2019 Korn Ferry Tour
| Duration | January 13, 2019 – September 2, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 27 |
| Most wins | 2: Scottie Scheffler Robby Shelton Kristoffer Ventura Zhang Xinjun |
| Regular season points winner | Zhang Xinjun |
| Finals winner | Scottie Scheffler |
| Player of the Year | Scottie Scheffler |
← 2018 2020–21 → | |
The 2019 Korn Ferry Tour was the 30th season of the top developmental tour for the PGA Tour in men's golf. The season began under the Web.com Tour name but changed in June to the Korn Ferry Tour.[1] The season ran from January 13 to September 2 and consists of 27 official money tournaments, four of them played outside of the United States.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (US$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16 | The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic | Bahamas | 600,000 | Dou Zecheng (2) |
14 | |
| Jan 23 | The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic | Bahamas | 600,000 |  Rafael Campos (1) |
14 | |
| Feb 3 | Country Club de Bogotá Championship | Colombia | 700,000 | Mark Anderson (2) |
14 | |
| Feb 10 | Panama Championship | Panama | 625,000 |  Michael Gligic (1) |
14 | |
| Feb 17 | LECOM Suncoast Classic | Florida | 550,000 | Mark Hubbard (1) |
14 | New tournament |
| Mar 24 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open | Louisiana | 550,000 | Vince Covello (1) |
14 | |
| Mar 31 | Savannah Golf Championship | Georgia | 550,000 | Dan McCarthy (1) |
14 | |
| Apr 21 | Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship | Alabama | 550,000 | Lanto Griffin (2) |
14 | New tournament |
| Apr 28 | Dormie Network Classic | Texas | 550,000 | Zhang Xinjun (1) |
14 | New tournament |
| May 5 | Nashville Golf Open | Tennessee | 550,000 | Robby Shelton (1) |
14 | |
| May 12 | KC Golf Classic | Missouri | 675,000 | Michael Gellerman (1) |
14 | |
| May 19 | Knoxville Open | Tennessee | 550,000 | Robby Shelton (2) |
14 | |
| May 26 | Evans Scholars Invitational | Illinois | 550,000 | Scottie Scheffler (1) |
14 | New tournament |
| Jun 2 | Rex Hospital Open | North Carolina | 650,000 |  Sebastian Cappelen (2) |
14 | |
| Jun 9 | BMW Charity Pro-Am | South Carolina | 700,000 |  Rhein Gibson (1) |
14 | |
| Jun 16 | Lincoln Land Championship | Illinois | 550,000 | Zhang Xinjun (2) |
14 | |
| Jun 24 | Wichita Open | Kansas | 625,000 |  Henrik Norlander (2) |
14 | |
| Jun 30 | Utah Championship | Utah | 725,000 | Kristoffer Ventura (1) |
14 | |
| Jul 7 | LECOM Health Challenge | New York | 600,000 | Ryan Brehm (2) |
14 | |
| Jul 14 | TPC Colorado Championship | Colorado | 600,000 |  Nelson Ledesma (2) |
14 | New tournament |
| Jul 21 | Pinnacle Bank Championship | Nebraska | 600,000 | Kristoffer Ventura (2) |
14 | |
| Jul 28 | Price Cutter Charity Championship | Missouri | 700,000 | Harry Higgs (1) |
14 | |
| Aug 4 | Ellie Mae Classic | California | 600,000 | Zac Blair (1) |
14 | |
| Aug 11 | WinCo Foods Portland Open | Oregon | 800,000 | Bo Hoag (1) |
14 | |
| Aug 18 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship | Ohio | 1,000,000 | Scottie Scheffler (2) |
16 | Finals event |
| Aug 25 | Albertsons Boise Open | Idaho | 1,000,000 | Matthew NeSmith (1) |
16 | Finals event |
| Sep 2 | Korn Ferry Tour Championship | Indiana | 1,000,000 |  Tom Lewis (1) |
20 | Finals event |
Location of tournaments
    Location of tournaments of the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour in the United States and the Bahamas.  Regular-season events Regular-season finale Finals events |
 Location of tournaments of the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour in Colombia and Panama.
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Points leaders
For full rankings, see 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates.
Regular season points leaders
The regular season points list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top 25 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2019–20 PGA Tour.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Xinjun |
1,962 |
| 2 | Robby Shelton |
1,788 |
| 3 | Scottie Scheffler |
1,667 |
| 4 | Kristoffer Ventura |
1,359 |
| 5 | Harry Higgs |
1,314 |
Finals points leaders
A further 25 players earned status to play on the 2019–20 PGA Tour, via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler |
1,268 |
| 2 | Matthew NeSmith |
1,019 |
| 3 | Tom Lewis |
1,000 |
| 4 | Brandon Hagy |
700 |
| 5 | Kramer Hickok |
661 |
Notes
- ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Korn Ferry Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Korn Ferry Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Korn Ferry Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.
References
- ^ Hennessey, Stephen (June 19, 2019). "Korn Ferry replaces Web.com as the umbrella sponsor of the PGA Tour's developmental tour". Golf Digest. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ "PGA Tour announces 2019 Web.com Tour schedule". PGA Tour. September 20, 2018.