This is a list of golfers who graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Finals in 2019.[1] The top 25 players on the Korn Ferry Tour's regular-season points list in 2019 earned PGA Tour cards for 2020.[2] The Finals, which concluded on September 2, determined the other 25 players to earn PGA Tour cards and the initial priority order of all 50.
As in previous seasons, the Finals featured the top 75 players on the Korn Ferry Tour regular season points list, players ranked 126–200 on the PGA Tour's regular-season FedEx Cup points list (except players exempt through other means), non-members of the PGA Tour with enough regular-season FedEx Cup points to place 126–200, and special medical exemptions.
To determine the initial 2020 PGA Tour priority rank, the 25 Korn Ferry Tour regular-season graduates were alternated with the 25 Finals graduates. This priority order was then reshuffled several times during the 2020 season.
Scottie Scheffler was fully exempt for the 2020 PGA Tour season after leading both the full-season and the Finals points list.
2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals
edit| Player | 2019 Korn Ferry Tour regular season |
2019 FedEx Cup |
2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals | The 25 Regular + Finals |
Priority rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Points | Rank | Without The 25 |
Points | Rank | Points | |||
| Scottie Scheffler* | 3 | 1667 | 1 | 1268 | 1 | 2935 | Exempt | ||
| Zhang Xinjun | 1 | 1962 | 58 | 85 | 2 | 2047 | 1 | ||
| Matthew NeSmith* | 46 | 482 | 2 | 1 | 1019 | 2 | |||
| Robby Shelton† | 2 | 1788 | T87 | 28 | 3 | 1816 | 3 | ||
| Tom Lewis* | 3 | 2 | 1000 | 4 | |||||
| Harry Higgs* | 5 | 1314 | 32 | 178 | 4 | 1491 | 5 | ||
| Brandon Hagy | 253 | 4 | 3 | 700 | 6 | ||||
| Lanto Griffin | 6 | 1228 | T28 | 186 | 5 | 1415 | 7 | ||
| Kramer Hickok | 161 | 5 | 4 | 661 | 8 | ||||
| Mark Hubbard | 9 | 1121 | 14 | 289 | 6 | 1410 | 9 | ||
| Fabián Gómez | 109 | 243 | 169 | 6 | 5 | 633 | 10 | ||
| Ryan Brehm | 13 | 1097 | 13 | 300 | 7 | 1397 | 11 | ||
| Viktor Hovland* | 7 | 6 | 620 | 12 | |||||
| Kristoffer Ventura* | 4 | 1359 | 93 | 24 | 8 | 1383 | 13 | ||
| Brendon Todd | 183 | 8 | 7 | 505 | 14 | ||||
| Henrik Norlander | 11 | 1107 | 22 | 220 | 9 | 1327 | 15 | ||
| Beau Hossler | 145 | 9 | 8 | 482 | 16 | ||||
| Zac Blair | 12 | 1099 | 34 | 174 | 10 | 1272 | 17 | ||
| Ben Taylor* | 45 | 486 | 10 | 9 | 417 | 18 | |||
| Bo Hoag* | 7 | 1207 | 79 | 36 | 11 | 1244 | 19 | ||
| Anirban Lahiri | 178 | 11 | 10 | 358 | 20 | ||||
| Nelson Ledesma* | 8 | 1194 | 97 | 19 | 12 | 1212 | 21 | ||
| Grayson Murray | 100 | 269 | 214 | 12 | 11 | 333 | 22 | ||
| Rhein Gibson | 10 | 1111 | T84 | 31 | 13 | 1142 | 23 | ||
| Tyler Duncan | 163 | 15 | 12 | 283 | 24 | ||||
| Chase Seiffert* | 15 | 938 | 57 | 88 | 14 | 1026 | 25 | ||
| David Hearn | 163 | 83 | 174 | 16 | 13 | 283 | 26 | ||
| Mark Anderson | 14 | 969 | 111 | 10 | 15 | 979 | 27 | ||
| Bronson Burgoon | 135 | 17 | 14 | 281 | 28 | ||||
| Scott Harrington* | 19 | 850 | 46 | 127 | 16 | 977 | 29 | ||
| Chris Baker* | 26 | 718 | 18 | 15 | 263 | 30 | |||
| Michael Gligic* | 17 | 886 | 82 | 34 | 17 | 920 | 31 | ||
| Robert Streb | 128 | 19 | 16 | 257 | 32 | ||||
| Sebastian Cappelen* | 16 | 905 | n/a | 0 | 18 | 905 | 33 | ||
| Tom Hoge | 159 | 20 | 17 | 247 | 34 | ||||
| Vince Whaley* | 25 | 761 | 42 | 141 | 19 | 902 | 35 | ||
| Cameron Percy | 58 | 420 | 21 | 18 | 243 | 36 | |||
| Rafael Campos* | 18 | 869 | n/a | 0 | 20 | 869 | 37 | ||
| Hank Lebioda | 148 | 23 | 19 | 203 | 38 | ||||
| Vince Covello* | 20 | 814 | 105 | 12 | 21 | 826 | 39 | ||
| Rob Oppenheim | 35 | 572 | 24 | 20 | 196 | 40 | |||
| Michael Gellerman* | 21 | 797 | T115 | 8 | 22 | 806 | 41 | ||
| Cameron Davis | 160 | 25 | 21 | 193 | 42 | ||||
| Maverick McNealy* | 23 | 787 | T112 | 9 | 23 | 796 | 43 | ||
| Joseph Bramlett | 32 | 609 | 26 | 22 | 189 | 44 | |||
| Tyler McCumber* | 22 | 791 | n/a | 0 | 24 | 791 | 45 | ||
| Doug Ghim* | 52 | 459 | 27 | 23 | 188 | 46 | |||
| Tim Wilkinson | 24 | 775 | n/a | 0 | 25 | 775 | 47 | ||
| Richy Werenski | 126 | T28 | T24 | 186 | 48 | ||||
| D. J. Trahan | 164 | T28 | T24 | 186 | 49 | ||||
*PGA Tour rookie in 2020
†First-time PGA Tour member in 2020, but ineligible for rookie status due to having played eight or more PGA Tour events as a professional in a previous season
- Earned spot in Finals through PGA Tour.
- Earned spot in Finals through FedEx Cup points earned as a PGA Tour non-member.
- Earned spot in Finals through a medical extension.
- Indicates whether the player earned his card through the regular season or through the Finals.
Results on 2020 PGA Tour
edit| Player | Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
Money list rank |
Earnings ($) | FedEx Cup rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler* | 23 | 18 | 3/T3x2 | 22 | 2,833,438 | 5 |
| Zhang Xinjun | 25 | 13 | T4 | 71 | 1,232,376 | 78 |
| Matthew NeSmith* | 23 | 13 | T6 | 110 | 783,232 | 100 |
| Robby Shelton† | 24 | 13 | T3 | 72 | 1,232,306 | 66 |
| Tom Lewis* | 12 | 5 | T2 | 101 | 895,241 | 124 |
| Harry Higgs* | 25 | 16 | 2 | 70 | 1,251,570 | 55 |
| Brandon Hagy | 17 | 8 | T12 | 157 | 341,322 | 152 |
| Lanto Griffin | 27 | 21 | Win | 16 | 3,188,586 | 18 |
| Kramer Hickok | 18 | 7 | T15 | 176 | 253,646 | 170 |
| Mark Hubbard | 24 | 19 | T2 | 46 | 1,840,473 | 44 |
| Fabián Gómez | 19 | 10 | T3 | 132 | 564,722 | 126 |
| Ryan Brehm | 17 | 9 | T31 | 200 | 162,079 | 197 |
| Viktor Hovland* | 20 | 17 | Win | 41 | 1,982,275 | 20 |
| Kristoffer Ventura* | 16 | 7 | T18 | 170 | 278,309 | 156 |
| Brendon Todd | 25 | 18 | Winx2 | 14 | 3,390,258 | 20 |
| Henrik Norlander | 23 | 14 | T5 | 75 | 1,175,431 | 76 |
| Beau Hossler | 22 | 13 | T9 | 125 | 658,088 | 116 |
| Zac Blair | 23 | 12 | T4 | 116 | 745,273 | 113 |
| Ben Taylor* | 17 | 4 | T28 | 211 | 99,775 | 210 |
| Bo Hoag* | 22 | 13 | T9 | 129 | 621,518 | 125 |
| Anirban Lahiri | 13 | 5 | T44 | 218 | 58,388 | 219 |
| Nelson Ledesma* | 17 | 3 | T28 | 222 | 45,520 | 217 |
| Grayson Murray | 14 | 5 | T10 | 179 | 244,150 | 186 |
| Rhein Gibson | 16 | 10 | T27 | 194 | 182,113 | 192 |
| Tyler Duncan | 25 | 16 | Win | 47 | 1,799,855 | 40 |
| Chase Seiffert* | 18 | 10 | 4 | 134 | 539,756 | 131 |
| David Hearn | 19 | 8 | T8 | 165 | 287,527 | 160 |
| Mark Anderson | 16 | 9 | T21 | 169 | 278,630 | 158 |
| Bronson Burgoon | 19 | 9 | T6 | 131 | 589,539 | 130 |
| Scott Harrington* | 22 | 11 | T2 | 96 | 951,211 | 98 |
| Chris Baker* | 17 | 9 | T20 | 173 | 270,300 | 163 |
| Michael Gligic* | 18 | 8 | T21 | 181 | 238,411 | 168 |
| Robert Streb | 19 | 7 | T5 | 148 | 415,258 | 145 |
| Sebastian Cappelen* | 19 | 8 | T6 | 150 | 371,482 | 157 |
| Tom Hoge | 24 | 13 | 2 | 45 | 1,857,073 | 50 |
| Vince Whaley* | 15 | 6 | T9 | 188 | 207,571 | 183 |
| Cameron Percy | 17 | 8 | T7 | 142 | 470,679 | 143 |
| Rafael Campos* | 9 | 5 | T18 | 209 | 119,257 | 208 |
| Hank Lebioda | 20 | 8 | T3 | 147 | 436,840 | 140 |
| Vince Covello* | 10 | 1 | T47 | 238 | 19,035 | 236 |
| Rob Oppenheim | 21 | 11 | T9 | 144 | 454,470 | 138 |
| Michael Gellerman* | 15 | 7 | T38 | 208 | 125,992 | 206 |
| Cameron Davis | 20 | 11 | T8 | 103 | 857,225 | 84 |
| Maverick McNealy* | 23 | 17 | T5 | 67 | 1,293,984 | 68 |
| Joseph Bramlett | 18 | 10 | T9 | 138 | 495,690 | 141 |
| Tyler McCumber* | 20 | 10 | T20 | 167 | 284,230 | 161 |
| Doug Ghim* | 16 | 5 | T18 | 192 | 187,442 | 184 |
| Tim Wilkinson | 16 | 9 | T20 | 161 | 307,772 | 149 |
| Richy Werenski | 17 | 12 | Win | 49 | 1,716,407 | 41 |
| D. J. Trahan | 17 | 7 | T8 | 156 | 345,471 | 153 |
*PGA Tour rookie in 2020
†First-time PGA Tour member in 2020, but ineligible for rookie status due to having played eight or more PGA Tour events in a previous season
- Promoted out of the graduate category for 2021: won or finished in the top 125 of the FedEx Cup points list.
- Remains in the graduate category for 2021: finished outside the top 125 on FedEx Cup list.
Winners on the PGA Tour in 2020
edit| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Payout ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 13, 2019 | Lanto Griffin | Houston Open | −14 (66-74-65-69=274) | 1 stroke | Scott Harrington Mark Hubbard |
1,350,000 |
| 2 | Nov 3, 2019 | Brendon Todd | Bermuda Championship | −24 (68-63-67-62=260) | 1 stroke | Harry Higgs | 540,000 |
| 3 | Nov 18, 2019 | Brendon Todd (2) | Mayakoba Golf Classic | −20 (63-68-65-68=264) | 1 stroke | Adam Long Carlos Ortiz Vaughn Taylor |
1,296,000 |
| 4 | Nov 24, 2019 | Tyler Duncan | RSM Classic | −19 (67-61-70-65=263) | Playoff | Webb Simpson | 1,188,000 |
| 5 | Feb 23 | Viktor Hovland | Puerto Rico Open | −20 (68-66-64-70=268) | 1 stroke | Josh Teater | 540,000 |
| 6 | Aug 2 | Richy Werenski | Barracuda Championship | 39 points (6-11-9-13) | 1 point | Troy Merritt | 630,000 |
Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2020
edit| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score | Payout ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 15, 2019 | Tom Hoge | A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier | Joaquín Niemann | −21 (65-62-68-64=259) | −15 (68-65-67-65=265) | 817,500 |
| 2 & 3 |
Oct 13, 2019 | Scott Harrington | Houston Open | Lanto Griffin | −14 (66-74-65-69=274) | −13 (69-67-72-67=275) | 667,500 |
| Mark Hubbard | −13 (68-69-69-69=275) | ||||||
| 4 | Nov 3, 2019 | Harry Higgs | Bermuda Championship | Brendon Todd | −24 (68-63-67-62=260) | −20 (66-65-65-68=264) | 327,000 |
| 5 | Aug 2 | Tom Lewis | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational | Justin Thomas | −13 (66-70-66-65=267) | −10 (73-70-61-66=270) | 695,000 |
References
edit- ^ "Meet The 50 newest PGA Tour members". PGA Tour. September 2, 2019.
- ^ "Korn Ferry Tour regular season points list". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 11, 2019.