Renovations, events, and updates from Donald Ross-designed golf courses
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Scottie Scheffler won on 16-under 264, three clear of Viktor Hovland, for his second FedExCup. It was the first TOUR Championship played without starting strokes, with all 30 players beginning at even par. East Lake hosts again in 2027 before the finale moves to rotating venues in 2028.
East Lake was set up with 29 acres of fairway for the 2026 TOUR Championship, up from 24 in 2023, with rough cut back from 90 acres to 70. The wider corridors are intended to create more risk/reward decisions, building on Andrew Green's 2023–24 restoration, which rebuilt every tee, green and bunker while keeping Ross's routing.
Rick Stimmel won by one stroke over Neil Gordon in the 36-hole stroke-play event for golfers 55+.
- Thorbjornsen closed at 18-under 262 for a two-shot win and his first PGA Tour title in the tournament's final edition - First competitive test of the restored course: played as par 70 at 7,328 yards — a composite in which a 494-yard par-4 second hole replaces the North's par-5 2nd ("Freight Train") and the 505-yard 5th plays as a par 4 - Scoring stayed low despite the changes — multiple 61s, including Cameron Young - Post-restoration member card confirmed via the club's course tour: par 72 (73 forward) at 7,104 yards from the Gold tees
- $16.1M restoration of the North Course completed ahead of the 2026 Rocket Classic (July 30 - Aug 2), its first competitive test - Greens re-expanded to recover lost size and pin positions; bunkering restored toward Ross's original scheme; significant tree removal reopened corridors - Historic drainage channels — the club calls them "fossés" — reinstated as both drainage and strategic features - Work guided by Ross's 1914 plan, the 1931 aerial, and historic photography
- Rocket Companies declined its sponsorship option, ending the tournament after its eighth edition (debuted 2019) - The 2026 finale doubles as the competitive television debut of the restored course - Leaves Detroit GC with no scheduled PGA Tour event; routing was North-led composite (South's 1st as tournament No. 3)
Event held July 23–25, 2026 and won by Ethan Whitaker of Knoxville, TN with a 3 round score of -13
The 12th hole has been rebuilt by architect Gil Hanse as part of the club's ongoing Ross restoration master plan (underway since 2003) — new green complex, an added dogleg that obscures the green from the tee, and removal of the left fairway bunkers. Head golf professional John Aber describes the change as well received by members.
Tournament held July 20–22, 2026. Mary Grace Dunigan (Kennett Square Golf & Country Club) won her third PAGA title (216, -6), five strokes clear of the field — the win earns her an exemption into the 126th U.S. Women's Amateur (Aug 4–9, The Honors Course, TN).
Registration lottery to select participants to occur August 3
Aidan Emmerich defeated Zac Georgantas 8&6 in the 36-hole final. Championship played July 6–11, 2026
Course described as "a premier classic Alexander Findlay/Donald Ross designed 18-hole golf course."
An EF1 tornado and macroburst tore through Mill Creek MetroParks on July 5, 2026, bringing down more than 100 trees on the North Course, and closed both of the park's Donald Ross layouts to golfers. On August 25 the park announced that the adjacent East Golf Hike & Bike Trail had reopened after cleanup, but that the golf course remains closed to all park patrons until further notice. Officials have said they are hopeful of reopening before the end of the normal golf season, around Thanksgiving, but no date has been confirmed.
An EF1 tornado and macroburst tore through Mill Creek MetroParks on July 5, 2026, with crews reporting they "stopped counting at 300" downed trees on the South Course, and closed both of the park's Donald Ross layouts to golfers. On August 25 the park announced that the adjacent East Golf Hike & Bike Trail had reopened after cleanup, but that the golf course remains closed to all park patrons until further notice. Officials have said they are hopeful of reopening before the end of the normal golf season, around Thanksgiving, but no date has been confirmed.
Completed a $10.4M restoration and clubhouse renovation project, including an $8.4M golf course restoration by architect Tyler Rae, restoring the course toward its original 1921 Donald Ross layout (widened fairways, redesigned greens, added mounds, hundreds of trees removed). Course had been closed since July 13, 2025; clubhouse rededication was June 19, 2026, and the golf course reopened for play June 20, 2026.