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the NCAA Men’s Division I Golf Championship) will be
The first Official PGA TOUR University Ranking List
awarded exempt status to the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA
will be unveiled this summer leading into the start of
TOUR Latinoamérica, Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR
the 2020-21 Division I season, with the Ranking List
Canada and PGA TOUR Series – China, based on their
updated each week during the season.
respective finish.
PGA TOUR University will partner with GOLF Channel
The top five finishers from the final Official PGA
to provide extensive coverage of NCAA Division I golf
TOUR University Ranking List will receive Korn Ferry
to complement the Ranking List and showcase the race
Tour membership and will be exempt into all open,
to the top 15. GOLF Channel is the television home for
full-field events beginning the week following the con-
college golf, televising six college golf championships,
clusion of the NCAA Division I Men’s National Champi-
including the men’s NCAA Championships since 2014.
onship through the conclusion of the Korn Ferry Tour
For more information on PGA TOUR University, in-
regular season. The top five finishers will also be ex-
cluding a Frequently Asked Questions page, please
empt into the Final Stage of that year’s Korn Ferry Tour
visit PGATOUR.com/University.
Qualifying Tournament.
About PGA TOUR By showcasing golf’s greatest play-
Finishers Nos. 6-15 will secure membership on one of
ers, the PGA TOUR engages, inspires and positively im-
the International Tours for the current season and a
pacts our fans, partners and communities worldwide.
spot in the Second Stage of the Korn Ferry Tour Quali-
The PGA TOUR, headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach,
fying Tournament (if necessary). At that point, these
Florida, co-sanctions more than 130 tournaments on
players will have their choice of which International
the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry
Tour their exempt status applies to.
Tour, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, Mackenzie TourPGA
The eligibility for each respective Tour will begin the
TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Series-China. Members
week following the conclusion of the NCAA Men’s Di-
on the PGA TOUR represent the world’s best players,
vision I Golf Championship. The 2021 NCAA Men’s
hailing from 29 countries and territories (93 members
Championship is scheduled to be held at Grayhawk
are from outside the United States). Worldwide, PGA
Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, from May 28 – June 2.
TOUR tournaments are broadcast to 212 countries and
“This is a tremendous opportunity for these players to
territories in 23 languages. Virtually all tournaments
begin their professional careers on a path to the PGA
are organized as non-profit organizations to maxi-
TOUR. Just as importantly, we a re able to continue
mize charitable giving. In 2019, tournaments across
building on the great momentum the Korn Ferry Tour
all Tours generated a record $204.3 million for local
and our International Tours have enjoyed in recent
and national charitable organizations, bringing the
years by strengthening the field of competition with
all-time total to more than $3 billion.
the addition of these collegiate stars,” said Korn Ferry
Fans can follow the PGA TOUR on PGATOUR.COM, the
Tour President Alex Baldwin.
No. 1 site in golf, on the PGA TOUR app and on social
The PGA TOUR will partner with the World Amateur
media channels, including Facebook, Instagram (in
Golf Ranking® (WAGR®), which is administered by
English, Spanish and Korean), LinkedIn, Twitter, We-
The R&A and the USGA, to create the PGA TOUR Uni-
Chat, Weibo, Toutiao and Douyin.
versity Ranking List. The WAGR system ranks the top
amateurs on the basis of their average performance
About PGA TOUR University
in counting events on a rolling cycle over the previ-
PGA TOUR University is a program designed to
ous 104 weeks. The list will be filtered to include those
strengthen and elevate the path to the PGA TOUR
players and results meeting the PGA TOUR University
through the Korn Ferry Tour, Mackenzie Tour – PGA
eligibility criteria.
TOUR Canada, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica and PGA
Events which will count towards the Official PGA TOUR
TOUR Series – China. This program will reward elite
University Ranking List include NCAA Division I Men’s
collegiate play with varying levels of playing access to
Golf events and official PGA TOUR events, including
Tours operated under the PGA TOUR umbrella, while
the Masters, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.
upholding the principles and virtues of collegiate ath-
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