Where are the men’s golf major championships in 2024?
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The 2023 major season is over, and Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Wyndham Clark and Brian Harman have added their names to the history books by winning one of golf’s sacred tournaments. But where will the four of them be defending their titles next year?
The Masters
Where: Augusta National, Georgia, USA
When: April 11-14
Defending champion: Jon Rahm
2023 purse: $18 million
Get excited because… The first Major of the year is always exciting! Jon Rahm will defend the Green Jacket amid a rapidly changing landscape for professional golf, as the workings of the merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour become clearer.
There’s a big chance Tiger will tee it up again, plus there’s a possibility that Augusta chairman Fred Ridley may adopt the new rollback proposals for the Masters and become a test case for the other Majors (and tours).
Whatever they decide, all the focus will center around last year’s runner-up Rory as he attempts to get his hands on a Green Jacket at the 16th time of asking. His luck’s got to change sometime, right?
US PGA Championship
Where: Valhalla GC, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
When: May 16-19
Defending champion: Brooks Koepka
2023 purse: £17.5 million
Get excited because… The Championship is filled with narrative. Valhalla was the scene of Rory’s last Major victory in 2014, as well as the 2008 Ryder Cup (which Europe lost).
Brooks Koepka could emulate Tiger by going back-to-back for a second time, while Jordan Spieth still needs the Wanamaker Trophy to complete the career grand slam.
As for the course, it was laid out by Jack Nicklaus and has a particularly unique design, with links-like fairways, an island green on a par-4, and a horseshoe-shaped green to finish. The risk-reward nature promises a lot of drama.
US Open
Where: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No.2), North Carolina, USA
When: June 13-16
Defending champion: Wyndham Clark
2023 purse: $20 million
Get excited because… Pinehurst No.2 is one of the most storied courses in world golf; it is the only course to have hosted all five of the USGA’s most important events: US Open (1999, 2005, 2014), US Women’s Open (2014), US Amateur (1962, 2008, 2019), US Women’s Amateur (1989) and US Senior Open (1994).
Martin Kaymer won the last US Open here, in 2014, but it’s probably better known as the course where Payne Stewart won his third Major in 1999 – two months before his death in a plane crash – and qualifier Michael Campbell became the first Challenge Tour graduate to win a Major, holding off Tiger Woods in 2005.
First opened in 1907 and designed by Donald Ross, Pinehurst is considered his best work and he continued to perfect it until his death in 1948. The course is famous for its exceptionally difficult “upturned plate” green complexes, a signature of Ross designs.
The Open
Where: Royal Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
When: July 18-21
Defending champion: Brian Harman
2023 purse: $16.5 million
Get excited because… The Open tends to be the most unpredictable Major and this vintage links has a habit of throwing up surprise winners like Justin Leonard (1997) and Todd Hamilton (2004).
Last time out the 2016 Championship saw Henrik Stenson prevail in a brilliant duel with Phil Mickelson, with both setting scoring records.
The course itself is famed for its very short (and very tricky) par-3 8th, known as the Postage Stamp, while Gary Player speaks for a lot of people when he says the back nine is “the most difficult in the world when the wind is blowing”.
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Where are the mens' golf majors in 2024?
