What we at Ten Golf have been reporting for weeks is now official. The Chevron Championship, the first women’s Major of the year, will be played from 2026 at the Memorial Park Golf Course, definitively closing the chapter at The Club at Carlton Woods.
LPGA Tour and Chevron confirmed the agreement this Tuesday, thus resolving one of the major uncertainties of the 2026 calendar, which the circuit itself had left blank just a month ago by placing the tournament “in the Houston area, venue to be determined”.
The move is significant. After the historic farewell to Mission Hills in 2022, the Chevron is once again changing its venue to move closer to the heart of the city and Chevron’s new corporate headquarters. Memorial Park, a municipal course redesigned by Tom Doak, is already an established venue in men’s professional golf thanks to the Houston Open of the PGA Tour and offers a rare combination: top-level course, urban location, and public orientation.
The organisation also highlights the importance of the social component. The course hosts the Chevron Center for Education and Golf, an educational project that connects golf, community, and STEM education, a line that aligns with the message the company wants to project through its major.
For the LPGA, as noted by its commissioner Craig Kessler, the move enhances the visibility of a tournament born in 1972 and consolidates its commitment to major urban venues. Houston gains prominence; the Chevron, clarity.
