The LocaliQ Series, stylized as the LOCALiQ Series, was a one-off professional golf tour played in 2020, organized by the PGA Tour.
The series was announced following the cancellation of much of the PGA Tour's global development tours due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour is aimed at players who would have qualified to play on PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour Latinoamérica and PGA Tour China in 2020, with places also available to players on the second-tier Korn Ferry Tour and sponsor invites. Originally called the XYZ Series, business marketing firm LocaliQ became the title sponsor.
The seven regular tournaments on the tour were contested over 54 holes of stroke play with 144 competitors, a cut line of 55 plus ties, and a minimum prize fund of . The series finale was a limited-field event over 72 holes. The winner and the two leaders in the overall series points standings were awarded sponsor exemptions into one tournament on the 2020–21 PGA Tour. The series was awarded Official World Golf Ranking status, with four points for winners of 54-hole events and six for the 72-hole championship.
Bryson Nimmer finished top of the LocaliQ Series points standings after winning both of the first two tournaments and finishing as runner-up in the fourth; his prize was an invite to initially the RBC Canadian Open, but that was eliminated because of border restrictions; he was allowed entry into the Palmetto Championship, the one-off replacement event that replaced the RBC Canadian Open. David Pastore won the Series Championship, the circuits final event, to move into second place in the standings and was rewarded with an invite to the 2021 Barbasol Championship. As a result, Carson Young, who finished third in the standings, received the third PGA Tour invite, to the 2021 Puerto Rico Open.
With the final event being originally scheduled in The Bahamas, the Local iQ Series points competition was titled as the "Race to The Bahamas", with a tournament win being worth 500 points. The event ultimately was moved to TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia.
The one-off tour resulted in the development of a United States–based third-tier tour, the Forme Tour, in 2021. Like the LOCALiQ Series, the Forme Tour also lasted one season in response to travel restrictions.
2020 season
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.
Date Tournament Location Purse(US$) Winner OWGRpointsAug 7 Alpharetta Classic Georgia 100,000 Bryson Nimmer (1) 4Aug 13 Championship at Echelon Golf Club Georgia 100,000 Bryson Nimmer (2) 4Aug 28 Classic at Callaway Gardens Georgia 100,000 Stoney Crouch (1) 4Sep 3 Invitational at Auburn University Club Alabama 100,000 Cooper Musselman (1) 4Sep 25 Jacksonville Championship Florida 100,000 Carson Young (1) 4Oct 2 Challenge at Harbor Hills Florida 100,000 Toni Hakula (1) 4Oct 9 Classic at the Club at Weston Hills Florida 125,000 Justin Doeden (1) 4Nov 20 LOCALiQ Series Championship Georgia 150,000 David Pastore (1) 6
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was titled as the Race to The Bahamas and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.
PlacePlayerEventTotalpointsTmts123456781 Bryson Nimmer1st5001st500T14562nd300T1163CUT0•T5371,42672 David PastoreT2335T5105T2726T1354T2245T518CUT01st6001,07283 Carson YoungT4123T145656th6•1st500T1064T4015T88384574 Hayden Shieh2nd300CUT02nd300CUT0T2140CUT0T2435T88375785 Toni HakulaT4610T5105CUT0CUT0T15501st500T4411T283270786 Stoney CrouchCUT0T36181st500T2335CUT0CUT0T546T136462387 Justin DoedenCUT0T3618CUT0CUT0T1163CUT01st500T283261288 Cooper Musselman••CUT01st500CUT0T4610CUT0T136457469 Alex Smalley3rd190CUT0T970T4123•T2530T1844T1654510710 Trace Crowe•••T4123CUT0••2nd3304533
See also 2019–20 PGA Tour 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour 2020 PGA Tour Latinoamérica 2020 PGA Tour Canada 2020 PGA Tour China
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