Puerto Rico Open field features John Daly II making PGA Tour debut

The 2026 Puerto Rico Open is getting an infusion of youth. The PGA Tour event will feature several up-and-comers in its 120-man field, a handful of them teenagers as well as John Daly II, who will make his PGA Tour debut.

Blades Brown, 18, Miles Russell, 17, China's Yanhan Zhou, 17, and Puerto Rico's Evan Pena, 17, are all set to tee it up at Grand Reserve Golf Club next week. Brown is a member of the Korn Ferry Tour and Zhou plays on the DP World Tour. Russell, meanwhile, is a future Florida State teammate of Charlie Woods. Pena first played the Puerto Rico Open two years ago and became one of the few 15-year-olds to ever play a PGA Tour event.

“Another edition of the Puerto Rico Open has arrived, and we are once again delighted to offer playing opportunities for so many up-and-coming stars,” tournament director Matt Truax said in a statement.

Another teen in the field is North Carolina's Carson Bertagnole, 19, who finished runner-up at the White Sands Men's Bahamas Invitational in December, earning him an exemption into the Puerto Rico Open, an opposite-field event played next week on the same dates as the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Also in the Puerto Rico Open field is defending champion Karl Vilips, Tony Finau, Matt Kuchar, Camilo Villegas, Rasmus Hojgaard, Brandt Snedeker, Luke Clanton, Nick Dunlap and Neal Shipley.

The PGA TOUR returns to Grand Reserve Golf Club for the 18th playing of the Puerto Rico Open. The winner will receive 300 FedExCup points, a two-year exemption on TOUR and an invitation to the PLAYERS Championship (if not previously eligible).

Field for the Puerto Rico Open: pic.twitter.com/o4zr7BP1wR

— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) February 27, 2026

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Puerto Rico Open field: John Daly II, Blades Brown, Miles Russell