The nation’s PGA Professionals will converge on Bandon Dunes Golf Resort on the southern Oregon Coast for the 2026 PGA Professional Championship. The four-day, 72-hole championship will be contested on the resort’s Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes courses on April 26-29.
“To host the PGA Professional Championship just feels right,” says Chris Keiser, a partner at Dream Golf, the parent company that owns the resort. “PGA of America Professionals have been such a key to the success of Bandon Dunes. They saw something here and shared it with their members and their fellow professionals. We are proud of the PGA of America members and associates we employ at the resort, and the many PGA interns who have been part of Dream Golf.
"PGA of America Professionals keep this game going. We can’t wait to see them compete at Bandon Dunes."
The PGA Professional Championship – the national championship for PGA of America Golf Professionals from across the country – has served as a showcase event since 1968. The 312-player field in 2026 will consist of past champions, the top-20 players and ties from the previous year’s championship, as well as players qualifying through 41 PGA Section Championships.
The champion at Bandon will receive exemptions into six PGA TOUR events over the next 12 months, while the low 20 scorers from the 2026 championship will earn a spot in the PGA Championship, which is slated for Aronimink Golf Club outside of Philadelphia on May 14-17.
The 2026 PGA Professional Championship marks the first significant professional event held at Bandon Dunes. Since its opening in 1999, the resort has already held nine USGA championships in its short history, all for the elite amateur player, the impressive run beginning with the Curtis Cup in 2006. And that number continues to grow, after the USGA and the resort agreed to schedule 12 additional national championships over the next two decades. In all, the resort will host the crown jewels of U.S. amateur championship golf, including the 2028 Walker Cup and the return of the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Women’s Amateur, and the Curtis Cup.