After a week off for the Presidents Cup, the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Fall returns this week with the third edition of the Bank of Utah Championship.
Contested at Black Desert Resort in Ivins, the event is the second of eight Fall series events, which finalizes eligibility for the 2027 PGA Tour season, starting in January.
The Bank of Utah Championship will be headlined by Presidents Cup star Jackson Koivun, along with defending champion Michael Brennan. Other familiar names include Tony Finau, Billy Horschel, Max Homa, and Maverick McNealy, among others.
The Skinny
Tournament: Bank of Utah Championship
PGA Tour Debut: 2024
Dates: Oct. 1-4, 2026
Where: Ivins, Utah
Venue: Black Desert Resort
Distance: 36-35-71, 7,421 Yards
Architect: Tom Weiskopf
Format: Stroke-play
Field: 120 players
Purse: $6,000,000
Winning Share: $1,080,000
FedExCup Points: 500
2025 Champion: Michael Brennan
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Tournament History
The Bank of Utah Championship debuted on the PGA Tour in October 2024 as the Black Desert Championship, restoring a full Tour event to Utah for the first time in more than 60 years.
It is played at Black Desert Resort in Ivins, in the Greater Zion region of southern Utah, on a championship course routed through an old lava field against red-rock cliffs. The layout is the final design of Tom Weiskopf, who died in 2022.
Staged as part of the FedExCup Fall series, the inaugural event drew strong reviews from players for the setting and the course. Matt McCarty won the 2024 tournament in just his third PGA Tour start, closing at 23-under 261 to beat Stephan Jager by three strokes for his first Tour victory. That aggregate remains the tournament record.
In July 2025 the Ogden-based Bank of Utah was named title sponsor under a deal running through 2027, and the event was renamed the Bank of Utah Championship. The purse has been set at $6 million.
Michael Brennan captured the 2025 title on a sponsor’s exemption, also in only his third Tour start and his first as a professional. The former Wake Forest player finished at 22-under 262 and won by four strokes over Rico Hoey, taking the $1.08 million first prize.
The championship continues as an October FedExCup Fall event at Black Desert, which also hosts an LPGA tournament.
History: Tournament Names
- Bank of Utah Championship (2025-)
- Black Desert Championship (2024)
History: Recent Winners
2025: Michael Brennan (-22)
2024: Matt McCarty (-23)
History: Records
Scoring
To Par: -23, Matt McCarty (2024)
Score: 261, Matt McCarty (2024)
The Field
The field in Utah will feature newly-minted Presidents Cup star Jackson Koivun, along with defending champion Michael Brennan. Koivun (21) and Brennan (24) were two of the young guns who won on the PGA Tour during the latter part of the season, following the final major.
Other familiar names include Tony Finau, Billy Horschel, Max Homa, Maverick McNealy, Rasmus Hojgaard, Mackenzie Hughes, and Lucas Glover, among others.
Bookmakers have Koivun listed as the slight favorite with odds of 12-1 with Ben James (15-1) and Brennan (16-1) listed as almost co-favs.
Maverick McNealy, Matt Wallace, and Doug Ghim round out the top-5 betting favorites at 22-1.
Top-5 Betting Favorites
Pos-Player(Odds)
1. Jackson Koivun (12-1)
2. Ben James (15-1)
3. Michael Brennan (16-1)
4. Maverick McNealy (22-1)
4. Matt Wallace (22-1)
4. Doug Ghim (22-1)
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