Tournaments / 2020-2021
THE NORTHERN TRUST
2021-08-19 · Liberty National Golf Club
- Winner
- Tony Finau
- Winning score
- -20
- Field
- 123
- Field strength
- +0.474 SG
The 2020-2021 THE NORTHERN TRUST was played at Liberty National Golf Club, starting 19 August 2021. Tony Finau won at 20 under par (264). The winning card was 67, 64, 68 and 65, and the win paid $1,710,000. Cameron Smith finished second, and Jon Rahm was third. 123 players started the event. The field averaged +0.474 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 99% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 123. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Tony Finau
- Pos
- P1
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 264
- Cameron Smith
- Pos
- P2
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 60
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 264
- Jon Rahm
- Pos
- 3
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 266
- Alex Noren
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 269
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 269
- Tom Hoge
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 269
- Erik van Rooyen
- Pos
- 7
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 62
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 270
- Corey Conners
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 62
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 271
- Keith Mitchell
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 271
- Kevin Na
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 271
- Harold Varner III
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 272
- Hudson Swafford
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 272
- Keegan Bradley
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 272
- Patrick Cantlay
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 272
- Shane Lowry
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 62
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 272
- Harry Higgs
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 273
- Pat Perez
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 273
- Robert Streb
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 273
- Sungjae Im
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 273
- Xander Schauffele
- Pos
- T16
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 62
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 273
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 75 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.094
- Top-20 hit rate
- 35%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 34.9
Grade is this event’s percentile (8th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Rahm | 1st | 3rd |
| Justin Thomas | 2nd | 4th |
| Xander Schauffele | 3rd | 16th |
| Webb Simpson | 4th | 47th |
| Patrick Cantlay | 5th | 11th |
| Rory McIlroy | 6th | 43rd |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 7th | 31st |
| Daniel Berger | 8th | 56th |
| Abraham Ancer | 9th | 64th |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 10th | 43rd |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Erik van Rooyen | 71st | 7th(−64) |
| Keith Mitchell | 70th | 8th(−62) |
| Hudson Swafford | 73rd | 11th(−62) |
| Robert Streb | 75th | 16th(−59) |
| Jordan Spieth | 17th | 73rd(+56) |
| Abraham Ancer | 9th | 64th(+55) |
| Brian Harman | 20th | 75th(+55) |
| Tom Hoge | 57th | 4th(−53) |
| Harry Higgs | 66th | 16th(−50) |
| Paul Casey | 15th | 64th(+49) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the THE NORTHERN TRUST in 2020-2021?
- Tony Finau won the 2020-2021 THE NORTHERN TRUST at Liberty National Golf Club, finishing 20 under par.
Where was the 2020-2021 THE NORTHERN TRUST played?
- The 2020-2021 THE NORTHERN TRUST was played at Liberty National Golf Club, starting 19 August 2021.
What was the winning score at the 2020-2021 THE NORTHERN TRUST?
- The winning score was 20 under par (264 strokes), posted by Tony Finau.
How many players were in the THE NORTHERN TRUST field?
- 123 players started the 2020-2021 THE NORTHERN TRUST. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.