Pre-Tournament Notes – Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper

Dates: July 22-25, 2021
Where: Springfield, Missouri
Course: Highland Springs Country Club (Par 72/7,115 yards)
Defending Champion: Max McGreevy
Field: 156 players
Purse: $600,000 ($108,000/winner)
Format: 72-hole stroke play

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Things to Know

• The Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper is one of four events from the Korn Ferry Tour’s inaugural 1990 season that still remain today with each tournament contested at Highland Springs Country Club
• A number of future PGA TOUR stars have competed in the tournament over the past three decades, including Tom Lehman, Jim Furyk, David Duval, Jason Dufner, Justin Thomas, Tony Finau and Xander Schauffele
• Notable past champions of the event include Stewart Cink (1996), Chris DiMarco (1997), Pat Perez (2000) and Mackenzie Hughes (2016)
• Defending champion Max McGreevy will return after winning his first title in 2020; McGreevy will attempt to become the first player to successfully defend his title in the Korn Ferry Tour’s 32-year history
• Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current NFL on CBS analyst Tony Romo will compete as an amateur on a sponsor exemption; the start will be the third of his career in a Korn Ferry Tour event

Field Notes (as of 7/20/21)

• Field headlined by eight of the top 10 and 21 of the top 25 in the Korn Ferry Tour points standings
• No. 1 Stephan Jaeger, No. 7 Davis Riley, No. 14 Cameron Young and No. 17 Jared Wolfe are each seeking a third win for immediate promotion to the PGA TOUR
• Ten of the 13 players who have already eclipsed 1,650 points – which is the threshold the Korn Ferry Tour is currently using as its fail-safe number for players to finish inside of the top 25 of the 2020-21 points standings and secure PGA TOUR cards – are in this week’s field
• Field includes 58 past Korn Ferry Tour winners with 89 total wins, led by Stephan Jaeger and Martin Piller (six apiece); the field also includes three former PGA TOUR winners: Arjun Atwal, Derek Ernst and Tommy Gainey
• 27 winners in the field from the current season: Tyson Alexander, Paul Barjon, Hayden Buckley, Roberto Díaz, Brett Drewitt, Tommy Gainey, Evan Harmeling, Lee Hodges, Stephan Jaeger (x2), David Kocher, Curtis Luck, Max McGreevy, Taylor Moore, Trey Mullinax, Andrew Novak, Chad Ramey, Seth Reeves, Tag Ridings, Davis Riley (x2), Greyson Sigg, Austin Smotherman, Adam Svensson, Curtis Thompson, Peter Uihlein, Jared Wolfe (x2), Brandon Wu, Cameron Young (x2)

 2020 Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper

• University of Oklahoma alum Max McGreevy broke through with his maiden Korn Ferry Tour victory in 2020 with a final-round 64 and a 21-under total
• McGreevy’s final round included a back-nine 5-under 31 with an eagle at the par-5 11th and the come-from-behind margin of five strokes in the final round set a new tournament record
• McGreevy had made just three of his first 11 cuts in 2020 entering the week but has since put himself in strong position to earn his PGA TOUR card after the 2020-21 season
• Brandon Wu held the 54-hole lead (by three strokes) in his first start of the season but carded a final-round 74 to finish T9
• Since the conclusion of the 2020 tournament, Chad Ramey has secured his PGA TOUR card and is on a current streak of 20 consecutive made cuts; Ramey won the inaugural Live and Work in Maine Open last month

Past Champions

 Tournament Records

• Low 18-hole score – 60 (Tyler Williamson/R4/2004)
• Low 72-hole score – 261 (Doug LaBelle II/2006)
• Largest Margin of Victory – Six – (Hunter Haas/2010)
• Holes-in-one – 23 (most recent: Daniel Miernicki/No. 6/R2/2020)
• Playoffs – 5 (most recent: 2012)

 Miscellaneous Notes

• Eighteen consecutive champions of the Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper have finished at 21-under or better
• Monday qualifiers who gained entry into the field include Hayden Springer (62), Rob Hudson (63), Peter Creighton (63), Caleb Proveaux (63), Charles Kim (65), Ben Griffin (65), Bobby Hudson (66) and Corbin Mills (66)
• The Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper is the 18th Korn Ferry Tour tournament of 2021 and 41st of the 2020-21 season

Last week on Tour – Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS

• Spurred by a Saturday 11-under 60, Taylor Moore pulled away for a three-stroke victory at the Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS
• The win is the first of Moore’s career and secures his first PGA TOUR card for the 2021-22 season after moving from 17th to sixth in the Korn Ferry Tour points standings
• The finish of third moves Andrew Novak to the precipice of his first PGA TOUR card as he currently sits 16th in the standings while Erik Barnes advanced to 27th
• Grant Hirschman matched his career-best finish while John VanDerLaan set a new career-best mark, both at T4

 Korn Ferry Tour 2020-21 Season

With the Korn Ferry Tour forming a combined 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper will be the 41st tournament (of 43) of the 2020-21 regular season.

Twenty-five PGA TOUR cards will be awarded to the top-25 players in the Korn Ferry Tour standings following the conclusion of the regular season at the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna (Aug. 12-15). Additionally, 25 PGA TOUR cards will be awarded through the three-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals at the conclusion of the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance (Sept. 2-5).

With three events remaining in the regular season, the Korn Ferry Tour is currently using the 1,650-point threshold as its fail-safe number for players to finish inside the top 25. Taylor Moore is the most recent player to cross the threshold after his win last week. Thirteen players have now passed the 1,650-point threshold.

Current Korn Ferry Tour Standings