The PGA TOUR Americas membership roster will be completed across three weeks, with the 2026 PGA TOUR Americas Qualifying School being contested at five different 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)
• Full leaderboard

Who earned status: The top eight (no ties) earned membership (subject to the second reorder); 19 other players who finished inside the top 25 and ties secured conditional status (subject to each periodic reorder)

Patrick Sheehan, a 25-year-old Penn State University alum who made 10 PGA TOUR Americas starts last season, earned medalist honors at 17-under 271 to regain tour membership. He finished two shots clear of Maxwell Ford of Durham, North Carolina.

Top eight finishers:

• 1. (-17/271) Patrick Sheehan
• 2. (-15/273) Maxwell Ford
• 3. (-14/274) Jake Hall
• T4. (-12/276) Jones Free, Peyton Callens
• T6. (-11/277) Connor Creasy, Jack Marcotte
• T8. (-10/278) Isaac Simmons (won a three-for-one playoff to secure eighth spot).

Who earned conditional status:

• T8 (-10/278) Harry Lord*, Zach Adams (a)*
• T11 (-9/279) Maximilian Herrmann, Luke Schniederjans, Jonathan Nielsen
• T14 (-8/280) Mac McClear, Charles DeLong, Everett Whiten Jr., Caleb Bond (a), Nick Matthews (a), Piercen Hunt, Kevin Johnson, Jimmy Dales, Carter Graf
• T23 (-7/281) Jay Spivey, William Holan, Will Morlan (a), Garrett Reband, Harrison Hughston

*Lord and Adams lost a three-for-one playoff for a spot inside the top eight.

Notables to miss: Tyler Strafaci, the 2020 U.S. Amateur champion, finished at 5-under (T33). … Martín Contini of Argentina, a 2024 PGA TOUR Americas member who previously played two full seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour (2022–23), finished at 3-under (T48). … Cooper Musselman, a Korn Ferry Tour member in 2023 and 2025, finished at 2-under (T57) .… Erik Barnes, who competed in two full PGA TOUR seasons (2022-23 and 2024) after placing No. 15 on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, withdrew after the third round.

Ocala, Florida

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

Who earned status: The top eight (no ties) earned membership (subject to the second reorder); 17 other players who finished inside the top 25 secured conditional status (subject to each periodic reorder)

Calen Sanderson, currently a senior at the University of Notre Dame, earned medalist honors at 13-under 275. He finished one shot ahead of runner-up Hogan Ingram of Rome, Georgia. The Newtown, Pennsylvania, native dominated the Canadian Collegiate Invitational last September and has never made a start on a PGA TOUR-sanctioned tour.

Top eight finishers:

• 1. (-13/275) Calen Sanderson (a)
• 2. (-12/276) Hogan Ingram
• 3. (-10/278) Kyle Cottam
• T4. (-8/280) Joshua Lee, Thomas Longbella
• T6. (-6/282) Felipe Álvarez, Cooper Smith, Cole Anderson (won a four-for-three playoff to secure their cards inside the top eight)

Who earned conditional status:

• T6. (-6/282) Andrew Morris*
• T10 (-5/283) Domenico Geminiani, Egor Eroshenko, CJ Jones, Wil Anderson, Logan Perkins, Fletch Wunderlich
• T16 (-4/284) Cougar Collins, Nate Stevens (a), Jared Wolfe, Esteban Jaramillo
• T20 (-3/285) Raúl Pereda, Paul Conroy, Chris Fosdick, Noah Connor, Randall Hudson, Jake Springer.

*Morris lost a four-for-three playoff for spots inside the top eight.

Notables to miss: Etienne Papineau of Canada, winner of the 2023 Digital Commerce Group Open in Victoria, B.C., and coming off two full Korn Ferry Tour seasons, finished at 2-under, one shot shy of the number. … Charlie Hillier, winner of the 2023 Brazil Open on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica and a player with 18 PGA TOUR Americas starts over the last two seasons, finished at 1-over (T49). … Yi Cao, the 2023 CRMC Championship winner on PGA TOUR Canada and a 2024 Korn Ferry Tour member, finished at 3-over (T55).

Sugar Land, Texas

• Dates: March 24-27
• Venue: TPC Houston – Pecan Course (7,051-yard, par 72)
• Full leaderboard

Who earned status: The top eight (no ties) earned membership (subject to the second reorder); 19 other players who finished inside the top 25 secured conditional status (subject to each periodic reorder)

Puerto Rico’s Chris Nido, a 26-year-old who turned pro in 2020, earned medalist honors at 22-under 266. He fired a final-round, 8-under 64 to charge to the top and finish one shot ahead of 2025 Korn Ferry Tour member Jonas Baumgartner of Düsseldorf, Germany. Nido makes his return to PGA TOUR Americas, where he made the cut in two of his 10 starts last season. Including seven starts at the Puerto Rico Open, he has made 10 career starts on the PGA TOUR.

Top eight finishers:

• 1. (-22/266) Chris Nido
• 2. (-21/267) Jonas Baumgartner
• 3. (-19/269) Jaxon Dowell
• 4. (-18/270) Evan Vo (a)
• T5. (-16/272) Gregory Odom Jr., Gustav Frimodt, Connor Gaunt
• T8. (-15/273) Trey Bosco (won a six-for-one playoff to secure a top-eight spot)

Who earned conditional status: 19 players

• T8. (-15/273) Joaquín Ludueña, Steven DiLisio, Sangha Park, Carl Didrik M. Fosaas, Eli Ortego (lost a six-for-one playoff for a spot inside the top eight)
• T14. (-14/274) Peter Jung, Melan Dhaubhadel, Garrison Smith, Shawn Stefani, Matt Gilchrest, Blake Elliott, Ethan Davidson
• T21. (-13/275) Pryce Beshoory, Alejandro González, Sam Bennett, Nicklaus Sutton, Jeremy Sisson, John Sand, Frank Kennedy

Notables to miss: Despite firing a week-low 10-under 62 in the final round, 2025 Korn Ferry Tour member Tanner Gore finished T28 at 12-under, one shot shy of the number. … Aaron Jarvis, the 2022 Latin America Amateur Championship winner, shot 10-under to finish T39. … Former DP World Tour and PGA TOUR Latinoamérica member Chase Hanna, finished T69 at 5-under. … Isidro Benítez of Mexico, the 2018 VISA Argentina Open presented by Macro winner on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, withdrew after the third round.

Palm Springs, California

• Dates: March 24-27
• Venue: The Golf Club at Terra Lago – North (7,054-yard, par 72)
• Full leaderboard

Who earned status: The top eight (no ties) earned membership (subject to the second reorder); 19 other players who finished inside the top 25 secured conditional status (subject to each periodic reorder)

California native Berk Harvey, a 26-year-old Santa Clara University alum, earned medalist honors at 18-under 270. The outright leader after an opening 63, Harvey added rounds of 72-68-67 to finish one shot ahead of Chaz Aurilia, Brady McKindlay and Zach Sokolosky. A professional since 2022, Harvey recorded two top 15 finishes last season on PGA TOUR Americas to finish No. 96 on the Points List.

Top eight finishers:

• 1. (-18/270) Berk Harvey
• T2. (-17/271) Chaz Aurilia, Brady McKindlay, Zach Sokolosky
• 5. (-16/272) Cole Ponich
• T6. (-15/273) Andrew Yun, Gunnar Broin, Tegan Andrews (won a four-for-three playoff to secure spots inside the top eight)

Who earned conditional status: 19 players

• T6. (-15/273) Bennett Swavely (lost a four-for-three playoff for a spot inside the top eight)
• T10. (-14/274) Juan José Guerra, Tee-K Kelly, Grant Godfrey, Joseph Lloyd, Aidan Thomas
• 15. (-13/275) Hazen Newman
• T16. (-12/276) Dalan Refioglu, AJ Ott, Grant Haefner, Ford Goldasich, Ben Warian
• T21. (-11/277) Trevor Lewis (a), TK Kim, Sun kyu Baek, Eduardo Carrete, Peter Bradbeer, Nicholas Marchese, Cole Ekert

Notables to miss: Canadian Jeevan Sihota, a 2024 PGA TOUR Americas member who dominated the Vancouver Golf Tour last season, finished T28 at 10-under, one shot outside the number. … Mateo Fuenmayor, an Oregon State Universityalum who tied for third at the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship, finished T68 at 2-under. … Andrey Xavier, a three-time winner of the Brazilian Amateur Championship who also won the 2020 Junior Orange Bowl, finished solo 78th at even par. … Calgary native Brendan MacDougall, who finished No. 81 on the 2025 Points List to be the first man out of 2026 PGA TOUR Americas membership, finished T79 at 1-over.

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San Jacinto, California

• Dates: March 31-April 3
• Venue: Soboba Springs Golf Course (7,339-yard, par 72)
• Full leaderboard

Notables in the field: José de Jesús Rodríguez, the 45-year-old veteran from Mexico, is a 2018 Korn Ferry Tour champion who made 23 starts as a PGA TOUR rookie during the 2018-19 season. Rodríguez is seeking a return to PGA TOUR Americas, where he won the 2024 Totalplay Championship at Atlas Country Club. Known by the nickname “Camarón” (shrimp), he recorded six victories in 56 career starts on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica. … Also aiming to return to PGA TOUR Americas is Devon Bling, the 2018 U.S. Amateur runner-up and a three-time collegiate winner at UCLA. The 26-year-old has made 16 career starts on PGA TOUR Americas, including three top-10 finishes during the 2024 season. He was also a two-time runner-up on PGA TOUR Canada in 2023. ... Another former member in the field is Max Sekulic, the winner of the 2021 Canadian Amateur Championship. The 26-year-old from Rycroft, Alberta, made 12 starts on PGA TOUR Americas during the 2024 season and is looking to earn his way back.