LPGA Chevron Championship returns this month for debut at Memorial Park

Officials of The Chevron Championship announced Friday the details surrounding two of the Tournament’s primary charitable initiatives, The Chevron Challenge and Memorial Park Conservancy’s Fuel Your Park, both taking place the week of April 20-26 at the City of Houston’s renowned Memorial Park Golf Course.

The Chevron Championship is the LPGA Tour’s first major of the 2026 season.

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The Chevron Challenge showcases investments in community organizations to enable human progress, including focus areas such as STEM education, diversity and inclusion, and women’s excellence.

For every birdie on the Par 3, 15th hole during The Chevron Championship competition rounds, Chevron U.S.A. Inc. will donate $10,000 to community partners.

For the first hole-in-one, Chevron will donate an additional $1,000,000. The Chevron Challenge leaderboard will be located on Hole No. 15 to display real-time results for fans.

The objective of The Chevron Challenge is to generate excitement around Chevron’s community partners and to amplify awareness and visibility of the impact these inspiring organizations have in the community. Since its title sponsor debut in 2022, Chevron has contributed more than $12 million to a variety of organizations that drive human progress across communities in the greater Houston area and beyond.

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Featured community partners in 2026 include: Catalyst, Fab Foundation, DonorsChoose, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, LPGA Foundation, Brothers in Arms, Women in Golf Foundation, Prairie View A&M University, LPGA USGA Girls Golf (all three local chapters), Cameron Champ Foundation, American Heart Association, First Tee – Greater Houston, Western Golf Association / Evans Scholars Foundation, American Cancer Society, AJGA (Nelly Invitational), Memorial Park Conservancy (Fuel Your Park).

Funding for Memorial Park Conservancy’s Fuel Your Park program is a new initiative at The Chevron Championship. Through Fuel Your Park, Chevron will direct a portion of the Tournament’s charitable proceeds to the Memorial Park Conservancy. The Tournament enjoys a shared vision with Chevron and the Memorial Park Conservancy to preserve, restore, and enhance Memorial Park for the enjoyment of all visitors.

In addition to charity dollars, The Chevron Championship provides opportunities to amateur golfers that money cannot buy. The Tournament announced the first four of the Tournament’s eight amateur exemptions. Joining the 2026 field is Shauna Liu, winner of the Nelly Invitational; Paula Martin Sampedro, winner of the Women’s British Amateur; Megha Ganne, winner of the U.S. Women’s Amateur; and Yunseo Yang, winner of the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific (WAAP) – providing pathways for junior golfers from around the world.

The remaining exemptions will be announced in the coming weeks and will complete The Chevron Championship’s commitment to providing a pathway for amateur players to fulfill their dreams and inspire greater interest and participation in the women’s game. Joining the Tournament field will be the winners of the Women’s Amateur Latin America (WALA), Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA), Chevron Silverado Showdown, as well as one sponsor invitation.

The Chevron Championship is the first of five majors on the 2026 LPGA Tour schedule that includes 33 total tournaments in 13 different countries and follows the Race to CME Globe, a season-long points competition used to qualify for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida.

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The LPGA Tour majors carry 30% more points value, with the winner of each major receiving 650 Race to the CME Globe points versus the standard 500 points. The player who wins the CME Group Tour Championship will be named the “Race to the CME Globe Champion.”

All four rounds of The Chevron Championship will be broadcast on television, with Thursday’s and Friday’s opening rounds airing on Golf Channel and NBC hosting weekend broadcast coverage.

LPGA Tour events annually reach television audiences in more than 220 countries across the globe.