Next US-hosted Ryder Cup set for October

The 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine will have an October finish for only the second time in 30 years under a schedule announced Thursday by the PGA of America.

It will be the first time since 2010 that the Ryder Cup concludes in October

LOUISVILLE, August 7, 2014 (AFP) - The 41st edition of the biennial matches between Europe and the United States will be contested September 30-October 2 at the course in suburban Minneapolis during the PGA of America's centennial year.

It will be the first time since 2010 that the Ryder Cup concludes in October.

Holders Europe will defend the trophy next month at Gleneagles, Scotland, in the next Ryder Cup showdown.

The 2016 season already features unusual scheduling as a result of golf's return to the Olympic sports lineup in 2016 at the Rio de Janeiro Games.

The PGA of America announced Wednesday it would stage the 2016 PGA Championship in late July with only one week between it and the British Open, clearing a path for golf in the Olympics, which would start August 5 -- only five days after the Wanamaker Trophy is awarded.

Hazeltine hosted the 2002 and 2009 PGA Championships as well as the 1970 and 1991 US Opens.

Future Ryder Cup sites include Le Golf National in Paris in 2018, Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in 2020 and Bethpage Black near New York in 2024