The four-day showpiece, first contested in 1928, has been held in Queensland since 2000, when it relocated from the Victoria Golf Club to Royal Queensland.<\/p>\n
After two years, it established a home on the Sunshine Coast, enjoying an 11-year run at Coolum.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scott then won the tournament in its first and last staging at Gold Coast’s Royal Pines in 2013 and 2019.<\/p>\n
The move to Brisbane was confirmed a day after that 2019 event was won, but it’s understood an announcement on the 2026 venue won’t be made until next year.<\/p>\n
A return to NSW could be on the cards, given that the Australian Open has been at least temporarily relocated to Melbourne.<\/p>\n
Masters champion and former world No.1 Scott visited the Oval Office to meet Donald Trump and discuss the reunification of the professional game in February.<\/p>\n
However, he believes he has “no say” in domestic tournament venue discussions, instead being happy to suggest The Pines, located at Sanctuary Cove on Hope Island, as a suitable alternative.<\/p>\n
“I have a soft spot for Sanctuary Cove, having had a home there for quite a few years, and my parents are still living there,” Scott said of the northern Gold Coast course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The Pines course is up to it, but there are golf courses that are up to it, and \u00a0then the logistics of a tournament is a whole other story.”<\/p>\n
RQ’s makeover will include a new clubhouse, the creation of a second short course on spare land underneath the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges and an upgraded driving range.<\/p>\n
But, with the Games in mind, perhaps the most important project will be the gradual replacement of the current course’s turf to ensure there is no longer a mixture of grass types on the fairways and roughs.<\/p>\n
Scott hoped any move away from Queensland would be a “temporary thing”.<\/p>\n
“I’ve enjoyed playing up here my whole career … from Coolum days to down on the Gold Coast and now in Brisbane,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It would be a shame to see a big event like this leave the state, but there are big things on the horizon also for Queensland.”<\/p>\n
A record $2.5 million in prize money, $500,000 more than last year, will be distributed on Sunday, and the event has proved popular with fans, striking a balance between party and tradition.<\/p>\n
In a statement provided to AAP, the PGA of Australia said the organisation was “currently working through the future” of the 2026 event.<\/p>\n
“The Championship continues to grow in strength and stature each year, including a prize money increase this year, and we look forward to escalating that growth,” it said.<\/p>\n
“The BMW Australian PGA Championship has become a stand-out event on the DP World Tour and a key part of Australia’s sporting summer, with planning for future editions of the event focused on building on that momentum and delivering an even better experience for players and fans.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The four-day showpiece, first contested in 1928, has been held in Queensland since 2000, when it relocated from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-317136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}