2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour

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The 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour was 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 2020–21 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
Jan 15 The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic Bahamas United States Tommy Gainey (3) 14
Jan 22 The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic Bahamas United States Jared Wolfe (1) 14
Feb 2 Panama Championship Panama United States (1) 14
Feb 9 Country Club de Bogotá Championship Colombia Chile Mito Pereira (1) 14
Feb 16 LECOM Suncoast Classic Florida United States (1) 14
Mar 1 El Bosque Mexico Championship Mexico United States (1) 14 Last played in 2018
Mar 22 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana Canceled[4]
Mar 29 Louisiana Canceled[4] New tournament
Apr 19 Veritex Bank Championship Texas Canceled[5] New tournament
Apr 26 Huntsville Championship Alabama Canceled[5] New tournament
May 3 Simmons Bank Open Tennessee Canceled[5]
May 10 KC Golf Classic Missouri Canceled[5]
May 17 Visit Knoxville Open Tennessee Canceled[5]
May 31 Rex Hospital Open North Carolina Canceled[6]
Jun 7 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina Canceled[6]
Jun 14 Live and Work in Maine Open Maine Canceled[6] New tournament
Jun 14 Korn Ferry Challenge Florida United States Luke List (2) 14 New tournament[1]
Jun 20 King & Bear Classic Florida United States Chris Kirk (3) 14 New tournament[1]
Jun 28 Utah Championship Utah United States (1) 14
Jul 12[1]
Jul 4		 TPC Colorado Championship Colorado United States Will Zalatoris (1) 14
Jul 12 TPC San Antonio Challenge Texas United States David Lipsky (1) 14 New tournament[1]
Jul 18 TPC San Antonio Championship Texas United States (2) 14 New tournament[1]
Jul 26 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri United States (1) 14
Aug 2 Pinnacle Bank Championship Nebraska United States (1) 14
Aug 9 WinCo Foods Portland Open Oregon United States (1) 14 Championship Series[7]
Aug 16 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho Germany Stephan Jäger (5) 14 Championship Series[7]
Aug 23 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship Ohio Australia Curtis Luck (1) 14 Championship Series[7]
Aug 30 Korn Ferry Tour Championship Indiana United States (1) 20 Championship Series[7]
Jul 19[1]
Sep 6		 Lincoln Land Championship Illinois Australia Brett Drewitt (1) 14
May 24[6]
Sep 13		 Evans Scholars Invitational Illinois United States (1) 14
Jun 21
Sep 27		 Wichita Open Kansas United States Jared Wolfe (2) 14
Apr 5[5]
Oct 4		 Savannah Golf Championship Georgia United States (1) 14
Oct 11 Orange County National Championship Florida United States Trey Mullinax (2) 14 New tournament[1]
Feb 21 LECOM Suncoast Classic Florida United States Hayden Buckley (1) 14 Last player to gain entry
Mar 21 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Louisiana Mexico Roberto Díaz (1) 14
Mar 28 Club Car Championship Georgia Canada Adam Svensson (2) 14
Apr 4 Emerald Coast Classic Florida Germany Stephan Jäger (6) 14 New tournament
Apr 18 MGM Resorts Championship Nevada United States Peter Uihlein (2) 14 New tournament
Apr 25 Veritex Bank Championship Texas United States (1) 14 Tournament's debut delayed from 2020
May 2 Huntsville Championship Alabama France Paul Barjon (1) 14 Tournament's debut delayed from 2020
May 9 Simmons Bank Open Tennessee United States Austin Smotherman (1) 14
May 16 Visit Knoxville Open Tennessee United States (1) 14
May 23 AdventHealth Championship Missouri United States (1) 14
May 30 Evans Scholars Invitational Illinois United States (2) 14
Jun 6 Rex Hospital Open North Carolina Chile Mito Pereira (2) 14
Jun 13 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina Chile Mito Pereira (3) 14 Pereira earns promotion to PGA Tour
Jun 20 Wichita Open Kansas England (1) 14
Jun 27 Live and Work in Maine Open Maine United States (1) 14 Tournament's debut delayed from 2020
Jul 11 TPC Colorado Championship Colorado United States Tag Ridings (2) 14
Jul 18 Memorial Health Championship Illinois United States (1) 14
Jul 25 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri United States Dylan Wu (1) 14
Aug 8 Utah Championship Utah United States (1) 14
Aug 15 Pinnacle Bank Championship Nebraska England David Skinns (2) 14
Aug 22 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho United States (2) 18 Finals
Aug 29 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship Ohio Canada Adam Svensson (3) 20 Finals
Sep 5 Korn Ferry Tour Championship Indiana United States Joseph Bramlett (1) 20 Finals

Location of tournaments[]

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, , Stephan Jäger, David Lipsky, Taylor Pendrith, Mito Pereira, , , and Will Zalatoris.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Korn Ferry Tour announces new restart schedule and combined 2020-21 season". PGA Tour. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Bolton, Rob (September 8, 2020). "Fantasy preview for 2020-2021 season". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "PGA Tour announces 2020 Korn Ferry Tour schedule". PGA Tour. October 15, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Herrington, Ryan (March 13, 2020). "Here are all the golf tournaments that have been canceled or postponed due to the coronavirus". Golf Digest.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "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.
  7. ^ a b c d "Power Rankings: Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco". PGA Tour. August 10, 2020.

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