Memorial Park to construct pond for 'The Jump' at LPGA's Chevron
The Chevron Championship is building a new pond at Memorial Park Golf Course to keep 'The Jump' tradition alive.
"The Jump" is here to stay. The Chevron Championship announced Thursday that Memorial Park Golf Course, which hosted the PGA Tour's Texas Children's Houston Open last week and soon will host the LPGA's first major championship of the year, is adding a pond right of the par-4 18th green. The pond, which will extend well into the 18th fairway, will be fully completed in time for the 2027 championship, though a temporary pool is being constructed for the 2026 champion.
In the meantime, a temporary pool – basically a swimming pool – will be used for this year's Chevron Championship, which is April 23-26. Work on the temporary pool began soon after the Houston Open ended March 29. I’m at Memorial Park Golf Course, which will host this year’s LPGA Chevron Championship.
They’ve announced that to keep the tradition of the pond jump at the 18th hole from The Club at Carlton Woods — they will be adding a pond to the 18th hole at Memorial Park. #LPGA pic. twitter.
com/AXpsuBPGaB — Leah Vann (@LVann_Sports) April 2, 2026 Glenn Weckerlin, the tournament's executive director of the Chevron and Chevron's global director of brand and partner line management, said the Chevron didn't want to skip a year of the famous leap, which became notable when the tournament was contested at Mission Hills in California. "Augusta has a green jacket, and we have a bathrobe," Weckerlin told Golfweek. "What were we going to do for the champion if we didn't give her a bathrobe?