Futures Golf Major Venues: Where Are the Next Major Golf Tournaments Holding?

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

Ryder Cup

PGA Championship

US Women’s Open

The Open

AIG Women’s Open

Solheim Cup

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

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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