Veritex Bank Championship: Storylines, tournament facts and more

The Korn Ferry Tour rolls into Texas this week for the fourth edition of the Veritex Bank Championship. The Texas Rangers Golf Club hosts once again from Arlington, Texas, where the Korn Ferry Tour's best will hope to channel the championship ways of the 2023 World Series-winning Rangers baseball team. The field includes 13 PGA TOUR winners and 49 Korn Ferry Tour winners, including seven of the eight winners thus far this season. Here’s what you need to know as the race for PGA TOUR cards heads to the Lone Star State.

A new number one

Tim Widing’s victory at last week’s LECOM Suncoast Classic vaulted him to No. 1 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, moving five points ahead of No. 2 Mason Andersen and six points ahead of No. 3 Steven Fisk. The No. 1 player on the Points List at season’s end will earn fully exempt membership for the 2025 PGA TOUR season, as well as exemptions for the 2025 PLAYERS Championship and U.S. Open.

The Miles Russell show

Miles Russell, a 15-year-old amateur and the 2023 AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year, will make his second Korn Ferry Tour start following a T20 finish at last week’s LECOM Suncoast Classic. Last Friday, at 15 years, 5 months, 18 days of age, Russell became the youngest player to make the cut in Korn Ferry Tour history. Two days later (15 years, 5 months, 20 days of age) he became the youngest player on record (since 1983) to record a top-25 on either the Korn Ferry Tour or PGA TOUR. The only other player under the age of 18 to record a top-25 in a Korn Ferry Tour event is Si Woo Kim (T11/2013 Mid-Atlantic Championship/17 years, 11 months, 5 days).

Texas roots run deep

Numerous members in the field have ties to the state of Texas headlined by Texas A&M alumni and U.S. Amateur winner Sam Bennett (Madisonville resident). The full list includes Steven Bodwitch (Flower Mound resident), Cooper Dossey (Addison resident), Noah Goodwin (Dallas resident), Tanner Gore (El Paso native), Cole Hammer (Houston resident), sponsor exemption Caleb Hicks (Arlington native and resident), Kyle Jones (Grapevine resident), Sung Kang (Frisco resident), Walker Lee (Houston native and resident), sponsor exemption Callum McNeill (Hockley resident), Mitchell Meissner (San Antonio resident), Alvaro Ortiz (Dallas resident), Tag Ridings (Keller resident), Thomas Rosenmueller (Denton resident), Brian Stuard (Fort Worth resident), Dawie van der Walt (Kingwood resident) and Kyle Westmoreland (Katy resident).

Scoring facts, course information and more

Texas Rangers Golf Club will prove a stern test for the Korn Ferry Tour players, returning for its fourth year as host. The course sits at 7,010 yards, par 71 with a $1,000,000 purse. Spencer Levin won last year's edition at 20-under par, after Tyson Alexander went back-to-back in the first two editions at 23-under and 22-under respectively.

• Low 18-hole score: 62, 12 times (Last: Noah Goodwin/2023/Round 1)
• Low 72-hole score: 261, Tyson Alexander (2021)
• Largest margin of victory: two, Alexander (2022)