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Tournament information | |
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Location | French Lick, Indiana |
Established | 1993 |
Course(s) | French Lick Resort |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,242 yards (6,622 m) |
Tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$1,500,000 |
Month played | October |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 260 Jonathan Byrd (2017) |
To par | −24 as above |
Current champion | |
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Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Indiana |
The Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance is the year-end golf tournament of the Korn Ferry Tour. It has been played at a variety of courses; from 2019 to 2023 it was played at Victoria National Golf Club in Newburgh, Indiana. [1] From 2024 to 2028, it will be played at the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. [2] Since the 2008 edition, the purse has been $1,000,000, with the winner receiving $180,000.
The format of the tournament is stroke play at 18 holes for four days, a total of 72 holes. Originally, the field consisted of the top 60 players on the money list, all attempting to be among the 25 to earn PGA Tour cards. Since 2013, it has been part of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals and the field consists of the top 75 players from the Korn Ferry Tour money list and the non-exempt players ranked 126 to 200 on the PGA Tour's money list at the start of the Finals. [3] From 2013 to 2022, 50 PGA Tour cards were awarded after the event.
The format changed in 2023 where thirty PGA Tour cards are awarded at the end of the season. Those in the top 75 are given entry into the Tour Championship and are guaranteed at minimum full Korn Ferry Tour status.
Years | Venue | Location |
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2024– | French Lick Resort | French Lick, Indiana |
2019–2023 | Victoria National Golf Club | Newburgh, Indiana |
2016–2018 | Atlantic Beach Country Club | Atlantic Beach, Florida |
2013–2015 | TPC Sawgrass, Dye's Valley Course | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
2009–2011 | Daniel Island Club (Ralston Creek course) | Charleston, South Carolina |
2008, 2012 | TPC Craig Ranch | McKinney, Texas |
2007 | Barona Creek Golf Club | Lakeside, California |
2006 | Houstonian Golf & Country Club | Richmond, Texas |
2001–2005 | Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill (Senator course) | Prattville, Alabama |
1999–2000 | Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highland Oaks | Dothan, Alabama |
1998 | Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove (Crossings course) | Mobile, Alabama |
1997 | Grand National Golf Club (Lake course) | Opelika, Alabama |
1995–1996 | Settindown Creek Golf Club | Roswell, Georgia |
1993–1994 | Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club | Cornelius, Oregon |
Korn Ferry Tour (Current Finals system) | 2023– | |
Korn Ferry Tour (Old Finals system) | 2013–2019, 2021–2022 | |
Korn Ferry Tour (Championship Series) | 2020 | |
Korn Ferry Tour (Regular season Tour Championship) | 1993–2012 | |
Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list, in years that the event was not part of the old Korn Ferry Tour Finals system. In years that the event was part of that system, all winners and runners-up earned PGA Tour cards.
Sources: [4] [5]
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
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