August 7, 2021
DULUTH, GEORGIA (August 5, 2021) — The APGA Tour will mark another high point next week when the regular season culminates at TPC Sugarloaf for the APGA Tour Championship with multiple players – including four who have started PGA TOUR events in 2021 – battling for the Lexus Cup Points title and Player of the Year bragging rights in suburban Atlanta.
Kamaiu Johnson, whose 2020 APGA Tour Championship title helped earn him exemptions into the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Honda Classic, is in fifth place in the Lexus Cup Point Standings with 996 after seven events, trailing leader Marcus Byrd (1497), Ryan Alford (1280), Landon Lyons (1077) and Rovonta Young (1005). Kevin Hall (975) and Willie Mack (947) also have their eyes on the title after teeing off this year with PGA TOUR pros. Hall also played in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Mack started four tournaments with the best players in the world, making the cut last month in The Rocket Mortgage Classic and The John Deere Classic.
With the APGA Tour Championship worth 1,000 Lexus Cup Points (regular season wins are worth 600) Patrick Newcomb (846), APGA Tour at World Golf Village winner Jarred Garcia (829) and 2020 Lexus Cup winner Tim O’Neal (683) are also in the hunt.
The loaded field will navigate the 7,259-yard, par-72 PGA TOUR-owned course Monday and Tuesday, August 9-10 with practice rounds set for Sunday, August 8. TPC Sugarloaf is one of six TPC courses on the APGA Tour schedule.
Byrd, the former Middle Tennessee State standout, can clinch the Lexus Cup title and pocket the $17,500 bonus pool check with a win after a 2021 season that includes a victory at APGA Tour New Orleans and solid finishes in other key events. Alford stands in second place on the strength of wins at both APGA Tour Scottsdale and APGA Tour Louisville.
In third place is Lyons who has finished top 10 in each Lexus Cup tournaments this season. Young is in fourth place after an early season victory at APGA Tour World Golf Village. Hall, who is in sixth, claimed his first victory since 2018 at APGA Tour Deere Run in July, finishing 8-under-par with a final round 63.
Other highlights from the 2021 season include 2020 Lexus Cup Champion O’Neal winning The John Shippen special event, qualifying him for a spot in The Rocket Mortgage Classic; Mack emerging victorious in the Billy Horschel APGA Tour Invitational special event last week at TPC Sawgrass; and Lyons winning the APGA Tour at Farmers Insurance Open Invitational, the January tandem event at Torrey Pines conducted in conjunction with the PGA Tour and Farmers Insurance.
The APGA Tour Championship will be the last Lexus Cup Point Standings competition of the year for the professional golf tour whose mission is to bring greater diversity to the sport of golf.
The APGA Tour continues September 20-22, heading to the Bluestone Country Club in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, for APGA Tour Valley Forge. The tournament marks the first time the APGA Tour will play in the Northeastern United States.
The APGA Tour Championship will be conducted under social-distancing and health/safety guidelines in conjunction with regional authorities. The 36-hole event offers a $25,000 purse.
The 2021 APGA Tour Lexus Cup Points Standings top 10 are listed below.
STANDING
NAME
POINTS
1st
Marcus Byrd
1497
2nd
Ryan Alford
1280
3rd
Landon Lyons
1077
4th
Rovonta Young
1005
5th
Kamaiu Johnson
996
6th
Kevin Hall
975
7th
Willie Mack
947
8th
Patrick Newcomb
846
9th
Jarred Garcia
829
10th
Tim O’Neal
683
APGA TOUR
2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Jan. 28 APGA Tour at Crossings at Carlsbad
The Crossings at Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Co-Winners: Michael Herrera, Landon Lyons
Jan. 30 APGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open Invitational
Torrey Pines North, La Jolla, CA
Winner: Landon Lyons
Feb. 19-21 APGA Tour Black History Month Classic
PGA Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, FL
Winner: Jarred Garcia
March 21-23 APGA Tour at World Golf Village
World Golf Village, St. Augustine, FL
Winner: Rovonta Young
April 11-13 APGA Tour Las Vegas
TPC Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Winner: Kamaiu Johnson
April 18-20 APGA Tour Scottsdale
TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
Winner: Ryan Alford
May 23-25 APGA Tour Louisville
Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, KY
Winner: Ryan Alford
May 31-June 1 APGA Tour New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, LA
Winner: Marcus Byrd
July 18-20 APGA Tour Deere Run
TPC Deere Run, Silvis, IL
Winner: Kevin Hall
July 29-31 Billy Horschel APGA Tour Invitational
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Winner: Willie Mack
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