A ‘Ferry’ Different Event

MEANWHILE, THE SECOND iteration of the Korn Ferry Tour’s Colorado event, the TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes, is also making adjustments because of the coronavirus. Originally scheduled for the week of July 6-12, the tournament will now take place in Berthoud June 29-July 5. In another change, players will actually compete from Wednesday through Saturday, instead of the traditional Thursday-Sunday.

The date change was made, in part, in order to facilitate all the travel and logistics involved in operating a tournament—with the previous week’s event taking place in Utah, it made sense, says Drew Blass, tournament director for the Colorado event, to move his up. And, over the first six weeks of the revised Korn Ferry schedule, every other tournament will be played Wednesday-Saturday. Blass says that will also help the tour navigate whatever issues might arise in an unprecedented season.

“Everybody is just trying to make sure the players, volunteers—everyone connected with the event is safe,” Blass says. “We’re all—us, the Colorado Open, the PGA TOUR—just working through all of this, and we’re all looking to each other for good ideas and best practices in order to run a safe tournament and give these players the chance to earn a living.”

Like the CoBank Colorado Women’s Open, fans won’t be allowed to attend the TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes. The tournament field is set at 156 players; last year’s inaugural event was won by Nelson Ledesma—this year’s field is expected to include Mike Weir, the 2003 Masters champion. Blass says a number of players with Colorado ties, like George Cunningham of Louisville, and Zahkai Brown, of Arvada and Colorado State University, will also participate. pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

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This article was also featured in the June 2020 issue of Colorado AvidGolfer.

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