ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- The PGA Tour is returning to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina for the first time in 86 years with a FedEx Cup Fall event in September.

The Biltmore Championship in Asheville, sponsored by the Biltmore Estate and Explore Asheville, is scheduled for Sept. 17-20 -- the second new fall event the tour has announced in the past month. It will be held at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, a Jack Nicklaus signature design.

North Carolina already has the Truist Championship in Charlotte (May) and Wyndham Championship in Greensboro (August).

The PGA Tour was last in Asheville in 1942, a four-year run of a tournament called Land of the Sky Open. Ben Hogan won his first individual tour title in 1940, the start of winning three in a row at Asheville.

The event was held a week b

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