2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour
The 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour is the 31st season of the top developmental tour for the PGA Tour in men's golf, and the second under the current sponsored name of Korn Ferry Tour. Originally scheduled to run from January 12 to August 30, it was announced in early May 2020 that due to disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that the in-progress and on-hold 2020 season would be merged with the planned 2021 season.[1]
With the season having been extended through 2021, there were no graduates to the PGA Tour for the 2020–21 season. However the leading 10 players in the Korn Ferry Tour points standings through the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Championship will be granted exemption to play in four alternate events on the PGA Tour during 2021.[2]
Schedule
The table below shows the Korn Ferry Tour's 2020 schedule, which includes four new tournaments plus one that returns to the schedule after the 2019 edition was canceled.[3] The numbers in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Korn Ferry Tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the Korn Ferry Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour. Any player who wins three Korn Ferry Tour events in a season will automatically earn their PGA Tour card immediately.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | OWGR points | Notes |
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Jan 15 | The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic | Bahamas | Tommy Gainey (3) | 14 | |
Jan 22 | The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic | Bahamas | Jared Wolfe (1) | 14 | |
Feb 2 | Panama Championship | Panama | Davis Riley (1) | 14 | |
Feb 9 | Country Club de Bogotá Championship | Colombia | Mito Pereira (1) | 14 | |
Feb 16 | LECOM Suncoast Classic | Florida | Andrew Novak (1) | 14 | |
Mar 1 | El Bosque Mexico Championship | Mexico | David Kocher (1) | 14 | Last played in 2018 |
Chitimacha Louisiana Open | Louisiana | Canceled[4] | |||
Lake Charles Championship | Louisiana | Canceled[4] | New tournament | ||
Veritex Bank Championship | Texas | Canceled[5] | New tournament | ||
Huntsville Championship | Alabama | Canceled[5] | New tournament | ||
Simmons Bank Open | Tennessee | Canceled[5] | |||
KC Golf Classic | Missouri | Canceled[5] | |||
Visit Knoxville Open | Tennessee | Canceled[5] | |||
Rex Hospital Open | North Carolina | Canceled[6] | |||
BMW Charity Pro-Am | South Carolina | Canceled[6] | |||
Live and Work in Maine Open | Maine | Canceled[6] | New tournament | ||
Jun 14 | Korn Ferry Challenge | Florida | Luke List (2) | 14 | New tournament[1] |
Jun 20 | The King & Bear Classic | Florida | Chris Kirk (3) | 14 | New tournament[1] |
Jun 28 | Utah Championship | Utah | Kyle Jones (1) | 14 | |
Jul 4 | TPC Colorado Championship | Colorado | Will Zalatoris (1) | 14 | |
Jul 12 | TPC San Antonio Challenge | Texas | David Lipsky (1) | 14 | New tournament[1] |
Jul 18 | TPC San Antonio Championship | Texas | Davis Riley (2) | 14 | New tournament[1] |
Jul 26 | Price Cutter Charity Championship | Missouri | Max McGreevy (1) | 14 | |
Aug 2 | Pinnacle Bank Championship | Nebraska | Seth Reeves (1) | 14 | |
Aug 9 | WinCo Foods Portland Open | Oregon | Lee Hodges (1) | 14 | Championship Series[7] |
Aug 16 | Albertsons Boise Open | Idaho | Stephan Jäger (5) | 14 | Championship Series[7] |
Aug 23 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship | Ohio | Curtis Luck (1) | 14 | Championship Series[7] |
Aug 30 | Korn Ferry Tour Championship | Indiana | Brandon Wu (1) | 20 | Championship Series[7] |
Sep 6 | Lincoln Land Championship | Illinois | Brett Drewitt (1) | 14 | |
Sep 13 | Evans Scholars Invitational | Illinois | Curtis Thompson (1) | 14 | |
Sep 27 | Wichita Open | Kansas | Jared Wolfe (2) | 14 | |
Oct 4 | Savannah Golf Championship | Georgia | Evan Harmeling (1) | 14 | |
Oct 11 | Orange County National Championship | Florida | Trey Mullinax (2) | 14 | New tournament[1] |
Feb 21 | LECOM Suncoast Classic | Florida | 14 | ||
Mar 21 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open | Louisiana | 14 | ||
Mar 28 | Club Car Championship | Georgia | 14 | ||
Apr 4 | Emerald Coast Classic | Florida | 14 | New tournament | |
Apr 18 | Paiute Las Vegas Championship | Nevada | 14 | New tournament | |
Apr 25 | Veritex Bank Championship | Texas | 14 | Tournament's debut delayed from 2020 | |
May 2 | Huntsville Championship | Alabama | 14 | Tournament's debut delayed from 2020 | |
May 9 | Simmons Bank Open | Tennessee | 14 | ||
May 16 | Visit Knoxville Open | Tennessee | 14 | ||
May 23 | KC Golf Classic | Missouri | 14 | ||
May 30 | Evans Scholars Invitational | Illinois | 14 | ||
Jun 6 | Rex Hospital Open | North Carolina | 14 | ||
Jun 13 | BMW Charity Pro-Am | South Carolina | 14 | ||
Jun 20 | Wichita Open | Kansas | 14 | ||
Jun 27 | Live and Work in Maine Open | Maine | 14 | Tournament's debut delayed from 2020 | |
Jul 11 | TPC Colorado Championship | Colorado | 14 | ||
Jul 18 | Lincoln Land Championship | Illinois | 14 | ||
Jul 25 | Price Cutter Charity Championship | Missouri | 14 | ||
Aug 8 | Utah Championship | Utah | 14 | ||
Aug 15 | Pinnacle Bank Championship | Nebraska | 14 | ||
Aug 22 | Albertsons Boise Open | Idaho | 16 | Finals | |
Aug 29 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship | Ohio | 16 | Finals | |
Sep 5 | Korn Ferry Tour Championship | Indiana | 20 | Finals |
Location of tournaments
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Exemptions into PGA Tour events in 2021
The leading 10 players in the Korn Ferry Tour points standings through the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Championship will be granted exemption to play in the Puerto Rico Open, the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship on the PGA Tour during 2021. Those players were Paul Barjon, Lee Hodges, Stephan Jäger, David Lipsky, Taylor Pendrith, Mito Pereira, Davis Riley, Greyson Sigg, Brandon Wu and Will Zalatoris.[2]
References
- "Korn Ferry Tour announces new restart schedule and combined 2020-21 season". PGA Tour. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- Bolton, Rob (September 8, 2020). "Fantasy preview for 2020-2021 season". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "PGA Tour announces 2020 Korn Ferry Tour schedule". PGA Tour. October 15, 2019.
- Herrington, Ryan (March 13, 2020). "Here are all the golf tournaments that have been canceled or postponed due to the coronavirus". Golf Digest.
- "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- "PGA Tour announces schedule adjustments for remainder of 2019-20 FedExCup season, releases fall portion of 2020-21 PGA Tour Regular Season schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- "Power Rankings: Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco". PGA Tour. August 10, 2020.