The Veritex Bank Championship is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was first played in April 2021 at Texas Rangers Golf Club in Arlington, Texas; it had been scheduled to be played in 2020, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Arlington, Texas |
| Established | 2020 |
| Course(s) | Texas Rangers Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,987 yards (6,389 m) |
| Tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$1,000,000 |
| Month played | April |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 253 Tim Widing (2024) |
| To par | −31 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Tim Widing | |
| Location map | |
  Texas Rangers GC Location in the United States  Texas Rangers GC Location in Texas | |
In 2022, Tyson Alexander became the first player in Korn Ferry Tour history to successfully defend a title.[3]
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tim Widing |
253 | −31 | 4 strokes |  Myles Creighton
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| 2023 |  Spencer Levin |
264 | −20 | 1 stroke |  Brett Drewitt
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| 2022 | Tyson Alexander (2) |
262 | −22 | 2 strokes |  An Byeong-hun Pontus Nyholm
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| 2021 | Tyson Alexander |
261 | −23 | 1 stroke | Theo Humphrey
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| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2] | ||||
Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.
References
edit- ^ "PGA Tour's Korn Ferry Tour announces Veritex Bank Championship". PGA Tour. September 10, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
- ^ "Tyson Alexander first on Korn Ferry Tour to successfully defend title". ESPN. Associated Press. April 17, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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