The Korn Ferry Tour season continues with the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, the last event prior to the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals. This year marks the 36th playing of the Albertsons Boise Open, one of four events played every season since the Korn Ferry Tour’s inaugural 1990 season, with Hillcrest Country Club having hosted every year.

This week's field is filled from the top 156 available and committed players from the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List. Upon conclusion of this week's event, the top 156 players from the Korn Ferry Tour Points List will gain entry to the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation – the first of four Korn Ferry Tour Finals events.

Rookies Johnny Keefer and Neal Shipley, as well as Austin Smotherman, are the only multi-time winners this season. All three enter this week bidding for the Three-Victory Promotion, which would grant them an immediate promotion to the PGA TOUR, making them eligible for upcoming FedExCup Fall events. Keefer and Smotherman, ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, have been declared #TOURBound for the 2026 PGA TOUR season.

Last year, PGA TOUR winner Matt McCarty won the 2024 Albertsons Boise Open by two strokes and achieved the Three-Victory Promotion, which granted him an immeditate promotion to the PGA TOUR. McCarty won his second start as a TOUR member, earning his maiden PGA TOUR title at the 2024 Bank of Utah Championship as part of the FedExCup Fall.

Tournament storylines

• The field includes 13 PGA TOUR winners with 22 career victories, highlighted by four-time TOUR winner Scott Piercy.
• The field features 54 Korn Ferry Tour winners who have combined for 84 career victories, led by four-time Korn Ferry Tour winners Chesson Hadley and Robby Shelton.
• A total of 13 players in the field are in the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking: Keefer (No. 57), Shipley (No. 85), Pierceson Coody (No. 107), Smotherman (No. 116), Kensei Hirata (No. 126), S.H. Kim (No. 142), Christo Lamprecht (No. 145), Trace Crowe (No. 157), Hank Lebioda (No. 160), Hayden Springer (No. 163), Chandler Blanchet (No. 165), Taylor Montgomery (No. 174) and Davis Chatfield (No. 181).
• Three past champions of the Albertsons Boise Open are in this week's field: Matt NeSmith (2019), Chesson Hadley (2017) and Luke Guthrie (2012).
• Four players in this week's field qualified via their standing on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List despite not having Korn Ferry Tour membership this season: Mark Lawrence Jr. (No. 127), Hunter Eichhorn (No. 152), Bio Kim (No. 161) and Diego Prone (No. 163).
• Brendan Valdes (No. 96 on 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List) leads the four players in the field from the top 10 of the 2025 PGA TOUR University Eligibility Ranking: Preston Summerhays (No. 114), Phichaksn Maichon (No. 155) and Ian Gilligan (No. 165). As of Tuesday morning, Jackson Van Paris (No. 171) was the first alternate.

Tournament facts

• Course: Hillcrest Country Club; par 71, 6,880 yards
  • Years hosted: 1990-present
• Field: 156 players
• Scoring records
  • 18-hole: 59, Russell Knox (2013/Round 2), David Kocher (2023/Round 4)
  • 72-hole: 256, Martin Piller (2015), Chan Kim (2023)
• 2024 champion: Matt McCarty
• Purse: $1,000,000 ($180,000/winner)