The PPA Masters 2026 Tournament Preview

The PPA Tour is back in action from the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. The Carvana Masters Powered by Invited is the first PPA Tour tournament in the 2026 year.

Known as both a fan and player favorite, the Masters kicks the 2026-year off in a big way, since it is a Slam level event. That’s right, 2,000 PPA Tour Points are on the line for the winners of each event.

There is something special about the Masters - the venue is amazing and the players wearing all white seems to elevate the event's status as one of the most elite on tour.

There are plenty of storylines headed into the event, so let’s get into them.

Can Anna Leigh Waters make it five in a row? Anna Leigh Waters has triple crowned the last four times she played in all three events - can she make it five in a row?

The pace of Anna Leigh Waters’ winning is just absurd. In 2025 she lost a total of six matches. Six matches. Two times with Ben Johns in mixed doubles and four times in women’s doubles. Waters hasn’t lost in well over 100 days. Can she start 2026 as dominant as she ended 2025?

Players are going to be playing with some different paddles We know Anna Leigh Waters has gone from Paddletek to Franklin. Over the weekend, it was announced that Chris Haworth left Babolat for Luzz. Rachel Rohrabacher has left Selkirk for Friday paddles. Check out all the paddle drama at Alex E. Weaver’s article for The Dink:

Tracking All the New Pro Paddle Deals in 2026

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