On TOUR with PGA TOUR University
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Written by Birches Health
Korn Ferry Tour
Pierceson Coody and Mac Meissner finished T10 at last week’s Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and enter the regular season finale with a chance to make a final push into The 25. Coody, the top player in the 2022 Velocity Global Ranking, has one win and three top-10s this summer, and he’s currently 29th on the points list, just 38.122 points behind No. 25 Michael Kim. Meissner has six top-25s this season and is 48th in the standings entering this week’s Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna in Omaha, Nebraska.
Davis Thompson (13th) and Trevor Werbylo (15th) are already secure inside the top-25, and Kevin Yu took one more step closer to being #TOURBound with a T23 last week. It was his sixth top-25 finish of the season and he is 18th with 846 points.
At the conlcusion of Sunday's final round in Omaha, the top 25 on Regular Season Points List earn PGA TOUR cards. The top 75 eligible players earn access to Korn Ferry Tour Finals and are fully-exempt for 2023 season, while eligible finishing 76th-100th earn conditional status on Korn Ferry Tour in 2023. Additionally, players who finish 76th-85th are exempt into Final Stage of Q-School and 86th-100th are exempt into the second stage of Q-School.
PGA TOUR University Alumni – Korn Ferry Tour Points List
Through 22 of 23 regular season events
| Rank | Player | Points | Events | Best Finish of Season |
| 13 | Davis Thompson # | 926 | 17 | Win, REX Hospital Open |
| 15 | Trevor Werbylo # | 878 | 17 | Win, Lake Charles Championship |
| 18 | Kevin Yu | 846 | 17 | 2nd, Simmons Bank Open |
| 29 | Pierceson Coody* | 717 | 7 | Win, Live and Work in Maine Open |
| 39 | Austin Eckroat | 612 | 12 | 2nd, Memorial Health Championship |
| 48 | Mac Meissner | 468 | 18 | T5, NV5 Invitational |
| 68 | Quade Cummins | 325 | 17 | T4, Huntsville Championship |
| 83 | Michael Feagles | 279 | 21 | T4, AdventHealth Championship |
| 115 | Garett Reband | 172 | 21 | T18, Wichita Open |
| 121 | Jacob Bridgeman* | 163 | 7 | T5, BMW Charity Pro-Am |
| 144 | John Pak | 115 | 15 | T17, LECOM Suncoast Classic |
| 148 | Cole Hammer* | 104 | 3 | T7, Memorial Health Championship |
| 163 | Jonathan Brightwell | 78 | 21 | T42, Huntsville Championship |
| 166 | RJ Manke* | 67 | 7 | T14, Memorial Health Championship |
| 168 | Logan McAllister* | 62 | 7 | T20, Price Cutter Charity Championship |
*Class of 2022
#TOURBound – Korn Ferry Tour is currently using 875 points as its fail-safe threshold for players to finish inside The 25 and earn a PGA TOUR card at regular season’s end.
PGA TOUR
Chris Gotterup, winner of this year’s Nicklaus Award and Haskins Award, closed the PGA TOUR regular season with a T54 finish at the Wyndham Championship. Since finishing 7th in the Velocity Global Ranking and turning pro in June, Gotterup made the cut in six of eight starts on the PGA TOUR, highlighted by a T4 at the John Deere Classic. He finished with 190 non-member FedExCup points, and he earned a spot in Korn Ferry Tour Finals by virtue of exceeding the 200th-place player on the official FedExCup points list at the end of the regular season.
PGA TOUR Canada
Alex Fitzpatrick posted his second straight top-25 finish, tying for 24th last week at the Quebec Open. The Wake Forest product finished 6th in this year’s Velocity Global Ranking, and he improved 15 spots to 55th in the Fortinet Cup standings.
After a week off, the PGA TOUR Canada season continues Aug. 18-21 with the CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open in Winnipeg, Manitoba. After the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship (Sept. 15-18), the top player in the Fortinet Cup standings will be named Player of the Year and be exempt into all open 2023 Korn Ferry Tour tournaments, while players finishing 2nd-5th will earn conditional status.
PGA TOUR University Alumni – Fortinet Cup Points List
Through 6 of 9 regular season events
| Rank | Player | Points | Events | Best Finish of Season |
| 6 | Noah Goodwin | 520 | 6 | Win, Sotheby's Int’l Realty Canada Ontario Open |
| 11 | Joe Highsmith | 404 | 4 | T2, ATB Classic pres. by Volvo Edmonton |
| 13 | Trent Phillips | 338 | 4 | T4, twice |
| 19 | Cameron Sisk | 274 | 5 | T2, Sotheby's Int’l Realty Canada Ontario Open |
| 55 | Alex Fitzpatrick | 96 | 3 | T11, Sotheby's Int’l Realty Canada Ontario Open |
| 63 | Jackson Suber | 79 | 5 | T28, Prince Edward Island Open |
| 67 | Benjamin Shipp | 76 | 6 | T9, Prince Edward Island Open |
| 83 | Parker Coody | 55 | 5 | T15, ATB Classic pres. by Volvo Edmonton |
| 130 | Ryan Hall | 9 | 4 | T46, Sotheby's Int’l Realty Canada Ontario Open |



