LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Valhalla Golf Club will host the Solheim Cup in 2028, bringing the women’s team competition to a venue that has hosted the Ryder Cup and four PGA Championships, including earlier this year.
Tuesday’s announcement by the LPGA Tour marks a reprieve for a course that appeared to have shaky prospects for staging future major events after top-ranked Scottie Scheffler was arrested outside the entrance before the second round of the PGA Championship in May.
Scheffler was charged with not following an officer’s commands during a pedestrian fatality investigation and detained in downtown Louisville before returning to Valhalla hours later. He shot a 5-under 66 in the second round and finished the tournament in a tie for eighth, eight shots behind Xander Schauffele. Several weeks later, a Louisville prosecutor dropped all charges against Scheffler.
Designed by Jack Nicklaus, Valhalla opened in 1986. Mark Brooks won the PGA Championship there in 1996. Tiger Woods won the PGA in a memorable duel with Bob May in 2000, and Rory McIlroy won in 2014 for the last of his four majors.
The United States beat Europe in the Ryder Cup at Valhalla in 2008. Valhalla joins The Greenbrier, Muirfield Village and Gleneagles as the only venues to host a Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup.
The Solheim Cup began in 1990, a biennial three-day match between women from the United States and Europe with a similar format to the Ryder Cup. Europe holds the Solheim Cup after retaining it last year in Spain. This year’s competition will be played from Sept. 13-15 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia. The matches are being held in back-to-back years to move away from the Ryder Cup.
The 2026 Solheim Cup will be played at Bernardus in the Netherlands.
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