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\"Hazeltine \"Hazeltine Hazeltine hosting LPGA’s best for KMPG Women’s PGA Championship<\/a> <\/p>\n

Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska is the host site for this year’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the third of five major tournaments on the LPGA calendar. FOX 9 caught up with Kyle Brandt, the head PGA professional at Hazeltine, to talk about one of golf’s biggest events coming to Chaska.<\/p>\n

CHASKA, Minn, (FOX 9 – In less than two weeks, the best female golfers in the world will descend on the Twin Cities for the LPGA<\/a>\u2019s third major championship of the tour season.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s PGA Championship returns to Hazeltine <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska is the 2026 site for the KMPG Women\u2019s PGA Championship, June 25-28. It\u2019s the latest major championship to come to Minnesota.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s great, it\u2019s wonderful to have 156 of the world\u2019s best come back to Hazeltine. Seven years ago, we had the 2019 KMPG PGA Championship and it\u2019s very exciting. This is what the club loves to do, part of our mission statement and we\u2019re blessed to have them return,” Kyle Brandt, head PGA professional at Hazeltine, said earlier this week at media day.<\/p>\n

It also means two major golf events are in Minnesota in the span of the month. At the end of July, TPC Twin Cities in Blaine is hosting the PGA\u2019s 3M Open.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hazeltine is built for major championships\u2019 <\/p>\n

Why you should care:<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s KMPG Women\u2019s PGA Championship is the 11th major Hazeltine has hosted. They\u2019re also celebrating 60 years of women\u2019s golf at the club, with the first major they hosted being the 1966 U.S. Women\u2019s Open.<\/p>\n

Hazeltine has become a standard when it comes to venues hosting major events. The club says it\u2019s their mission statement to host majors, even club members are on board when they sign membership agreements. About 300 members will be volunteering at the event.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve got the support from the tour, members and the infrastructure to host major events.<\/p>\n

“When we sign our membership agreements, we all agree to investing in these championships, including being involved. We all volunteer, it\u2019s our mission statement to host championship golf an it\u2019s really in our DNA,” said Greta Siedow, a former Hazeltine employee who is now the general chair for the KMPG Women\u2019s PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

Here are the other majors Hazeltine has hosted, in addition to the 2019 and 2026 Women\u2019s PGA Championship:<\/p>\n

U.S. Women\u2019s Open (1966 and 1970)U.S. Open (1970 and 1991)1983 U.S. Senior Open2002 PGA ChampionshipU.S. Amateur (2006 and 2024)Ryder Cup (2016 and 2029) <\/p>\n

Hazeltine will become the first American venue to host a Ryder Cup twice. It\u2019s also hosted several other USGA-sanctioned events, and the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

“Hazeltine represents so much. It\u2019s the actual course and true test of champions, and that has it. It also has the support of the community, their leadership, their board, their membership that want to make this a championship operation and make this course a destination for championships,” said Terry Clark, CEO of the PGA of America. “It also has a lot of the infrastructure to meet the modern game and the number of fans. All those come together and it stands out.”<\/p>\n

The tournament <\/p>\n

The backstory:<\/p>\n

The field will consist of the best 156 players on the LPGA Tour. They\u2019ll face every test imaginable from water to lightning-fast green and rough as thick as three inches. Brandt says they can make the course as difficult as it needs to be for major championship standards.<\/p>\n

“It starts from the first tee all the way to the last putt. We\u2019ve got narrow fairways, we\u2019ve got some big bunkers, we can be as long as we need to be but can also trim it back a little bit. The ladies are going to play 6,500 to 6,700 yards, which is our normal gold tee. We can stretch it all the way back to 7,500 yards,” Brandt said.<\/p>\n

The PGA is constantly making efforts to grow the game of golf. More than eight million women played golf in 2025. At this year\u2019s tournament, up to four kids 15-and-under can get in free with one ticketed adult.<\/p>\n

Nelly Korda chasing history? <\/p>\n

Dig deeper:<\/p>\n

The LPGA features five major tournaments every year. Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player in the world, won the first two in the Chevron and most recently the U.S. Women\u2019s Open. That featured a thrilling finish as she nearly missed a two-foot putt that would\u2019ve forced a playoff. She comes to Hazeltine with a chance to continue the season-long grand slam.<\/p>\n

“Nelly is on such a great ride right now, and the opportunity to come here and what that could be here is amazing. It\u2019s an easy one to say that we\u2019re excited to see Nelly at the top of her game,” Clark said.<\/p>\n

In her way are Hannah Green, who won the 2019 tournament when Hazeltine last hosted it, and defending champion Minjee Lee, among a host of others.<\/p>\n

The tournament gives Minnesota golf fans a chance to watch the best in the women\u2019s game compete at the highest level.<\/p>\n

“Just come out and celebrate women\u2019s golf. It\u2019s a great experience to root along 156 of the best in the world,” Brandt said.<\/p>\n

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