Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by Virginia's Richmond Region: How to watch, pre-tournament notes, storylines, more

The 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season concludes this week with the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by Virginia's Richmond Region, the 25th and final tournament of the season. Upon completion of the tournament, the top 20 players on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List will be awarded PGA Tour cards for the 2027 season. Additionally, the player who finishes No. 1 will earn exemptions for the 2027 The Players Championship and 2027 U.S. Open.

The field is comprised of the top 60 players from the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, though No. 19 Ben Kohles is the only eligible player not entered this week. The top 60 players have all earned full status for the 2027 Korn Ferry Tour season. Players ranked Nos. 43-60 on the points list can only finish in the top 20 with a win this week.

The tournament takes place at The Federal Club in Glen Allen, Virginia, a par-71 layout measuring 7,073 yards. The event offers a purse of $1.5 million, with the winner receiving $270,000. Chandler Blanchet returns as the defending champion.

The field includes two PGA Tour winners in Adam Hadwin and S.Y. Noh, along with 33 Korn Ferry Tour winners who have combined for 48 career victories, led by four-time winner Robby Shelton. Joseph Bramlett, the 2021 champion of this event, is also competing.

Notables in the field

• Blades Brown, who stands No. 14 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, is in line to usurp Jason Day (2007) as the youngest graduate in Korn Ferry Tour history. Brown, 19, also earned Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour this season, as he owns two top-10s in 11 starts (third/Puerto Rico Open; T9/ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic). Brown enters this week's Korn Ferry Tour Championship with 12 top 25s in 17 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour this season.
• Cole Hammer, who stands No. 20 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, is seeking his first PGA Tour card in what is his third full season on the Korn Ferry Tour. A decorated amateur and former No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Hammer finished No. 5 in the 2022 PGA Tour University Ranking after four seasons at the University of Texas (2018-22). Hammer was the third-youngest U.S. Open qualifier in history (15 in 2015) and went on to win the 2018 Western Amateur.
• Austin Hitt, who stands No. 22 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with two top-five finishes in the last four events, is bidding for his first PGA Tour card in his third consecutive season on the Korn Ferry Tour. A native of Longwood, Florida, Hitt played five seasons at the University of North Carolina (2016-21), where his teammates included future PGA Tour winners Ben Griffin and Ryan Gerard.
• Davis Lamb, a native of Bethesda, Maryland, who stands No. 23 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, is seeking his first PGA Tour card. Won the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club in March, his first Korn Ferry Tour title. Enters the week with two top 25s in the last four events. Played four seasons at the University of Notre Dame and one season at Florida Atlantic University.
• Sandy Scott, who stands No. 1 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with back-to-back wins, holds a 23-point advantage (roughly a solo 35th-place finish) over No. 2 Ross Steelman. Scott and Steelman are the only two players who can finish No. 1 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List and earn exemptions for the 2027 Players Championship and 2027 U.S. Open.
• There are 14 players in the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking: Ross Steelman (No. 72), Sandy Scott (No. 87), Blades Brown (No. 105), Doc Redman (No. 120), Zac Blair (No. 142), Tommy Morrison (No. 156), Ian Holt (No. 160), Cole Sherwood (No. 165), Alistair Docherty (No. 170), Yuta Sugiura (No. 177), Dylan Menante (No. 178), Jeremy Gandon (No. 186), Carson Young (No. 192), Hunter Eichhorn (No. 200).

How to follow (all times ET)

Television:

• Thursday-Friday: 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
• Saturday-Sunday: 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel)

Tournament history

• The Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by Virginia's Richmond Region is the annual culmination of the Korn Ferry Tour season, with PGA Tour cards presented to the top 20 players on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List upon conclusion of the event.
• There are 13 past champions of the event who became PGA Tour winners: David Duval (1993), Stewart Cink (1996), Steve Flesch (1997), Bob Burns (1998), Spike McRoy (2000), Chris Couch (2003), Nick Watney (2004), Matt Bettencourt (2008), Matt Every (2009), Brendan Steele (2010), Ken Duke (2011), Chesson Hadley (2013) and Emiliano Grillo (2015).

Tournament facts

• Course: The Federal Club; par 71, 7,073 yards
• Field: Top 60 players from the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• Scoring records:
  • 18-hole: 59, Sam Saunders (2017/Round 1)
  • 72-hole: 260, Jonathan Byrd (2017)
• Defending champion: Chandler Blanchet
• Purse: $1.5 million ($270,000/winner)

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