateur exemptions, Monday qualifying, and the final tournament-week field adjustments.
Final Field Route Buckets
- Past Senior Open champions: the defending champion and other eligible former winners.
- Former major champions: eligible winners of The Masters, U.S. PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open.
- Legends Tour career and order-of-merit routes: players qualifying through the published all-time and season lists.
- PGA TOUR Champions routes: players qualifying through career, money, points, winner, and priority categories.
- International and amateur exemptions: players entering through the championship's published eligibility categories.
- Monday qualifying: 16 players advanced on July 20 from four qualifying courses.
How the 144-Player Field Was Completed
- The prior page began with 127 players from the championship entry document.
- Sixteen players advanced through the July 20 qualifying events.
- Harrison Frazar and Doug McGuigan appear in the official final alpha field.
- Brett Quigley no longer appears in the official field.
- The official field document standardizes Stephen Allan to Steve Allan.
- The resulting official alpha field contains 144 players.
Four qualifying events were completed in Scotland on Monday, July 20, 2026. The following 16 players secured places in the ISPS HANDA Senior Open field.
Blairgowrie Golf Club — Rosemount Course (5 Qualifiers)
- Malcolm MacKenzie — 7-under 66.
- Sam Little — 7-under 66.
- Shinichi Yokota — 7-under 66.
- Knud Storgaard — 6-under 67.
- Mathew Goggin — secured the final place in a playoff.
Blairgowrie Golf Club — Lansdowne Course (3 Qualifiers)
- Sean Whiffin — 4 under.
- Todd Sapere — 4 under.
- David Park — 3 under.
Glenbervie Golf Club (4 Qualifiers)
- Will Dugdale — amateur, 4 under.
- Richard Dinsdale — 4 under.
- Carl Suneson — 3 under.
- Michael Long — secured the final place in a playoff.
Stirling Golf Club (4 Qualifiers)
- Luis Portela — 4 under.
- Gordon Burns — 3 under.
- Kyron Sullivan — amateur, 3 under.
- Jyoti Randhawa — secured the final place in a playoff.
All 16 qualifiers are included in the complete 144-player alphabetical field above.
The official July 20 alpha field closes the gap between the prior 127-player entry document and the championship's 144-player starting field.
Final Field Changes
- Prior listed entries: 127 players.
- July 20 qualifiers: 16 players added.
- Additional names in the official field: Harrison Frazar and Doug McGuigan.
- Removed from the prior list: Brett Quigley.
- Official name correction: Steve Allan replaces Stephen Allan.
- Official final field total: 144 players.
- Next tournament-week item: the completed Round 1 draw and tee-time groupings.
- The 2026 ISPS HANDA Senior Open is scheduled for July 23-26, 2026.
- The host venue is The King's Course at Gleneagles in Scotland.
- The official July 20 alpha field contains 144 players.
- The complete 144-player list is shown alphabetically in the full-field dropdown.
- Sixteen players advanced through qualifying on Monday, July 20.
- Qualifying venues were Blairgowrie Rosemount, Blairgowrie Lansdowne, Stirling Golf Club, and Glenbervie Golf Club.
- Harrison Frazar and Doug McGuigan appear in the official final field.
- Brett Quigley no longer appears in the official field.
- The next scheduled update is the Round 1 draw and tee-time groupings, or any later withdrawal and replacement.
🟢 CaddyBytes Final Field Update Note
This page now contains the official 144-player ISPS HANDA Senior Open field, sorted alphabetically by last name. All 16 July 20 qualifiers are included, along with the final field additions and corrections shown in the update sections above. The next tournament-week update will add the Round 1 draw, tee times, or any subsequent withdrawal and replacement.