Inside the Field: Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions

Blades Brown, family on journey to getting PGA Tour card

Time is running out on the FedExCup Fall, as the PGA Tour heads to the Lone Star State for the penultimate event of the 2026 season at the inaugural Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions. Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa's Fazio Canyons Course (par 72, 7,451 yards) hosts players making a final push for their 2027 Tour card (top 100 of the FedExCup standings) and the Aon Next 10 (Nos. 51-60), which unlocks the first two Signature Events of the new year at Pebble Beach and Riviera.

The 120-man field will be vying for their share of a $6 million purse, with the spoils of 500 FedExCup points going to the winner. Two-time winner this fall Austin Smotherman, Jackson Koivun and 19-year-old Blades Brown are among the notables teeing it up on the eastern edge of Texas Hill Country.

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 on FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season.

See who's playing in the first edition of the Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions:

Bauchou, Zach
Berger, Daniel
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Blair, Zac
Blanchet, Chandler
Brown, Blades
Campos, Rafael
Castillo, Ricky
Chatfield, Davis
Clanton, Luke
Cole, Eric
Coody, Pierceson
Crowe, Trace
Dahmen, Joel
Davis, Cam
Dou, Zecheng
Dumont de Chassart, Adrien
Dunlap, Nick
Eckroat, Austin
Ewart, A.J.
Fishburn, Patrick
Ford, David
Garnett, Brice
Ghim, Doug
Glover, Lucas
Gonzalez, Emilio
Greyserman, Max
Grillo, Emiliano
Hall, Harry
Harman, Brian
Highsmith, Joe
Hirata, Kensei
Hodges, Lee
Hoey, Rico
Hoge, Tom
Højgaard, Rasmus
Homa, Max
Horschel, Billy
Hoshino, Rikuya
Hossler, Beau
Hubbard, Mark
Hughes, Mackenzie
Jaeger, Stephan
James, Ben
Kanaya, Takumi
Kang, Jeffrey
Keefer, Johnny
Kim, Michael
Kirk, Chris
Kizzire, Patton
Kohles, Ben
Koivun, Jackson
Kuchar, Matt
Lamprecht, Christo
Lebioda, Hank
Li, Haotong
Lindheim, Nicholas
Lipsky, David
Lower, Justin
Maas, Christiaan +
Malnati, Peter
McCarthy, Denny
McCarty, Matt
McGreevy, Max
Meissner, Mac
Moore, Taylor
Morrison, Tommy +
Mouw, William
Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus
Novak, Andrew
Nyholm, Pontus
Pan, C.T.
Parry, John
Pavon, Matthieu
Pendrith, Taylor
Penge, Marco
Phillips, Chandler
Power, Seamus
Putnam, Andrew
Ramey, Chad
Riley, Davis
Rodgers, Patrick
Roy, Kevin
Rozo, Marcelo
Russell, Casey #
Russell, Miles +
Saddier, Adrien
Salinda, Isaiah
Sargent, Gordon
Schenk, Adam
Sherwood, Cole +
Shipley, Neal
Smith, Jordan
Smotherman, Austin
Stevens, Sam
Streelman, Kevin
Suber, Jackson
Svensson, Adam
Svensson, Jesper
Taylor, Nick
Thompson, Davis
Thompson, Michael
Todd, Brendon
Tosti, Alejandro
Valimaki, Sami
van Rooyen, Erik
VanDerLaan, John
Ventura, Kristoffer
Vilips, Karl
Walker, Danny
Wallace, Matt
Whaley, Vince
Wise, Aaron
Wu, Dylan
Yellamaraju, Sudarshan
Yu, Kevin

Key:

+ Sponsor Exemption
# Section Champion

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