Power Rankings: MGM Resorts Championship at Paiute April 12, 2021
Stephan Jaeger eyes a Korn Ferry Tour record-tying seventh win this week in Las Vegas. (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
After a one-week break, the Korn Ferry Tour proceeds to Las Vegas for this week’s inaugural MGM Resorts Championship at Paiute, the first of 11 consecutive competitive weeks on the Korn Ferry Tour calendar.
This week’s event will be contested at Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort – Sun Mountain GC, a Pete Dye design that plays to par-72 and measures 7,112 yards. Set against a mountain backdrop and with sweeping slope changes, the Sun Mountain track will look to provide a vintage Dye-abolical test to this week’s field.
Power Rankings: Chitimacha Louisiana Open presented by MISTRAS
Davis Riley is just one win away from the Three-Victory Promotion to the TOUR. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
After a three-week hiatus, the Korn Ferry Tour returns to competition at this week’s Chitimacha Louisiana Open presented by MISTRAS.
The long-standing Korn Ferry Tour event, which has been contested since 1992, returns after a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19. The Lafayette region has proved a favorite amongst Korn Ferry Tour pros through the years, providing a blend of Cajun hospitality and authentic cuisine.
Host venue Le Triomphe G&CC plays to par-71 and measures 7,067 yards. Vince Covello emerged victorious at the most recent Chitimacha Louisiana Open, outlasting Justin Lower with a playoff birdie in 2019.
Brandon Wu finished T7 at the Puerto Rico Open to earn a spot in next week s Honda Classic. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Eight months ago, long before he became one of the front-runners for Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year honors, Brandon Wu was registering for LocalIQ Series events and searching for an opportunity, any opportunity really, to play on the Korn Ferry Tour. Every time his chance seemed to be approaching, the 24-year-old Stanford Engineering grad would find another unfortunate setback.
Starting in February as the first alternate at the El Bosque Mexico Championship by Innova, he waited around all week and warmed up for a shot, but nobody withdrew and he took the evening flight home instead of an afternoon tee time. Six weeks later, he was supposed to compete at home in Dallas at the Veritex Bank Championship, but COVID hit a month prior to the event, wiping it from the schedule.
Year-in-review: 2020 Korn Ferry Tour
Korn Ferry Tour content managers recall memorable moments from wild, unprecedented 2020 December 31, 2020
Wake Forest alum Will Zalatoris leads the Korn Ferry Tour Points List and has also secured PGA TOUR Special Temporary Membership. (Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
Korn Ferry Tour content managers Mackenzie Perez and Kevin Prise reflect on an unprecedented 2020 Korn Ferry Tour campaign, the first portion of the 2020-21 combined season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic .
By Mackenzie Perez
What feels like five years ago, I began my journey with the Korn Ferry Tour in January. To say this was the most interesting year of my life is an understatement. After graduating with my master’s degree and finishing up my University of Missouri golf career in 2019, hopes were high for what was to come in 2020.