2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Meet The 50 newest PGA Tour members". PGA Tour. September 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Korn Ferry Tour regular season points list". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
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