PGA Tour Returns to Asheville After 86 Years in 2026

The PGA Tour announced Monday that it will return to Asheville, North Carolina, for the first time in 86 years with a new FedEx Cup Fall event scheduled for September 17-20, 2026. The tournament, named the Biltmore Championship, will take place at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, a private Jack Nicklaus-designed course in Arden, just outside the city.

As part of a four-year agreement, Biltmore Estate and Explore Asheville will serve as co-title sponsors. The event marks the second new addition to the tour's fall 2026 schedule announced in the past month, following the Good Good Championship set for November 12-15 in Austin, Texas. Officials described the move as an opportunity to revive golf's presence in the Blue Ridge Mountains region, which last hosted a PGA Tour stop in 1942.

The Cliffs at Walnut Cove features an 18-hole layout spanning 7,167 yards through valleys, streams, woodlands and mountain laurel, bordering Pisgah National Forest and the Blue Ridge Parkway. The course is minutes from Asheville Regional Airport and a short drive from downtown. Asheville previously hosted PGA Tour events during a four-year run of the Land of the Sky Open from 1939 to 1942, with the tournament...