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 had 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, reverted 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 offered 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, reverted 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 canceled; 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 canceled 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 moved to Memorial Park Golf Course having been held at the Golf Club of Houston since 2003, and the AT&T Byron Nelson moved 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, remained at its regular home of Quail Hollow Club in 2021; this was due to the President's Cup that was 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 were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)	Winner(s)	OWGR points	Notes
Sep 27	Ryder Cup	Wisconsin	n/a		Postponed[lower-alpha 8]	n/a	Two 12-man teams
Dec 6	Hero World Challenge	Bahamas	–	–	Canceled[20]	–	18-player field
Dec 13	QBE Shootout	Florida	3,600,000	447,500 (each)	Harris English and Matt Kuchar	n/a	Twelve 2-player teams
Aug 1	Olympic Games	Japan	n/a		Xander Schauffele	50

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 9]		Total points	Tour C'ship[lower-alpha 10]			Tmts		Money ($m)[lower-alpha 11]
	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		Cantlay		T43	T17	CUT	CUT	T23	T15	CUT		C A N C E L E D	T15	•	•	T18	1st	T23		T8	1st	2nd	T3		2,056		T11	1st	4,302	−10	−21		24		7.64	1.20	15.00
2		Rahm		T23	T7	T9	T5	T8	1st	T3			T5	T32	•	T5	WD	•		T2	T7	T7	7th		2,003		3rd	T9	3,063	−6	−20		22		7.71	1.00	5.00
3		Na		CUT	T13	WD	T12	CUT	CUT	•			T38	T11	T43	T42	•	T23		1st	T2	T2			1,308		T8	T17	1,816	−2	−16		26		3.63		4.00
4		Thomas		T8	4th	1st	T21	CUT	T19	T40			CUT	T15	•	T42	T42	T26		T2	3rd				1,758		T4	T22	2,371	−4	−15		23		6.54	0.55	3.00
T5		Hovland		T13	•	CUT	T21	T30	WD	T12			T5	T2	T49	T42	T47	T36		1st	T2	T3	T3		1,717		T43	T17	1,951	−3	−14		24		5.05		2.20
T5		Schauffele		5th	T17	CUT	T3	CUT	T7	T26			T15	T39	•	T18	T11	T46		2nd	T5	T2	T2		1,623		T16	T49	1,854	−2	−14		22		5.24		2.20
7		DeChambeau		1st	T34	T3	T46	T38	T26	T33			CUT	T22	1st	T42	T18	T8		T8	T7	T9			1,910		T31	2nd	3,189	−7	−13		22		7.43	0.70	1.30
8		D. Johnson		T6	1st	T48	CUT	CUT	T19	T8			T8	T54	•	T28	•	T10		T2	T10				1,510		CUT	T6	1,890	−3	−11		21		5.00		1.10
T9		Horschel		T38	T38	T58	T50	T23	CUT	T53			•	T2	CUT	1st	67th	T17		T5	T7	T4			1,292		T31	T52	1,397	E	−10		25		4.03		0.89
T9		Ancer		T56	T13	T22	T26	T8	CUT	T59			CUT	T18	•	T18	•	1st		4th	4th	5th	2nd	4th	1,926		T64	T9	2,241	−4	−10		27		5.82	0.85	0.89
T11		Berger		T34	•	T9	CUT	T75	T7	T8			•	T35	•	T18	•	T5		10th	T7	1st	T3		1,444		T56	T26	1,594	E	−8		23		4.26		0.71
T11		Finau		T8	T38	CUT	T10	T8	CUT	T15			2nd	14th	•	T28	T32	T34		T8	4th	T2			1,348		1st	T15	3,564	−8	−8		27		5.74		0.71
T11		Kokrak		T17	CUT	T9	49th	T49	CUT	T26			T32	T9	T8	T42	•	T34		1st	1st				1,631		CUT	T15	1,847	−2	−8		27		5.12		0.71
T14		McIlroy		T8	T5	CUT	CUT	T49	T7	T46			CUT	T6	T10	T28	T18	T12		1st					1,291		T43	4th	1,878	−2	−7		21		4.39		0.58
T14		Oosthuizen		3rd	T23	T41	T26	T2	2nd	T3			•	T6	•	T61	T18	T17		2nd	T8	T2			1,877		•	T38	1,935	−3	−7		21		6.31	0.60	0.58
T14		García		CUT	•	T9	CUT	CUT	T19	T19			CUT	T32	•	T5	•	T26		1st					1,020		CUT	T6	1,400	E	−7		24		3.00		0.58
T14		Ca. Smith		T38	T2	T17	T10	T59	CUT	T33			4th	T11	•	T28	CUT	T5		T4	T9	1st			1,539		2nd	T34	2,821	−5	−7		24		5.85		0.58
T18		English		4th	•	•	T21	T64	3rd	T46			•	66th	T26	T42	•	4th		10th	T6	T5	1st	1st	2,039		T31	T26	2,248	−4	−6		26		6.20	1.10	0.53
T18		Burns		•	•	CUT	•	WD	CUT	T76			3rd	•	CUT	•	T50	T2		T7	T7	T4	1st	2nd	1,721		T21	8th	2,214	−4	−6		26		5.16	0.50	0.53
T20		Spieth		CUT	T46	T48	T3	T30	T19	2nd			T15	•	T4	T9	T18	T12		T4	T3	1st	T9	2nd	2,139		73rd	T34	2,232	−4	−4		25		6.47	1.50	0.50
T20		Im		22nd	T2	T17	CUT	T17	T35	•			•	T28	T21	T42	CUT	T46		T5	T8	T8			1,185		T16	3rd	2,141	−3	−4		35		4.16		0.50
T22		Conners		CUT	T10	7th	T8	T17	CUT	T15			CUT	•	3rd	T61	T53	T36		T8	T10	T4			1,212		T8	T22	1,684	−1	−3		29		4.01		0.47
T22		van Rooyen		T23	WD	•	•	CUT	CUT	CUT			•	T37	T57	T9	•	•		T10	1st				648		7th	5th	1,448	E	−3		27		2.21		0.47
T22		Scheffler		•	T19	CUT	T18	T8	T7	T8			T20	5th	•	2nd	3rd	14th		T7	T8				1,409		T43	T22	1,608	−1	−3		29		4.51		0.47
25		Reed		T13	T10	T22	T8	T17	T19	CUT			•	T9	CUT	T28	5th	T31		1st	T6				1,381		•	•	1,381	E	−2		23		4.02		0.45
T26		Matsuyama		T17	T13	CUT	1st	T23	T26	•			CUT	T15	T18	T42	T62	T2		T2					1,594		T43	T46	1,681	−1	E		27		4.96		0.43
T26		Morikawa		CUT	T44	T41	T18	T8	T4	1st			T43	1st	•	T56	2nd	T26		T7	T7	T7			2,171		CUT	T63	2,188	−3	E		23		7.06	2.00	0.43
T26		Cink		•	•	CUT	T12	T30	T57	CUT			CUT	•	•	•	T47	T43		1st	T4	1st			1,445		T21	T38	1,656	−1	E		26		3.60		0.43
29		Niemann		T23	CUT	T29	T40	T30	T31	T59			T43	T28	•	T18	CUT	T17		6th	2nd	T2	T8	T2	1,491		T47	T29	1,629	−1	+4		27		3.94		0.41
30		Koepka		•	T7	•	CUT	T2	T4	T6			T38	T2	•	•	•	T54		T5	1st	T5			1,562		T31	T22	1,793	−2	--		20		5.20		0.40

Tiger Woods finished ahead of Phil Mickelson to win the PIP rankings for 2021.[23] 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.[24]