Hospitality and corporate opportunities available at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club

MENLO PARK, Calif. (Jan. 29, 2026) – As the 2026 LPGA Tour season kicks off today in Florida, Bay Area golf fans can mark their calendars to watch the world’s best golfers in their own backyard. On March 19-22, 2026, the LPGA Tour will head to Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club in Menlo Park for the 2026 Fortinet Founders Cup, the first full-field event of the season and the start of a new chapter in the long history of women’s golf in Northern California.

Early field commitments include Rolex Rankings No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul, who has been the top player in the world since August 2025. Other notable names in the preliminary field for the 2026 Fortinet Founders Cup are major champions Celine Boutier, Allisen Corpuz, Brooke Henderson, Ariya Jutanugarn, A Lim Kim, Grace Kim, Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko, Jennifer Kupcho, Minjee Lee, Mao Saigo, Lilia Vu and Miyu Yamashita.

This will be the 15th edition of the Fortinet Founders Cup, an event that celebrates the 13 Founding Members of the LPGA, who created the Association in 1950. Previously played at venues across Arizona, Florida and New Jersey, the event routinely showcases the top talent of the LPGA. The 2025 playing saw American Yealimi Noh become a Rolex First-Time Winner after closing out her final round with a four-stroke lead over three-time Founders Cup champion Jin Young Ko, while Rose Zhang, who attends Stanford University just over a mile from Sharon Heights, won the 2024 Founders Cup for her second professional victory. Noh, Ko and Zhang are all currently entered in the 2026 Fortinet Founders Cup field, with entries officially closing on March 10.

Tickets are available for purchase at SeatGeek.com. Daily tickets start at $64 for General Admission, with weekly passes starting at $139. Pioneer Pavilion hospitality tickets are $299 for daily admission and $899 for weekly access. The Pioneer Pavilion provides premium access to an open-air structure between the 14th and 16th greens and features shared food and beverage services, including bar options, as well as complimentary off-site parking.

Juniors aged 17 and under will receive complimentary general admission with the purchase of an adult ticket. For more information on junior tickets, visit TheFoundersLPGA.com. Additionally, volunteer opportunities are available for fans who want to participate in the week’s festivities. Click here for more information.

Group hospitality and sponsorship opportunities for the 2026 Fortinet Founders Cup are available by contacting Tommy Austin at tommy.austin@lpga.com or Fortinet Marketing at usevents@fortinet.com.

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The LPGA’s return to Northern California marks a longstanding tradition of women’s golf in the area. Previously, the Bay Area hosted the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, played at The Olympic Club, and the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open, played at CordeValle, as well as the 2023 Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown, played at TPC Harding Park. The last non-major, standard-eligibility LPGA Tour event to be held in Northern California was the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, played from 2018 through 2022 at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City.

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