The Korn Ferry Tour launched its 2025 competitors schedule on Tuesday, and among the many highlights are a brand new occasion in Mexico and a brand new addition to the Finals slate.
The variety of complete occasions remained the identical with 26 stops, together with 4 Finals tournaments. Ten of these occasions, together with every Finals occasion, will likely be televised on Golf Channel. The whole prize cash additionally stays in line with $1 million purses for normal tournaments and $1.5 million purses within the Finals.
The brand new occasion is a longstanding one on PGA Tour Americas and previous to that PGA Tour Latinoamerica – the PGA Riviera Maya Championship on Might 1-4 in Tulum, Mexico. That match replaces the Magnit Championship, the New Jersey occasion that was the regular-season finale this yr.
With the Albertsons Boise Open now shifting again to cap the common season, the Compliance Options Championship strikes from its June slot in Norman, Oklahoma, to the 120-man, penultimate Finals occasion at Patriot Golf Membership simply outdoors of Tulsa. The Nationwide Kids’s Hospital Championship in Columbus, Ohio, would be the second Finals occasion and have a 144-player discipline.
The season once more kicks off within the Bahamas, although on a brand new island, Paradise Island, which is able to host the Jan. 12-15 Bahamas Golf Traditional. That occasion, plus the second Bahamas occasion the next week, will likely be broadcast on Golf Channel.
Subsequent season could have a bye week through the U.S. Open, which will likely be contested June 12-15 at Oakmont. The BMW Charity Professional-Am in Greer, South Carolina, will likely be contested the Thursday-Sunday earlier than Golf’s Longest Day, the Monday of U.S. remaining qualifying on June 9.
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Here’s a have a look at the complete schedule:
Jan. 12-15 – The Bahamas Golf Traditional, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Jan. 19-22 – The Bahamas Nice Abaco Traditional, Nice Abaco, Bahamas
Jan. 30-Feb. 2 – Panama Championship, Panama Metropolis, Panama
Feb. 6-9 – Astara Golf Championship, Bogota, Colombia
Feb. 27-March 2 – 118 Visa Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 6-9 – Astara Chile Traditional, Santiago, Chile
April 3-6 – Membership Automotive Championship, Savannah, Georgia
April 16-19 – Lecom Suncoast Traditional, Lakewood Ranch, Florida
April 24-27 – Veritex Financial institution Championship, Arlington, Texas
Might 1-4 – PGA Riviera Maya Championship, Tulum, Mexico
Might 15-18 – AdventHealth Championship, Kansas Metropolis, Missouri
Might 22-25 – Go to Knoxville Open, Knoxville, Tennessee
Might 29-June 1 – UNC Well being Championship, Raleigh, North Carolina
June 5-8 – BMW Charity Professional-Am, Greer, South Carolina
June 19-22 – Blue Cross and Blue Protect of Kansas Wichita Open, Wichita, Kansas
June 26-29 – Memorial Well being Championship, Springfield, Illinois
July 10-13 – The Ascendant, Berthoud, Colorado
July 17-20 – Value Cutter Charity Championship, Springfield, Missouri
July 24-27 – NV5 Invitational, Glenview, Illinois
July 31-Aug. 3 – Utah Championship, Ogden, Utah
Aug. 7-10 – Pinnacle Financial institution Championship, Omaha, Nebraska
Aug. 14-17 – Albertsons Boise Open, Boise, Idaho
Sept. 11-14 – Simmons Financial institution Open, Franklin, Tennessee
Sept. 18-21 – Nationwide Kids’s Hospital Championship, Columbus, Ohio
Oct. 2-5 – Compliance Options Championship, Owasso, Oklahoma
Oct. 9-12 – Korn Ferry Tour Championship, French Lick, Indiana
