Jan 11, 2020
2020 Korn Ferry Tour eligibility ranking
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FARMINGTON, UT - JUNE 29: A view of Korn Ferry Tour pin flag during the third round of the Korn Ferry Tour's Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank at Oakridge Country Club on June 29, 2019 in Farmington, Utah. (Photo by Stan Badz/PGA TOUR via Getty Images)
Written by Korn Ferry
2020 KORN FERRY TOUR ELIGIBILITY CATEGORIES
THROUGH WEEK ENDING 07/10/22
- 1.
- Tournament Winners of Korn Ferry Tour tournaments in the previous season or in the current season
- Albertson , Anders
- Alexander , Tyson
- An , Byeong Hun
- Anderson , Mark
- Barjon , Paul
- Bhatia , Akshay
- Blair , Zac
- Bramlett , Joseph
- Brehm , Ryan
- Buckley , Hayden
- Campos , Rafael
- Cappelen , Sebastian
- Cone , Trevor
- Coody , Pierceson
- Covello , Vince
- Creel , Joshua
- Díaz , Roberto
- Dou , Zecheng
- Drewitt , Brett
- Endycott , Harrison
- Gainey , Tommy
- Gellerman , Michael
- Gibson , Rhein
- Grant , Brent
- Hall , Harry
- Harkins , Brandon
- Harmeling , Evan
- Hoag , Bo
- Hodges , Lee
- Hubbard , Mark
- Jaeger , Stephan
- Jones , Kyle
- Kirk , Chris
- Kocher , David
- Ledesma , Nelson
- Lewis , Tom
- Lipsky , David
- List , Luke
- Luck , Curtis
- Matthews , Brandon
- McGreevy , Max
- Moore , Taylor
- Mullinax , Trey
- Novak , Andrew
- Pereira , Mito
- Ramey , Chad
- Reeves , Seth
- Ridings , Tag
- Riley , Davis
- Shelton , Robby
- Sigg , Greyson
- Skinns , David
- Smotherman , Austin
- Svensson , Adam
- Thompson , Curtis
- Thompson , Davis
- Uihlein , Peter
- Ventura , Kris
- Vogel , T.J.
- Werbylo , Trevor
- Wolfe , Jared
- Wu , Brandon
- Wu , Dylan
- Xiong , Norman
- Young , Cameron
- Young , Carson
- Yuan , Carl
- Zalatoris , Will
- Zhang , Xinjun
- If a tournament winner gains exempt status on the PGA TOUR following the end of the season in which they won, but does not finish the subsequent PGA TOUR season inside the Top 125 on the FedExCup Points List, then that player will play out of the Tournament Winner category for the following season on the Korn Ferry Tour.
- 2.
- Previous winners of the current week's Korn Ferry Tour event in the past five seasons
- No players exempt in this category
- 3&4.
- Order of Merit Winners from prior season's PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada, and PGA TOUR Series-China. & Winner - Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament.
- Fischer , Zack
- 5.
- Top 75 Points Leaders from the Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season.
- No players exempt in this category
- 6.
- Next 25 Points Leaders from the previous season's KFT Finals
- Montgomery , Taylor
- Thornberry , Braden
- Reifers , Kyle
- Whitney , Tom
- Macdonald , Stuart
- Taylor , Ben
- Baddeley , Aaron
- McCormick , Ryan
- Kodaira , Satoshi
- Van Pelt , Bo
- Armour , Ryan
- Garber , Joey
- Lee , Danny
- Fishburn , Patrick
- Cabrera Bello , Rafa
- Greyserman , Max
- 7.
- Finishers 2-10 & ties from the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament
- Kozan , Andrew
- Norrman , Vincent
- Brightwell , Jonathan
- Feagles , Michael
- Stevens , Sam
- Hirschman , Grant
- Yun , Andrew
- Godsey , Conner
- Lee , Tain
- 8.
- Finishers 11-40 & ties from the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament
- Rosenmueller , Thomas
- Newcomb , Patrick
- Paul , Jeremy
- Crouch , A.J.
- Cover , Patrick
- Baker , Chris
- Walsh , Thomas
- Kinney , Tripp
- Westmoreland , Kyle
- Fisk , Steven
- Meissner , Mac
- Pereira , Corey
- Gagne , Luis
- Gordon , Will
- Núñez , Augusto
- Barber , Blayne
- Reband , Garett
- Brunner , Brad
- Nyholm , Pontus
- Griffin , Ben
- Goya , Tano
- Harrington , Scott
- Contini , Martin
- Echavarria , Nicolas
- Anguiano , Mark
- White , Brett
- Cole , Eric
- Suh , Justin
- White , Peyton
- Crick , Brandon
- Augenstein , John
- Rocha , Alexandre
- Kim , Seonghyeon
- McCarty , Matt
- Pak , John
- Rodríguez , José de Jesús
- Feagler , Clay
- 9.
- Former Fully Exempt PGA TOUR members for at least five consecutive seasons
- Bae , Sangmoon
- Gómez , Fabián
- Jacobson , Freddie
- Kim , Michael
- O'Hair , Sean
- Saunders , Sam
- Stefani , Shawn
- 10.
- Top 2 PGA TOUR members ages 48 and 49 in order of their positions on the PGA TOUR Career Money List.
- Cink , Stewart
- Campbell , Chad
- Westwood , Lee
- Bohn , Jason
- Slocum , Heath
- Weekley , Boo
- Riley , Chris
- Chalmers , Greg
- Ogilvie , Joe
- Chopra , Daniel
- Purdy , Ted
- Wetterich , Brett
- Gore , Jason
- Atwal , Arjun
- Percy , Cameron
- Couch , Chris
- Willis , Garrett
- Bateman , Brian
- Axley , Eric
- 11.
- Exempt Medical Extension
- Flores , Martin
- Blanks , Kris
- Hurley III , Billy
- Wheatcroft , Steve
- Danielson , Charlie
- Patel , Bhavik
- Pinckney , Scott
- Adams , Blake
- Smock , Brian
- Bowditch , Steven
- Pettersson , Carl
- Overton , Jeff
- Johnson , Richard
- Lamely , Derek
- Kaye , Jonathan
- 12.
- Top 25 Points Leaders from the previous season's KFT regular season/Top25 Points leaders from the previous season's Korn Ferry Tour Finals who earned PGA Tour card.
- Rai , Aaron
- Burgoon , Bronson
- Bezuidenhout , Christiaan
- Spaun , J.J.
- Pendrith , Taylor
- Theegala , Sahith
- Schwab , Matthias
- Whaley , Vince
- Huh , John
- Smalley , Alex
- Herbert , Lucas
- Tarren , Callum
- Gutschewski , Scott
- van der Walt , Dawie
- Kraft , Kelly
- Kohles , Ben
- Gligic , Michael
- Rodgers , Patrick
- Hardy , Nick
- Aphibarnrat , Kiradech
- Kitayama , Kurt
- Cook , Austin
- Lower , Justin
- 13.
- The 8 low scorers at the Open Qualifying event held for this tournament.
- No players exempt in this category
- 14.
- On invitation of the tournament sponsor, two Restricted Sponsor Exemptions for Korn Ferry Tour or PGA TOUR members not otherwise exempt.
- No players exempt in this category
- 15.
- On invitation of the tournament sponsor, two Unrestricted Sponsor Exemptions, including amateurs with USGA handicaps of zero or less.
- No players exempt in this category
- 16.
- On invitation of the umbrella sponsor, Korn Ferry, a maximum of one player, including amateurs with USGA handicaps of zero or less.
- No players exempt in this category
- 17.
- The Top 10/Top 25 finishing players from the previous Korn Ferry Tour tournament.
- No players exempt in this category
- For tournaments with a starting field of less than 156 players - Top 10. For tournaments with a starting field of 156 players or more - Top 25.
- 18.
- Top 25 on the Korn Ferry Tour Official Points List at the time of the Reorder
- Daffue , MJ
- Barnes , Erik
- Haley II , Paul
- 19.
- PGA TOUR members who are not eligible for the PGA TOUR event occurring simultaneously with this event.
- Moore , Ryan
- DeLaet , Graham
- McGirt , William
- Cauley , Bud
- Baird , Briny
- Blixt , Jonas
- Stroud , Chris
- Collins , Chad
- Wilkinson , Tim
- Villegas , Camilo
- Fleetwood , Tommy
- Seiffert , Chase
- Hossler , Beau
- Taylor , Vaughn
- Knous , Jim
- 20.
- Three-time Winners on the Current Season's International tours
- No players exempt in this category
- 21A.
- Reordered With Points
- Montenegro , Marcos
- Etulain , Julián
- Oppenheim , Rob
- Brown , Scott
- Chiarella , Alex
- Card III , Jay
- Kelly , Tee-K
- Teater , Josh
- Main , Gregor
- Compton , Erik
- Maguire , MJ
- Van Horne , Ashton
- Cummins , Quade
- Hearn , David
- Kim , Whee
- Ortiz , Alvaro
- Grey , J.J.
- Weiss , Alex
- Yu , Kevin
- Sargent , Billy Tom
- Voke , Nick
- Proveaux , Caleb
- Dickson , Taylor
- Blanchet , Chandler
- Kuest , Peter
- Parker , Chase
- Staiano , Jake
- Crowe , Trace
- Martin , Ben
- Murray , Grayson
- Dyer , Blake
- Blakefield , Mark
- Ramirez , Ivan Camilo
- Lovelady , Tom
- Gore , Tanner
- Gribble , Cody
- 21B.
- Reordered Without Points (2-5 Intl).
- No players exempt in this category
- 21C.
- Reorder With Points
- Shaun , Corey
- Rozo , Marcelo
- Choi , Albin
- Johnson , Michael
- Knowles , Philip
- Ruffels , Ryan
- Picanso , Matthew
- Atkins , Matt
- Ralston , Spencer
- Hoelzer , Brandon
- 21D.
- Reorder Without Points (11-40 QT).
- No players exempt in this category
- 21E.
- Reordered With Points
- Blaum , Ryan
- Petefish , Christopher
- Eckroat , Austin
- Lingmerth , David
- Potter, Jr. , Ted
- Blick , Cody
- Emory , Bryce
- Lovemark , Jamie
- Guthrie , Luke
- Bergeron , Jacob
- Visacki , Michael
- Silverman , Ben
- Limbhasut , KK
- Salzer , Christian
- Trahan , D.J.
- Sucher , Zack
- 21F.
- Reordered Without Points (2-10 QT).
- No players exempt in this category
- 22.
- Finishers 2-3 International Tours
- No players exempt in this category
- 23.
- Finishers 151-200 on the previous season's Official FedExCup Points List.
- MacIntyre , Robert
- Dufner , Jason
- Bryan , Wesley
- Chappell , Kevin
- Noh , Seung-Yul
- 24.
- Intermediate Medical Exemption
- No players exempt in this category
- 25.
- PGA TOUR Past Champions, Team Winners and Veteran Members who played in the final stage of the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament or who finished within 76-100 on the prior season's Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List.
- Byrd , Jonathan
- 26.
- Korn Ferry Tour Past Champions Years 3-4
- Schnell , Brady
- Wright , Chase
- Arnaud , Michael
- Langley , Scott
- 27.
- Finishers 4-5 Latinoamerica, Canada , Extended Prior Season's Korn Ferry Tour Points List (76 - 100) and Additional Finishers from Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament.
- McCracken , Logan
- Lee , D.H.
- Griffin , J.T.
- Truslow , Austen
- Lawrence , Thriston
- Coletta , Brett
- Scrivener , Jason
- Randolph , Jonathan
- Campbell , Brian
- Becker , Rafael
- Wright , Zach
- Richey , Brian
- Smith , Zach
- Marelli , Leandro
- Summerhays , Daniel
- Nicholas , James
- Harper , Keller
- Kang , Alex
- Lee , Alex
- Miller , Brad
- Imondi , Paul
- Stone , Brandon
- Finnell , Skyler
- Euler , Lukas
- Oland , Derek
- Squires , Austin
- Lumsden , Ryan
- LeBrun , Steve
- Phillips , Chandler
- Sawada , Jared
- Gallegos , Andres
- Dunkle , Kyler
- Organisak , Matt
- Ogletree , Andy
- Grider , Ryan
- Stanley , Preston
- Nesbitt , Drew
- McNeill , Callum
- Triplett , Sam
- Doeden , Justin
- Shieh , Hayden
- Roach , Wes
- Marino , Steve
- Cole , Matthew
- Mauchaza , Nyasha
- Wetterich , Daniel
- Lawrence, Jr , Mark
- Simsby , Trevor
- Kim , T.K.
- Naidoo , Dylan
- Osborn , Garrett
- Saunders , Samuel
- Borja , Piri
- Warren , Justin
- 28.
- PGA TOUR Past Champion Members, Team Tournament Winners, and Veteran Members beyond 150th place on the previous year's Official PGA TOUR Money list, in order of their combined PGA TOUR, Korn Ferry Tour earnings for the previous year.
- No players exempt in this category
- 29.
- Nonexempt Medical Extension.
- Kelly , Sean
- 30.
- PGA TOUR Past Champions
- Woods , Tiger
- Mickelson , Phil
- Singh , Vijay
- Johnson , Dustin
- Love III , Davis
- McIlroy , Rory
- Els , Ernie
- Furyk , Jim
- Scott , Adam
- Thomas , Justin
- Day , Jason
- Spieth , Jordan
- Watson , Bubba
- Johnson , Zach
- Stricker , Steve
- Garcia , Sergio
- Rose , Justin
- Kuchar , Matt
- Snedeker , Brandt
- Reed , Patrick
- Koepka , Brooks
- Choi , K.J.
- Weir , Mike
- DeChambeau , Bryson
- Funk , Fred
- Simpson , Webb
- Goosen , Retief
- Sabbatini , Rory
- Matsuyama , Hideki
- Leishman , Marc
- Stenson , Henrik
- Mahan , Hunter
- Haas , Bill
- Rahm , Jon
- Horschel , Billy
- Walker , Jimmy
- Harrington , Padraig
- Cantlay , Patrick
- Fowler , Rickie
- Donald , Luke
- Na , Kevin
- Watney , Nick
- Holmes , J.B.
- Gay , Brian
- Crane , Ben
- Morikawa , Collin
- Hoffman , Charley
- Palmer , Ryan
- Woodland , Gary
- Bradley , Keegan
- Glover , Lucas
- Kisner , Kevin
- Schauffele , Xander
- English , Harris
- Berger , Daniel
- Piercy , Scott
- Laird , Martin
- Herron , Tim
- Franco , Carlos
- Howell III , Charles
- Casey , Paul
- Kelly , Jerry
- Poulter , Ian
- Rollins , John
- Henley , Russell
- Steele , Brendan
- Henry , J.J.
- Molinari , Francesco
- Pampling , Rod
- Vegas , Jhonattan
- Kim , Si Woo
- Stallings , Scott
- Wagner , Johnson
- Points , D.A.
- Todd , Brendon
- Langer , Bernhard
- Beem , Rich
- Herman , Jim
- Champ , Cameron
- Finau , Tony
- Streelman , Kevin
- Senden , John
- Harman , Brian
- Kokrak , Jason
- Reavie , Chez
- Stanley , Kyle
- Jones , Matt
- Knox , Russell
- McNeill , George
- Streb , Robert
- Merritt , Troy
- Thompson , Michael
- Hahn , James
- Lowry , Shane
- Every , Matt
- Kizzire , Patton
- Swafford , Hudson
- Hovland , Viktor
- Homa , Max
- Taylor , Nick
- Landry , Andrew
- Oosthuizen , Louis
- Garrigus , Robert
- Ancer , Abraham
- Hadwin , Adam
- Cejka , Alex
- Grillo , Emiliano
- Im , Sungjae
- Stuard , Brian
- Hatton , Tyrrell
- Kang , Sung
- Stadler , Kevin
- Romero , Andres
- Niemann , Joaquin
- Conners , Corey
- Merrick , John
- Hadley , Chesson
- Hughes , Mackenzie
- Burns , Sam
- Wise , Aaron
- Dahmen , Joel
- Putnam , Andrew
- Pan , C.T.
- Poston , J.T.
- Mitchell , Keith
- Ortiz , Carlos
- Muñoz , Sebastián
- Hensby , Mark
- Wolff , Matthew
- Tway , Kevin
- Pride , Dicky
- Garnett , Brice
- Werenski , Richy
- Willett , Danny
- Long , Adam
- Malnati , Peter
- Griffin , Lanto
- Frittelli , Dylan
- Lee , K.H.
- Lashley , Nate
- Davis , Cam
- Power , Seamus
- Beljan , Charlie
- Duncan , Tyler
- van Rooyen , Erik
- McLachlin , Parker
- Ernst , Derek
- Higgo , Garrick
- Trainer , Martin
- Smith , Cameron
- Freeman , Robin
- Campbell , Joe
- Douglas , Dave
- Nagle , Kel
- Allan , Steve
- Stranahan , Frank
- Perez , Pat
- Brehaut , Jeff
- 31.
- PGA TOUR Special Temporary Members.
- No players exempt in this category
- 32.
- PGA TOUR Team Winners
- Gilbert , Gibby
- 33.
- PGA TOUR Veteran Members
- Couples , Fred
- Estes , Bob
- Duval , David
- Hoch , Scott
- Sutton , Hal
- Huston , John
- Davis , Brian
- Hart , Dudley
- Andrade , Billy
- Olazábal , José María
- Waldorf , Duffy
- Frazar , Harrison
- de Jonge , Brendon
- Wi , Charlie
- Stadler , Craig
- Gamez , Robert
- Parry , Craig
- Barnes , Ricky
- Jacobsen , Peter
- Glasson , Bill
- Simpson , Scott
- Jones , Steve
- Lancaster , Neal
- Zoeller , Fuzzy
- Kraft , Greg
- Cochran , Russ
- Blake , Jay Don
- Morgan , Gil
- McCallister , Blaine
- Carter , Jim
- Levi , Wayne
- Reid , Mike
- Sauers , Gene
- Waite , Grant
- Wiebe , Mark
- Hammond , Donnie
- Tryba , Ted
- Uresti , Omar
- Delsing , Jay
- Bryant , Brad
- Henninger , Brian
- Black , Ronnie
- Wadkins , Bobby
- Springer , Mike
- Clearwater , Keith
- Thorpe , Jim
- Standly , Mike
- Pate , Jerry
- Koch , Gary
- Mast , Dick
- Inman , John
- Ten Broeck , Lance
- Jenkins , Tom
- 34.
- Special Temporary Members of the Korn Ferry Tour.
- No players exempt in this category
- 35.
- Korn Ferry Tour Past Champions Years 5-10
- Shindler , Conrad
- Thompson , Kyle
- Tracy , Ethan
- Piller , Martin
- Goggin , Mathew
- Wittenberg , Casey
- Svoboda , Andrew
- Lindheim , Nicholas
- Driscoll , James
- Gonzales , Andres
- Aragon , Alex
- Loar , Edward
- Lamb , Rick
- Schniederjans , Ollie
- Bozzelli , Dominic
- Fritsch , Brad
- Loupe , Andrew
- Fathauer , Derek
- Curran , Jon
- Wilcox , Will
- Alvarado , Benjamín
- Wilson , Chris
- 36.
- Veteran Members on the PGA TOUR in order of their number of combined career cuts on the PGA TOUR and Web.com Tour.
- Dunlap , Scott
- Toledo , Esteban
- Gove , Jeff
- Claxton , Paul
- Williamson , Jay
- Quigley , Brett
- Bertsch , Shane
- Kresge , Cliff
- Tolles , Tommy
- Bowden , Craig
- Sheehan , Patrick
- Quinn , Fran
- Riegger , John
- Thompson , Nicholas
- Jordan , Pete
- Levin , Spencer
- Elliott , John
- Johnson , Kevin
- Alker , Steven
- Prugh , Alex
- Barron , Doug
- Kanada , Craig
- Veazey , Vance
- May , Bob
- Demsey , Todd
- Castro , Roberto
- Gillis , Tom
- Van Aswegen , Tyrone
- Klauk , Jeff
- Branshaw , David
- Players must have at least 150 combined career cuts on the PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour to be eligible for this category.
- 37.
- Additional open qualifiers if needed to fill the field.
- No players exempt in this category




