The 2019–20 PGA Tour was the 105th season (53rd since separating from the

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) of the United States-based elite men's professional

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circuit. The season started on September 12, 2019. The 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs began on August 20, and concluded on September 7, 2020, with

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winning the

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. The season was effectively suspended on March 12 with the cancellation of the Players Championship after the first round due to growing concerns surrounding the

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. Several more tournaments were later canceled or postponed, including all four major championships, the two remaining

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and the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The tour resumed on June 11 with the

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, with measures in place to mitigate the risk of virus transmission. The following week at the

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became to first player to test positive for coronavirus.

Changes for 2019–20

Rule changes

The number of players making a 36-hole cut was reduced from top 70 and ties to top 65 and ties. The 54-hole secondary cut, previously in effect when more than 78 players made a 36-hole cut, was eliminated.

Tournament changes

*Date changes: in order to accommodate the

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, the

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and the alternate

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were both scheduled for early July, two weeks earlier than the previous season, with the 3M Open moving the other way, to late July. Several other tournaments also had new dates: the

Rocket Mortgage Classic The Rocket Mortgage Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was first staged in 2019 at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan. The tournament replaced the Quicken Loans National on the PGA Tour schedule. It is the first PGA ...

(from late June to late May); the

Sanderson Farms Championship The Sanderson Farms Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually in Mississippi. It moved to the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson in autumn 2014, early in the 2015 season. The tournament has been part of the ...

(from late October to mid September); the

Shriners Hospitals for Children Open The Shriners Children's Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in Nevada. Founded in 1983, it is the fourth event of the Tour's 2019–20 wrap-around season and is played annually in October in Las Vegas. It is currently held at the TPC Summ ...

(from early November to early October). *Returning tournaments: the

Greenbrier Classic The Greenbrier Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held from 2010 to 2019 at The Old White at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. For its final two editions, the tournament was titled A Military Tribute at the Greenb ...

and the

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returned having been missing in 2018–19 due to scheduling changes; the Greenbrier, having moved from July to September, became the new season opening event, and the Houston Open was in mid-October having been held in April, the week prior to the

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, since 2007. *New tournaments:

Zozo Championship The Zozo Championship (Japanese: ''ゾゾ・チャンピオンシップ'') is a professional golf tournament in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, which is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour and the PG ...

(Japan),

Bermuda Championship The Butterfield Bermuda Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour that debuted in October/November 2019 as part of the 2020 season. The tournament is played at the Port Royal Golf Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, in S ...

(created as a new alternate event to the

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). The

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was also created as a new, one-off event in response to scheduling changes caused by the

. *Status changes: the

was upgraded from an alternate event to a full FedEx Cup point event; the Genesis Open gained invitational status and was renamed the

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with

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as the tournament host. *No longer on the schedule:

CIMB Classic The CIMB Classic was a professional golf tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour. Played in the fall, the event debuted in 2010 and moved to the West Course of the TPC Kuala Lumpur in 2013; the first ...

(Malaysia).

Coronavirus pandemic

The tournament schedule has been significantly impacted by the

. The PGA Tour played the first round of the 2020 Players Championship on March 12, and stated that subsequent rounds and tournaments would continue behind closed doors. However, the PGA Tour later announced that, "based on the rapidly changing situation", the rest of the tournament had been cancelled, as well as the next three events on the schedule (the

Valspar Championship The Valspar Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, northwest of Tampa, Florida. History The tournament was founded in 2000 as the ...

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, and

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). On March 13,

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announced that it would postpone the

—the first men's major of the golf season; the tournament was to begin April 9. On March 17, the tour announced the cancellation of all scheduled tournaments through May 10 (the

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and

AT&T Byron Nelson The AT&T Byron Nelson is a golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, currently hosted by TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, northeast of Dallas. Held in May, it is one of two PGA Tour stops in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – which until the 2020 ...

) and confirmed the postponement of the

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, scheduled to begin May 14, by the

. On April 16, the tour announced several changes to the remaining schedule, with the intention of restarting with the

, which was moved from May 18–24 to June 11–14. Several tournaments were also rescheduled, including the

(which had earlier been canceled) the

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and the

, and others were canceled, including the

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. Furthermore, the tour also announced that three invitationals (Colonial, Heritage, Memorial) would be expanded from the usual 120-player field to become full-field (144 golfer) events. During the hiatus, two charity exhibition matches were held. The first was a

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, titled TaylorMade Driving Relief, held at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida on May 17, featuring Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff. The second was a

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pro-celebrity

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, titled The Match: Champions for Charity, featuring

and

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against

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and

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. The tour resumed without spectators in mid-June with the Charles Schwab Challenge. The Memorial Tournament in mid-July was planned to be the first event to welcome back fans, but those plans were canceled the week before the tournament. On July 13, the tour announced that the remainder of the season would be played behind closed doors.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019–20 season.

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.

Location of tournaments

The tournament locations below represent the original schedule, before any changes due to the

FedEx Cup

Points distribution

The distribution of points for 2019–20 PGA Tour events was as follows:

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starting score (to par), based on position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship:

FedEx Cup standings

''For full rankings, see 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs.'' Final

standings of the 30 qualifiers for the

: • Did not play

Awards

Notes

References

External links

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