August 2017: Fitness & Sports

• The International Association of Athletics Federation’s World Championships in track and field will be held in London at the site of the 2012 Olympic Games – Aug 4-13
• The 2017 PGA Golf Championship will be the first major tournament held at Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina; the winner claims the Wanamaker Trophy – the world will be watching to see if Jordan Spieth can take it and become the youngest Grand Slam winner in tournament history – Aug 7-13
• The Women’s Rugby World Cup will be held in Ireland; early rounds are in Dublin, and the semis and final are in Belfast – Aug 9-26
• The NFL Preseason kicks off with the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio when the Dallas Cowboys meet the Arizona Cardinals – Aug 3
• The Premier League, England’s primary football competition, starts its season – Aug 12
• The Solheim Cup will take place at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club – Aug 14-20
• The annual Palio di Siena bare-backed horse race is in Siena, Italy – Aug 16
• The Hublot Polo Gold Cup is in Gstadd – Aug 17-20
• La Vuelta a España is cycling’s final Grand Tour of the year; for the first time in the Vuelta’s history the race will begin in France, in Nîmes, and will finish in Madrid – Aug 19-Sept 10
• The biennial Southeast Asia (SEA) Games take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Aug 19-31
• The FEI European Equestrian Championships are in Gothenburg, Sweden – Aug 21-27
• BWF World Badminton Championships are in Glasgow, Scotland – Aug 21-27
• The Belgian F1 Grand Prixtakes place in Spa, Francorchamps – Aug 25-27
• The NCAA college football season kicks off with Stanford and Rice facing off in Sydney, Australia at Allianz Stadium. Kickoff for that game is 10:00 p.m. Eastern – Aug 26
• Boxer Floyd Mayweather meets mixed martial artist Conor McGregor in Las Vegas for a much-hyped match-up with a potential nine-figure purse for the winner – Aug 26
• The Hampton Classic equestrian competition is in Bridgehampton – Aug 27 – Sept 3
• The US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament is at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens; live music, international food, and lots of glamour await, plus a possible 20^th Grand Slam victory for Roger Federer – Aug 28 – Sept 10
• The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials are at Burghley Park, Stamford, UK – Aug 31-Sept 3

See other August 2017 events:
Travel
Food & Drink
Planes, Yachts & Autos
Fashion & Design
Entertainment
The Arts

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