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Veritex Bank Championship

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Veritex Bank Championship
Tournament information
LocationArlington, Texas
Established2020
Course(s)Texas Rangers Golf Club
Par71
Length6,987 yards (6,389 m)
Tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,000,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate253 Tim Widing (2024)
To par−31 as above
Current champion
Sweden Tim Widing
Location map
Texas Rangers GC is located in the United States
Texas Rangers GC
Texas Rangers GC
Location in the United States
Texas Rangers GC is located in Texas
Texas Rangers GC
Texas Rangers GC
Location in Texas

The Veritex Bank Championship is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was first played in April 2021 at Texas Rangers Golf Club in Arlington, Texas; it had been scheduled to be played in 2020, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

In 2022, Tyson Alexander became the first player in Korn Ferry Tour history to successfully defend a title.[3]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2024 Sweden Tim Widing 253 −31 4 strokes Canada Myles Creighton
2023 United States Spencer Levin 264 −20 1 stroke Australia Brett Drewitt
2022 United States Tyson Alexander (2) 262 −22 2 strokes South Korea An Byeong-hun
Sweden Pontus Nyholm
2021 United States Tyson Alexander 261 −23 1 stroke United States Theo Humphrey
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.

References

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  1. ^ "PGA Tour's Korn Ferry Tour announces Veritex Bank Championship". PGA Tour. September 10, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Tyson Alexander first on Korn Ferry Tour to successfully defend title". ESPN. Associated Press. April 17, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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