Korn Ferry Tour Championship Winners and History

Korn Ferry Tour Championship Winners and History

The Korn Ferry Tour Championship is the finale of the Korn Ferry Tour season.

As of 2023, the event features the top 75 players in the Korn Ferry Tour standings through the Korn Ferry Finals series. The series begins with the top 156 players invited to the Albertsons Boise Open. At the end of that week, the top 144 players in the standings are eligible for the Simmons Bank Open. The field is winnowed to 120 for the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. The no-cut Korn Ferry Tour Championship feature the top 75 after the Nationwide.

PGA TOUR cards are awarded to the top 30 players on the points list after the Championship. The top finisher on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List will become fully exempt on the 2024 PGA TOUR, not subject to reshuffle, and will gain access to the 2024 PLAYERS Championship and U.S. Open.

All seventy-five at a minimum get full Korn Ferry Tour cards

The Korn Ferry Championship will be played at Victoria National Golf Club in Indiana through 2029.

Purse for the Championship is $1.5 million.

The name of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship has naturally changed over the years as sponsorship of the PGA TOUR’s minor league circuit has changed. It has variously been known as the Nike Tour Championship, the Buy.Com Tour Championship, the Nationwide Tour Championship and currently, the Korn Ferry Tour Championship.

A list of Korn Ferry Tour Championship winners follows

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin
2023
2022	Justin Suh	267	−21	2 strokes
2021	Joseph Bramlett	268	−20	4 strokes
2020	Brandon Wu	270	−18	1 stroke
2019	Tom Lewis	265	−23	5 strokes
Web.Com Champ.
2018	Denny McCarthy	261	−23	4 strokes
2017	Jonathan Byrd	260	−24	4 strokes
2016	Canceled due to Hurricane Matthew
2015	Emiliano Grillo	266	−14	1 stroke
2014	Derek Fathauer	266	−14	1 stroke
2013	Chesson Hadley	270	−10	2 strokes
2012	Justin Bolli	268	−16	2 strokes
Nationwide Tour Champ.
2011	Ken Duke	278	−10	2 strokes
2010	Brendan Steele	275	−13	Playoff
2009	Matt Every	267	−21	3 strokes
2008	Matt Bettencourt	267	−17	1 stroke
2007	Richard Johnson	264	−20	1 stroke
2006	Craig Kanada	275	−13	1 stroke
2005	David Branshaw	276	−12	2 strokes
2004	Nick Watney	273	−15	3 strokes
2003	Chris Couch	270	−18	3 strokes
Buy.Com Tour Champ
2002	Patrick Moore	206 (54 holes)	−10	2 strokes
2001	Pat Bates	284	−4	3 strokes
2000	Spike McRoy	272	−16	5 strokes
Nike Tour Champ
1999	Bob Heintz	283	−5	Playoff
1998	Bob Burns	283	−5	3 strokes
1997	Steve Flesch	278	−10	4 strokes
1996	Stewart Cink	281	−7	4 strokes
1995	Allen Doyle	283	−5	Playoff
1994	Mike Schuchart	277	−11	1 stroke
1993	David Duval	277	−7	1 stroke