2020–21 PGA Tour

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

• The 2020–21 season and the preceding 2019–20 season will be regarded as one season for exemption purposes. This means that all players exempt for 2019–20 will retain the same exemption status for 2020–21, and existing exemptions for tournament and FedEx Cup winners will be extended by one season.[2]
• With the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour season having been extended through 2021, there are 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 will be 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]

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.[11]
• 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.[12]
• 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.[13]
• 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.[14]

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[17]	–	–	–	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			n/a		60-player field

The distribution of points for 2020–21 PGA Tour events is as follows:[18]

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

Top ten in the FedEx Cup standings as of January 31, 2021 (Farmers Insurance Open):[19]

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 Champ.[lower-alpha 2]			Tmts		Money ($m)[lower-alpha 3]
	Nat.	Name		USO	Mas	Ply	Mas	PGA	USO	Opn	Gen	Con	AP	MP	Mem	Inv	1	2	3	4	5			NTr	BMW		Start	Final				Basic	Wynd. Top10	FedEx Bonus
1		Johnson, D		T6	1												T2					1018								4
2		Cantlay		T43	T17												T8	1	2			1017								7
3		English		4	•												10	T6	T5	1		960								9
4		Hovland		T13	•												1	T2				873								7
5		Niemann		T23	CUT												6	2	T2			826								8
6		Schauffele		5	T17												2	T5	T2			791								6
7		Thomas		T8	4												T2	3				784								6
8		DeChambeau		1	T34												T8	T7				783								4
9		Cink		•	•												1	T4				737								8
10		Reed		T13	T10												1					736								6