Walhalla will host the 2028 Solheim Cup
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Valhalla Golf Club will host the Solheim Cup in 2028, bringing the women’s team competition to a venue that has already hosted the Ryder Cup and four PGA Championships, including earlier this year.
The LPGA Tour’s announcement represents a respite for a golf course whose prospects of hosting future major events seemed shaky after top seed Scottie Scheffler was arrested outside the entrance before the second round of the PGA Championship in May.
Scheffler was charged with failing to comply with an officer’s orders during the investigation of a fatal pedestrian crash. He was arrested in downtown Louisville before returning to Valhalla hours later. He shot 5-under-par 66 in the second round and finished tied for eighth place, eight strokes behind Xander Schauffele. A few weeks later, a Louisville prosecutor dropped all charges against Scheffler.
Valhalla was designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1986. Mark Brooks won the PGA Championship here in 1996. Tiger Woods won the PGA in a memorable duel with Bob May in 2000, and Rory McIlroy won his last of four majors in 2014.
In 2008, the United States beat Europe in the Ryder Cup at Valhalla. Valhalla is the only venue, along with The Greenbrier, Muirfield Village and Gleneagles, to host a Ryder Cup and a Solheim Cup.
The Solheim Cup was created in 1990. It is a biennial three-day tournament between women from the United States and Europe, with a format similar to the Ryder Cup. Europe holds the Solheim Cup after defending it last year in Spain.
This year’s competition will be played at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, from September 13-15. The matches will be held in consecutive years to deviate from the Ryder Cup.