2019–20 PGA Tour

The 2019–2020 PGA Tour was 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. The 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs began on August 20, and concluded on September 7, 2020, with Dustin Johnson winning the FedEx Cup.

2019–2020 PGA Tour season
DurationSeptember 12, 2019 (2019-09-12) – September 7, 2020 (2020-09-07)
Number of official events36 (originally 49)
Most wins3 (tie):
Dustin Johnson
Justin Thomas
FedEx Cup winner Dustin Johnson
Money Leader Justin Thomas
Player of the Year Dustin Johnson
Rookie of the Year Scottie Scheffler

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
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in the United States § Sports

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]

During the hiatus, two charity exhibition matches were held. The first was a skins game, titled TaylorMade Driving Relief, held at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida on May 17, featuring Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff.[9][10] The second was a better ball pro-celebrity match play, titled The Match: Champions for Charity, featuring Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning against Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady.

The tour resumed without spectators in mid-June with the Charles Schwab Challenge. The Memorial Tournament in mid-July was planned to be the first event to welcome back fans, but those plans were canceled the week before the tournament.[11] On July 13, the tour announced that the remainder of the season would be played behind closed doors.[12]

Official events

The following table lists official events for 2019–20.[13]

DateTournamentLocationWinner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points[lower-alpha 2]		Purse
($)		Winner's
share ($)		Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]		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 4] Zozo Championship Japan Tiger Woods (82) 64 9,750,000 1,755,000 JPN New
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; alternate event
Nov 18[lower-alpha 5] 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
Mar 29[lower-alpha 6] Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship Dominican Republic Postponed into 2020–21 – 3,000,000 540,000 Alternate event
Apr 5 Valero Texas Open Texas Canceled – 7,700,000 1,386,000
April 12[lower-alpha 7] Masters Tournament Georgia Postponed into 2020–21 100 11,500,000 2,070,000 Major championship
Apr 26 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana Canceled – 7,400,000 1,069,300
(each)		 Pairs 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 8] – 7,800,000 1,404,000
Jun 14[lower-alpha 9] Charles Schwab Challenge Texas Daniel Berger (3) 72 7,500,000 1,350,000
Jun 21[lower-alpha 10] U.S. Open New York Postponed into 2020–21 100 12,500,000 2,250,000 Major championship
Jun 21[lower-alpha 11] 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[lower-alpha 12] Rocket Mortgage Classic Michigan Bryson DeChambeau (6) 48 7,500,000 1,350,000
Jul 12 John Deere Classic Illinois Canceled[lower-alpha 13] – 6,200,000 1,116,000
Jul 12 Workday Charity Open[18][19] Ohio Collin Morikawa (2) 62 6,200,000 1,116,000 New
Jul 19 The Open Championship
 England Canceled[lower-alpha 14] – 10,750,000 1,935,000 Major championship
Jul 19 Barbasol Championship Kentucky Canceled[lower-alpha 8] – 3,500,000 630,000 Alternate event
Jul 19[lower-alpha 15] Memorial Tournament Ohio Jon Rahm (4) 76 9,300,000 1,674,000
Jul 26 3M Open Minnesota Michael Thompson (2) 38 6,600,000 1,188,000
Aug 2[lower-alpha 16] WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Tennessee Justin Thomas (13) 76 10,500,000 1,820,000 World Golf Championships
Aug 2[lower-alpha 17] Barracuda Championship California Richy Werenski (1) 24 3,500,000 630,000 Alternate event
Aug 9[lower-alpha 18] PGA Championship California Collin Morikawa (3) 100 11,000,000 1,980,000 Major championship
Aug 16[lower-alpha 19] Wyndham Championship North Carolina Jim Herman (3) 50 6,400,000 1,152,000
Aug 23[lower-alpha 20] The Northern Trust Massachusetts Dustin Johnson (22) 76 9,500,000 1,710,000 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Aug 30[lower-alpha 21] BMW Championship Illinois Jon Rahm (5) 70 9,500,000 1,710,000 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 7[lower-alpha 22] Tour Championship Georgia Dustin Johnson (23) 58[lower-alpha 23] n/a[lower-alpha 24] FedEx Cup Playoffs
  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. Except for the major championships, which have fixed points allocations, points listed for tournaments that have not been completed are official projections based on the expected field and/or minimum points allocations. Final allocations are usually published the day after completion of all tournaments eligible for ranking points that week.[14][15]
  3. The major championships and World Golf Championships are sanctioned by all the major tours. In addition, regular season tournaments may be hosted under co-sanctioning agreements with other tours: JPN – Japan Golf Tour
  4. Finished on Monday due to bad weather.
  5. Finished on Monday due to bad weather.
  6. Rescheduled to September 24–27 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  7. Rescheduled from November 12–15 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]
  8. Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  9. Rescheduled from May 21–24 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  10. Rescheduled to September 17–20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]
  11. Rescheduled from April 16–19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  12. Rescheduled from May 28–31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  13. Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]
  14. Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]
  15. Rescheduled from June 4–7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  16. Rescheduled from July 2–5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  17. Rescheduled from July 2–5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  18. Rescheduled from May 14–17 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]
  19. Rescheduled from August 6–9.
  20. Rescheduled from August 13–16.
  21. Rescheduled from August 20–23.
  22. Rescheduled from August 27–30.
  23. OWGR points at the Tour Championship are awarded based on aggregate scores only (see Tour Championship format). As a result Xander Schauffele, who had the lowest aggregate score, received the 58 points; Johnson, who tied for the third-lowest aggregate score, received 20.3 points.
  24. 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.[20]

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 MGM Resorts 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
Main article: List of point distributions of the FedEx Cup

The distribution of points for 2019–20 PGA Tour events was as follows:

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[lower-alpha 1] 1500 900 570 405 440 330 270 255 240 225 135 84 48 25.5 15

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 Even

Leaders

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

Pos. Player Players & Majors World Golf Champ. Top 10s in other PGA Tour events Regular
season
points		 Playoffs[lower-alpha 2] Total
points		 Tour Champ.[lower-alpha 3] Tmts Money ($m)[lower-alpha 4]
Nat. Name Ply Mas PGA USO Opn Cha Mex MP Inv 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NTrst BMW Start Final Basic Wynd.
Top10		 FedEx
Bonus
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D		T12 T7T101st 1,071 1st2nd 3,471 –10 –21 13 5.8415.00
T2 Schauffele T10 2ndT14T6 T10T2T3 1,258 T25T25 1,449 –3 –18 17 3.814.50
T2 Thomas T37 •T61st T41st1stT3T10T82nd 2,458 T49T25 2,570 –7 –18 17 7.342.004.50
4 Rahm T13 •T3T52 2ndT91st 1,295 T61st 3,080 –8 –17 14 5.960.503.00
5 Scheffler T4 •T26T15 T7T3T53rd 900 T4T20 1,391 –2 –14 22 2.832.50
6 Morikawa 1st •T42T12 T10T7T92nd1st 1,902 CUTT20 2,025 –5 –13 20 5.261.501.90
7 Hatton CUT T14T6T69 T61stT3T4 1,025 T25T16 1,275 –2 –12 10 3.431.30
T8 McIlroy T33 1st5thT47 T3T3T5T5 1,327 T65T12 1,516 –3 –11 14 4.410.600.96
T8 Muñoz CUT •T14• T71st3rd 1,045 T18T8 1,421 –3 –11 25 2.860.96
T8 Reed T13 T81stT47 T2T6T7T10T9 1,426 T49T40 1,485 –3 –11 19 4.250.850.96
11 Im CUT T11T29T35 2ndT3T101st3rdT10T9 1,633 CUTT56 1,650 –4 –10 25 4.341.000.75
T12 English T19 ••• T3T6T45thT9 867 2ndT40 1,805 –4 –9 19 3.300.68
T12 Simpson T37 •T61T12 T72nd3rd1st1stT8T3 1,878 T6• 2,163 –6 –9 13 5.101.200.68
14 Hughes T58 ••T44 2ndT3T6 842 T13T10 996 E –8 21 2.080.62
T15 Berger T13 ••T2 T9T5T41stT3 1,347 3rdT25 2,007 –4 –7 16 4.440.700.58
T15 Matsuyama T22 T11T6T20 T32ndT5 1,030 T29T3 1,587 –4 –7 19 3.670.58
17 Finau T4 T53•T65 T9T62nd8thT3 907 CUTT5 1,237 –2 –6 19 2.930.55
T18 Ancer T43 T4T12T15 T82nd2nd 1,099 CUTT33 1,159 –1 –5 19 2.900.53
T18 Griffin T19 •T29• 1stT7T9 1,159 T58T10 1,392 –2 –5 26 3.190.53
T20 Hovland T33 ••T59 T101st3rd 842 T18T40 1,009 E –4 19 1.980.50
T20 Todd T17 •37T15 1st1st4th 1,316 64thT8 1,576 –3 –4 24 3.390.550.50
22 DeChambeau T4 •2ndT30 T4T54thT3T8T61st 1,657 CUTT50 1,682 –4 –3 16 5.001.100.48
23 Kisner T19 T28T18T25 T43rdT3 710 T4T25 1,169 –1 –1 20 2.270.47
T24 Champ T10 ••T25 1st 951 CUTT65 963 E E 19 2.290.45
T24 Palmer T43 ••T15 T4T82nd 837 T8T40 1,116 –1 E 18 2.720.45
T24 Smith T43 T60T22T59 T31st 807 T18T20 1,059 E E 18 2.370.45
T27 Na CUT •T9T35 1st5th9th 1,036 T39T51 1,102 –1 +1 20 2.790.42
T27 Niemann CUT ••T52 1stT5T5 878 CUTT3 1,366 –2 +1 22 2.910.42
29 Leishman CUT •T42T52 3rd1st2nd 1,086 CUT69th 1,096 –1 +2 17 3.110.41
30 Horschel T43 T24T9T25 T6T8T9T72nd 893 CUTT33 953 E +4 21 2.380.40

Ref:[22][23]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Dustin Johnson United States
PGA Player of the YearJustin Thomas United States
Money winnerJustin Thomas United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Webb Simpson United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Webb Simpson United States
Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award)Scottie Scheffler United States
FedEx CupDustin Johnson United States

See also

Notes
  1. Due to the shortened regular-season schedule, points awarded in FedEx Cup playoff events were reduced to 3 times those of a regular event (usually 4 times).[21]
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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