2020–21 PGA Tour

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2020–21 PGA Tour season
DurationSeptember 10, 2020 (2020-09-10) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Number of official events50
Most wins4: United States Patrick Cantlay
FedEx Cup winnerUnited States Patrick Cantlay
Money leaderSpain Jon Rahm
Player of the YearUnited States Patrick Cantlay
Rookie of the YearUnited States Will Zalatoris

The 2020–21 PGA Tour was the 106th season of the PGA Tour, and the 54th since separating from the PGA of America. The season began on September 10, 2020. The 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs began on August 19, and concluded on September 5, 2021.

Because of rescheduling during the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, six major championships occurred during the timeframe of the 2020–21 season, with two editions of both the U.S. Open and Masters Tournament, as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics. As such, the PGA Tour marketed this season as a "super season".[1]

By winning the Tour Championship, Patrick Cantlay became the FedEx Cup champion. The Tour Championship was his fourth tournament victory of the season, following earlier successes in the Zozo Championship, the Memorial Tournament and the BMW Championship.

Changes from the previous season[]

Membership changes[]

As a result of changes made due to COVID-19 pandemic, there were several changes to membership criteria for the 2020–21 season:

  • The 2020–21 season and the preceding 2019–20 season were regarded as one season for exemption purposes. This meant that all players exempt for 2019–20 retained the same exemption status for 2020–21, and existing exemptions for tournament and FedEx Cup winners were extended by one season.[2]
  • With the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour season having been extended through 2021, there were no graduates to the PGA Tour for 2020–21. However the leading 10 players in the Korn Ferry Tour points standings through the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Championship were granted exemption to play in the Puerto Rico Open, the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship during 2021.[2]

Tournament changes[]

Field changes[]

  • Following the cancellation of ten tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PGA Tour announced that for 2021 the field of the Sentry Tournament of Champions would be expanded to include the 30 players qualifying for the 2020 Tour Championship in addition to tournament winners during the 2020 calendar year.[3]
  • The Puerto Rico Open, the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship in March 2021, the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship will have their fields increased to 132 players.[2]
  • Due to concerns with the ongoing pandemic the pro-am sections of The American Express and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am were canceled, with the tournaments being held as regular events over two courses instead of the usual three.[4][5]

Status and FedEx Cup points changes[]

Scheduling change[]

  • The Valspar Championship, which since 2007 had been held in March as part of a run of tournaments in Florida, was moved to late April,[7] finishing on May 2.

No longer on the schedule[]

  • The 2020 edition of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier was cancelled; the PGA Tour and the Greenbrier Resort also agreed to cancel the remainder of their contract, which had been set to end in 2026.[8][9]
  • The 2020 edition of the WGC-HSBC Champions was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
  • On March 9, 2021, it was announced that the RBC Canadian Open had been canceled due to the pandemic; it had also been canceled in 2020.[11]

Relocated tournaments[]

Three of the major championships, the first two FedEx Cup playoff events and the RBC Canadian Open are routinely played at a different host course each year. For several other tournaments with regular host courses, there was also a change in venue for the 2020–21 season, some of them temporary.

Additional tournaments[]

Schedule[]

Events to be held in late 2020 were announced in April along with COVID-19 pandemic related changes to the previous season's schedule.[18] The full schedule was announced on September 2, 2020.[12]

Date Tournament Location Winner OWGR
points[a]		 Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)		 Notes
Sep 13 Safeway Open California United States Stewart Cink (7) 26 6,600,000 1,188,000
Sep 20[b] U.S. Open New York United States Bryson DeChambeau (7) 100 12,500,000 2,250,000 Major championship
Sep 27[b] Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship Dominican Republic United States Hudson Swafford (2) 24 4,000,000 720,000
Oct 4 Sanderson Farms Championship Mississippi Spain Sergio García (11) 30 6,600,000 1,188,000
Oct 11 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Nevada Scotland Martin Laird (4) 54 7,000,000 1,260,000
Oct 18 CJ Cup Nevada United States Jason Kokrak (1) 68 9,750,000 1,755,000
Oct 25 Zozo Championship California United States Patrick Cantlay (3) 70 8,000,000 1,440,000
Nov 1 WGC-HSBC Champions China Canceled – – – World Golf Championships
Nov 1 Bermuda Championship Bermuda United States Brian Gay (5) 24 4,000,000 720,000
Nov 8 Vivint Houston Open Texas Mexico Carlos Ortiz (1) 50 7,000,000 1,260,000
Nov 15[b] Masters Tournament Georgia United States Dustin Johnson (24) 100 11,500,000 2,070,000 Major championship
Nov 22 RSM Classic Georgia United States Robert Streb (2) 52 6,600,000 1,188,000
Dec 6 Mayakoba Golf Classic Mexico Norway Viktor Hovland (2) 46 7,200,000 1,296,000
Jan 10 Sentry Tournament of Champions Hawaii United States Harris English (3) 64 6,700,000 1,340,000 Limited field event
Jan 17 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii United States Kevin Na (5) 50 6,600,000 1,188,000
Jan 24 The American Express California South Korea Kim Si-woo (3) 46 6,700,000 1,206,000 Celebrity pro-am[c]
Jan 31 Farmers Insurance Open California United States Patrick Reed (9) 58 7,500,000 1,350,000
Feb 7 Waste Management Phoenix Open Arizona United States Brooks Koepka (8) 58 7,300,000 1,314,000
Feb 14 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am California United States Daniel Berger (4) 30 7,800,000 1,404,000 Celebrity pro-am[c]
Feb 21 Genesis Invitational California United States Max Homa (2) 68 9,300,000 1,674,000 Invitational
Feb 28 WGC-Workday Championship Florida[d] United States Collin Morikawa (4) 74 10,500,000 1,820,000 World Golf Championships
Feb 28 Puerto Rico Open Puerto Rico South Africa Branden Grace (2) 24 3,000,000 540,000 Alternate event
Mar 7 Arnold Palmer Invitational Florida United States Bryson DeChambeau (8) 58 9,300,000 1,674,000 Invitational
Mar 14 The Players Championship Florida United States Justin Thomas (14) 80 15,000,000 2,700,000 Flagship event
Mar 21 The Honda Classic Florida Australia Matt Jones (2) 34 7,000,000 1,260,000
Mar 28 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas United States Billy Horschel (6) 76 10,500,000 1,820,000 World Golf Championships
Mar 28 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship Dominican Republic United States Joel Dahmen (1) 24 3,000,000 540,000 Alternate event
Apr 4 Valero Texas Open Texas United States Jordan Spieth (12) 38 7,700,000 1,386,000
Apr 11 Masters Tournament Georgia Japan Hideki Matsuyama (6) 100 11,500,000 2,070,000 Major championship
Apr 18 RBC Heritage South Carolina United States Stewart Cink (8) 60 7,100,000 1,278,000 Invitational
Apr 25 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana Australia Marc Leishman (6) and
Australia Cameron Smith (3) 		n/a 7,400,000 1,069,300
(each) 		Team event
May 2 Valspar Championship Florida United States Sam Burns (1) 54 6,900,000 1,242,000
May 9 Wells Fargo Championship North Carolina Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (19) 60 8,100,000 1,458,000
May 16 AT&T Byron Nelson Texas South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon (1) 48 8,100,000 1,458,000
May 23 PGA Championship South Carolina United States Phil Mickelson (45) 100 12,000,000 2,160,000 Major championship
May 30 Charles Schwab Challenge Texas United States Jason Kokrak (2) 58 7,500,000 1,350,000 Invitational
Jun 6 Memorial Tournament Ohio United States Patrick Cantlay (4) 68 9,300,000 1,674,000 Invitational
Jun 13 RBC Canadian Open Ontario Canceled – – –
Jun 13 Palmetto Championship South Carolina South Africa Garrick Higgo (1) 38 7,300,000 1,314,000 Added to replace RBC Canadian Open
Jun 20 U.S. Open California Spain Jon Rahm (6) 100 12,500,000 2,250,000 Major championship
Jun 27 Travelers Championship Connecticut United States Harris English (4) 58 7,400,000 1,332,000
Jul 4 Rocket Mortgage Classic Michigan Australia Cameron Davis (1) 46 7,500,000 1,350,000
Jul 11 John Deere Classic Illinois United States Lucas Glover (4) 28 6,200,000 1,116,000
Jul 18 The Open Championship England United States Collin Morikawa (5) 100 11,500,000 2,070,000 Major championship
Jul 18 Barbasol Championship Kentucky Republic of Ireland Séamus Power (1) 24 3,500,000 630,000 Alternate event
Jul 25 3M Open Minnesota United States Cameron Champ (3) 40 6,600,000 1,188,000
Aug 8 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Tennessee Mexico Abraham Ancer (1) 74 10,500,000 1,820,000 World Golf Championships
Aug 8 Barracuda Championship California South Africa Erik van Rooyen (1) 24 3,500,000 630,000 Alternate event
Aug 15 Wyndham Championship North Carolina United States Kevin Kisner (4) 46 6,400,000 1,152,000
Aug 23 The Northern Trust New Jersey United States Tony Finau (2) 78 9,500,000 1,710,000 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Aug 29 BMW Championship Maryland United States Patrick Cantlay (5) 72 9,500,000 1,710,000 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 5 Tour Championship Georgia United States Patrick Cantlay (6) 64[e] n/a[f] FedEx Cup Playoffs
  1. ^ Except for the major championships, which have fixed points allocations, points listed for tournaments that have not been completed are official projections based on the expected field and/or minimum points allocations. Final allocations are usually published the day after completion of all tournaments eligible for ranking points that week.
  2. ^ a b c Tournament originally part of the 2019–20 season before rescheduling due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]
  3. ^ a b Pro-Am canceled due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ Moved from Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. ^ OWGR points at the Tour Championship are awarded based on aggregate scores only (see Tour Championship format). Kevin Na and Jon Rahm tied for the lowest aggregate score and split the assigned points for first and second places, each earning 51.2 points; Cantlay, who tied for the fourth-lowest aggregate score, received 15.79 points.
  6. ^ The Tour Championship has no stand-alone purse and does not carry official money; the tournament directly determines the assignment of the FedEx Cup bonus pool money, including $15,000,000 to the winner.[19]

Unofficial events[]

The following events do not carry FedEx Cup points or official money.

Date Tournament Location Winner(s) OWGR
points		 Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)		 Notes
Sep 27 Ryder Cup Wisconsin Postponed[a] n/a Two 12-man teams
Dec 6 Hero World Challenge Bahamas Canceled[20] – – – 18-player field
Dec 13 QBE Shootout Florida United States Harris English and
United States Matt Kuchar 		n/a 3,600,000 447,500
(each) 		12 two-player teams
Aug 1[b] Olympic Games Japan United States Xander Schauffele 50 n/a 60-player field

Location of tournaments[]

FedEx Cup[]

Points distribution[]

Main article: List of point distributions of the FedEx Cup

The distribution of points for 2020–21 PGA Tour events is as follows:[21]

Finishing position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20th 30th 40th 50th 60th
Majors & Players Championship 600 330 210 150 120 110 100 94 88 82 51 32 18 10 6
WGCs, Genesis, Arnold Palmer, and Memorial 550 315 200 140 115 105 95 89 83 78 51 32 18 10 6
Other PGA Tour events 500 300 190 135 110 100 90 85 80 75 45 28 16 8.5 5
Team event (each player) 400 163 105 88 78 68 59 54 50 46 17 5 2 0 0
Alternate events 300 165 105 80 65 60 55 50 45 40 28 17 10 5 3
Playoff events 2000 1200 760 540 440 400 360 340 320 300 180 112 64 34 20

Tour Championship starting score (to par), based on position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th–10th 11th–15th 16th–20th 21st–25th 26th–30th
Starting score −10 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 Even

FedEx Cup Standings[]

Final FedEx Cup standings of the 30 qualifiers for the Tour Championship:[22]

Pos. Player Majors & The Players WGCs, Genesis, Arnold Palmer and Memorial Top 10s in other PGA Tour events Regular
season
points 		Playoffs[c] Total
points 		Tour Champs.[d] Tmts Money ($m)[e]
Nat. Name USO Mas Ply Mas PGA USO Opn Gen WGC
Wrk 		API WGC
MP 		Mem WGC
Inv 		1 2 3 4 5 NTr BMW Start Final Basic CB
Top10 		FedEx
Bonus
1 United States Cantlay T43 T17 CUT CUT T23 T15 CUT T15 • • T18 1 T23 T8 1 2 T3 2056 T11 1 4302 −10 -21 24 7.64 1.20 15.00
2 Spain Rahm T23 T7 T9 T5 T8 1 T3 T5 T32 • T5 WD • T2 T7 T7 7 2003 3 T9 3063 −6 -20 22 7.71 1.00 5.00
3 United States Na CUT T13 WD T12 CUT CUT • T38 T11 T43 T42 • T23 1 T2 T2 1308 T8 T17 1816 −2 -16 26 3.63 4.00
4 United States Thomas T8 4 1 T21 CUT T19 T40 CUT T15 • T42 T42 T26 T2 3 1758 T4 T22 2371 −4 -15 23 6.54 0.55 3.00
T5 Norway Hovland T13 • CUT T21 T30 WD T12 T5 T2 T49 T42 T47 T36 1 T2 T3 T3 1717 T43 T17 1951 −3 -14 24 5.05 2.20
T5 United States Schauffele 5 T17 CUT T3 CUT T7 T26 T15 T39 • T18 T11 T46 2 T5 T2 T2 1623 T16 T49 1854 −2 -14 22 5.24 2.20
7 United States DeChambeau 1 T34 T3 T46 T38 T26 T33 CUT T22 1 T42 T18 T8 T8 T7 T9 1910 T31 2 3189 −7 -13 22 7.43 0.70 1.30
8 United States Johnson, D T6 1 T48 CUT CUT T19 T8 T8 T54 • T28 • T10 T2 T10 1510 CUT T6 1890 −3 -11 21 5.00 1.10
T9 United States Horschel T38 T38 T58 T50 T23 CUT T53 • T2 CUT 1 67 T17 T5 T7 T4 1292 T31 T52 1397 E -10 25 4.03 0.89
T9 Mexico Ancer T56 T13 T22 T26 T8 CUT T59 CUT T18 • T18 • 1 4 4 5 2 4 1926 T64 T9 2241 −4 -10 27 5.82 0.85 0.89
T11 United States Berger T34 • T9 CUT T75 T7 T8 • T35 • T18 • T5 10 T7 1 T3 1444 T56 T26 1594 E -8 23 4.26 0.71
T11 United States Finau T8 T38 CUT T10 T8 CUT T15 2 14 • T28 T32 T34 T8 4 T2 1348 1 T15 3564 −8 -8 27 5.74 0.71
T11 United States Kokrak T17 CUT T9 49 T49 CUT T26 T32 T9 T8 T42 • T34 1 1 1631 CUT T15 1847 −2 -8 27 5.12 0.71
T14 Northern Ireland McIlroy T8 T5 CUT CUT T49 T7 T46 CUT T6 T10 T28 T18 T12 1 1291 T43 4 1878 −2 -7 21 4.39 0.58
T14 South Africa Oosthuizen 3 T23 T41 T26 T2 2 T3 • T6 • T61 T18 T17 2 T8 T2 1877 • T38 1935 −3 -7 21 6.31 0.60 0.58
T14 Spain García CUT • T9 CUT CUT T19 T19 CUT T32 • T5 • T26 1 1020 CUT T6 1400 E -7 24 3.00 0.58
T14 Australia Smith, Ca T38 T2 T17 T10 T59 CUT T33 4 T11 • T28 CUT T5 T4 T9 1 1539 2 T34 2821 −5 -7 24 5.85 0.58
T18 United States English 4 • • T21 T64 3 T46 • 66 T26 T42 • 4 10 T6 T5 1 1 2039 T31 T26 2248 −4 -6 26 6.20 1.10 0.53
T18 United States Burns • • CUT • WD CUT T76 3 • CUT • T50 T2 T7 T7 T4 1 2 1721 T21 8 2214 −4 -6 26 5.16 0.50 0.53
T20 United States Spieth CUT T46 T48 T3 T30 T19 2 T15 • T4 T9 T18 T12 T4 T3 1 T9 2 2139 73 T34 2232 −4 -4 25 6.47 1.50 0.50
T20 South Korea Im 22 T2 T17 CUT T17 T35 • • T28 T21 T42 CUT T46 T5 T8 T8 1185 T16 3 2141 −3 -4 35 4.16 0.50
T22 Canada Conners CUT T10 7 T8 T17 CUT T15 CUT • 3 T61 T53 T36 T8 T10 T4 1212 T8 T22 1684 −1 -3 29 4.01 0.47
T22 South Africa van Rooyen T23 WD • • CUT CUT CUT • T37 T57 T9 • • T10 1 648 7 5 1448 E -3 27 2.21 0.47
T22 United States Scheffler • T19 CUT T18 T8 T7 T8 T20 5 • 2 3 14 T7 T8 1409 T43 T22 1608 −1 -3 29 4.51 0.47
25 United States Reed T13 T10 T22 T8 T17 T19 CUT • T9 CUT T28 5 T31 1 T6 1381 • • 1381 E -2 23 4.02 0.45
T26 Japan Matsuyama T17 T13 CUT 1 T23 T26 • CUT T15 T18 T42 T62 T2 T2 1594 T43 T46 1681 −1 E 27 4.96 0.43
T26 United States Morikawa CUT T44 T41 T18 T8 T4 1 T43 1 • T56 2 T26 T7 T7 T7 2171 CUT T63 2188 −3 E 23 7.06 2.00 0.43
T26 United States Cink • • CUT T12 T30 T57 CUT CUT • • • T47 T43 1 T4 1 1445 T21 T38 1656 −1 E 26 3.60 0.43
29 Chile Niemann T23 CUT T29 T40 T30 T31 T59 T43 T28 • T18 CUT T17 6 2 T2 T8 T2 1491 T47 T29 1629 −1 +4 27 3.94 0.41
30 United States Koepka • T7 • CUT T2 T4 T6 T38 T2 • • • T54 T5 1 T5 1562 T31 T22 1793 −2 -- 20 5.20 0.40

Awards[]

Award Winner
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) United States Patrick Cantlay
PGA Player of the Year Spain Jon Rahm
Money winner Spain Jon Rahm
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Spain Jon Rahm
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Spain Jon Rahm
Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award) United States Will Zalatoris
FedEx Cup United States Patrick Cantlay

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Ryder Cup was postponed to September 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ The Summer Olympics had been postponed from August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ^ The top 125 point scorers in the regular season retain their tour card for the following season, and qualify for The Northern Trust. The top 70 points scorers after The Northern Trust qualify for the BMW Championship.
  4. ^ The top 30 point scorers after the BMW Championship qualify for the Tour Championship. Each player begins with a score adjustment to par determined by their point ranking, the lowest scorers in the Tour Championship in addition to this adjustment win the FedEx Cup.
  5. ^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top ten regular season point scorers receive a share of a $10m bonus, and the $60m FedEx Cup postseason bonus money is distributed based upon standings after the Tour Championship.

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