2019–20 PGA Tour

The 2019–2020 PGA Tour is the 105th season (53rd since separating from the PGA of America) of the United States-based elite men's professional golf circuit. The season started on September 12, 2019, and is due to conclude with the 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs which last from August 20 until September 7, 2020.

2019–2020 PGA Tour season
DurationSeptember 12, 2019 (2019-09-12) – September 7, 2020 (2020-09-07)
Number of official events36 (originally 49)

The season was effectively suspended on March 12 with the cancellation of the Players Championship after the first round due to growing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Several more tournaments were later canceled or postponed, including all four major championships, the two remaining World Golf Championships and the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The tour resumed on June 11 with the Charles Schwab Challenge, with measures in place to mitigate the risk of virus transmission. The following week at the RBC Heritage, Nick Watney became to first player to test positive for coronavirus.[1]

Changes from the previous season

Rule changes

The number of players making a 36-hole cut was reduced from top 70 and ties to top 65 and ties. The 54-hole secondary cut, previously in effect when more than 78 players made a 36-hole cut, was eliminated.[2][3]

Tournament changes

Schedule

Coronavirus pandemic

The tournament schedule has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The PGA Tour played the first round of the 2020 Players Championship on March 12, and stated that subsequent rounds and tournaments would continue behind closed doors.[4] However, the PGA Tour later announced that, "based on the rapidly changing situation", the rest of the tournament had been cancelled, as well as the next three events on the schedule (the Valspar Championship, WGC Match Play, and Valero Texas Open).[5] On March 13, Augusta National Golf Club announced that it would postpone the Masters Tournament—the first men's major of the golf season; the tournament was to begin April 9.[6] On March 17, the tour announced the cancellation of all scheduled tournaments through May 10 (the RBC Heritage, Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Wells Fargo Championship and AT&T Byron Nelson) and confirmed the postponement of the PGA Championship, scheduled to begin May 14, by the PGA of America.[7]

On April 16, the tour announced several changes to the remaining schedule, with the intention of restarting with the Charles Schwab Challenge, which was moved from May 18–24 to June 11–14. Several tournaments were also rescheduled, including the RBC Heritage (which had earlier been canceled) the Memorial Tournament and the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, and others were canceled, including the RBC Canadian Open. Furthermore, the tour also announced that three invitationals (Colonial, Heritage, Memorial) would be expanded from the usual 120-player field to become full-field (144 golfer) events.[8]

A charity skins game, TaylorMade Driving Relief, was held at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida on May 17, featuring Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff.[9][10]

Official events

The following table lists official events for 2019–20.[11]

DateTournamentLocationWinner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points[12][13]
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Notes
Sep 15 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier West Virginia Joaquín Niemann (1) 32 7,500,000 1,350,000
Sep 22 Sanderson Farms Championship Mississippi Sebastián Muñoz (1) 26 6,600,000 1,188,000
Sep 29 Safeway Open California Cameron Champ (2) 48 6,600,000 1,188,000
Oct 6 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Nevada Kevin Na (4) 54 7,000,000 1,260,000
Oct 13 Houston Open Texas Lanto Griffin (1) 24 7,500,000 1,350,000
Oct 20 CJ Cup South Korea Justin Thomas (11) 52 9,750,000 1,755,000
Oct 28[lower-alpha 2] Zozo Championship Japan Tiger Woods (82) 64 9,750,000 1,755,000 New tournament; co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
Nov 3 WGC-HSBC Champions China Rory McIlroy (18) 60 10,250,000 1,745,000 World Golf Championships
Nov 3 Bermuda Championship Bermuda Brendon Todd (2) 24 3,000,000 540,000 New tournament; alternate event
Nov 18[lower-alpha 3] Mayakoba Golf Classic Mexico Brendon Todd (3) 34 7,200,000 1,296,000
Nov 24 RSM Classic Georgia Tyler Duncan (1) 28 6,600,000 1,188,000
Jan 5 Sentry Tournament of Champions Hawaii Justin Thomas (12) 48 6,700,000 1,340,000 Winners-only event
Jan 12 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii Cameron Smith (2) 46 6,600,000 1,188,000
Jan 19 The American Express California Andrew Landry (2) 40 6,700,000 1,206,000 Pro-am
Jan 26 Farmers Insurance Open California Marc Leishman (5) 54 7,500,000 1,350,000
Feb 2 Waste Management Phoenix Open Arizona Webb Simpson (6) 54 7,300,000 1,314,000
Feb 9 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am California Nick Taylor (2) 42 7,800,000 1,404,000 Celebrity pro-am
Feb 16 Genesis Invitational California Adam Scott (14) 70 9,300,000 1,674,000 Invitational
Feb 23 WGC-Mexico Championship Mexico Patrick Reed (8) 70 10,500,000 1,820,000 World Golf Championships
Feb 23 Puerto Rico Open Puerto Rico Viktor Hovland (1) 24 3,000,000 540,000 Alternate event
Mar 1 The Honda Classic Florida Im Sung-jae (1) 46 7,000,000 1,260,000
Mar 8 Arnold Palmer Invitational Florida Tyrrell Hatton (1) 66 9,300,000 1,674,000 Invitational
Mar 15 The Players Championship Florida Canceled after round one 15,000,000 2,700,000 Flagship event
Mar 22 Valspar Championship Florida Canceled 6,900,000 1,242,000
Mar 29 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas Canceled 10,500,000 1,820,000 World Golf Championships
Apr 5 Valero Texas Open Texas Canceled 7,700,000 1,386,000
Apr 26 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana Canceled 7,400,000 1,069,300
(each)
Team event
May 3 Wells Fargo Championship North Carolina Canceled 8,100,000 1,458,000
May 10 AT&T Byron Nelson Texas Canceled 8,100,000 1,458,000
Jun 14 RBC Canadian Open Ontario Canceled[lower-alpha 4] 7,800,000 1,404,000
Jun 14
May 24[lower-alpha 5]
Charles Schwab Challenge Texas Daniel Berger (3) 72 7,500,000 1,350,000
Jun 21
Apr 19[lower-alpha 5]
RBC Heritage South Carolina Webb Simpson (7) 72 7,100,000 1,278,000
Jun 28 Travelers Championship Connecticut Dustin Johnson (21) 68 7,400,000 1,332,000
Jul 5
May 31[lower-alpha 5]
Rocket Mortgage Classic Michigan 7,500,000 1,350,000
Jul 12[14][15] Workday Charity Open Ohio 6,200,000 1,116,000 New tournament
Jul 12[lower-alpha 6] John Deere Classic Illinois Canceled 6,200,000 1,116,000
Jul 19 The Open Championship
England Canceled[lower-alpha 7] 10,750,000 1,935,000 Major championship
Jul 19 Barbasol Championship Kentucky Canceled[lower-alpha 4] 3,500,000 630,000 Alternate event
Jul 19
Jun 7[lower-alpha 5]
Memorial Tournament Ohio 9,300,000 1,674,000
Jul 26 3M Open Minnesota 6,600,000 1,188,000
Aug 2
Jul 5[lower-alpha 5]
WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Tennessee 10,500,000 1,820,000 World Golf Championships
Aug 2
Jul 5[lower-alpha 5]
Barracuda Championship Nevada 3,500,000 630,000 Alternate event
Aug 9
May 17[lower-alpha 8]
PGA Championship California 100 11,000,000 1,980,000 Major championship
Aug 16
Aug 9
Wyndham Championship North Carolina 6,400,000 1,152,000
Aug 23
Aug 16
The Northern Trust Massachusetts 9,500,000 1,710,000 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Aug 30
Aug 23
BMW Championship Illinois 9,500,000 1,710,000 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 7
Aug 30
Tour Championship Georgia n/a[lower-alpha 9] FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournaments postponed into 2020–21 season
Sep 20
Jun 21[lower-alpha 8]
U.S. Open New York 100 12,500,000 2,250,000 Major championship
Sep 27
Mar 29[lower-alpha 5]
Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship Dominican Republic 3,000,000 540,000 Alternate event
Nov 15
Apr 12[lower-alpha 8]
Masters Tournament Georgia 100 11,500,000 2,070,000 Major championship
  1. Numbers in parenthesis next to player's name note official PGA Tour career wins, including any which may have occurred in previous seasons as well as current season.
  2. Finished on Monday due weather.
  3. Finished on Monday due weather.
  4. Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  5. Rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  6. Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[16]
  7. Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.[17]
  8. Rescheduled due to coronavirus pandemic.[17]
  9. 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.[18]

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationWinner(s)OWGR
points
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Notes
Oct 21 The Challenge: Japan Skins Japan Jason Day n/a 350,000 210,000 4-player field
Part of Zozo Championship events
Dec 7 Hero World Challenge Bahamas Henrik Stenson 46 3,500,000 1,000,000 18-player field
Dec 15 Presidents Cup Australia U.S. Team n/a Two 12-man teams
Dec 15 QBE Shootout Florida Rory Sabbatini &
Kevin Tway
n/a 3,300,000 410,000
(each)
12 two-player teams
May 17 TaylorMade Driving Relief Florida Dustin Johnson &
Rory McIlroy
n/a 2 two-player teams
May 24 The Match: Champions for Charity Florida Tiger Woods &
Peyton Manning
n/a[lower-alpha 1] 2 two-player teams
Aug 2 Olympic Games Japan Postponed n/a 60-player field
Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
  1. $10 million in charitable donations being made to COVID-19 charities.

Location of tournaments

The tournament locations below represent the original schedule, before any changes due to COVID-19.

FedEx Cup

Points distribution

The distribution of points for 2020 PGA Tour events is:

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
World Golf Championships 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 strokes, 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 strokes −10 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 Even

Leaders

Standing of players within the Top 30 FedEx Cup rankings (through 2020 Travelers Championship):

Pos. Player Players & Majors World Golf Champ. Top 10s in other PGA Tour events Regular
season
points
Playoffs[lower-alpha 1] Total
points
Tour Champ.[lower-alpha 2] Tmts Money ($m)[lower-alpha 3]
Nat. Name Ply Mas PGA USO Opn Cha Mex MP Inv 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NoTr BMW Start Final Basic Wynd.
Top10
FedEx
Bonus
1 Simpson C
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L
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D
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2
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2
0
2
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A
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P
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N
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2
0
2
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2
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T72nd3rd1st1st 1,583 7
2 Thomas T6 T41st1stT3T10T8 1,543 11
3 Im T11T29 2ndT3T101st3rdT10 1,531 17
4 McIlroy 1st5th T3T3T5T5 1,270 9
5 Reed T81st T2T6T7 1,196 11
6 Todd 37 1st1st4th 1,166 17
7 Berger T9T5T41stT3 1,091 11
8 Leishman T42 3rd1st2nd 1,064 11
9 Griffin T29 1stT7T9 1,058 18
10 Muñoz T14 T71st3rd 1,034 18
11 Ancer T4T12 T82nd2nd 1,027 14
12 DeChambeau 2nd T4T54thT3T8T6 1,014 10
13 Schauffele 2ndT14 T10T2T3 984 11
14 Na T9 1st5th 937 14
15 Hatton T14T6 T61stT3 913 5
16 Matsuyama T11T6 T32ndT5 869 12
17 Niemann 1stT5T5 836 15
18 Streelman T42nd2nd 803 17
19 Smith T60T22 T31st 787 13
20 Champ 1st 780 12
21 Morikawa T42 T10T7T92nd 747 14
22 D Johnson T48 T7T101st 735 7
23 Scheffler T26 T7T3T53rd 697 15
24 Rahm T3 2ndT9 694 9
25 Taylor T101st 692 12
26 Scott T11T26 1st 685 7
27 English T3T6T45thT9 678 13
28 Hoge 2ndT65th 671 16
29 An 44thT29 3rdT6T8T9T4 659 16
30 Duncan 1st 659 18
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Ref:[19][20]

See also

References

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