PGA Tour returns to Doral in 2026, expands signature event series

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The Blue Monster at Trump National Doral will return to the PGA Tour schedule for the first time in a decade and the circuit will expand its signature event slate to nine tournaments starting next year.

The Tour announced the 2026 schedule on Tuesday with a few significant adjustments, including the return to Doral which had hosted an event since 1962 before the circuit left the Miami area in 2016.

The Miami Championship will be played April 30-May 3, replacing the Mexico Open which will be moved to the fall portion of the schedule. Doral's Blue Monster had hosted a LIV Golf event beginning in 2022 through this year.

The Tour season begins in Maui at The Sentry, the year's first signature event, Jan. 8-11 followed by the first full-field event at the Sony Open, The American Express and the Farmers Insurance Open. The WM Phoenix Open (Feb. 5-8) and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am switch order on next year's schedule followed by The Genesis Invitational, a signature event that was played at Torrey Pines last year due to the wildfires in Los Angeles but will return to Riviera Country Club in '26.

The Florida swing remains unchanged - with the Cognizant Classic, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Players Championship and Valspar Championship in March - followed by the run-up to the Masters at the Texas Children's Houston Open and Valero Texas Open.

The RBC Heritage, a signature event, is followed by the Zurich Classic, Miami Championship and the Truist Championship, which returns to Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C., after one year at Philadelphia Cricket Club.

The PGA Championship, which will be played at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., is preceded by the CJ Cup Byron Nelson and Charles Schwab Challenge in late May, a move that returns the two Dallas-area events to back-to-back weeks.

The Memorial, the year's penultimate signature event, and RBC Canadian Open are followed by the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in New York June 28-31. The year's final signature event will again be the Travelers Championship (June 25-28), John Deere Classic (July 2-5) and Genesis Scottish Open (July 9-12) followed by The Open Championship, which will be played July 16-19 at Royal Birkdale in England.

The Rocket Classic will move from late June to July 30-Aug. 2 next year and the Wyndham Championship (Aug. 6-9) will again be the final regular-season event.

The first playoff event, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, will be played at TPC Southwind in Memphis Aug. 13-16 followed by the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 20-23 and the finale will be played at East Lake in Atlanta the final week of August.

"We're excited to showcase the game's greatest players competing at golf's most iconic venues," said PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp. "Inspired by our players and fans, we're accelerating the TOUR's evolution and ushering in a new era of innovation on and off the course."

Although the Tour announced in May it was returning to a more traditional format for the Tour Championship of 72-holes of stroke play with all players starting the tournament at even par in May, there had been some speculation that the circuit was considering a new format for the finale but according to Tuesday's announcement the format remains unchanged.