Qualifiers for The Sentry 2026
Hideki Matsuyama
Matsuyama made an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole at The Plantation Course at Kapalua, lightly pumping his fist in about the only emotion he showed all week. That put him at 35-under 257, breaking by one the 34-under par by Cameron Smith set at Kapalua in 2022.
Nick Taylor
Taylor and Nico Echavarria matched 16-under totals at Waialae Country Club, requiring overtime to decide a champion. Both players made birdie on the first playoff hole, the par-5 18th at Waialae, but Echavarria missed a 7-foot birdie on the second extra hole, also No. 18. Taylor converted from 3 feet for the win after a sublime 46-yard pitch from short of the green.
Sepp Straka
Sepp Straka had never entered a final round with a lead on the PGA TOUR until Sunday. In his two previous victories, he had to charge from far behind on the final day with no time to feel the nerves that roiled his stomach from the first tee onward at The American Express. Straka marched to victory after taking a four-shot lead into the final round at the venerable Coachella Valley tournament.
Harris English
English held onto his first 54-hole lead in four years, shooting a gutty 1-over 73 to win the Farmers Insurance Open by one stroke over Sam Stevens. While other names came and went on the leaderboard around him, it was the steady English that emerged. English parred the last 12 holes to finish 8-under and secure his fifth PGA TOUR victory, his first since the 2021 Travelers Championship.
Rory McIlroy
On a day when six players had at least a share of the lead, McIlroy took the top spot for good with an 18-foot birdie putt on the 10th hole into a stiff breeze along the Pacific. He effectively ended the drama with a towering drive and a 7-iron into the 571-yard 14th hole, setting up an eagle putt from just outside 25 feet. McIlroy won for the 27th time on the PGA TOUR and is 21st on the career victory list. He's been stuck on four majors since winning the PGA Championship 11 years ago, and that he is sure to be reminded of that as the Masters gets closers.
Thomas Detry
Detry earned his first PGA TOUR title Sunday at the WM Phoenix Open, closing with four straight birdies at TPC Scottsdale for a 24-under total. Detry began the final round with a five-stroke lead and extended it to six on the front nine; Berger pulled within three strokes midway through the final nine, but Detry answered the bell with four consecutive closing birdies at one of golf’s most raucous events. With his first professional victory since the Challenge Tour’s 2016 Bridgestone Challenge, Detry became the first Belgian to win on the PGA TOUR.
Ludvig Åberg
Åberg, who loves Torrey Pines and California, but whose bid to win here three weeks ago was derailed by illness, birdied holes 13-15 and two-putted the par-5 18th hole from 74 feet to shoot a final-round 66 and edge McNealy by one. It was his second PGA TOUR win, his first coming 455 days ago at The RSM Classic in fall 2023.