The Unique New Golf Destination Hosting The 2027 PGA Championship

BusinessSportsMoneyThe Unique New Golf Destination Hosting The 2027 PGA ChampionshipByErik Matuszewski,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Matuszewski's coverage spans golf businesses, news & destinationsFollow AuthorMay 16, 2026, 07:00pm EDTFields Ranch at the Omni PGA Frisco Resort and Spa will host the PGA Championship in 2027, the first North Texas site for a men's golf major championship in more than six decades.Erik MatuszewskiAmid the heightened new development going on within the golf destination world, there’s nothing quite like the Omni PGA Frisco Resort and Spa, the host site for the 2027 PGA Championship. This unique Texas property, just under an hour north of downtown Dallas, is a purpose-built campus that opened in 2023 and was designed to serve as the modern home of golf in the U.S. It can sometimes be confusing because of the nomenclature within the golf world, as it’s often referred to as PGA Frisco, Fields Ranch or simply Frisco. But the official name for the overall property is Omni PGA Frisco, with the golf component known as Fields Ranch. The latter includes the two championship courses – the Gil Hanse-designed East and Beau Welling-designed West – along with a lighted 10-hole par 3 course called ‘The Swing’ and a massive, centrally-located putting green, ‘The Dance Floor,’ that’s open to everyone.Families enjoy The Dance Floor putting green late in the evening at Omni PGA Frisco.Erik MatuszewskiThe most unusual aspect of this still-growing destination is that four very different enterprises are partners in the property: the City of Frisco, Texas, the Frisco Independent School District, Omni Hotels & Resorts, and the PGA of America. But Paul Earnest, the director of golf and operations for Fields Ranch, says the partnership has worked well. “It takes an immense amount of communication and immense amount of organization on who’s going where and when,” said Earnest. “It needs to...