The LPGA Tour has announced its 2026 schedule with the athletes in 2026 competing for the largest prize fund in the Tour’s history.
There will be 33 events and a total prize fund of over US$132 million, with a chance for increases.
The upcoming year will also see the Solheim Cup in the Netherlands as well as new events and new venues, under the first full season of leadership by new LPGA Tour commissioner Craig Kessler.
“I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve built, and even more excited about where we’re headed,” said Kessler. “This schedule reflects the work we’ve put into elevating our courses, improving our routing, and continuing to grow purses. Coming off our 75th anniversary season, we wanted a calendar that gives our athletes great stages, better flow, and even more opportunity – and I think 2026 delivers that.”
Announced during the CME Group Tour Championship, the LPGA’s season finale, each LPGA Tour event and every round will be presented live across North America for the first time since Golf Channel began televising the LPGA Tour in its inaugural year of 1995 – with select weekend rounds airing live on CNBC.
“We’ve made real progress, and we’re clear-eyed about where we can keep getting better in 2027 and beyond,” said Kessler.
In 2026, the LPGA Tour will travel to 13 different countries and regions and 13 states across the United States. There will be two multi-event swings in Asia – the first in the spring to Thailand, Singapore and China and the second in the fall to China, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan.
One European swing will take place in the middle of the year, including two major championships and the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open, before the LPGA Tour returns to Europe for the Solheim Cup in September.
Similar to last season, there will also be North American stops in Mexico and Canada, where Brooke Henderson will defend her title at the CPKC Women’s Open at Royal Mayfair in Edmonton, Alberta.
The 2026 major championship season will kick off in April at The Chevron Championship in Texas. It will move away from The Club at Carlton Woods, the venue for the last three seasons, but its new venue is currently to-be-determined.
“The Chevron is our first major of the year. It’s absolutely critical,” Kessler said. “And what (the) team, along with the Chevron team have been focused on, is making sure we maximize the impact of that major. Can draw as many fans as we possibly can to it to create energy that majors and all of our tournaments deserve, and as soon as we have anything more formal to say on that of course we will.”
The LPGA Tour will then travel to Pacific Palisades, Calif., to play at the iconic Riviera Country Club for the 81st U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally. At the end of June, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will be held at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota before heading overseas for The Amundi Evian Championship, taking place once again at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France. The last major championship will be the AIG Women’s Open, to be held at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes in England.
The 20th edition of the biennial Solheim Cup will bring teams of Europeans and Americans to Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands from Sept. 11-13. Three-time major champion and nine-time Solheim Cup veteran Anna Nordqvist will lead the European Solheim Cup Team while seven-time LPGA Tour winner and six-time Solheim Cup veteran Angela Stanford will captain the U.S. Solheim Cup Team. Team USA is the defending champion.
Non-major purses will total over $82 million for the 2026 season, with the FM Championship and the Aramco Championship at Shadow Creek leading as the highest non-major, non-CME Group Tour Championship purses.
With more increases expected in the future, 12 events have announced elevated purses, more than 15 events are expected to have a minimum payout to all athletes competing in the field and nearly 20 tournaments will offer an enhanced player experience with benefits of a hotel, flight and/or transportation.
With the new television deal in place and the new schedule now released, Kessler is more excited than ever to see what kind of fan engagement he can drum up through 2026.
“We compete in the attention economy. It’s not just against other sports. It’s should I put on Netflix, should I go out to dinner, should I hang out with friends, should I play in the backyard, should I go play a round of golf? Anything that has the potential to caption a fans’s attention we are competing against that,” Kessler said. “So it’s our job to be differentiated, to be interesting, and capture fans mind share in every way we possibly can.”
The new LPGA Tour season begins Jan. 29 with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions – with Brooke having earned her way in thanks to her victory at Mississaugua in August.
The CPKC Women’s Open will once again be contested Aug. 20-23, with a $2.75-million prize fund available.