Veritex Bank Championship

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Veritex Bank Championship
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Tournament information
Location Arlington, Texas
Established2020
Course(s)Texas Rangers Golf Club
Par71
Length6,987 yards (6,389 m)
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,000,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate253 Tim Widing (2024)
To par−31 as above
Current champion
Flag of Sweden.svg Tim Widing
Location map
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Texas Rangers GC
Location in the United States
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Texas Rangers GC
Location in Texas

The Veritex Bank Championship is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was first played in April 2021 at Texas Rangers Golf Club in Arlington, Texas; it had been scheduled to be played in 2020, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2]

Contents

In 2022, Tyson Alexander became the first player in Korn Ferry Tour history to successfully defend a title. [3]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2024 Flag of Sweden.svg Tim Widing 253−314 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Myles Creighton
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Levin 264−201 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Drewitt
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Tyson Alexander (2)262−222 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg An Byeong-hun
Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Nyholm
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Tyson Alexander 261−231 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Theo Humphrey
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.

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References

  1. "PGA Tour's Korn Ferry Tour announces Veritex Bank Championship". PGA Tour. September 10, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  3. "Tyson Alexander first on Korn Ferry Tour to successfully defend title". ESPN. Associated Press. April 17, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.