The Korn Ferry Tour returns to Springfield, Illinois, for the 10th anniversary of the Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS at Panther Creek Country Club, the 16th event of the Tour’s 26-event season. Panther Creek Country Club has hosted every iteration of the Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS, which played its inaugural event in 2016. Myles Creighton earned his first Korn Ferry Tour title at last week's Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open. Creighton was one of two players to shoot a sub-60 round last week, joining Adrien Dumont de Chassart, who carded a first-round 11-under 59. Creighton replicated it in the third round en route to his victory. It marked the second time in Korn Ferry Tour history in which multiple sub-60 rounds were recorded during the same event.

Nos. 2-10 from the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking – who earned exempt Korn Ferry Tour membership – are in the field this week: Brendan Valdes (Auburn), Ian Gilligan (Florida), Jackson Van Paris (Vanderbilt), Phichaksn Maichon (Texas A&M), Preston Summerhays (Arizona State), Sebastian Moss (Louisville), Omar Morales (UCLA), Pablo Ereno Perez (UCLA), and Algot Kleen (LSU). Valdes collected his best finish in two starts at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open, as the 22-year-old finished T13 in his second professional start on the Korn Ferry Tour. He currently leads his fellow Class of 2025 PGA TOUR University alumni on the 2025 Korn Ferry Points List, sitting at No. 149. University of Illinois alum Jackson Buchanan, who is playing on a sponsor exemption, will make his professional debut on the Korn Ferry Tour this week. Buchanan finished No. 12 in the Class of 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking, and returns to the Memorial Health Championship for a second consecutive year, having finished T39 as an amateur on a sponsor exemption in 2024.

Tournament storylines

• The field includes 14 PGA TOUR winners with 27 career victories, highlighted by Nick Watney with five career TOUR victories.
• Five players in this week’s field are in the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking: Pierceson Coody (No. 122), Kensei Hirata (No. 130), Neal Shipley (No. 145), Austin Smotherman (No. 163), and Trace Crowe (No. 169).
• The field features 52 Korn Ferry Tour winners who have combined for 83 career victories, led by Chesson Hadley, D.A. Points and Robby Shelton with four wins apiece.
• Led by 2024 Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS winner Max McGreevy, five players who finished inside the top 10 and ties secured their PGA TOUR cards by season’s end: Steven Fisk (second), Jackson Suber (third), Aldrich Potgieter and Ryan Gerard (T8).
• Two previous champions of the Memorial Health Championship are in this week's field: Paul Haley II (2022) and Brett Drewitt (2020). With his victory in 2022, Haley II tied the 72-hole tournament scoring record in 27-under 257 (Taylor Moore/2021) and earned his return to the PGA TOUR with a No. 3 finish on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Eligibility Points List.
• Five players in this week’s Korn Ferry Tour field have ties to the state of Illinois: Adrien Dumont de Chassart and Quincy native Luke Guthrie, both University of Illinois alums; sponsor exemption Jackson Buchanan, who is making his professional debut on the Korn Ferry Tour; and Open Qualifiers Danny Fisher, a Lake Forest native making his second career Korn Ferry Tour start, and Charlie Nikitas, a Chicago native set for his Tour debut.

Tournament facts

• Course: Panther Creek Country Club, par 71, 7,258 yards
  • Years hosted: 2016-present
• Field: 156 players
• Scoring record:
  • 18-hole: 60, Jackson Suber (2024 Round 2), Rob Oppenheim (2022/Round 3), Taylor Moore (2020/Round 3)
  • 72-hole: 257, Paul Haley II (2022), Taylor Moore (2020)
• Defending champion: Max McGreevy
• Purse: $1,000,000 ($180,000/winner)