Forme Tour
The Forme Tour was a men's professional golf tour played in the United States. The tour was created by the PGA Tour in 2021 in response to COVID-19 pandemic related restrictions on travel between the United States and Canada, in order to provide competition for non-Canadian PGA Tour Canada members, with entry also available through a series seven of Q-School events. Eight tournaments were initially announced, to be held between June and September. The tournaments offered Official World Golf Ranking points, and the top five players on the points list at the end of the season gained Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2022 season. The tour was sponsored by Forme, a clothing company. A separate tour, the 2021 PGA Tour Canada, was run for Canadian-based professionals. This tour also consisted of eight events. The schedule consisted of eight tournaments; four sets of back-to-back events played on successive weeks, finishing on either a Friday or a Saturday.
| Sport | Golf |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 |
| Founder | PGA Tour |
| First season | 2021 |
| Ceased | 2021 |
| Country | Based in the United States |
| Related competitions | PGA Tour Canada |
| Official website | https://www.pgatour.com/canada/en_us.html |
The Forme Tour was a men's professional golf tour played in the United States. The tour was created by the PGA Tour in 2021 in response to COVID-19 pandemic related restrictions on travel between the United States and Canada, in order to provide competition for non-Canadian PGA Tour Canada members, with entry also available through a series seven of Q-School events. Eight tournaments were initially announced, to be held between June and September. The tournaments offered Official World Golf Ranking points, and the top five players on the points list at the end of the season gained Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2022 season.[1][2]
The tour was sponsored by Forme, a clothing company.
A separate tour, the 2021 PGA Tour Canada, was run for Canadian-based professionals. This tour also consisted of eight events.[3]
The schedule consisted of eight tournaments; four sets of back-to-back events played on successive weeks, finishing on either a Friday or a Saturday.
2021 season
[edit]Schedule
[edit]| Duration | June 23, 2021 – September 10, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 8 |
| Points list |  Trevor Werbylo |
The following table lists official events during the 2021 season.[4][5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (US$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26 | L&J Golf Championship | Georgia | 115,000 | Samuel Saunders (1) |
6 |
| Jul 3 | Auburn University Club Invitational | Alabama | 115,000 | Philip Knowles (1) |
6 |
| Jul 23 | Bolingbrook Golf Club Invitational | Illinois | 115,000 | Mac Meissner (1) |
6 |
| Jul 31 | Birck Boilermaker Classic | Indiana | 115,000 | Turk Pettit (1) |
6 |
| Aug 13 | Fuzzy Zoeller Classic | Indiana | 115,000 | Trevor Werbylo (1) |
6 |
| Aug 21 | Forme Open | Ohio | 115,000 | Corey Shaun (1) |
6 |
| Sep 4 | Rolling Green Championship | Pennsylvania | 115,000 | Andrew Yun (1) |
6 |
| Sep 10 | Forme Tour Championship | New Jersey | 115,000 | Brad Miller (1) |
6 |
Points list
[edit]The points list was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[6] The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour.[7]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trevor Werbylo |
981 |
| 2 | Corey Shaun |
945 |
| 3 | Turk Pettit |
802 |
| 4 | Andrew Yun |
781 |
| 5 | Mac Meissner |
718 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Forme Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.
References
[edit]- ^ Romine, Brentley (April 24, 2021). "PGA Tour announces new developmental tour for its Mackenzie Tour members". Golf Channel. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ "PGA Tour announces creation of the U.S.-based Forme Tour to support PGA Tour Canada members" (Press release). PGA Tour. April 22, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ Weeks, Bob (June 10, 2021). "Mackenzie Tour unveils eight-tournament schedule". The Sports Network. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ "Forme Tour 2021 schedule to include eight tournaments across seven states". PGA Tour. May 12, 2021. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Points list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ "Werbylo takes Points List title, wins Player of the Year honors". PGA Tour. September 10, 2021. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021.
In the end, Trevor Werbylo won Player of the Year honors, winning the Points List total by 36 points over Corey Shaun, a PGA Tour Series-China veteran. Werbylo, a first-year Forme Tour player, competing by virtue of his finish on the inaugural PGA Tour University standings, will be exempt into all 2022 open Korn Ferry Tour tournaments. Shaun joins Turk Pettit, Andrew Yun and PGA Tour University alum Mac Meissner in rounding out the top five.
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived September 16, 2021, at the Wayback Machine