Developing Champions
T
he world’s professional golf tours may be deeper than
ever before, and one only needs to look at the list of 2018
Web.com Tour graduates for evidence. One such player—
Cameron Champ—has already won in 2018-19, while others who
advanced include past U.S. Open champ Lucas Glover, former
UVa standout Denny McCarthy and past PGA Tour cardholders
like Hunter Mahan and Max Homa. The top 25 at the end of the
regular season, plus the top 25 finishers from the Web.com Tour
playoffs, earn cards for 2020.
2017 U.S. Amateur
finalist Doug Ghim is
one of the new faces
on the Web.com Tour
in 2019.
The 2019 WEB.com Tour Schedule
Dates | Tournament | Course | Purse | Defending champion
*denotes playoff event
Jan. 13-16: The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic | Sandals
Emerald Bay GC | Great Exuma, Bahamas | $600K | Sungjae Im
Jan. 20-23: The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic | The Abaco
Club on Winding Bay | Great Abaco, Bahamas | $600K |
Adam Svensson
Jan. 31-Feb. 3: Country Club de Bogota Championship | CC
de Bogota-Lagos | Bogota, Colombia | $700K | Ben Taylor
Feb. 7-10: Panama Championship | Panama GC | Panama
City, Panama | $625K | Scott Langley
Feb. 14-17: Suncoast Classic | Lakewood National GC | Lake-
wood Ranch, Fla. | $550K | New event
Feb. 28-March 3: El Bosque Mexico Championship by INNO-
VA | El Bosque CC | Leon, Mexico | $650K | Martin Trainer
March 21-24: Chitimacha Louisiana Open presented by NACH-
ER | Le Triomphe G&CC | Broussard, La. | $550K | Julian Etulain
March 28-31: Savannah Golf Championship | Landings Club
– Deer Creek GC | Savannah, Ga. | $550K | Sam Burns
Apr. 25-28: United Leasing & Finance Championship | Victoria
National GC | Newburgh, Ind. | $600K | Jose de Jesus Rodriguez
May 2-5: Nashville Golf Open Benefitting the Snedeker
Foundation | Nashville Golf & Athletic Club | Nashville, Tenn. |
$550K | Cameron Davis
May 9-12: KC Golf Classic | Blue Hills CC | Kansas City, Mo. |
$675K | Sepp Straka
May 16-19: Knoxville Open | Fox Den CC | Knoxville, Tenn. |
$550K | Stephan Jaeger
May 23-26: Evans Scholars Invitational | The Glen Club | Glen-
view, Ill. | $550K | New event
May 30-June 2: Rex Hospital Open | TPC Wakefield Planta-
tion | Raleigh, N.C. | $650K | Joey Garber
June 6-9: BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corpo-
ration | Thornblade Club | Greer, S.C. | $700K | Michael Arnaud
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June 13-16: Lincoln Land Championship presented by LRS |
Panther Creek CC | Springfield, Ill. | $550K | Anders Albertson
June 20-23: Wichita Open Supporting Wichita’s Youth | Crest-
view CC | Wichita, Kan. | $625K | Brady Schnell
June 27-30: Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank |
Oakridge CC | Farmington, Utah | $725K | Cameron Champ
July 4-7: LECOM Health Challenge | Peek’n Peak Resort
Upper Course | Findley Lake, N.Y. | $600K | Nelson Ledesma
July 11-14: TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes |
TPC Colorado | Berthoud, Colo. | $600K | New event
July 18-21: Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by
Heartland Chevy Dealers | The Club at Indian Creek | Omaha,
Neb. | $600K | David Skinns
July 25-28: Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by
Dr Pepper | Highland Springs CC | Springfield, Mo. | $675K |
Martin Trainer
Aug. 1-4: Ellie Mae Classic | TPC Stonebrae | Hayward, Calif. |
$600K | Trevor Cone
Aug. 8-11: WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft-
Heinz | Pumpkin Ridge GC West Hollow | North Plains, Ore. |
$800K | Sungjae Im
*Aug. 15-18: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship |
OSU GC, Scarlet Course | Columbus, Ohio | $1M | Robert Streb
*Aug. 22-25: Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabis-
co | Hillcrest CC | Boise, Idaho | $1M | Sangmoon Bae
*Aug. 30-Sept. 2: Web.com Tour Championship presented by
United Leasing & Finance | Victoria National GC | Newburgh,
Ind. | $1M | Denny McCarthy
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