LPGA's 2027 Schedule Preview Drops Scottish Open, Aramco Event

The LPGA's first glimpse of its 2027 schedule, shown to players at a meeting during the FM Championship in late August, did not include the Aramco Championship or the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open. Golfweek has learned that the PIF London Championship, formerly an LET-only event, will move into the Scottish Open's window as a newly co-sanctioned tournament.

What is replacing the Scottish Open?

The 2027 schedule shown to players did not specify a replacement, but the PIF London Championship is set to fill the slot the Scottish Open has occupied since 2017. The London event was previously part of the PIF Global Series, an LET-only series with five events and $15 million in combined purses in 2026 — more than half of the LET's total prize fund outside the majors. Its co-sanctioned venue and format have not been announced.

The shift comes amid uncertainty about Saudi-backed golf investment: LIV Golf filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, raising questions about how much the Public Investment Fund will keep putting into the women's game.

Why is the Aramco Championship on the move again?

The Aramco Championship's Las Vegas stop lasted one year. The LPGA partnered with Golf Saudi last November to bring the event to Shadow Creek after the tour lost T-Mobile as title sponsor of what had been its only match-play event. The 2026 edition switched to stroke play, carried a $4 million purse and was won by Lauren Coughlin. It is now moving overseas again for 2027.

What has the Scottish Open meant to the LPGA?

The tournament dates to the mid-1980s and became a co-sanctioned LPGA event in 2017. Its winners include major champions Ariya Jutanugarn (2018), Stacy Lewis (2020), Ayaka Furue (2022) and Celine Boutier (2023), and Lottie Woad won her first professional title there in 2025. Run by IMG and backed by the Scottish government, the event has required LPGA subsidies in recent years to stay on the calendar. Only one LPGA player, Gemma Dryburgh, is currently from Scotland.

The LET says it intends to keep the Scottish Open on its own schedule. IMG tournament director Harry Owen said the event has become "one of the players' favorite events on tour" and serves as preparation for the AIG Women's British Open, which drew seven of this year's top 10 players to Dundonald Links. Nelly Korda, Charley Hull and Woad have been grouped together for the tournament's first two rounds in each of the past two years.

Losing the Scottish Open would leave LPGA players without a links tune-up before the season's final major.

What else is changing on the LPGA's 2027 calendar?

The tour is also replacing its Cincinnati stop, dropped after Kroger ended its sponsorship, with the return of an event in Corning, and a new Hong Kong tournament will replace China's Blue Bay LPGA, which had run since 2014. Both new events carry higher purses. The tour is also adding the Nanea Cup in Hawaii next March, according to LPGA vice president of communications J.D. Sterba, who said routing, courses and purses remain the priorities for 2027 planning.

The LPGA has said a full 2027 schedule will follow later this fall.