Category: Recently Awarded

Recently Awarded — SportsTravel — News, Insight and Analysis for the Sports-Event Industry

Royal Birkdale

2026 Open Championship Awarded to Royal Birkdale

The 2026 British Open Championship will be played at Royal Birkdale, the R&A announced this week ahead of next week’s major championship. “Royal Birkdale is a world-class Championship venue and its outstanding links will once again provide the world’s best men’s professional golfers with a tough but fair test of their talents and capabilities as […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
GPEC exterior

Valley Forge to Host 2024 YMCA National Gymnastics Championship

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, will host the 2024 YMCA National Gymnastics Championships with approximately 1,700 athletes across the country ranging in age from 6 to 20 years old expected to compete. The announcement was made this week by the YMCA of the USA, the national resource office for the 2,600 YMCAs across the country. The championship […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
Black Rock PGA Tour

Black Desert Resort to Host First PGA Tour Event in Utah Since 1963

The PGA Tour has announced a new tournament, the Black Desert Championships, will be held during the FedExCup Fall segment of its schedule starting in 2024 in Greater Zion, Utah, the first time the PGA Tour has held an event in the state since 1963. The four-year agreement will see the tournament hosted at Black […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
2020 PGA Family Cup
Kyle Tokishi makes his putt on the third hole during the 2020 PGA Family Cup at Augusta Ranch Golf Club on December 13, 2020, in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo by Traci Edwards/PGA of America)

Inaugural PGA Family Golf Championship Heads to La Quinta

The inaugural PGA Family Golf Championship will be held December 9–10, 2023, at PGA West on the Pete Dye Mountain and Dunes Golf Courses in La Quinta, California. The PGA Family Golf Championship will include more than 100 teams. The teams will be split between amateur and professional divisions and vie for the national title […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
GCAC Sports

GCAC Cross Country Championship Returns to Decatur

Decatur, Alabama, has been announced as the host for the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship from 2023 through 2025 after Decatur Morgan County Tourism hosted the 2022 event at Oakville Indian Mound Park. GCAC Commissioner Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes, along with Decatur City Council President Jacob Ladner, DMCT President and Chief Executive Officer […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
Varsity Spirit Daytona

Varsity Spirit to Keep Events in Daytona Beach

Varsity Spirit has announced the National Cheerleaders Association and National Dance Alliance Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship, will call Daytona Beach home for the next three years. The 2024 competition, which will be the 28th year held in Daytona Beach, is scheduled for April 8–14 at the Daytona Beach Bandshell and Ocean Center. “We are […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
FIFA Club World Cup 2025
FFIA President Gianni Infantino, center, sits with Deputy Secretary General Football Mattias Grafstrom, left, and Secretary General Fatima Samoura during a FIFA virtual meeting. Photo via FIFA

2025 FIFA Club World Cup Awarded to United States

FIFA will host its expanded 32-team Club World Cup in 2025 in the United States, bringing what is expected to be a test event ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup to North America. FIFA’s announcement on Friday said the host selection process took into consideration the infrastructure and service requirements, as well as broader […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :
RivieraSunday

2031 U.S. Open Headed to Riviera Country Club

The United States Golf Association has announced that Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, has been chosen to host the 131st U.S. Open Championship, which will take place from June 12–15, 2031. “Riviera Country Club is a truly spectacular course that holds a special place in the game’s history,” said John Bodenhamer, USGA chief […]

Continue Reading
Posted On :