LPGA commissioner Craig Kessler presented a first look at the 2026 tour schedule last week during his first player meeting at the FM Championship.
On the heels of the new Fortinet Founders Cup announcement, there was a noticeable hole in the spring calendar. Where the T-Mobile Match Play event at Shadow Creek typically falls, the schedule said “West Coast prospect.”
What began as the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas in 2021 became the T-Mobile Match Play Presented by MGM in 2024. After two years with T-Mobile, the event is no longer on the schedule.
Kessler is optimistic that T-Mobile will remain involved in the tour in ways beyond that of a title sponsor.
“T-Mobile continues to be a robust supporter of women’s golf,” said Amy Azzi, vice president, sponsorships at T-Mobile in a statement to Golfweek. “Through our partnership with PGA of America, we’ll continue to spearhead innovation around the biggest moments in the sport like the KPMG Women’s Championship by leveraging 5G-powered solutions to enhance experiences for players, viewers and event attendees. We’re also continuing to partner with world-class LPGA talent like Nelly Korda and Brooke Henderson.”
When match play first came to Shadow Creek in 2021, it marked the tour’s first match play event since the 2017 Lorena Ochoa Match Play. Other official LPGA match play competitions in tour history include the 2010-2012 Sybase LPGA Match Play Championship and the 2005-2007 HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship, as well as the 1950-1954 Women’s Western Open, then a major championship.
Nelly Korda won the 2024 T-Mobile Match Play while Madelene Sagstrom won this year’s edition.
The 2025 PGA Tour season marked the first without a Vegas stop in more than 40 years. The men’s tour dropped its match play presence – the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas – after the 2023 season.
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