Royal Melbourne is in the driver’s seat to welcome back the Presidents Cup in 2028, several sources have told Australian Golf Digest.
The 2028 edition of the showpiece event is the only year through 2030 that has yet to have a host nation confirmed, with rumours already rife that the biennial teams event was earmarked for a return to the Melbourne Sandbelt.
Sources have told Australian Golf Digest negotiations between the PGA Tour, which runs the Presidents Cup, and the Victorian government are ongoing and positive.
The Presidents Cup sees 12 professional golfers from outside Europe take on an American side and the showpiece garnered global attention in 2019, when Tiger Woods captained the Americans to victory at Royal Melbourne.
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The Cup will be held on US soil this year, in September, at North Carolina’s Quail Hollow Club, before heading to Canada for the 2024 edition at Royal Montreal Golf Club.
In 2026, the Cup will head to Chicago’s famous Medinah Country Club, and by then the course will have been renovated by Australian architect firm Ogilvy, Cocking and Mead.
The other confirmed date is 2030, when the Cup will be held at Bellerive Country Club in St Louis, Missouri.
The Presidents Cup was staged at Royal Melbourne in 1998, 2011 and 2019. The International team’s only victory in the 28-year history of the event came at Royal Melbourne in 1998.
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