2019–20 PGA Tour

The 2019–20 PGA Tour was the 105th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 52nd season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 14th edition of the FedEx Cup.

2019–20 PGA Tour season

Duration	September 12, 2019 (2019-09-12) – September 7, 2020 (2020-09-07)
Number of official events	36[a]
Most wins	Dustin Johnson (3) Justin Thomas (3)
FedEx Cup	Dustin Johnson
Money list	Justin Thomas
PGA Tour Player of the Year	Dustin Johnson
PGA Player of the Year	Justin Thomas
Rookie of the Year	Scottie Scheffler
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Changes for 2019–20

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.^[1][2]

Tournament changes

• Date changes: in order to accommodate the 2020 Summer Olympics, the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational and the alternate Barracuda Championship were both scheduled for early July, two weeks earlier than the previous season, with the 3M Open moving the other way, to late July. Several other tournaments also had new dates: the Rocket Mortgage Classic (from late June to late May); the Sanderson Farms Championship (from late October to mid September); the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (from early November to early October).
• Returning tournaments: the Greenbrier Classic and the Houston Open returned having been missing in 2018–19 due to scheduling changes; the Greenbrier, having moved from July to September, became the new season opening event, and the Houston Open was in mid-October having been held in April, the week prior to the Masters Tournament, since 2007.
• New tournaments: Zozo Championship (Japan), Bermuda Championship (created as a new alternate event to the WGC-HSBC Champions). The Workday Charity Open was also created as a new, one-off event in response to scheduling changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3][4]
• Status changes: the Sanderson Farms Championship was upgraded from an alternate event to a full FedEx Cup point event; the Genesis Open gained invitational status and was renamed the Genesis Invitational with Tiger Woods as the tournament host.
• No longer on the schedule: CIMB Classic (Malaysia).

COVID-19 pandemic impact

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

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.^[5]

The tournament schedule was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 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.^[6] 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-Dell Technologies Match Play, and Valero Texas Open).^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9]

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.^[10]

During the hiatus, two charity exhibition matches were held. The first was a skins game, titled as the "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.^[11][12] The second was a better ball pro-celebrity match play, titled as 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.^[13] On July 13, the tour announced that the remainder of the season would be played behind closed doors.^[14]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019–20 season.^[15]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
Sep 15	A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier	West Virginia	7,500,000	Joaquín Niemann (1)	32
Sep 22	Sanderson Farms Championship	Mississippi	6,600,000	Sebastián Muñoz (1)	26
Sep 29	Safeway Open	California	6,600,000	Cameron Champ (2)	48
Oct 6	Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	Nevada	7,000,000	Kevin Na (4)	54
Oct 13	Houston Open	Texas	7,500,000	Lanto Griffin (1)	24
Oct 20	CJ Cup	South Korea	9,750,000	Justin Thomas (11)	52		Limited-field event
Oct 28	Zozo Championship	Japan	9,750,000	Tiger Woods (82)	64	JPN	New limited-field event
Nov 3	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	10,250,000	Rory McIlroy (18)	60		World Golf Championship
Nov 3	Bermuda Championship	Bermuda	3,000,000	Brendon Todd (2)	24		New tournament Alternate event
Nov 18	Mayakoba Golf Classic	Mexico	7,200,000	Brendon Todd (3)	34
Nov 24	RSM Classic	Georgia	6,600,000	Tyler Duncan (1)	28
Jan 5	Sentry Tournament of Champions	Hawaii	6,700,000	Justin Thomas (12)	48		Winners-only event
Jan 12	Sony Open in Hawaii	Hawaii	6,600,000	Cameron Smith (2)	46
Jan 19	The American Express	California	6,700,000	Andrew Landry (2)	40		Pro-Am
Jan 26	Farmers Insurance Open	California	7,500,000	Marc Leishman (5)	54
Feb 2	Waste Management Phoenix Open	Arizona	7,300,000	Webb Simpson (6)	54
Feb 9	AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	California	7,800,000	Nick Taylor (2)	42		Pro-Am
Feb 16	Genesis Invitational	California	9,300,000	Adam Scott (14)	70		Invitational
Feb 23	WGC-Mexico Championship	Mexico	10,500,000	Patrick Reed (8)	70		World Golf Championship
Feb 23	Puerto Rico Open	Puerto Rico	3,000,000	Viktor Hovland (1)	24		Alternate event
Mar 1	The Honda Classic	Florida	7,000,000	Im Sung-jae (1)	46
Mar 8	Arnold Palmer Invitational	Florida	9,300,000	Tyrrell Hatton (1)	66		Invitational
Mar 15	The Players Championship	Florida	–	Canceled after round one[d]	–		Flagship event
Mar 22	Valspar Championship	Florida	–	Canceled[d]	–
Mar 29	WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play	Texas	–	Canceled[d]	–		World Golf Championship
Mar 29	Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship	Dominican Republic	–	Postponed[e]	–		Alternate event
Apr 5	Valero Texas Open	Texas	–	Canceled[d]	–
Apr 12	Masters Tournament	Georgia	–	Postponed[e]	–		Major championship
Apr 26	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Louisiana	–	Canceled[d]	–		Team event
May 3	Wells Fargo Championship	North Carolina	–	Canceled[d]	–
May 10	AT&T Byron Nelson	Texas	–	Canceled[d]	–
Jun 14	RBC Canadian Open	Canada	–	Canceled[d]	–
Jun 14 May 24	Charles Schwab Challenge	Texas	7,500,000	Daniel Berger (3)	72
Jun 21	U.S. Open	New York	–	Postponed[e]	–		Major championship
Jun 21 Apr 19	RBC Heritage	South Carolina	7,100,000	Webb Simpson (7)	72
Jun 28	Travelers Championship	Connecticut	7,400,000	Dustin Johnson (21)	68
Jul 5 May 31	Rocket Mortgage Classic	Michigan	7,500,000	Bryson DeChambeau (6)	48
Jul 12	John Deere Classic	Illinois	–	Canceled[d]	–
Jul 12	Workday Charity Open	Ohio	6,200,000	Collin Morikawa (2)	62		New tournament
Jul 19	The Open Championship	England	–	Canceled[d]	–		Major championship
Jul 19	Barbasol Championship	Kentucky	–	Canceled[d]	–		Alternate event
Jul 19 Jun 7	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	9,300,000	Jon Rahm (4)	76
Jul 26	3M Open	Minnesota	6,600,000	Michael Thompson (2)	38
Aug 2 Jul 5	WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational	Tennessee	10,500,000	Justin Thomas (13)	76		World Golf Championship
Aug 2 Jul 5	Barracuda Championship	California	3,500,000	Richy Werenski (1)	24		Alternate event
Aug 9 May 17	PGA Championship	California	11,000,000	Collin Morikawa (3)	100		Major championship
Aug 16 Aug 9	Wyndham Championship	North Carolina	6,400,000	Jim Herman (3)	50
Aug 23 Aug 16	The Northern Trust	Massachusetts	9,500,000	Dustin Johnson (22)	76		FedEx Cup playoff event
Aug 30 Aug 23	BMW Championship	Illinois	9,500,000	Jon Rahm (5)	70		FedEx Cup playoff event
Sep 7 Aug 30	Tour Championship	Georgia	n/a[f]	Dustin Johnson (23)	58[g]		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
Oct 21	MGM Resorts The Challenge: Japan Skins	Japan	350,000	Jason Day	n/a	Limited-field event
Dec 7	Hero World Challenge	Bahamas	3,500,000	Henrik Stenson	46	Limited-field event
Dec 15	Presidents Cup	Australia	n/a	Team USA	n/a	Team event
Dec 15	QBE Shootout	Florida	3,300,000	Rory Sabbatini and Kevin Tway	n/a	Team event
May 17	TaylorMade Driving Relief	Florida	n/a	Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy	n/a	Team event
May 24	The Match: Champions for Charity	Florida	n/a	Peyton Manning and Tiger Woods	n/a	Team event
Aug 2	Olympic Games	Japan	n/a	Postponed[e]	–	Limited-field event

Location of tournaments

The tournament locations below represent the original schedule, before any changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Location of official tournaments of the 2019–20 PGA Tour in the continental United States and Canada. 600-point event (Players & Majors) 550-point event (World Golf Championships) 500-point event (Regular events) 400-point event (Official team event) 300-point event (Alternate events) FedEx Cup playoff event

Location of official tournaments of the 2019–20 PGA Tour outside the continental United States and Canada. 600-point event (Players & Majors) 550-point event (World Golf Championships) 500-point event (Regular events) 300-point event (Alternate events)

FedEx Cup

Points distribution

Main article: List of point distributions of the FedEx Cup

The distribution of points for 2019–20 PGA Tour events were 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[h]	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	E

Final standings

For full rankings, see 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Final FedEx Cup standings of the 30 qualifiers for the Tour Championship:^[22][23]

Pos.	Player			Majors & The Players						WGCs					Top 10s in other PGA Tour events							Regular season points		Playoffs[i]		Total points	Tour C'ship[j]			Tmts		Money ($m)[k]
	Nat.	Name		Ply	Mas	PGA	USO	Opn		WGC Cha	WGC Mex	WGC MP	WGC Inv		1	2	3	4	5	6	7			NTr	BMW		Start	Final				Basic	Wynd Top10	FedEx Bonus
1		D. Johnson		C A N C E L E D	P O S T P O N E D T O 2 0 2 0 - 2 1 S E A S O N	T2	P O S T P O N E D T O 2 0 2 0 - 2 1 S E A S O N	C A N C E L E D		•	T48	C A N C E L E D	T12		T7	T10	1st					1,071		1st	2nd	3,471	−10	–21		13		5.84		15.00
T2		Schauffele				T10				2nd	T14		T6		T10	T2	T3					1,258		T25	T25	1,449	−3	–18		17		3.81		4.50
		Thomas				T37				•	T6		1st		T4	1st	1st	T3	T10	T8	2nd	2,458		T49	T25	2,570	−7			17		7.34	2.00
4		Rahm				T13				•	T3		T52		2nd	T9	1st					1,295		T6	1st	3,080	−8	–17		14		5.96	0.50	3.00
5		Scheffler				T4				•	T26		T15		T7	T3	T5	3rd				900		T4	T20	1,391	−2	–14		22		2.83		2.50
6		Morikawa				1st				•	T42		T12		T10	T7	T9	2nd	1st			1,902		CUT	T20	2,025	−5	–13		20		5.26	1.50	1.90
7		Hatton				CUT				T14	T6		T69		T6	1st	T3	T4				1,025		T25	T16	1,275	−2	–12		10		3.43		1.30
T8		McIlroy				T33				1st	5th		T47		T3	T3	T5	T5				1,327		T65	T12	1,516	−3	–11		14		4.41	0.60	0.96
		Muñoz				CUT				•	T14		•		T7	1st	3rd					1,045		T18	T8	1,421	−3			25		2.86
		Reed				T13				T8	1st		T47		T2	T6	T7	T10	T9			1,426		T49	T40	1,485	−3			19		4.25	0.85
11		Im				CUT				T11	T29		T35		2nd	T3	T10	1st	3rd	T10	T9	1,633		CUT	T56	1,650	−4	–10		25		4.34	1.00	0.75
T12		English				T19				•	•		•		T3	T6	T4	5th	T9			867		2nd	T40	1,805	−4	–9		19		3.30		0.68
		Simpson				T37				•	T61		T12		T7	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	T8	T3	1,878		T6	•	2,163	−6			13		5.10	1.20
14		Hughes				T58				•	•		T44		2nd	T3	T6					842		T13	T10	996	E	–8		21		2.08		0.62
T15		Berger				T13				•	•		T2		T9	T5	T4	1st	T3			1,347		3rd	T25	2,007	−4	–7		16		4.44	0.70	0.58
		Matsuyama				T22				T11	T6		T20		T3	2nd	T5					1,030		T29	T3	1,587	−4			19		3.67
17		Finau				T4				T53	•		T65		T9	T6	2nd	8th	T3			907		CUT	T5	1,237	−2	–6		19		2.93		0.55
T18		Ancer				T43				T4	T12		T15		T8	2nd	2nd					1,099		CUT	T33	1,159	−1	–5		19		2.90		0.53
		Griffin				T19				•	T29		•		1st	T7	T9					1,159		T58	T10	1,392	−2			26		3.19
T20		Hovland				T33				•	•		T59		T10	1st	3rd					842		T18	T40	1,009	E	–4		19		1.98		0.50
		Todd				T17				•	37		T15		1st	1st	4th					1,316		64th	T8	1,576	−3			24		3.39	0.55
22		DeChambeau				T4				•	2nd		T30		T4	T5	4th	T3	T8	T6	1st	1,657		CUT	T50	1,682	−4	–3		16		5.00	1.10	0.48
23		Kisner				T19				T28	T18		T25		T4	3rd	T3					710		T4	T25	1,169	−1	–1		20		2.27		0.47
T24		Champ				T10				•	•		T25		1st							951		CUT	T65	963	E	E		19		2.29		0.45
		Palmer				T43				•	•		T15		T4	T8	2nd					837		T8	T40	1,116	−1			18		2.72
		Ca. Smith				T43				T60	T22		T59		T3	1st						807		T18	T20	1,059	E			18		2.37
T27		Na				CUT				•	T9		T35		1st	5th	9th					1,036		T39	T51	1,102	−1	+1		20		2.79		0.42
		Niemann	CUT	•	•	T52	1st	T5	T5					878	CUT	T3	1,366	−2	22	2.91
29		Leishman	CUT	•	T42	T52	3rd	1st	2nd					1,086	CUT	69th	1,096	−1	+2	17	3.11		0.41
30		Horschel	T43	T24	T9	T25	T6	T8	T9	T7	2nd			893	CUT	T33	953	E	+4	21	2.38		0.40

  Win

  Top 10

  Made cut

  Missed cut

• Did not play

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[24][25]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Justin Thomas	7,344,040
2	Jon Rahm	5,959,819
3	Dustin Johnson	5,837,267
4	Collin Morikawa	5,250,868
5	Webb Simpson	5,097,742
6	Bryson DeChambeau	4,998,495
7	Daniel Berger	4,439,420
8	Rory McIlroy	4,408,415
9	Im Sung-jae	4,337,811
10	Patrick Reed	4,250,060

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Dustin Johnson	[26]
PGA Player of the Year	Justin Thomas	[27]
Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award)	Scottie Scheffler	[26]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)	Webb Simpson	[28]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)	Webb Simpson	[27]

See also

• 2019 in golf
• 2020 in golf
• 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour
• 2020–21 PGA Tour Champions season
• 2019–20 PGA Tour priority ranking

Notes

1. A further 13 tournaments were scheduled but were either canceled or postponed.
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. Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10][16][17]
5. Postponed into the 2020–21 season.
6. 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.^[18]
7. OWGR points at the Tour Championship were awarded based on aggregate scores only (see Tour Championship format).^[19] Xander Schauffele had the lowest aggregate score and was awarded with the 58 points. Johnson, who tied for third-lowest aggregate score, received 20.3 points.^[20]
8. 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]
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. In addition to tournament prize money, the top 10 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.