2020–21 PGA Tour season
DurationSeptember 10, 2020 (2020-09-10) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Number of official events50[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsUnited States Patrick Cantlay (4)
FedEx CupUnited States Patrick Cantlay
Money listSpain Jon Rahm
PGA Tour Player of the YearUnited States Patrick Cantlay
PGA Player of the YearSpain Jon Rahm
Rookie of the YearUnited States Will Zalatoris

The 2020–21 PGA Tour was the 106th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 53rd season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 15th edition of the FedEx Cup.

Changes for 2020–21

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]

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:

Tournament changes

Field changes

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, finishing on May 2.[7]

No longer on the schedule

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

The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.[18][19][12]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner(s)[lower-alpha 2] OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]
Notes
Sep 13 Safeway Open California 6,600,000 United States Stewart Cink (7) 26
Sep 20[lower-alpha 4] U.S. Open New York 12,500,000 United States Bryson DeChambeau (7) 100 Major championship
Sep 27[lower-alpha 4] Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship Dominican Republic 4,000,000 United States Hudson Swafford (2) 24
Oct 4 Sanderson Farms Championship Mississippi 6,600,000 Spain Sergio García (11) 30
Oct 11 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Nevada 7,000,000 Scotland Martin Laird (4) 54
Oct 18 CJ Cup Nevada 9,750,000 United States Jason Kokrak (1) 68 Limited-field event
Oct 25 Zozo Championship California 8,000,000 United States Patrick Cantlay (3) 70 JPN Limited-field event
Nov 1 WGC-HSBC Champions China Canceled World Golf Championship
Nov 1 Bermuda Championship Bermuda 4,000,000 United States Brian Gay (5) 24
Nov 8 Vivint Houston Open Texas 7,000,000 Mexico Carlos Ortiz (1) 50
Nov 15[lower-alpha 4] Masters Tournament Georgia 11,500,000 United States Dustin Johnson (24) 100 Major championship
Nov 22 RSM Classic Georgia 6,600,000 United States Robert Streb (2) 52
Dec 6 Mayakoba Golf Classic Mexico 7,200,000 Norway Viktor Hovland (2) 46
Jan 10 Sentry Tournament of Champions Hawaii 6,700,000 United States Harris English (3) 64 Limited-field event
Jan 17 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 6,600,000 United States Kevin Na (5) 50
Jan 24 The American Express California 6,700,000 South Korea Kim Si-woo (3) 46 Pro-Am[lower-alpha 5]
Jan 31 Farmers Insurance Open California 7,500,000 United States Patrick Reed (9) 58
Feb 7 Waste Management Phoenix Open Arizona 7,300,000 United States Brooks Koepka (8) 58
Feb 14 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am California 7,800,000 United States Daniel Berger (4) 30 Pro-Am[lower-alpha 5]
Feb 21 Genesis Invitational California 9,300,000 United States Max Homa (2) 68 Invitational
Feb 28 WGC-Workday Championship Florida[lower-alpha 6] 10,500,000 United States Collin Morikawa (4) 74 World Golf Championship
Feb 28 Puerto Rico Open Puerto Rico 3,000,000 South Africa Branden Grace (2) 24 Alternate event
Mar 7 Arnold Palmer Invitational Florida 9,300,000 United States Bryson DeChambeau (8) 58 Invitational
Mar 14 The Players Championship Florida 15,000,000 United States Justin Thomas (14) 80 Flagship event
Mar 21 The Honda Classic Florida 7,000,000 Australia Matt Jones (2) 34
Mar 28 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas 10,500,000 United States Billy Horschel (6) 76 World Golf Championship
Mar 28 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship Dominican Republic 3,000,000 United States Joel Dahmen (1) 24 Alternate event
Apr 4 Valero Texas Open Texas 7,700,000 United States Jordan Spieth (12) 38
Apr 11 Masters Tournament Georgia 11,500,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (6) 100 Major championship
Apr 18 RBC Heritage South Carolina 7,100,000 United States Stewart Cink (8) 60 Invitational
Apr 25 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 7,400,000 Australia Marc Leishman (6) and
Australia Cameron Smith (3)
n/a Team event
May 2 Valspar Championship Florida 6,900,000 United States Sam Burns (1) 54
May 9 Wells Fargo Championship North Carolina 8,100,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (19) 60
May 16 AT&T Byron Nelson Texas 8,100,000 South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon (1) 48
May 23 PGA Championship South Carolina 12,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson (45) 100 Major championship
May 30 Charles Schwab Challenge Texas 7,500,000 United States Jason Kokrak (2) 58 Invitational
Jun 6 Memorial Tournament Ohio 9,300,000 United States Patrick Cantlay (4) 68 Invitational
Jun 13 RBC Canadian Open Canada Canceled
Jun 13 Palmetto Championship South Carolina 7,300,000 South Africa Garrick Higgo (1) 38 New tournament
Jun 20 U.S. Open California 12,500,000 Spain Jon Rahm (6) 100 Major championship
Jun 27 Travelers Championship Connecticut 7,400,000 United States Harris English (4) 58
Jul 4 Rocket Mortgage Classic Michigan 7,500,000 Australia Cameron Davis (1) 46
Jul 11 John Deere Classic Illinois 6,200,000 United States Lucas Glover (4) 28
Jul 18 The Open Championship England 11,500,000 United States Collin Morikawa (5) 100 Major championship
Jul 18 Barbasol Championship Kentucky 3,500,000 Republic of Ireland Séamus Power (1) 24 Alternate event
Jul 25 3M Open Minnesota 6,600,000 United States Cameron Champ (3) 40
Aug 8 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Tennessee 10,500,000 Mexico Abraham Ancer (1) 74 World Golf Championship
Aug 8 Barracuda Championship California 3,500,000 South Africa Erik van Rooyen (1) 24 Alternate event
Aug 15 Wyndham Championship North Carolina 6,400,000 United States Kevin Kisner (4) 46
Aug 23 The Northern Trust New Jersey 9,500,000 United States Tony Finau (2) 78 FedEx Cup playoff event
Aug 29 BMW Championship Maryland 9,500,000 United States Patrick Cantlay (5) 72 FedEx Cup playoff event
Sep 5 Tour Championship Georgia n/a[lower-alpha 7] United States Patrick Cantlay (6) 64[lower-alpha 8] FedEx Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winner(s) OWGR
points
Notes
Sep 27 Ryder Cup Wisconsin n/a Postponed[lower-alpha 9] n/a Team event
Dec 6 Hero World Challenge Bahamas Canceled[23] Limited-field event
Dec 13 QBE Shootout Florida 3,600,000 United States Harris English and
United States Matt Kuchar
n/a Team event
Aug 1 Olympic Games Japan n/a United States Xander Schauffele 50 Limited-field event

Location of tournaments

FedEx Cup

Points distribution

The distribution of points for 2020–21 PGA Tour events were as follows:[24]

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 E

Final standings

For full rankings, see 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Final FedEx Cup standings of the 30 qualifiers for the Tour Championship:[25][26]

Pos. Player Majors & The Players WGCs, Genesis, Arnold Palmer and Memorial Top 10s in other PGA Tour events Regular
season
points
Playoffs[lower-alpha 10] Total
points
Tour C'ship[lower-alpha 11] Tmts Money ($m)[lower-alpha 12]
Nat. Name USO Mas Ply Mas PGA USO Opn WGC Cha 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 StatesCantlay T43T17CUTCUTT23T15CUT C
A
N
C
E
L
E
D
T15T181stT23 T81st2ndT3 2,056 T111st 4,302 −10 −21 24 7.641.2015.00
2 SpainRahm T23T7T9T5T81stT3 T5T32T5WDT2T7T77th 2,003 3rdT9 3,063 −6 −20 22 7.711.005.00
3 United StatesNa CUTT13WDT12CUTCUTT38T11T43T42T23 1stT2T2 1,308 T8T17 1,816 −2 −16 26 3.634.00
4 United StatesThomas T84th1stT21CUTT19T40 CUTT15T42T42T26 T23rd 1,758 T4T22 2,371 −4 −15 23 6.540.553.00
T5 NorwayHovland T13CUTT21T30WDT12 T5T2T49T42T47T36 1stT2T3T3 1,717 T43T17 1,951 −3 −14 24 5.052.20
United StatesSchauffele 5thT17CUTT3CUTT7T26 T15T39T18T11T46 2ndT5T2T2 1,623 T16T49 1,854 −2 22 5.24
7 United StatesDeChambeau 1stT34T3T46T38T26T33 CUTT221stT42T18T8 T8T7T9 1,910 T312nd 3,189 −7 −13 22 7.430.701.30
8 United StatesD. Johnson T61stT48CUTCUTT19T8 T8T54T28T10 T2T10 1,510 CUTT6 1,890 −3 −11 21 5.001.10
T9 United StatesHorschel T38T38T58T50T23CUTT53 T2CUT1st67thT17 T5T7T4 1,292 T31T52 1,397 E −10 25 4.030.89
MexicoAncer T56T13T22T26T8CUTT59 CUTT18T181st 4th4th5th2nd4th 1,926 T64T9 2,241 −4 27 5.820.85
T11 United StatesBerger T34T9CUTT75T7T8 T35T18T5 10thT71stT3 1,444 T56T26 1,594 E −8 23 4.260.71
United StatesFinau T8T38CUTT10T8CUTT15 2nd14thT28T32T34 T84thT2 1,348 1stT15 3,564 −8 27 5.74
United StatesKokrak T17CUTT949thT49CUTT26 T32T9T8T42T34 1st1st 1,631 CUTT15 1,847 −2 27 5.12
T14 Northern IrelandMcIlroy T8T5CUTCUTT49T7T46 CUTT6T10T28T18T12 1st 1,291 T434th 1,878 −2 −7 21 4.390.58
South AfricaOosthuizen 3rdT23T41T26T22ndT3 T6T61T18T17 2ndT8T2 1,877 T38 1,935 −3 21 6.310.60
SpainGarcía CUTT9CUTCUTT19T19 CUTT32T5T26 1st 1,020 CUTT6 1,400 E 24 3.00
AustraliaCa. Smith T38T2T17T10T59CUTT33 4thT11T28CUTT5 T4T91st 1,539 2ndT34 2,821 −5 24 5.85
T18 United StatesEnglish 4thT21T643rdT46 66thT26T424th 10thT6T51st1st 2,039 T31T26 2,248 −4 −6 26 6.201.100.53
United StatesBurns CUTWDCUTT76 3rdCUTT50T2 T7T7T41st2nd 1,721 T218th 2,214 −4 26 5.160.50
T20 United StatesSpieth CUTT46T48T3T30T192nd T15T4T9T18T12 T4T31stT92nd 2,139 73rdT34 2,232 −4 −4 25 6.471.500.50
South KoreaIm 22ndT2T17CUTT17T35T28T21T42CUTT46 T5T8T8 1,185 T163rd 2,141 −3 35 4.16
T22 CanadaConners CUTT107thT8T17CUTT15 CUT3rdT61T53T36 T8T10T4 1,212 T8T22 1,684 −1 −3 29 4.010.47
South Africavan Rooyen T23WDCUTCUTCUT T37T57T9T101st 648 7th5th 1,448 E 27 2.21
United StatesScheffler T19CUTT18T8T7T8 T205th2nd3rd14th T7T8 1,409 T43T22 1,608 −1 29 4.51
25 United StatesReed T13T10T22T8T17T19CUT T9CUTT285thT31 1stT6 1,381 1,381 E −2 23 4.020.45
T26 JapanMatsuyama T17T13CUT1stT23T26CUTT15T18T42T62T2 T2 1,594 T43T46 1,681 −1 E 27 4.960.43
United StatesMorikawa CUTT44T41T18T8T41st T431stT562ndT26 T7T7T7 2,171 CUTT63 2,188 −3 23 7.062.00
United StatesCink CUTT12T30T57CUT CUTT47T43 1stT41st 1,445 T21T38 1,656 −1 26 3.60
29 ChileNiemann T23CUTT29T40T30T31T59 T43T28T18CUTT17 6th2ndT2T8T2 1,491 T47T29 1,629 −1 +4 27 3.940.41
30 United StatesKoepka T7CUTT2T4T6 T38T2T54 T51stT5 1,562 T31T22 1,793 −2 20 5.200.40
  Win
  Top 10
  Made cut
  Missed cut
  Withdrew
 Did not play

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[27][28]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Spain Jon Rahm7,705,933
2United States Patrick Cantlay7,638,805
3United States Bryson DeChambeau7,426,415
4United States Collin Morikawa7,059,908
5United States Justin Thomas6,537,153
6United States Jordan Spieth6,470,482
7South Africa Louis Oosthuizen6,306,679
8United States Harris English6,200,481
9Australia Cameron Smith5,851,867
10Mexico Abraham Ancer5,816,565

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Patrick Cantlay[29]
PGA Player of the YearSpain Jon Rahm[30]
Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award)United States Will Zalatoris[31]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Spain Jon Rahm[32]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Spain Jon Rahm[30]
PGA Tour Courage AwardUnited States Morgan Hoffmann[33]

Player Impact Program (PIP)

Tiger Woods finished ahead of Phil Mickelson to win the PIP rankings for 2021.[34] The rankings were based upon Google searches; social media reach; TV broadcast appearances; global media mentions and familiarity of a player's "brand". As winner, he received $8m. Second place received $6m, 3rd to 6th received $3.5m, and 7th to 10th received $3m.[35]

See also

Notes

  1. A further two tournaments were scheduled but were canceled.
  2. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  3. JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  4. 1 2 3 Tournament originally part of the 2019–20 season before rescheduling due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]
  5. 1 2 Pro-Am canceled due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
  6. Moved from Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  7. 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 US$15,000,000 to the winner.[20]
  8. OWGR points at the Tour Championship were awarded based on aggregate scores only (see Tour Championship format).[21] 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 fourth-lowest aggregate score, received 15.79 points.[22]
  9. Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. In addition to tournament prize money, the top ten regular season point scorers receive a share of a US$10,000,000 bonus, and the US$60,000,000 FedEx Cup postseason bonus money is distributed based upon standings after the Tour Championship.

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