The LocaliQ Series, stylized as the LOCALiQ Series, was a one-off professional golf tour played in 2020, organized by the PGA Tour.

The series was announced following the cancellation of much of the PGA Tour's global development tours due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour is aimed at players who would have qualified to play on PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour Latinoamérica and PGA Tour China in 2020, with places also available to players on the second-tier Korn Ferry Tour and sponsor invites. Originally called the XYZ Series, business marketing firm LocaliQ became the title sponsor.

The seven regular tournaments on the tour were contested over 54 holes of stroke play with 144 competitors, a cut line of 55 plus ties, and a minimum prize fund of US$100,000. The series finale was a limited-field event over 72 holes. The winner and the two leaders in the overall series points standings were awarded sponsor exemptions into one tournament on the 2020–21 PGA Tour. The series was awarded Official World Golf Ranking status, with four points for winners of 54-hole events and six for the 72-hole championship.

Bryson Nimmer finished top of the LocaliQ Series points standings after winning both of the first two tournaments and finishing as runner-up in the fourth; his prize was an invite to initially the RBC Canadian Open, but that was eliminated because of border restrictions; he was allowed entry into the Palmetto Championship, the one-off replacement event that replaced the RBC Canadian Open. David Pastore won the Series Championship, the circuits final event, to move into second place in the standings and was rewarded with an invite to the 2021 Barbasol Championship. As a result, Carson Young, who finished third in the standings, received the third PGA Tour invite, to the 2021 Puerto Rico Open.

With the final event being originally scheduled in The Bahamas, the Local iQ Series points competition was titled as the "Race to The Bahamas", with a tournament win being worth 500 points. The event ultimately was moved to TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia.

The one-off tour resulted in the development of a United States–based third-tier tour, the Forme Tour, in 2021. Like the LOCALiQ Series, the Forme Tour also lasted one season in response to travel restrictions.

2020 season

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse (US$)WinnerOWGR points
Aug 7Alpharetta ClassicGeorgia100,000United States Bryson Nimmer (1)4
Aug 13Championship at Echelon Golf ClubGeorgia100,000United States Bryson Nimmer (2)4
Aug 28Classic at Callaway GardensGeorgia100,000United States Stoney Crouch (1)4
Sep 3Invitational at Auburn University ClubAlabama100,000United States Cooper Musselman (1)4
Sep 25Jacksonville ChampionshipFlorida100,000United States Carson Young (1)4
Oct 2Challenge at Harbor HillsFlorida100,000Finland Toni Hakula (1)4
Oct 9Classic at the Club at Weston HillsFlorida125,000United States Justin Doeden (1)4
Nov 20LOCALiQ Series ChampionshipGeorgia150,000United States David Pastore (1)6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Race to The Bahamas and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

PlacePlayerEventTotal pointsTmts
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1United States Bryson Nimmer1st 5001st 500T14 562nd 300T11 63CUT 0•T53 71,4267
2United States David PastoreT23 35T5 105T27 26T13 54T2 245T51 8CUT 01st 6001,0728
3United States Carson YoungT4 123T14 5656th 6•1st 500T10 64T40 15T8 838457
4United States Hayden Shieh2nd 300CUT 02nd 300CUT 0T21 40CUT 0T24 35T8 837578
5Finland Toni HakulaT46 10T5 105CUT 0CUT 0T15 501st 500T44 11T28 327078
6United States Stoney CrouchCUT 0T36 181st 500T23 35CUT 0CUT 0T54 6T13 646238
7United States Justin DoedenCUT 0T36 18CUT 0CUT 0T11 63CUT 01st 500T28 326128
8United States Cooper Musselman••CUT 01st 500CUT 0T46 10CUT 0T13 645746
9United States Alex Smalley3rd 190CUT 0T9 70T4 123•T25 30T18 44T16 545107
10United States Trace Crowe•••T4 123CUT 0••2nd 3304533

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