Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health: How to watch, pre-tournament notes, storylines, more

The 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Season continues with the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health, the 18th tournament of the 25-event schedule. The field includes 11 PGA TOUR winners with 22 career victories, led by Ryan Palmer and Martin Laird with four wins apiece.

The 156-player field also features 62 Korn Ferry Tour winners with 89 career victories, led by four-time winners Chesson Hadley and Robby Shelton. Three past champions of the Utah Championship are in the field: Julian Suri (2025), Roger Sloan (2023) and Andrew Kozan (2022).

The tournament takes place at Ogden Golf & Country Club in Ogden, Utah, from July 30-Aug. 2. The par-70 course plays 7,097 yards and offers a $1 million purse with $180,000 going to the winner. Eight players in the field are in the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking, led by Blades Brown at No. 98.

How to follow (all times ET)

Television:

• Thursday-Sunday: 6-9 p.m., GOLF Channel

Notables in the field

• Hunter Eichhorn stands No. 5 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of a runner-up finish at the Visit Knoxville Open, where he lost a playoff to Doc Redman. Eichhorn, who leads the Korn Ferry Tour with eight top 10s, grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, frequenting Wild Pines Golf Course – a nine-hole course in Hermanville, Michigan – with his grandpa. Later played collegiately at Marquette University (2017-22).
• Ryo Ishikawa, a 20-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour, stands No. 27 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with four top-15 finishes in his last seven starts, including a T3 at the OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank. Ishikawa, 34, has two runner-up finishes on the PGA TOUR in 161 career starts, and is seeking a return to the TOUR for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
• Dylan Menante rose to No. 7 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with a runner-up finish at last week's Evans Scholars Invitational. Menante previously won the 2026 Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya in April. Menante finished No. 15 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking, and went on to finish No. 53 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List as a rookie.
• With his win at last week's Evans Scholars Invitational, Tommy Morrison became the fifth player to win on the Korn Ferry Tour in the same season they earned membership via PGA TOUR University performance benefits. Morrison, who finished No. 6 in the 2026 PGA TOUR University Ranking after three and a half seasons at University of Texas, has top-10s in each of his four starts on Tour, as well as 15 consecutive rounds in the 60s. At 21 years of age, Morrison is the youngest winner on Tour since Aldrich Potgieter (19) in 2024.
• Ross Steelman stands No. 4 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with a win at The Blue Championship and third-place finish at the Evans Scholars Invitational in consecutive starts. Steelman, now in his fourth season on Tour, finished No. 4 in the 2023 PGA TOUR University Ranking after his collegiate career at University of Missouri and Georgia Tech.

Tournament history

• The Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health is one of three events from the inaugural 1990 Korn Ferry Tour Season still played today, and its 35 playings rank third among active Korn Ferry Tour events (Visit Knoxville Open/36; Albertsons Boise Open/37 once contested in 2026).
• There are 12 past champions of the event who became PGA TOUR winners: John Daly (1990), Ted Tryba (1991), Chris Perry (1994), Arron Oberholser (2002), Zach Johnson (2003), Brett Wetterich (2004), Garrett Willis (2005), Brendon Todd (2008), Patton Kizzire (2015), Brice Garnett (2017), Cameron Champ (2018), Karl Vilips (2024).

Tournament facts

• Course: Ogden Golf & Country Club; par 70, 7,097 yards
• Field: 156 players
• Scoring records:
  • 18-hole: 59, Will Wilcox (2013/Round 4)
  • 72-hole: 259, Karl Vilips (2024)
• Defending champion: Julian Suri
• Purse: $1 million ($180,000/winner)

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