THE MAJORS
Scioto CC in Ohio, where Bobby Jones won the 1926 US Open, will host the US Senior Open in July.
GOLF’S 15 MAJOR EVENTS IN 2026
Nordqvist helming Europe. Another Presidents Cup on North American soil, in Chicago, and the gap between the teams is wider than ever. The margin was 7 points in Montreal in 2024. The match is at Medinah CC, scene of an epic US Sunday collapse in the 2012 Ryder Cup. American team captain, Brandt Snedeker, was one of eight US players who lost their singles as Europe rallied from 6-10 down to win 14½ - 13½. He was beaten 5/3 by Paul Lawrie. Surely there has to be a bigger South African representation in the 12-man International team – we’ve only had Christiaan Bezuidenhout the last two outings. Thriston Lawrence, Garrick Higgo and Jayden Schaper merit inclu- sion if they maintain their form. The new team captain is Geoff Ogilvy, the fourth from Australia, and winner of the 2006 US Open. Ogilvy turned his hand to golf course design in 2010, part- nering with Michael Cocking and Ash- ley Mead to form OCM. By coincidence they were tasked with the recent reno- vation of Medinah No 3. The removal of many trees means the revamped course bears little resemblance to the one from 2012, or where Tiger Woods won two of his four PGA Championships in 1999 and 2006.
MARCH (1) THE PLAYERS, TPC Sawgrass (Stadium), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, March 12-15 Rory McIlroy, won $4.5m APRIL (3) MASTERS, Augusta National, Augusta, Georgia, April 9-12 Rory McIlroy, $4.2 million SENIOR PGA, Concession GC, Florida, April 16-19 Angel Cabrera, $540 000 CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP, Memorial Park, Houston, Texas, April 23-26 Mao Saigo, $1.2 million MAY (1) PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, Aronimink GC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 14-17 Scottie Scheffler, $3.42 million JUNE (3) US WOMEN’S OPEN, Riviera CC, Los Angeles, California, June 4-7 Maja Stark, $2.4 million US OPEN, Shinnecock Hills, New York, June 18-21 J J Spaun, $4.3 million WOMEN’S PGA, Hazeltine National, Minnesota,
June 25-28 Minjee Lee, $1.8 million JULY (5) US SENIOR OPEN, Scioto CC, Columbus, Ohio, July 2-5 Padraig Harrington, $800 000 EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP, Evian Resort, France, July 9-12 Grace Kim, $1.2 million OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, Royal Birkdale, Southport, England, July 16-19 Scottie Scheffler, $3.1 million THE SENIOR OPEN, Gleneagles (Kings), Scotland, July 23-26 Padraig Harrington, $447 800 AIG WOMEN’S OPEN, Royal Lytham & St Annes, England, July 30-August 2 Miyu Yamashita, $1.462 million SEPTEMBER (2) SOLHEIM CUP, Bernardus Golf, Netherlands, September 11-13 Team United States PRESIDENTS CUP, Medinah (No 3), Chicago, Illinois, September 24-27 Team United States NOTE: FedEx Cup Playoffs August 13-30
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