The 2020–21 PGA Tour was the 106th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 53rd season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 15th edition of the FedEx Cup.
Changes for 2020–21 Because of rescheduling during the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, six major championships occurred during the timeframe of the 2020–21 season, with two editions of both the U.S. Open and Masters Tournament, as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics. As such, the PGA Tour marketed this season as a "super season".
Membership changes 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. 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.
Tournament changes Field changes 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. The rule eventually made permanent in 2023, and expanded to all 50 BMW Championship players in 2025 as part of limited-field regulations. 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. Due to concerns with the ongoing pandemic with California regulations, 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. The Pro-Am at Pebble Beach was realigned to Pebble Beach's PGA Tour Champions event.
Status and FedEx Cup points changes 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. The Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, held twice during the season, reverted to alternate event status in March 2021, when it was 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. 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.
Scheduling change 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, finishing on May 2.
No longer on the schedule 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. The 2020 edition of the WGC-HSBC Champions was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.
Relocated tournaments 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. 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 Presidents Cup that was to be played at Quail Hollow being postponed until 2022. 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. 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.
Additional tournaments 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. On April 2, the tournament name was confirmed as the Palmetto Championship.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2020–21 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)Winner(s)OWGRpointsOthertoursNotesSep 13Safeway OpenCalifornia6,600,000 Stewart Cink (7)26Sep 20U.S. OpenNew York12,500,000 Bryson DeChambeau (7)100Major championshipSep 27Corales Puntacana Resort and Club ChampionshipDominican Republic4,000,000 Hudson Swafford (2)24Oct 4Sanderson Farms ChampionshipMississippi6,600,000 Sergio García (11)30Oct 11Shriners Hospitals for Children OpenNevada7,000,000 Martin Laird (4)54Oct 18CJ CupNevada9,750,000 Jason Kokrak (1)68Limited-field eventOct 25Zozo ChampionshipCalifornia8,000,000 Patrick Cantlay (3)70JPNLimited-field eventNov 1WGC-HSBC ChampionsChina–Canceled–World Golf ChampionshipNov 1Bermuda ChampionshipBermuda4,000,000 Brian Gay (5)24Nov 8Vivint Houston OpenTexas7,000,000 Carlos Ortiz (1)50Nov 15Masters TournamentGeorgia11,500,000 Dustin Johnson (24)100Major championshipNov 22RSM ClassicGeorgia6,600,000 Robert Streb (2)52Dec 6Mayakoba Golf ClassicMexico7,200,000 Viktor Hovland (2)46Jan 10Sentry Tournament of ChampionsHawaii6,700,000 Harris English (3)64Limited-field eventJan 17Sony Open in HawaiiHawaii6,600,000 Kevin Na (5)50Jan 24The American ExpressCalifornia6,700,000 Kim Si-woo (3)46Pro-AmJan 31Farmers Insurance OpenCalifornia7,500,000 Patrick Reed (9)58Feb 7Waste Management Phoenix OpenArizona7,300,000 Brooks Koepka (8)58Feb 14AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmCalifornia7,800,000 Daniel Berger (4)30Pro-AmFeb 21Genesis InvitationalCalifornia9,300,000 Max Homa (2)68InvitationalFeb 28WGC-Workday ChampionshipFlorida10,500,000 Collin Morikawa (4)74World Golf ChampionshipFeb 28Puerto Rico OpenPuerto Rico3,000,000 Branden Grace (2)24Alternate eventMar 7Arnold Palmer InvitationalFlorida9,300,000 Bryson DeChambeau (8)58InvitationalMar 14The Players ChampionshipFlorida15,000,000 Justin Thomas (14)80Flagship eventMar 21The Honda ClassicFlorida7,000,000 Matt Jones (2)34Mar 28WGC-Dell Technologies Match PlayTexas10,500,000 Billy Horschel (6)76World Golf ChampionshipMar 28Corales Puntacana Resort and Club ChampionshipDominican Republic3,000,000 Joel Dahmen (1)24Alternate eventApr 4Valero Texas OpenTexas7,700,000 Jordan Spieth (12)38Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia11,500,000 Hideki Matsuyama (6)100Major championshipApr 18RBC HeritageSouth Carolina7,100,000 Stewart Cink (8)60InvitationalApr 25Zurich Classic of New OrleansLouisiana7,400,000 Marc Leishman (6) and Cameron Smith (3)n/aTeam eventMay 2Valspar ChampionshipFlorida6,900,000 Sam Burns (1)54May 9Wells Fargo ChampionshipNorth Carolina8,100,000 Rory McIlroy (19)60May 16AT&T Byron NelsonTexas8,100,000 Lee Kyoung-hoon (1)48May 23PGA ChampionshipSouth Carolina12,000,000 Phil Mickelson (45)100Major championshipMay 30Charles Schwab ChallengeTexas7,500,000 Jason Kokrak (2)58InvitationalJun 6Memorial TournamentOhio9,300,000 Patrick Cantlay (4)68InvitationalJun 13RBC Canadian OpenCanada–Canceled–Jun 13Palmetto ChampionshipSouth Carolina7,300,000 Garrick Higgo (1)38New tournamentJun 20U.S. OpenCalifornia12,500,000 Jon Rahm (6)100Major championshipJun 27Travelers ChampionshipConnecticut7,400,000 Harris English (4)58Jul 4Rocket Mortgage ClassicMichigan7,500,000 Cameron Davis (1)46Jul 11John Deere ClassicIllinois6,200,000 Lucas Glover (4)28Jul 18The Open ChampionshipEngland11,500,000 Collin Morikawa (5)100Major championshipJul 18Barbasol ChampionshipKentucky3,500,000 Séamus Power (1)24Alternate eventJul 253M OpenMinnesota6,600,000 Cameron Champ (3)40Aug 8WGC-FedEx St. Jude InvitationalTennessee10,500,000 Abraham Ancer (1)74World Golf ChampionshipAug 8Barracuda ChampionshipCalifornia3,500,000 Erik van Rooyen (1)24Alternate eventAug 15Wyndham ChampionshipNorth Carolina6,400,000 Kevin Kisner (4)46Aug 23The Northern TrustNew Jersey9,500,000 Tony Finau (2)78FedEx Cup playoff eventAug 29BMW ChampionshipMaryland9,500,000 Patrick Cantlay (5)72FedEx Cup playoff eventSep 5Tour ChampionshipGeorgian/a Patrick Cantlay (6)64FedEx 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.
DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)OWGRpointsNotesSep 27Ryder CupWisconsinn/aPostponedn/aTeam eventDec 6Hero World ChallengeBahamas–Canceled–Limited-field eventDec 13QBE ShootoutFlorida3,600,000 Harris English and Matt Kucharn/aTeam eventAug 1Olympic GamesJapann/a Xander Schauffele50Limited-field event
Location of tournaments
FedEx Cup Points distribution
The distribution of points for 2020–21 PGA Tour events were as follows: Finishing position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th20th30th40th50th60thMajors & Players Championship60033021015012011010094888251321810655031520014011510595898378513218106Other PGA Tour events500300190135110100908580754528168.55Team event (each player)40016310588786859545046175200Alternate events3001651058065605550454028171053Playoff events20001200760540440400360340320300180112643420
Tour Championship starting score (to par), based on position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship: Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th–10th11th–15th16th–20th21st–25th26th–30th−10−8−7−6−5−4−3−2−1E
Final standings For full rankings, see 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Final FedEx Cup standings of the 30 qualifiers for the Tour Championship:
PlayerMajors & The PlayersWGCs, Genesis, Arnold Palmer and MemorialTop 10s in other PGA Tour eventsRegularseasonpointsPlayoffsTotalpointsMoney ($m)Name12345StartFinalBasicTop10FedExBonus1Cantlay | bgcolor="#afeeee"|T43 || bgcolor="#afeeee"|T17 || bgcolor="pink"|CUT || bgcolor="pink"|CUT || bgcolor="#afeeee"|T23 || bgcolor="#afeeee"|T15 || bgcolor="pink"|CUT | rowspan="30"| CANCELED || bgcolor="#afeeee"|T15 || style="background:white"|• || style="background:white"|• || bgcolor="#afeeee"|T18 || bgcolor="lime"|1st || bgcolor="#afeeee"|T23 | bgcolor="yellow"|T8 || bgcolor="lime" |1st || bgcolor="yellow"|2nd || bgcolor="yellow"|T3 || ! 2,056 | bgcolor="#afeeee"|T11 || bgcolor="lime"|1st ! 4,302 |−10 !−21 | 24 | 7.64 || 1.20 ||15.002Rahm | bgcolor="#afeeee"|T23 || bgcolor="yellow"|T7 || bgcolor="yellow"|T9 || bgcolor="yellow"|T5 || bgcolor="yellow"|T8 || bgcolor="lime"|1st || bgcolor="yellow"|T3 | bgcolor="yellow"|T5 || bgcolor="#afeeee"|T32 || style="background:white"|• || bgcolor="yellow"|T5 || bgcolor="lightgrey"|WD || style="background:white"|• | bgcolor="yellow"|T2 || bgcolor="yellow"|T7 || bgcolor="yellow"|T7 || bgcolor="yellow"|7th || ! 2,003 | bgcolor="yellow"|3rd || bgcolor="yellow"|T9 ! 3,063 |−6 !−20 | 22 | 7.71 || 1.00 ||5.003Na