Korn Ferry Tour Championship still coming to Victoria National in August
Fans look on to the 15th hole at Korn Ferry Tour at Victoria National Golf Club Newburgh, Ind. Photo by Christiana Botic / Courier & Press
The 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Championship will remain on the schedule for this fall at Victoria National Golf Club. But it won't be the same.
The Korn Ferry Tour announced on Monday additional modifications and details regarding the restart of its 2020 schedule and a fall calendar of events that will be part of a one-time, combined 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour season due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will resume June 8-14 with the Korn Ferry Challenge at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Verda Beach, Florida.
It comes following the announcement of a fall schedule by the PGA Tour and eligibility for its members extended through the 2020-21 season. This will result in the Korn Ferry Tour not having a graduating class in 2020, which would normally conclude with 25 additional players receiving PGA Tour cards at the event in Newburgh.
The Korn Ferry Tour Championship will remain on the previously announced date of Aug. 24-30.
“While we won’t have the opportunity to graduate a Korn Ferry Tour Class in 2020, we feel our reimagined wraparound schedule – with newly created playing opportunities – is the best solution to our season that has been disrupted by the COVID-19 crisis,” said Korn Ferry Tour President Alex Baldwin in a press release.
A performance benefit for the top 10 from the Korn Ferry Tour points list will beestablished following the conclusion of the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Championship. Those players will be granted access into all PGA TOUR additional events for the 2020-21 season.
The newly created 2020-21 schedule that will bridge two seasons will conclude with 25 PGA TOUR cards awarded at the 2021 WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by KraftHeinz, with an additional 25 cards awarded at the conclusion of the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals.
Tom Lewis won the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Championship with several others, including Southern Indiana resident Chris Baker, earning PGA Tour cards that week.
Original Article published by CourierPress.com on May 4th, 2020
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