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The LPGA is anticipated to launch its 2026 schedule this week, and it reportedly will embody a brand new venue for the Chevron Championship, the tour’s first main event every season.
It has been performed the previous three seasons at The Club at Carlton Woods outdoors Houston, and a number of shops reported that will probably be relocated to the town’s public Memorial Park Golf Course.
The occasion is held every April. Before relocating to the Houston space in 2023, the event was performed in Rancho Mirage, Calif. It has been a significant since 1983 and beforehand was generally known as the Dinah Shore Open with Nabisco amongst its title sponsors.
‘We’re in energetic discussions finalizing subsequent season’s schedule and are enthusiastic about what’s forward. There are nonetheless some shifting elements, however we really feel actually good in regards to the progress we have made,’ Ricki Lasky, the tour’s chief enterprise and operations officer, instructed Golfweek.
The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands had been criticized for being unfriendly for spectators.
Memorial Park Golf Course will host the PGA Tour’s Houston Open from March 26-29, simply weeks earlier than the Chevron (April 23-26). The LPGA occasion will be capable of make the most of the grandstands already in place and different tournament-ready situations.
Mao Saigo of Japan is the defending champion.
–Field Level Media