The 2026 LPGA Tour season is upon us and with that, the first official field of the season at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.
The Tournament of Champions features winners from the last two seasons on the LPGA Tour, and is played at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando. This season, 39 players are in the field, including 2025 champion A Lim Kim.
Seven of the top 10 players in the Rolex Rankings are in the field, including world No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul, Nelly Korda, Miyu Yamashita, Charley Hull, Lydia Ko, Ruoning Yin and Mao Saigo. Minjee Lee, Hyo Joo Kim and Sei Young Kim are the three top 10 players not in the field.
Lottie Woad will be making her debut in this event, along with Yamashita, Somi Lee, the Iwai twins, Ingrid Lindblad and more rookies. Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang will also be in the field, trying to turn the page on disappointing, injury riddled seasons.
Perhaps most intriguingly, Austin Ernst will be back in the field. Ernst, a three-time winner on the LPGA Tour and two-time Solheim Cup representative for the United States, has only played in eight events since 2021 and hasn’t played at all since 2023. Because of medical and maternity leaves, Ernst is still eligible to be in the field here. She plans to return to the Tour in a part-time role in 2026.
The Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions kicks off in Orlando Jan. 29.
