The Korn Ferry Tour season resumes with the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, the 23rd event of the 26-event season, and the first of four events in the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals. This week's field is comprised of 156 qualifiers (137 players are currently in the field) on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List. The field does not feature an alternate list should any players withdraw.

Eighteen-year-old professional Blades Brown, a native of nearby Nashville, Tennessee, earned Special Temporary Membership for the remainder of the 2025 season and stands No. 75 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with two top 10s across 10 starts this season, highlighted by a T2 finish at the Veritex Bank Championship. Brown was 17 years old at the time of his co-runner-up finish, which marked the highest finish by a player under the age of 18 in Korn Ferry Tour history.

Upon conclusion of this week's Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, the top 144 players on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List will qualify for the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, the second of four Finals events. This year marks the ninth playing of the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, with Vanderbilt Legends Club hosting for a second consecutive year.

Paul Peterson, now a PGA TOUR rookie, won the 2024 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation en route to securing TOUR membership at season's end. Peterson carded a bogey-free 2-under 33 on the back nine in the final round to close out a one-stroke victory over Matt Atkins. Three of the top seven finishers from the 2024 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation went on to earn PGA TOUR membership at season's end: Paul Peterson (winner), Max McGreevy (T3), Ryan Gerard (T3).

How to follow (all times ET):

Television:

• Thursday: 4-6 p.m. (Golf Channel, NBC Sports app)
• Friday: 7:30-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel on tape delay, NBC Sports app)
• Saturday-Sunday: 4-6 p.m. (Golf Channel, NBC Sports app)

Key storylines

• Field includes eight PGA TOUR winners with 11 career victories, highlighted by two-time TOUR winners Fabian Gomez, Russell Knox and Robert Streb.
• The field features 47 Korn Ferry Tour winners who have combined for 69 career victories, led by four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Robby Shelton, who defeated Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the 2019 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation to earn his first Korn Ferry Tour title.
• A total of 14 players in the field are in the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking: Johnny Keefer (No. 59), Neal Shipley (No. 88), Pierceson Coody (No. 107), Austin Smotherman (No. 117), Kensei Hirata (No. 129), Emilio Gonzalez (No. 140), Christo Lamprecht (No. 144), Trace Crowe (No. 156), Hank Lebioda (No. 167), Chandler Blanchet (No. 176), Davis Chatfield (No. 180), Adrien Dumont de Chassart (No. 192), Julian Suri (No. 199) and Jeffrey Kang (No. 200).
• Two past champions of the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation are in this week's field: Robby Shelton (2019) and Austin Smotherman (2021).
• Three players in this week's field qualified via their standing on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List despite not having a Korn Ferry Tour membership this season: Mark Lawrence Jr. (No. 131), Bio Kim (No. 147) and Hunter Eichhorn (No. 154).
• Brendan Valdes (No. 101 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List) leads the three players in the field from the top 10 of the 2025 PGA TOUR University Eligibility Ranking, with the others being Preston Summerhays (No. 119) and Ian Gilligan (No. 153).
• Cole Sherwood, who stands No. 34 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, is the lone Vanderbilt University alum in this week's field; he finished No. 7 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking after four seasons with the Commodores.
• Players in the field with ties to the state of Tennessee include Dawson Armstrong (Brentwood resident, Lipscomb University alum), Blades Brown (Nashville native), Ryan Hall (Knoxville native and resident), Grant Hirschman (Memphis native), Rick Lamb (University of Tennessee alum), Bryce Lewis (Knoxville resident, University of Tennessee alum), Billy Tom Sargent (Dickson resident), Davis Shore (Knoxville native) and Owen Stamper (Middle Tennessee State University alum).

Tournament facts

• Course: Vanderbilt Legends Club, par 70, 7,197 yards
• Field: 137 players
• Scoring records
  • 18-hole: 61, Chris Baker (2024/Round 2), Matt Atkins (2024/Round 3), Max McGreevy (2024/Round 3)
  • 72-hole: 260, Paul Peterson (2024)
• 2024 champion: Paul Peterson
• Purse: $1,500,000 ($270,000/winner)