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The Pinnacle Bank Championship Presented by Aetna announced today the tournament will present Children’s Hospital & Medical Center with a check for $40,000 at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Children’s. Through the four years of the Championship, the event and its partner agencies have given more than $350,000 to area charities supporting such organizations as JDRF, Cystic Fibrosis and the First Tee Omaha.
“We are very grateful for this generous donation, which reflects how this incredible community rallies behind its children and its only hospital exclusively dedicated to serving children,” says Chanda Chacón, Children’s president & CEO. “Your support helps us continue to improve the lives of children through excellent clinical care, advocacy, research and education.”
“Our event is based on supporting our community through volunteer and financial support,” said Jeff Jorth, board chairman of Support Nebraska. “Providing these donations further aligns the values of the Championship and its connection to greater Omaha.”
In addition to Children’s, donations were also made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The First Tee-Omaha, JDRF, 22Kill, PGA Reach Nebraska and The Truck Charities, bringing the total 2020 contributions to $105,000.
The Pinnacle Bank Championship Presented by Aetna will see several major changes at its 2021 event. The Korn Ferry Tour announced earlier this month that the Championship will serve as the Tour’s Regular Season finale with 25 PGA TOUR cards being awarded after the final round of competition. The event is set to be contested August 9-15, 2021 and will have all four days aired live on the GOLF Channel.
“Even though we weren’t able to have fans at the Championship this year, we are thrilled that we can still give back to Omaha charities,” said Tournament Director, Jessica Brabec. “It’s a testament to the mission of the event and Support Nebraska that the charity aspect of our event still provides an annual impact.”
ABOUT THE PINNACLE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP
The Pinnacle Bank Championship is a stop on the PGA TOUR’s Korn Ferry Tour in Omaha, Nebraska and will be held August 9-15, 2021 at The Club at Indian Creek. The event features a purse of $750,000 and was awarded the 2018 Korn Ferry Tour’s Truck Award and 2017 Korn Ferry Tour’s Tournament Rookie of the Year Award in its inaugural year. The event is the final regular season stop and is the location where the top 25 players receive their PGA TOUR cards.
ABOUT PINNACLE BANK
Founded in 1938 in Palmer, Neb., Pinnacle Bancorp is a family-owned, Nebraska-based $14.2 billion financial holding company operating more than 150 community banks in eight states, including 66 across Nebraska. For more information, visit pinnbank.com.
ABOUT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center is the only full-service, pediatric health care center in Nebraska, providing expertise in more than 50 pediatric specialty services to children across a five-state region and beyond. Children’s is home to Nebraska’s only Level IV regional Newborn Intensive Care Unit and the state’s only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. A regional heart center, it also offers expertise in pediatric heart transplantation. Children’s is recognized as a 2020-21 Best Children’s Hospital by U.S. News & World Report in four pediatric specialties: Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery and Urology. Visit us online at ChildrensOmaha.org.
The Korn Ferry Tour today announced that the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna will serve as the Tour’s Regular Season finale with 25 PGA TOUR cards being awarded after the final round of competition. The event is set to be contested August 9-15, 2021 with all four rounds airing live on GOLF Channel. In addition, the tournament announced a five-year extension with title sponsor Pinnacle Bank through 2025.
As the final event of the Tour’s Regular Season, the top 25 players on the Korn Ferry Tour points list following the conclusion of the final round will be awarded their PGA TOUR cards for the 2021-22 season at The Club at Indian Creek. Previous Pinnacle Bank Championship winners Sam Ryder and Kris Ventura both received their cards after winning in Omaha, and are currently competing on TOUR.
“We are thrilled to be the Regular Season finale on the 2021 schedule and for the next five years,” said Tournament Director, Jessica Brabec. “Thanks to the backing of the Support Nebraska Board, Pinnacle Bank, our community, sponsors, partners and volunteers, we have built one of the premier stops on the Tour schedule. We’re honored to continue hosting the game’s rising stars and it’s exciting to know Omaha will now be synonymous with players reaching their dreams of making the PGA TOUR.”
The Pinnacle Bank Championship also announced a five-year extension for its title sponsor, Pinnacle Bank. Pinnacle Bank has been the title sponsor since the inaugural event in 2017. The extension runs through 2025.
“Pinnacle Bank is excited to extend our title sponsorship of the Pinnacle Bank Championship for an additional five years, through the 2025 event,” said Pinnacle Bank President, Marc Hock. “We are proud to keep this event in Omaha and to continue to benefit local charities and our community.”
GOLF Channel, the PGA TOUR’s official television partner for the Korn Ferry Tour, will broadcast all four days of the Championship starting in 2021.
“Indian Creek has proven to be a challenging course and we look forward to seeing the best on the Korn Ferry Tour contend for their PGA TOUR cards,” said course co-owner, Bill Gottsch. “We’re excited to show off the course nationally.”
The Championship and its placement on national television is not only the bookend for the Korn Ferry Tour, but also for an exciting summer in Omaha. The postponed NCAA Volleyball Championship will be played and on national television in April, followed by the College World Series, USA Olympic Swim Trials and the U.S. Senior Open.
Next week, the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna and Support Nebraska are awarding a donation to their benefitting charity, Children’s Hospital Foundation
ABOUT THE PINNACLE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP
The Pinnacle Bank Championship is a stop on the PGA TOUR’s Korn Ferry Tour in Omaha, Nebraska and will be held August 9-15, 2021 at The Club at Indian Creek. The event features a purse of $750,000 and was awarded the 2018 Korn Ferry Tour’s Truck Award and 2017 Korn Ferry Tour’s Tournament Rookie of the Year Award in its inaugural year. The event is the final regular-season stop and is the location where the top 25 players receive their PGA TOUR cards.
ABOUT PINNACLE BANK
Founded in 1938 in Palmer, Neb., Pinnacle Bancorp is a family-owned, Nebraska-based $14.2 billion financial holding company operating more than 150 community banks in eight states, including 66 across Nebraska. For more information, visit pinnbank.com.
August 02, 2020
By Sean Wildhack, PGATOUR.COM
OMAHA, Nebraska – Spurred by a final-round 64, Seth Reeves erased an eight-stroke deficit to capture his first Korn Ferry Tour title at the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna, finishing the week at 11-under 273.
“I fist pumped my birdie putt on No. 18 because I thought it secured a top-10,” Reeves said after his win became official. “I’m just kind of shocked, really.”
Reeves, who teed off more than two hours before the final group, dropped a shot with an early bogey on the par-4 third. Despite the setback, the Georgia Tech product rebounded with birdies on Nos. 4, 6 and 7 to get back to 6-under for the week.
As Reeves made his way to the back nine, 54-hole leader Ryan Ruffels began his final round. Ruffels struggled early carding back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 2 and 3. Despite the early struggles, he followed a birdie on the par-5 fourth with an eagle at the par-5 seventh and regained the solo-lead at 13-under.
Reeves caught fire on the back nine and continued his climb up the leaderboard. After birdies on Nos. 10 and 11, the 29-year-old recorded an eagle on the par-5 15th, moving him to 10-under for the week. On his 72nd hole, Reeves made his sixth birdie of the day to post 11-under and take the clubhouse lead.
“I started realizing it was close when I was tied for the lead and the last group only had two holes to play,” Reeves said. “I just was just kind of like, ‘Wow this could actually happen.’”
After the eagle, Ruffels gave a stroke back with a bogey on the par-3 eighth. The Australian tallied another birdie at the par-4 10th to get back to 13-under, but quickly gave two strokes back with bogeys on Nos. 11 and 13. Entering his final stretch of holes, Ruffels carded a birdie on the par-5 15th to regain the lead at 12-under.
As Reeves began to warm up on the range for a potential playoff, Ruffels carded back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 16 and 17, giving Reeves the solo-lead at 11-under. On his 72nd hole, Ruffels’ lengthy birdie attempt narrowly missed, securing Reeves’ first Korn Ferry Tour title.
“I didn’t think I was going to get it done,” he said. “I decided to come back out here and warm up like normal and was shocked that I had the lead with one hole to be played in the tournament. It went the opposite of how I thought, I’m still shocked.”
After earning his PGA TOUR card through the 2018 Korn Ferry Tour Finals, Reeves struggled as a rookie on TOUR. In 25 TOUR starts, Reeves made 11 cuts but failed to retain his card.
After returning to the Korn Ferry Tour this season, his struggles continued. Prior to his victory, Reeves had made only three cuts in 11 starts this season and entered the week ranked No. 135 on the points list. With his win on Sunday, Reeves jumped 117 spots to No. 18 on the points list.
“I finished dead-last two weeks ago. It’s been hard, I’ve been in kind of a dark place with my game and trying to figure out how to play to my abilities,” Reeves said. “When you struggle as much as I have, you have all those doubts. This tells me I can do it. If I can do it once, I can do it again.”
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To assist media who will not have on-site access to cover the season resumption, the PGA TOUR has created a Virtual Media Center. All media regulations remain in place. Approved media will have access to the PGA TOUR Virtual Media Center, which will include assets such as:
Join us live, Tuesday, July 28 at 10:00 am (CT) for this year’s Nebraska Section PGA Youth Day. As we continue to ensure a safe environment for the community, fans, players and tournament staff, this year’s event will be held virtually.
We are fortunate to be able to support the youth in the Omaha region and know this event will help continue to drive good until we can invite the area youth back in 2021.
Three golfers — including one from Omaha — will play in the PGA TOUR’s 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Pinnacle Bank Championship July 27-August 2 and compete for a share of the $600,000 purse.
Will Grimmer, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, who turned pro in 2019 and Wisconsin native Jordan Niebrugge who broke Bobby Jones’ record for the lowest score by an amateur at the Open Championship in 2015 have earned two of the spots in the 2020 Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna and hosted at The Club at Indian Creek. Grimmer and Niebrugge are the restricted qualifiers selected by the Pinnacle Bank Championship board of directors.
Omahan Carson Schaake, a graduate of Creighton Prep who played his collegiate career at University of Iowa, earned his spot by winning the Nebraska Qualifier on July 2, 2020 played at ArborLinks. He shot a 10-under, 134 to edge 2019 Pinnacle Bank Championship qualifiers Ryan Vermeer and Luke Kluver, who finished tied for second place at 7-under-par.
Grimmer is a graduate of The Ohio State University, during which time he represented the U.S. on the Arnold Palmer Cup Team. He has 13 USGA Championships, which were highlighted by two US Open appearances with a made cut at Shinnecock Hills in 2018. He also competed at The Memorial on the PGA Tour last year on a sponsor’s exemption.
Niebrugge earned his Korn Ferry Tour status after a 2016-2017 season highlighted by a top 10 finish on the Mackenzie Tour Order of Merit where he had two runner-up finishes and a T35 finish at the 2017 US Open in Wisconsin. He played collegiate golf at Oklahoma State, finishing his amateur career as the fifth ranked amateur in the world, and was a Byron Nelson finalist.
The Championship’s other unrestricted exemption will be awarded to the winner of the Indian Creek Invitational this Sunday, July 12.
The Pinnacle Bank Championship announced the rules that will be followed while covering the 2020 Championship, scheduled for July 30 – August 2.
The PGA TOUR has developed a Media Operations plan which will provide media the opportunity to cover the Pinnacle Bank Championship, while also taking into consideration the protocols necessary to all for the Tour’s return in a safe and responsible manner.
Exemptions for the 2020 Championship will be announced at a later date.
The Championship is also announcing that this year’s benefitting charity will be Children’s Hospital & Medical Center. The Championship has given more than $252,000 to area charities supporting such organizations as Make-a-Wish Nebraska, The Lane Thomas Foundation, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and TeamMates Mentoring Program, which has been the tournament’s benefactor as its charitable partner since 2017.
“We are grateful to Pinnacle Bank and all who support and enjoy the Pinnacle Bank Championship, which will benefit Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in 2020,” said Beth Greiner, Executive Director of Children’s Foundation. “As the only full-service, pediatric health care center in Nebraska, all funds raised will benefit the health – and improve the lives – of our region’s children.”
As was announced on Monday, June 15, the Championship will be played without spectators. The decision was made in accordance with and recommendations from local, state and federal government agencies tasked with ensuring the safety of those essential to conducting the tournament. While some of those restrictions have been loosened in recent days, multiple options were vetted before making our decision, it would be difficult to change course at this point in time.
Questions submitted by members of the media to Kris Ventura, 2019 Pinnacle Bank Champion, are can be found the media page (password: pinnacle).
Decision made to protect the health and safety of players and community.
Omaha, Neb. – The Pinnacle Bank Championship announced today that the 2020 Championship, scheduled for July 30 – August 2, will be contested without fans onsite. The Korn Ferry Tour said it supports the decision believing conducting the tournament without crowds onsite is in the best interest of protecting everyone, including the Omaha community at large.
The decision was made in accordance with and recommendations from local, state and federal government agencies tasked with ensuring the safety of those essential to conducting the tournament.
“While we will miss the great crowds and visible community support at the Championship, we look forward to next year’s tournament scheduled for July 26-August 1, 2021 when we can enjoy golf together again,” said Jessica Brabec, Pinnacle Bank Championship Tournament Director.
“In January, we were moving full steam ahead with our plan for this tournament, and like everyone else, by March, based on the information available, we had to make some tough decisions. We felt, and the TOUR agreed, that no spectators was the best course of action to take for the safety of the players and the community,” Brabec said.
In spite of fans not being onsite, the Tournament will continue its long tradition of supporting a local nonprofit through its charity donation.
“We are fortunate to be able to support local nonprofits through the generosity of local companies and appreciate their support in spite of the challenges we’ve all had to work through this year,” said Marc Hock, president of Pinnacle Bank.
The pro-ams scheduled for Monday, July 27 and Wednesday, July 29 will go on as scheduled. Players will all use separate carts and those playing in the Wednesday pro-am will play nine holes with each of two pros.
Unfortunately, Youth Day is also impacted by this decision. Tournament officials are working on a plan to engage with young people through a virtual event. Details to follow.
For more information about the Pinnacle Bank Championship, please visit the website at The Pinnacle Bank Championship.
ABOUT THE PINNACLE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP
The Pinnacle Bank Championship is an award-winning stop on the PGA TOUR’s Korn Ferry Tour in Omaha, Nebraska and will be held July 27-August 2, 2020 at The Club at Indian Creek. The event features a purse of $600,000 and was awarded the 2018 Korn Ferry Tour’s Truck Award and 2017 Korn Ferry Tour’s Tournament Rookie of the Year Award in its inaugural year. The 2017 champion, Sam Ryder currently has 237 FedEx Cup Points and is ranked at 93. His best finish to date in 2020 is tied for third at the PGA TOUR’s Puerto Rico Open. The 2018 champion, David Skinns, ended his 2019 season with one top ten finish and welcomed a new baby boy to his family. The 2019 champion, Kris Ventura is currently ranked 175 on the FedEx Cup list with 76 points. To date, his best 2020 finish is tied for 18th at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on the PGA TOUR.
ABOUT THE PINNACLE BANK
Family-owned since 1938, Nebraska-based Pinnacle Bancorp is a $12 billion financial holding company with 156 locations across 7 states. For more information, visit pinnbank.com.