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23-578: The tournament was founded in 1971 as the Miki Gold Cup , a nine-man team match between golfers from Japan and the United States. Results were based on the aggregate of the best seven scores from each team after 54 holes of stroke play competition; there was also a prize for the best individual score. The event was renamed as the ABC Cup in 1972. The following year, the best eight scores were used to determine

46-515: A 36-hole cut was reduced from top 70 and ties to top 65 and ties. The 54-hole secondary cut, previously in effect when more than 78 players made a 36-hole cut, was eliminated. The season was effectively suspended on March 12 with the cancellation of The Players Championship after the first round due to growing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic . Several more tournaments were later canceled or postponed, including all four major championships ,

69-601: A playoff. Different tournaments have various formats for their playoffs, ranging from another full round, as employed in the U.S. Open , through to a three- or four-hole playoff as used in the PGA Championship and the Open Championship (British Open), to straightforward sudden death, which is used in most tournaments including the Masters Tournament and all other regular PGA Tour and European Tour events. In

92-415: A secondary cut prior to reducing the cut line to the top 65 for the 2020–21 season . One of the most common methods for settling ties is by means of a playoff, whereby those players who have tied for the lead replay a set number of holes. If still tied after those holes, then further sudden-death holes may also be played until a winner emerges. Ties in professional golf are generally settled by means of

115-412: Is a limit to the number of strokes that may be taken on each hole, and par (or bogey) , where holes are won or lost against a target score on each hole. Although most professional tournaments are played using the regular stroke play scoring system, some notable exceptions exist. In match play , the player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents. Match play scoring

138-450: Is a scoring system in the sport of golf . In the regular form of stroke play, also known as medal play , the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In a regular stroke play competition, the winner is the player who has taken the fewest strokes over the course of the round, or rounds. Other forms of stroke play include Stableford , whereby points are gained based on hole scores, maximum score , in which there

161-444: Is the winner. In handicap competitions, the players would subtract their handicaps from the total (gross) score to generate their net scores, and the player with the lowest net score is the winner. Scores may be reported in relation to par for easy comparison with other golfers' scores. For example, a player whose score is three strokes over par after a given hole would appear as "+3" on the scoreboard. If two or more players have

184-658: Is used in the WGC-Match Play Championship , the World Match Play Championship , and most team events, for example the Ryder Cup . A few tournaments such as the Barracuda Championship have used a modified Stableford system. In stroke play scoring, players record the number of strokes taken at each hole and total them up at the end of a given round, or rounds. The player with the lowest total

207-589: The COVID-19 pandemic . The distribution of points for 2019–20 PGA Tour events were as follows: Tour Championship starting score (to par ), based on position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship : For full rankings, see 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs . Final FedEx Cup standings of the 30 qualifiers for the Tour Championship : The money list was based on prize money won during

230-629: The Masters Tournament ; the first men's major of the golf season; the tournament was to begin April 9. On March 17, the tour announced the cancellation of all scheduled tournaments through May 10 (the RBC Heritage , Zurich Classic of New Orleans , Wells Fargo Championship and AT&T Byron Nelson ) and confirmed the postponement of the PGA Championship , scheduled to begin May 14, by the PGA of America . On April 16,

253-586: The Philip Morris Championship . After Philip Morris sponsorship came to an end, in 2003 the event became titled the ABC Championship , with Mynavi being added as title sponsor in 2008. In 2023, following the 2024 schedule announcement by the Japan Golf Tour, it was confirmed that the 2023 tournament would be the last and would not return from 2024 onwards. Stroke play Stroke play

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276-449: The cut depends on the tournament rules – in a typical PGA Tour event, the top 65 (formerly the top 70) professionals (plus ties) after 36 holes. Any player who returns a score higher than the cut mark takes no further part in the tournament. Tournaments may also employ another cut after 54 holes if a large number of players make the 36-hole cut. Players missing this cut are designated as "made cut, did not finish" (MDF). The PGA Tour employed

299-615: The first round of the 2020 Players Championship on March 12, and stated that subsequent rounds and tournaments would continue behind closed doors . However, the PGA Tour later announced that, "based on the rapidly changing situation", the rest of the tournament had been cancelled, as well as the next three events on the schedule (the Valspar Championship , WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play , and Valero Texas Open ). On March 13, Augusta National Golf Club announced that it would postpone

322-511: The longer playoff formats, if at least two players remain tied after such a playoff, then play generally continues in sudden-death format. One method of breaking ties commonly used in amateur competitions, especially when a playoff is not practical, and used in professional tournaments to seed players in knockout rounds (such as the World Super 6 in Perth, Australia) is a scorecard "count back", whereby

345-512: The player with the lowest cumulative score over the last 18, 9, 6, 3, or 1 hole(s) is declared the winner. 2019%E2%80%9320 PGA Tour The 2019–20 PGA Tour was the 105th season of the PGA Tour , the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 52nd season since separating from the PGA of America , and the 14th edition of the FedEx Cup . The number of players making

368-445: The same number of strokes, it may be desired to determine an outright winner. Two of the more common methods are a playoff and scorecard count back. Multi-round tournaments may enforce a "cut" to reduce the size of the field for later rounds. In a typical 72-hole elite tournament, played over one or two courses, there is a cut after 36 holes; tournaments played over three courses have a cut after 54 holes. The number of players who make

391-643: The scores were used to determine the individual winner. In 1985 the event reverted to its earlier format and name. In 1988, the tournament became a regular 72 hole stroke play event on the Japan Golf Tour , since when it has always been held at ABC Golf Club in Katō , Hyōgo . Sponsored by Philip Morris International , it was titled using the Lark brand as the ABC Lark Cup or Lark Cup for five years, until 1994 when it became

414-569: The tour also announced that three invitationals (Colonial, Heritage, Memorial) would be expanded from the usual 120-player field to become full-field (144 golfer) events. During the hiatus, two charity exhibition matches were held. The first was a skins game , titled as the "TaylorMade Driving Relief", held at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida on May 17, featuring Rory McIlroy , Dustin Johnson , Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff . The second

437-666: The tour announced several changes to the remaining schedule, with the intention of restarting with the Charles Schwab Challenge , which was moved from May 18–24 to June 11–14. Several tournaments were also rescheduled, including the RBC Heritage (which had earlier been canceled) the Memorial Tournament and the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational , and others were canceled, including the RBC Canadian Open . Furthermore,

460-416: The tournament. On July 13, the tour announced that the remainder of the season would be played behind closed doors. The following table lists official events during the 2019–20 season. The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official. The tournament locations below represent the original schedule, before any changes due to

483-483: The two remaining World Golf Championships and the Tokyo Summer Olympics . The tour resumed on June 11 with the Charles Schwab Challenge , with measures in place to mitigate the risk of virus transmission. The following week at the RBC Heritage , Nick Watney became to first player to test positive for coronavirus. The tournament schedule was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic . The tour played

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506-511: The winner, and in 1975 the event was extended to 72 holes. Between 1982 and 1984 the event was titled as the Goldwin Cup (1982–83) and the Uchida Yoko Cup (1984), during which time it was contested as stroke play matches with two points were awarded for a match win and one point for a tie. The first two rounds were played as better ball pairs and the final two rounds as singles, from which

529-472: Was a better ball pro-celebrity match play , titled as The Match: Champions for Charity , featuring Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning against Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady . The tour resumed without spectators in mid-June with the Charles Schwab Challenge. The Memorial Tournament in mid-July was planned to be the first event to welcome back fans, but those plans were canceled the week before

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