2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour season
DurationJanuary 12, 2020 (2020-01-12) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Number of official events46[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsChile Mito Pereira (3)
Regular season points listGermany Stephan Jäger
Finals points listUnited States Joseph Bramlett
Player of the YearGermany Stephan Jäger
Rookie of the YearUnited States Greyson Sigg
2019
2022

The 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour was the 31st season of the Korn Ferry Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

In-season changes

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 were granted exemptions to play in four alternate events on the PGA Tour during 2021.[2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.[3][4]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points
Notes
Jan 15, 2020The Bahamas Great Exuma ClassicBahamas600,000United States Tommy Gainey (3)14
Jan 22, 2020The Bahamas Great Abaco ClassicBahamas600,000United States Jared Wolfe (1)14
Feb 2, 2020Panama ChampionshipPanama625,000United States Davis Riley (1)14
Feb 9, 2020Country Club de Bogotá ChampionshipColombia700,000Chile Mito Pereira (1)14
Feb 16, 2020LECOM Suncoast ClassicFlorida600,000United States Andrew Novak (1)14
Mar 1, 2020El Bosque Mexico ChampionshipMexico650,000United States David Kocher (1)14
Mar 22, 2020Chitimacha Louisiana OpenLouisianaCanceled[5]
Mar 29, 2020Lake Charles ChampionshipLouisianaCanceled[5]New tournament
Apr 19, 2020Veritex Bank ChampionshipTexasCanceled[5]New tournament
Apr 26, 2020Huntsville ChampionshipAlabamaCanceled[5]New tournament
May 3, 2020Simmons Bank OpenTennesseeCanceled[5]
May 10, 2020KC Golf ClassicMissouriCanceled[5]
May 17, 2020Visit Knoxville OpenTennesseeCanceled[5]
May 31, 2020Rex Hospital OpenNorth CarolinaCanceled[5]
Jun 7, 2020BMW Charity Pro-AmSouth CarolinaCanceled[5]Pro-Am
Jun 14, 2020Live and Work in Maine OpenMaineCanceled[5]New tournament
Jun 14, 2020Korn Ferry ChallengeFlorida600,000United States Luke List (2)14New tournament
Jun 20, 2020King & Bear ClassicFlorida600,000United States Chris Kirk (3)14New tournament
Jun 28, 2020Utah ChampionshipUtah650,000United States Kyle Jones (1)14
Jul 4, 2020
Jul 12, 2020
TPC Colorado ChampionshipColorado600,000United States Will Zalatoris (1)14
Jul 12, 2020TPC San Antonio ChallengeTexas600,000United States David Lipsky (1)14New tournament
Jul 18, 2020TPC San Antonio ChampionshipTexas600,000United States Davis Riley (2)14New tournament
Jul 26, 2020Price Cutter Charity ChampionshipMissouri650,000United States Max McGreevy (1)14
Aug 2, 2020Pinnacle Bank ChampionshipNebraska600,000United States Seth Reeves (1)14
Aug 9, 2020WinCo Foods Portland OpenOregon800,000United States Lee Hodges (1)14Championship Series
Aug 16, 2020Albertsons Boise OpenIdaho1,000,000Germany Stephan Jäger (5)14Championship Series
Aug 23, 2020Nationwide Children's Hospital ChampionshipOhio1,000,000Australia Curtis Luck (1)14Championship Series
Aug 30, 2020Korn Ferry Tour ChampionshipIndiana1,000,000United States Brandon Wu (1)20Championship Series
Sep 6, 2020
Jul 19, 2020
Lincoln Land ChampionshipIllinois600,000Australia Brett Drewitt (1)14
Sep 13, 2020
May 24, 2020
Evans Scholars InvitationalIllinois600,000United States Curtis Thompson (1)14
Sep 27, 2020
Jun 21, 2020
Wichita OpenKansas600,000United States Jared Wolfe (2)14
Oct 4, 2020
Apr 5, 2020
Savannah Golf ChampionshipGeorgia600,000United States Evan Harmeling (1)14
Oct 11, 2020Orange County National ChampionshipFlorida600,000United States Trey Mullinax (2)14New tournament
Feb 21, 2021LECOM Suncoast ClassicFlorida600,000United States Hayden Buckley (1)14
Mar 21, 2021Chitimacha Louisiana OpenLouisiana600,000Mexico Roberto Díaz (1)14
Mar 28, 2021Club Car ChampionshipGeorgia600,000Canada Adam Svensson (2)14
Apr 4, 2021Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida600,000Germany Stephan Jäger (6)14New tournament
Apr 18, 2021MGM Resorts ChampionshipNevada600,000United States Peter Uihlein (2)14New tournament
Apr 25, 2021Veritex Bank ChampionshipTexas600,000United States Tyson Alexander (1)14New tournament[lower-alpha 3]
May 2, 2021Huntsville ChampionshipAlabama600,000France Paul Barjon (1)14New tournament[lower-alpha 3]
May 9, 2021Simmons Bank OpenTennessee600,000United States Austin Smotherman (1)14
May 16, 2021Visit Knoxville OpenTennessee600,000United States Greyson Sigg (1)14
May 23, 2021AdventHealth ChampionshipMissouri675,000United States Cameron Young (1)14
May 30, 2021Evans Scholars InvitationalIllinois600,000United States Cameron Young (2)14
Jun 6, 2021Rex Hospital OpenNorth Carolina650,000Chile Mito Pereira (2)14
Jun 13, 2021BMW Charity Pro-AmSouth Carolina700,000Chile Mito Pereira (3)[lower-alpha 4]14Pro-Am
Jun 20, 2021Wichita OpenKansas600,000England Harry Hall (1)14
Jun 27, 2021Live and Work in Maine OpenMaine600,000United States Chad Ramey (1)14New tournament[lower-alpha 3]
Jul 11, 2021TPC Colorado ChampionshipColorado600,000United States Tag Ridings (2)14
Jul 18, 2021Memorial Health ChampionshipIllinois600,000United States Taylor Moore (1)14
Jul 25, 2021Price Cutter Charity ChampionshipMissouri600,000United States Dylan Wu (1)14
Aug 8, 2021Utah ChampionshipUtah600,000United States Joshua Creel (1)14
Aug 15, 2021Pinnacle Bank ChampionshipNebraska750,000England David Skinns (2)14
Aug 22, 2021Albertsons Boise OpenIdaho1,000,000United States Greyson Sigg (2)18Finals event
Aug 29, 2021Nationwide Children's Hospital ChampionshipOhio1,000,000Canada Adam Svensson (3)20Finals event
Sep 5, 2021Korn Ferry Tour ChampionshipIndiana1,000,000United States Joseph Bramlett (1)20Finals event

Location of tournaments

Points list

For full rankings, see 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates.

Regular season points list

The regular season points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[7] The top 25 players on the regular season points list earned status to play on the 2021–22 PGA Tour.[8]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Germany Stephan Jäger2,804
2Chile Mito Pereira2,556
3United States Chad Ramey2,480
4United States Taylor Moore2,271
5Canada Taylor Pendrith2,154

Finals points list

The Finals points list was based on tournament results during the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, calculated using a points-based system.[9] The top 25 players on the Finals points list (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2021–22 PGA Tour.[10]

PositionPlayerPoints
1United States Joseph Bramlett1,139
2Canada Adam Svensson1,138
3United States Greyson Sigg1,037
4Germany Stephan Jäger720
5United States Trey Mullinax700

2021 PGA Tour exemptions

The leading 10 players in the Korn Ferry Tour points list through the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Championship were granted exemptions 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.[2] They were as follows:

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the YearGermany Stephan Jäger[11]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Greyson Sigg[11]

Notes

  1. A further 10 tournaments were scheduled but were canceled.
  2. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Korn Ferry Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Korn Ferry Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Korn Ferry Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.
  3. 1 2 3 Tournament's debut delayed from 2020.
  4. Pereira earned immediate promotion to the PGA Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[6]

References

  1. "Korn Ferry Tour announces new restart schedule and combined 2020-21 season". PGA Tour. May 4, 2020. Archived from the original on May 4, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Bolton, Rob (September 8, 2020). "Fantasy preview for 2020-2021 season". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 11, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2023. In reaction to special exemptions for 10 Korn Ferry Tour players (noted below in the Membership section), the Puerto Rico Open (Feb. 25-28), the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship (March 25-28), the Barbasol Championship (July 15-18) and the Barracuda Championship (Aug. 5-8) will expand to 132 golfers each.
  3. "2020–21 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  4. "PGA Tour announces 2020 Korn Ferry Tour schedule". PGA Tour. October 15, 2019. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Herrington, Ryan (March 13, 2020). "Here are all the golf tournaments that have been canceled or postponed due to the coronavirus". Golf Digest. Retrieved August 31, 2023. Korn Ferry Tour - Canceled: Chitimacha Louisiana Open (March 19-22), Lake Charles Championship (March 26-29), Veritex Bank Championship (April 16-19), Huntsville Championship (April 23-26), Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation (April 30-May 3), KC Golf Classic (May 7-10), Visit Knoxville Open (May 14-17), Rex Hospital Open (May 28-31), BMW Charity Pro-Am (June 4-7), Live and Work in Maine Open (June 11-14).
  6. "Mito Pereira earns historic third victory, promotion to PGA Tour at BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation". PGA Tour. June 13, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  7. "2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour regular season points list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  8. "Meet the 25 players who earned PGA Tour cards through the Korn Ferry Tour regular season". PGA Tour. August 15, 2021. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  9. "2021 Korn Ferry Tour The 25". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  10. "Meet the 25 players who earned PGA Tour cards through the Korn Ferry Tour Finals". PGA Tour. September 5, 2021. Archived from the original on September 6, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Stephan Jaeger, Greyson Sigg win 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour player awards". PGA Tour. November 16, 2021. Archived from the original on November 16, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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