Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya: Pre-tournament notes, storylines, more

The 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season continues with the inaugural playing of the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya, the 10th event on the Tour's 26-event schedule. The Korn Ferry Tour returns to Mexico for the first time since the 2020 season (El Bosque Mexico Championship) and the 22nd time in Tour history. The Tulum Championship will mark the seventh and final international event of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season.

Johnny Keefer won last week's Veritex Bank Championship, joining Neal Shipley (LECOM Suncoast Classic) and Jeremy Gandon (Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club) as the third consecutive Korn Ferry Tour rookie winner. Last season, PGA Riviera Maya played as the most difficult course on PGA TOUR Americas with a scoring average of 74.64. The field includes 14 PGA TOUR winners who have combined for 20 career victories, highlighted by three-time winner D.A. Points. The field also includes 46 Korn Ferry Tour winners with 66 total wins, led by four-time winners Robby Shelton and D.A. Points.

Three amateurs are in this week's field: Miles Russell, Bruno Marques and Eduardo Garcia Cepeda. Russell, a 16-year-old from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, will tee it up on the Korn Ferry Tour for the fourth time in his career and second this season. Seventeen-year-old professional Blades Brown will be making his fourth start on Tour this season after a T2 finish at last week's Veritex Bank Championship, logging the best result of his career and the highest finish by a player under the age of 18 in Korn Ferry Tour history.

Tournament facts

• Course: PGA Riviera Maya (par 72, 7272 yards)
• Years hosted: 2025-present
• Purse: $1 million (winner: $180,000)
• Scoring average (2024): 74.635 (+2.635)