LocaliQ Series

LocaliQ Series

Sport	Golf
Founded	2020
Founder	PGA Tour
First season	2020
Ceased	2020
Country	Based in the United States
Related competitions	PGA Tour Canada PGA Tour China PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Official website	https://www.pgatour.com/la/en/localiq-series.html

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. ^{[1] [2]} 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, ^[3] with places also available to players on the second-tier Korn Ferry Tour and sponsor invites. ^[4] 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 US$ 100,000. ^[2] 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. ^{[3] [5]} 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. ^{[6] [7]}

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. ^[8]

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

2020 LocaliQ Series season

Duration	August 4, 2020 (2020-08-04) – November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)
Number of official events	8
Order of Merit	Bryson Nimmer

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020 season. ^{[9] [10]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points
Aug 7	Alpharetta Classic	Georgia	100,000	Bryson Nimmer (1)	4
Aug 13	Championship at Echelon Golf Club	Georgia	100,000	Bryson Nimmer (2)	4
Aug 28	Classic at Callaway Gardens	Georgia	100,000	Stoney Crouch (1)	4
Sep 3	Invitational at Auburn University Club	Alabama	100,000	Cooper Musselman (1)	4
Sep 25	Jacksonville Championship	Florida	100,000	Carson Young (1)	4
Oct 2	Challenge at Harbor Hills	Florida	100,000	Toni Hakula (1)	4
Oct 9	Classic at the Club at Weston Hills	Florida	125,000	Justin Doeden (1)	4
Nov 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. ^{[11] [7]}

Place	Player	Event								Total points	Tmts
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Bryson Nimmer	1st 500	1st 500	T14 56	2nd 300	T11 63	CUT 0	•	T53 7	1,426	7
2	David Pastore	T23 35	T5 105	T27 26	T13 54	T2 245	T51 8	CUT 0	1st 600	1,072	8
3	Carson Young	T4 123	T14 56	56th 6	•	1st 500	T10 64	T40 15	T8 83	845	7
4	Hayden Shieh	2nd 300	CUT 0	2nd 300	CUT 0	T21 40	CUT 0	T24 35	T8 83	757	8
5	Toni Hakula	T46 10	T5 105	CUT 0	CUT 0	T15 50	1st 500	T44 11	T28 32	707	8
6	Stoney Crouch	CUT 0	T36 18	1st 500	T23 35	CUT 0	CUT 0	T54 6	T13 64	623	8
7	Justin Doeden	CUT 0	T36 18	CUT 0	CUT 0	T11 63	CUT 0	1st 500	T28 32	612	8
8	Cooper Musselman	•	•	CUT 0	1st 500	CUT 0	T46 10	CUT 0	T13 64	574	6
9	Alex Smalley	3rd 190	CUT 0	T9 70	T4 123	•	T25 30	T18 44	T16 54	510	7
10	Trace Crowe	•	•	•	T4 123	CUT 0	•	•	2nd 330	453	3

See also

• 2019–20 PGA Tour
• 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour
• 2020 PGA Tour Latinoamérica
• 2020 PGA Tour Canada
• 2020 PGA Tour China

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of LocaliQ Series events they had won up to and including that tournament.

References

1. Romine, Brentley (July 3, 2020). "PGA Tour moves forward with new 8-event series for international-tour members". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
2. Schmitt, Tim (July 13, 2020). "New LOCALiQ Series to begin in August; purses to start at $100K". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
3. Wacker, Brian (July 14, 2020). "PGA Tour announces eight-tournament series for players from smaller circuits". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
4. Romine, Brentley (July 10, 2020). "PGA Tour's 'XYZ Series' to award PGA Tour starts, plus more details". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
5. "PGA Tour's International Tours to start new series of U.S.-based events". PGA Tour. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
6. "Nimmer's dominant season results in points-list title". PGA Tour. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
7. "Pastore holds on, wins LOCALiQ Series Championship by one shot". PGA Tour. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
8. "TPC Sugarloaf near Atlanta will now host LOCALiQ Series Championship". PGA Tour. October 8, 2020.
9. "2020 Schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
10. "LOCALiQ Series announces season-ending event in Bahamas". PGA Tour. August 4, 2020.
11. "LOCALiQ Series Standings". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 17, 2020.

External links

• Official website