There will be no graduation to the PGA Tour in 2020.
The PGA Tour announced on Wednesday the Korn Ferry Tour schedule this season will roll into the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, which already has canceled nine tournaments on the developmental circuit.
The Korn Ferry Tour last played March 1 and is scheduled to resume with a new, yet-to-be-named tournament June 11 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. If there are no more cancellations, the Korn Ferry Tour would play just 17 events in 2020. There also will not be a Korn Ferry Tour Q-School this year.
However, there will be limited promotion from the secondary circuit. The top 10 players from the final Korn Ferry Tour points list following the conclusion of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance the last week of August will be allowed to play in all of the PGA Tour’s additional tournaments such as opposite-field events for the 2020-21 season.
Additional information concerning the Korn Ferry Tour’s adjusted and extended season is expected to be announced May 4.
As well, players on the PGA Tour who fall outside the top 125 in the FedEx Cup points race after this season’s conclusion would have had the opportunity to regain their cards in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. This season, however, those who fall outside the top 125 in the FedEx Cup points race won’t lose their cards; they now will have another year of eligibility.
Currently, the PGA Tour is scheduled to return June 11 with the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. If the schedule holds, a FedEx Cup champion will be crowned at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta in September. If the PGA Tour does resume in June, FedEx Cup points will be awarded.
The PGA Tour has canceled or postponed 13 events this season.
The PGA Tour’s Player Advisory Council and Policy Board approved a hybrid eligibility system for the 2020-2021 season.
“This eligibility update, contingent upon the planned restart of the season at the Charles Schwab Challenge, was deemed the best and most equitable solution for the membership at large after research by our competitions department and significant conversations with the Policy Board and Player Advisory Council,” the PGA Tour said in a statement.
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