The 2022 PGA Championship has come a long way into the year, breezing through various cities and golf courses globally.
Expectedly, to the delight of the golf world – journalists, fans, and people interested in golf major odds and predictions – different winners and records have emerged. Beyond 2022, many more PGA Championships have already been booked.
In many locations, the famed tournament already has preset locations for the next several years. Southern Hills, Texas, for instance, with a rich history of welcoming PGA tournament fans, has PGA venues set till 2029. The event’s organizers have also marked venues for two other years: 2031 and 2034.
Before we delve into the major venues for the next big golf tournaments, let’s see a brief history of the PGA Championship.
About the PGA Championship
The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) is an organizer of the PGA Championship, also called the US PGA Championship or USPGA (when played outside the US). It’s one of the professional sport’s four major men’s tournaments.
The tournament is held in mid-August annually, just before Labor Day weekend. However, after 2018, the Championship was held in May during the weekend before Memorial Day, coming after the April-held Masters Tournament. During the 2018 edition, the 106-year-old PGA Championship had a budget of $11 million.
Qualification
The purpose of the PGA tournament was to offer a top-class event to promote public perception of professional golfers. That idea still tails into the current qualification system for the tournament. The PGA tournament is the only major tournament that doesn’t expressly invite leading amateurs to participate – with few exceptions.
Top amateurs can only feature in the tournament when they win one other top championship or win a PGA Tour competition after playing on their sponsor’s exemption. This prestigious tournament is also the only major event that doesn’t outright allow the top 50 golfers in the world. Top finishers in the PGA Professional Championship, which holds in late April, get to make the slots in the annual PGA tournament.
Here’s a rundown of the qualification criteria for the PGA Championship:
Winners of the previous five US Opens/Masters/Open Championships.
Every former PGA Championship winner still actively playing.
Winners of the last three winners of the PGA Championship.
Reigning Senior PGA Champion.
The 70 top players in official money standings on the PGA Tour (from one week before the last edition till two weeks before the current year’s edition).
The last edition’s low 15 ties and scorers.
Any winners of PGA-approved or PGA co-sponsored tournaments since the last PGA Championship.
Members of the last US and European Ryder Cup Teams, IF they’re among the Official top 100 golfers as of one week before the Championship begins.
The United States PGA also has the right to invite extra players who don’t meet the above criteria.
All players make a maximum of 156 players.
Let’s see the scheduled venues for future major golf tournaments, including the PGA Championship, The Open, US Open, the Women’s Open, and so on.
Future Golf Major Tournaments and their Venues
US Open
Year
Scheduled Venue
2023
North Course of the Los Angeles Country Club – Los Angeles, California
2024
Pinehurst Resort and Country Club – Pinehurst, North Carolina
2025
Oakmont Country Club – Oakmont, Pennsylvania
2026
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club – Southampton, New York
2027
Pebble Beach Golf Links – Pebble Beach, California
2028
TBC
2029
Pinehurst Resort and Country Club – Pinehurst, North Carolina
2030
Merion Golf Club – Ardmore, Pennsylvania
2031
TBC
2032
Pebble Beach Golf Links – Pebble Beach, California
2033
Oakmont Country Club – Oakmont, Pennsylvania
2034
Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2035
Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, Pinehurst, North Carolina
Ryder Cup
Year
Scheduled Venue
2023
Macro Simone Golf and Country Club – Rome, Italy
2025
Bethpage Black Course – Farmingdale, New York
2027
The Golf Course at Adare manor – County Limerick, Ireland
2029
Hazeltine National Golf Club – Chaska, Minnesota
2031
TBC
2033
The Olympic Golf club – Chaska, Minnesota
2035
TBC
PGA Championship
Year
Scheduled Venue
2023
Oak Hill Country Club, East Course, Rochester, New York
2024
Valhalla Golf Club – Louisville Kentucky
2025
Quail Hollow Club – Charlotte, North Carolina
2026
Aronimink Golf Club – Newton Square – Pennsylvania
2027
PGA Frisco –Frisco, Texas
2028
The Olympic Club, Lake Course – San Francisco, California
2029
Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course – Springfield, New Jersey
2030
TBC
2031
Congressional Country Club – Bethesda, Maryland
2032
Maryland PGA Frisco –Frisco, Texas
2033
PGA
2034
PGA Frisco – Frisco, Texas
US Women’s Open
Year
Scheduled Venue
2023
Pebble Beach Golf Links – Pebble Beach, California
2024
Lancaster Country Club – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2025
Erin Hills – Erin, Wisconsin
2026
Riviera Country Club – Pacific Palisades, California
2027
Inverness Club – Toledo, Ohio
2028
Oakmont Country Club – Oakmont, Pennsylvania
2029
Pinehurst Resort and Country Club – Pinehurst, North Carolina
2030
Interlachen Country Club – Edina Minnesota
2031
Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2032
TBC
2033
TBC
2034
Merion Golf Club – Ardmore, Pennsylvania
2035
Pebble Beach Golf Links – Pebble Beach, California
The Open
Year
Scheduled Venue
2023
The 151st Open at Royal Liverpool – Hoylake, Wirral, England
2024
The 152nd Open at Royal Troon – Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
2025
The 253rd Open at Royal Portrush – Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
AIG Women’s Open
Year
Scheduled Venue
2022
Muirfield – Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland
2023
Walton Health, England
2024
Old Course at St. Andrews – St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
2025
Royal Porthcawl – Porthcawl, Wales
Solheim Cup
Year
Scheduled Venues
2023
Finca Cortesin – Andalucía, Spain
2024
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club – Gainesville, Virginia
2026
TBC
KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
Year
Scheduled Venue
2023
Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course, Springfield, NJ
2024
TBC
2025
PGA Frisco –Frisco – Frisco, TX
2026
TBC
2027
Congressional Country Club – Bethesda, Maryland
2028
TBC
2029
TBC
2030
TBC
2031
PGA Frisco – Frisco, TX
Conclusion
There you have it – the scheduled venues of top golf championships coming up in the future. With male and female championship venues already scheduled in this list, every golf lover undoubtedly has something to look forward to in the coming years
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