The Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., will host the 19th Solheim Cup in September 2024, the LPGA announced Wednesday.
The club, 35 miles west of Washington, D.C., was the site of the first four Presidents Cup tournaments held in the United States. The Solheim Cup will be the first major women’s competition held there.
Prominent golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed the course, which opened in 1991.
“We are honored and excited to bring the 2024 Solheim Cup to Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. RTJ has a strong tradition of hosting world-class international competitions, and we can’t wait to add the Solheim Cup, one of the flagship events in women’s golf, to the list,” LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said in a news release. “Playing the Solheim Cup on this magnificent golf course near our nation’s capital will provide the perfect backdrop for these elite athletes to battle for the Cup. I have no doubt that the club and its members will serve as wonderful hosts, and that fans from around the world will enjoy an experience of a lifetime.”
Dates for the 2024 Solheim Cup haven’t been announced.
The next Solheim Cup will be held at Finca Cortesin in Spain on Sept. 22-24, 2023, with Stacy Lewis serving as captain for Team USA and Suzann Pettersen serving as captain for Team Europe. The event is returning to an even-year schedule in 2024 and will be held in consecutive years for just the second time.
Last September, Team Europe defeated Team USA 15-13 in the 2021 Solheim Cup at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
–Field Level Media