2020–21 PGA Tour

As a result of changes made due to COVID-19 pandemic, there were several changes to membership criteria for the 2020–21 season:

• The 2020–21 season and the preceding 2019–20 season were regarded as one season for exemption purposes. This meant that all players exempt for 2019–20 retained the same exemption status for 2020–21, and existing exemptions for tournament and FedEx Cup winners were extended by one season.[2]
• With the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour season having been extended through 2021, there were no graduates to the PGA Tour for 2020–21. However the leading 10 players in the Korn Ferry Tour points standings through the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Championship were granted exemption to play in the Puerto Rico Open, the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship during 2021.[2]

• Following the cancellation of ten tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PGA Tour announced that for 2021 the field of the Sentry Tournament of Champions would be expanded to include the 30 players qualifying for the 2020 Tour Championship in addition to tournament winners during the 2020 calendar year.[3]
• The Puerto Rico Open, the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship in March 2021, the Barbasol Championship and the Barracuda Championship will have their fields increased to 132 players.[2]
• Due to concerns with the ongoing pandemic the pro-am sections of The American Express and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am were canceled, with the tournaments being held as regular events over two courses instead of the usual three.[4][5]

• The 2020 editions of the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship and the Bermuda Championship were elevated to full FedEx Cup point events, with winners earning a 2021 Masters Tournament invitation.[6] The Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, held twice during the season, reverts to alternate event status in March 2021, when it will be held opposite the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.
• The Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament will offer 550 Fedex Cup points, increased from 500 points, the same as the World Golf Championships.[2]
• The first two playoff events, The Northern Trust and the BMW Championship, will revert to four times the points of regular events, having been reduced to three times in the 2019–20 season after several tournaments were canceled.[2]

• 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,[7] finishing on May 2.

• The 2020 edition of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier was cancelled; the PGA Tour and the Greenbrier Resort also agreed to cancel the remainder of their contract, which had been set to end in 2026.[8][9]
• The 2020 edition of the WGC-HSBC Champions was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
• On March 9, 2021, it was announced that the RBC Canadian Open had been canceled due to the pandemic; it had also been canceled in 2020.[11]

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.

• The Houston Open moves to Memorial Park Golf Course having been held at the Golf Club of Houston since 2003, and the AT&T Byron Nelson moves to TPC Craig Ranch having been held at Trinity Forest Golf Club since 2018.[12]
• The Wells Fargo Championship, intended to be moved to a temporary host venue at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, will remain at its regular home of Quail Hollow Club in 2021; this is due to the President's Cup that is to be played at Quail Hollow being postponed until 2022.[13]
• The CJ Cup was relocated from Nine Bridges Golf Club on Jeju Island, South Korea to Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, Nevada; the move was expected to be for one season only, owing to the COVID-19 travel restrictions.[14]
• The Zozo Championship was played at Sherwood Country Club instead of Japan; the move, due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, was expected to be for one season only.[15]

• On March 30, 2021, the tour announced that Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina would host a new tournament, taking the place of the canceled RBC Canadian Open on the schedule.[16] On April 2, the tournament name was confirmed as the Palmetto Championship.[17]

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

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner(s)	OWGR points	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Notes
Sep 27	Ryder Cup	Wisconsin	Postponed	n/a			Two 12-man teams Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Dec 6	Hero World Challenge	Bahamas	Canceled[20]	–	–	–	18-player field
Dec 13	QBE Shootout	Florida	Harris English & Matt Kuchar	n/a	3,600,000	447,500 (each)	12 two-player teams
Aug 1	Olympic Games	Japan	Xander Schauffele	50	n/a		60-player field

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

Tour Championship starting score (to par), based on position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship:

Final FedEx Cup standings of the 30 qualifiers for the Tour Championship:[22]

Pos.	Player			Majors & The Players								WGCs, Genesis, Arnold Palmer and Memorial							Top 10s in other PGA Tour events					Regular season points		Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]		Total points	Tour Champs.[lower-alpha 2]			Tmts		Money ($m)[lower-alpha 3]
	Nat.	Name		USO	Mas	Ply	Mas	PGA	USO	Opn		Gen	WGC Wrk	API	WGC MP	Mem	WGC Inv		1	2	3	4	5			NTr	BMW		Start	Final				Basic	CB Top10	FedEx Bonus
1		Cantlay		T43	T17	CUT	CUT	T23	T15	CUT		T15	•	•	T18	1	T23		T8	1	2	T3		2056		T11	1	4302	−10	-21		24		7.64	1.20	15.00
2		Rahm		T23	T7	T9	T5	T8	1	T3		T5	T32	•	T5	WD	•		T2	T7	T7	7		2003		3	T9	3063	−6	-20		22		7.71	1.00	5.00
3		Na		CUT	T13	WD	T12	CUT	CUT	•		T38	T11	T43	T42	•	T23		1	T2	T2			1308		T8	T17	1816	−2	-16		26		3.63		4.00
4		Thomas		T8	4	1	T21	CUT	T19	T40		CUT	T15	•	T42	T42	T26		T2	3				1758		T4	T22	2371	−4	-15		23		6.54	0.55	3.00
T5		Hovland		T13	•	CUT	T21	T30	WD	T12		T5	T2	T49	T42	T47	T36		1	T2	T3	T3		1717		T43	T17	1951	−3	-14		24		5.05		2.20
T5		Schauffele		5	T17	CUT	T3	CUT	T7	T26		T15	T39	•	T18	T11	T46		2	T5	T2	T2		1623		T16	T49	1854	−2	-14		22		5.24		2.20
7		DeChambeau		1	T34	T3	T46	T38	T26	T33		CUT	T22	1	T42	T18	T8		T8	T7	T9			1910		T31	2	3189	−7	-13		22		7.43	0.70	1.30
8		Johnson, D		T6	1	T48	CUT	CUT	T19	T8		T8	T54	•	T28	•	T10		T2	T10				1510		CUT	T6	1890	−3	-11		21		5.00		1.10
T9		Horschel		T38	T38	T58	T50	T23	CUT	T53		•	T2	CUT	1	67	T17		T5	T7	T4			1292		T31	T52	1397	E	-10		25		4.03		0.89
T9		Ancer		T56	T13	T22	T26	T8	CUT	T59		CUT	T18	•	T18	•	1		4	4	5	2	4	1926		T64	T9	2241	−4	-10		27		5.82	0.85	0.89
T11		Berger		T34	•	T9	CUT	T75	T7	T8		•	T35	•	T18	•	T5		10	T7	1	T3		1444		T56	T26	1594	E	-8		23		4.26		0.71
T11		Finau		T8	T38	CUT	T10	T8	CUT	T15		2	14	•	T28	T32	T34		T8	4	T2			1348		1	T15	3564	−8	-8		27		5.74		0.71
T11		Kokrak		T17	CUT	T9	49	T49	CUT	T26		T32	T9	T8	T42	•	T34		1	1				1631		CUT	T15	1847	−2	-8		27		5.12		0.71
T14		McIlroy		T8	T5	CUT	CUT	T49	T7	T46		CUT	T6	T10	T28	T18	T12		1					1291		T43	4	1878	−2	-7		21		4.39		0.58
T14		Oosthuizen		3	T23	T41	T26	T2	2	T3		•	T6	•	T61	T18	T17		2	T8	T2			1877		•	T38	1935	−3	-7		21		6.31	0.60	0.58
T14		García		CUT	•	T9	CUT	CUT	T19	T19		CUT	T32	•	T5	•	T26		1					1020		CUT	T6	1400	E	-7		24		3.00		0.58
T14		Smith, Ca		T38	T2	T17	T10	T59	CUT	T33		4	T11	•	T28	CUT	T5		T4	T9	1			1539		2	T34	2821	−5	-7		24		5.85		0.58
T18		English		4	•	•	T21	T64	3	T46		•	66	T26	T42	•	4		10	T6	T5	1	1	2039		T31	T26	2248	−4	-6		26		6.20	1.10	0.53
T18		Burns		•	•	CUT	•	WD	CUT	T76		3	•	CUT	•	T50	T2		T7	T7	T4	1	2	1721		T21	8	2214	−4	-6		26		5.16	0.50	0.53
T20		Spieth		CUT	T46	T48	T3	T30	T19	2		T15	•	T4	T9	T18	T12		T4	T3	1	T9	2	2139		73	T34	2232	−4	-4		25		6.47	1.50	0.50
T20		Im		22	T2	T17	CUT	T17	T35	•		•	T28	T21	T42	CUT	T46		T5	T8	T8			1185		T16	3	2141	−3	-4		35		4.16		0.50
T22		Conners		CUT	T10	7	T8	T17	CUT	T15		CUT	•	3	T61	T53	T36		T8	T10	T4			1212		T8	T22	1684	−1	-3		29		4.01		0.47
T22		van Rooyen		T23	WD	•	•	CUT	CUT	CUT		•	T37	T57	T9	•	•		T10	1				648		7	5	1448	E	-3		27		2.21		0.47
T22		Scheffler		•	T19	CUT	T18	T8	T7	T8		T20	5	•	2	3	14		T7	T8				1409		T43	T22	1608	−1	-3		29		4.51		0.47
25		Reed		T13	T10	T22	T8	T17	T19	CUT		•	T9	CUT	T28	5	T31		1	T6				1381		•	•	1381	E	-2		23		4.02		0.45
T26		Matsuyama		T17	T13	CUT	1	T23	T26	•		CUT	T15	T18	T42	T62	T2		T2					1594		T43	T46	1681	−1	E		27		4.96		0.43
T26		Morikawa		CUT	T44	T41	T18	T8	T4	1		T43	1	•	T56	2	T26		T7	T7	T7			2171		CUT	T63	2188	−3	E		23		7.06	2.00	0.43
T26		Cink		•	•	CUT	T12	T30	T57	CUT		CUT	•	•	•	T47	T43		1	T4	1			1445		T21	T38	1656	−1	E		26		3.60		0.43
29		Niemann		T23	CUT	T29	T40	T30	T31	T59		T43	T28	•	T18	CUT	T17		6	2	T2	T8	T2	1491		T47	T29	1629	−1	+4		27		3.94		0.41
30		Koepka		•	T7	•	CUT	T2	T4	T6		T38	T2	•	•	•	T54		T5	1	T5			1562		T31	T22	1793	−2	--		20		5.20		0.40