Route 66 Cup to boost interest in Compliance Solutions Championship as CEO Lammert expands his outreach

The Korn Ferry Tour and Compliance Solutions announced Wednesday morning the Route 66 Cup presented by Compliance Solutions, a competition celebrating the 100th anniversary of historic U.S. Route 66. The new competition will see players compete for a $100,000 bonus prize pool across four Korn Ferry Tour events in 2026.

The Route 66 Cup presented by Compliance Solutions will span four events contested in cities along historic U.S. Route 66. It will begin in Amarillo, Texas, at the OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank (June 11-14), continue through Springfield, Illinois for the Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS (June 25-28), and Glenview, Illinois for the Evans Scholars Invitational (July 23-26), and conclude at the Compliance Solutions Championship (October 1-4) in Owasso, Oklahoma, where the leading points earner will be crowned the winner of the Route 66 Cup presented by Compliance Solutions.

“Compliance Solutions, Inc. is honored to sponsor this competition for the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Season,” said Mark Lammert, Founder and CEO of Compliance Solutions, Inc. “This year, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of America and the 100th anniversary of our country’s most storied highway – U.S. Route 66. The Route 66 Cup presented by Compliance Solutions was created to bring additional excitement, creativity and fun to the Korn Ferry Tour this season for players and fans alike. We’re looking forward to creating new memories in the four Korn Ferry Tour host cities along Route 66 and celebrating what makes America so unique and special.”

Players will accumulate Korn Ferry Tour points at each of the four designated events, with those results counting towards the Route 66 Cup Standings. Following the Compliance Solutions Championship, the top three players (and ties) in the Route 66 Cup Standings will earn payouts from the $100,000 bonus prize pool.

The winner of the Route 66 Cup presented by Compliance Solutions will receive $66,000, with additional payouts of $22,500 for second place and $11,500 for third place.

“We want to thank Mark Lammert and Compliance Solutions, Inc. for sponsoring this special competition,” said Alex Baldwin, Korn Ferry Tour President. “This is a first-of-its-kind initiative on our Tour that celebrates the intersection of history, sports and culture, and we’re thrilled to introduce this additional earning opportunity for our membership while honoring a special milestone in U.S. history.”

For Lammert, this is just another fun way for the Oral Roberts University graduate to add to the variety of golf and other athletic endeavors he has sponsored in the area since signing a five-year deal as title sponsor of the Korn Ferry Tour when it first came to Oklahoma in 2023. The first two years were held at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Course in Norman and the 2025 event at The Patriot, where it will return this fall.

He currently is a presenting sponsor of the Stifel Charity Classic, a Champions Tour event scheduled Oct. 19-25 in his hometown of St. Louis. He has two Oklahoma golfers who wear his logo on the Champions Tour in Scott Verplank of Edmond and Bo Van Pelt of Tulsa and two on the PGA Tour in Zach Bauchou of Edmond and Sam Ryder of Winter Park, Fla.

Lammert sponsored a hole in the recent redesign of Karsten Creek and has established other ties to the Cowboy program, helping fly former OSU players in for a special event by Good Good Golf, another company with which he has ties.

“I don’t have an official relationship with OSU, it’s just that anybody who is friendly I try to work with,” Lammert said “I have a good relationship with Alan Bratton (OSU men’s golf coach) and I want to see them do great things.”

Lammert said he came up with the Route 66 Cup as another way to focus attention on the Compliance Solutions Championship at The Patriot, where it will be decided. A $66,000 payout is not insignificant to a Korn Ferry Tour player working his way up to the PGA Tour. Organizers say this year’s event will have some new wrinkles, but a fan favorite — free Braum’s ice cream for all — will return.

– From PGA Tour release and Ken MacLeod