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2020 T-1 Players Championship

Logo of the 2020 T-1 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	June 25-28, 2020
Location	Springfield, New Jersey 40.7050° N, 74.3280° W
Course(s)	Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course
Organized by	T-1 Golf Federation
Tour(s)	T-1 Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,428 yards
Field	140 players
Prize fund	$9,000,000
Winner's share	$2,000,000
Champion

The 2020 T-1 Players Championship will be the 3rd edition of the T-1 Players and was originally scheduled as the first of the T-1 Tour's four major championships to be held in 2020. Originally scheduled for April 2–5 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, the tournament was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 27, the T-1 Golf Federation announced the tournament would be held June 25–28.

The first two years of the championship gained much attention from spectators and golf writers, who credit the event as the most prestigious on the T-1 Golf Tour, due to its large purse and consistently difficult venue choices. As of 2019, the T-1 Players Tournament has been named the flagship event by the T-1 Golf Federation, overtaking the U.S. T-1 Open, which held the status since 1985.

Defending champion Benvolio Pagòn is expected to make his 5th T-1 Tour major start. In those starts, he has accumulated one win and four top-25s. 2018 champion David Duval will also be in the field.

Venue

Course layout

Main article: Baltusrol Golf Club

2020 tournament yardages

Lower Course

Tradtional T-1 major layouts have excessively-long par-70 setups. This year's championship will feature a 7,428 yard par-70 golf course. It will be the shortest course the event has been played on since its introduction to the circuit in 2018.

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	478	377	503	196	425	482	501	380	210	3,552	460	431	218	451	430	453	230	649	554	3,876	7,428
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	34	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	36	70

Lengths of the course for previous major championships:

• 7,392 yards (6,759 m), par 70 - 2005 PGA Championship
• 7,116 yards (6,507 m), par 70 - 1993 U.S. Open
• 7,013 yards (6,413 m), par 70 - 1980 U.S. Open
• 7,015 yards (6,415 m), par 70 - 1967 U.S. Open

• 7,027 yards (6,425 m), par 70 - 1954 U.S. Open
• 6,866 yards (6,278 m), par 72 - 1936 U.S. Open (Upper Course)
• 6,212 yards (5,680 m), par 74 - 1915 U.S. Open (Old Course)
• 6,003 yards (5,489 m), par      - 1903 U.S. Open (Old Course)Template:IndentThe Old Course no longer exists, plowed under in 1918

Field

The following qualification criteria were used to select the field. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.

1. All former T-1 Players Champions
Benvolio Pagòn, David Duval

2. Last 10 Augusta Invitational Champions
TBD

3. Last 10 U.S. T-1 Open Champions
TBD

4. Last 10 T-1 British Open Champions
TBD

5. All former T-1 Tour Champions
TBD

• The following former champions are not competing: TBD

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2018 T-1 Players Championship
TBD

7. Top 60 in points at the end of the 2018 season of the T-1 Golf Tour
TBD

8. Members of the International and United States 2019 International Cup teams
TBD

9. Additional invitations from the T-1 Golf Federation
TBD

10. Winner of the 2020 T-1 Winter Open
TBD

11. Qualifiers at the T-1 Players Qualifying Event

Past champions expected in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won
Benvolio Pagòn	France	2019
David Duval	United States	2018

Round Summaries

Round 1

Thursday June 25, 2020

Round 2

Friday June 26, 2020

Round 3

Saturday TBD, 2020

Round 4

Sunday TBD, 2020