2025 Korn Ferry Tour graduates
This is a list of golfers who graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour in 2025. The top 20 players on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour points list earned PGA Tour cards for 2026.[1][2]
As part of changes to the PGA Tour's exemption system, the number of cards was reduced from 30 to 20, and all 20 graduates received fully-exempt status on the PGA Tour.[3]
| Player | Points rank |
Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Johnny Keefer* | 1 | 2,359 |
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Chandler Blanchet* | 2 | 1,972 |
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Austin Smotherman | 3 | 1,883 |
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Neal Shipley† | 4 | 1,808 |
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Emilio González* | 5 | 1,607 |
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Hank Lebioda | 6 | 1,561 |
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Adrien Dumont de Chassart | 7 | 1,457 |
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Kim Seong-hyeon | 8 | 1,407 |
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Christo Lamprecht* | 9 | 1,279 |
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Davis Chatfield* | 10 | 1,279 |
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Zach Bauchou* | 11 | 1,254 |
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Pierceson Coody | 12 | 1,207 |
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Lee Seung-taek* | 13 | 1,134 |
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Jeffrey Kang* | 14 | 1,118 |
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Kensei Hirata* | 15 | 1,087 |
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Trace Crowe | 16 | 1,085 |
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John VanDerLaan* | 17 | 1,084 |
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Dou Zecheng | 18 | 1,072 |
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Sudarshan Yellamaraju* | 19 | 1,058 |
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Pontus Nyholm* | 20 | 1,031 |
*PGA Tour rookie in 2026
†First-time PGA Tour member in 2026, but ineligible for rookie status due to having played eight or more PGA Tour events as a professional in a previous season
Runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour in 2026
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score | Payout ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 1 | Pierceson Coody
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Farmers Insurance Open |  Justin Rose
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−23 (62-65-68-70=265) | −16 (68-70-69-65=272) | 726,400 |
See also
References
- ^ "2025 Korn Ferry Tour graduates: Meet the 20 newest PGA Tour members". PGA Tour. October 12, 2025.
- ^ "Korn Ferry Tour points list". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
- ^ Hoggard, Rex (November 18, 2024). "PGA Tour policy board approves changes to decrease field sizes and alter eligibility". Golf Channel. Retrieved October 12, 2025.