The Epson Tour Championship will return to Indian Wells, California, for a third straight season. The LPGA's top developmental circuit will hold its season-ending event Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 at Indian Wells Golf Resort.
The Players Course was recently renovated and is joined on the property by the Celebrity course, which was renovated ahead of the 2025 championship.
The City of Indian Wells will continue as presenting sponsor.
The top 15 finishers will earn 2027 tour cards for the LPGA. New in 2026 is an 80-woman field and a no-cut format for the 72-hole tournament. The total purse is $250,000 with $100,000 going to the winner. It's the first time the winner of the Epson Championship will earn a six-figure payday.
“As a premier golf destination, we
are excited to once again welcome the Epson Tour Championship to Indian Wells,” Dr. Toper Taylor, mayor of Indian Wells, said in a news release. “The Epson Tour brings some of the most talented professional women golfers to our community and provides an incredible opportunity for residents, visitors, and golf fans to experience championship-caliber competition right here in Indian Wells.”
"Indian Wells has become the perfect stage for the Epson Tour to crown its season, and we couldn't ask for a better partner in the City of Indian Wells,” Jody Brothers, general manager of the Epson Tour, said in a news release. “The newly renovated Players Course gives our athletes a true championship test, and the backdrop of the Coachella Valley creates an unforgettable setting for the final push toward LPGA Tour cards. This is where dreams are realized, and there's no place we'd rather do it.”
The Indian Wells Golf Resort's Players Course reopened in December of 2025 after a $13 million John Fought renovation. It's a course that Fought first redesigned in 2007. It dates back to the '80s.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Epson Tour Championship returns to Players Course at Indian Wells Golf Resort
