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Meet The 50 newest PGA TOUR members
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September 23, 2018
By Web.com Tour Staff, PGATOUR.COM
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September 23, 2018
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Cameron Davis and Curtis Luck pose with their PGA TOUR cards. (Web.com Tour)
ATLANTIC BEACH, Florida – The 2018 Web.com Tour season came to a close on Sunday in Atlantic Beach, Florida, as the Web.com Tour Championship wrapped up the sixth-annual Web.com Tour Finals. University of Virginia alum Denny McCarthy won the season-ending event, where 25 players secured their PGA TOUR cards for the 2018-19 season.
The Web.com Tour awarded a first set of 25 PGA TOUR cards for the 2018-19 season at the conclusion of the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft-Heinz in August, with a second set of 25 solidified at the conclusion of the Finals.
South Korea native Sungjae Im began his rookie season with a win at the season-opening The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay. The 20-year-old backed up his win with a runner-up finish the following week, essentially locking up a spot in The 25 at the end of the Regular Season. Im continued his momentum throughout the year, winning the Regular Season-ending WinCo Foods Portland Open to end the year with two victories and six additional top-10 finishes. Im’s performance continued into the Finals, allowing him to win the combined money list. Im became the first player in Tour history to lead the money list wire-to-wire for the duration of the season and became the first Korean-born player to be named a money list winner.
McCarthy graduated from the Web.com Tour via the Web.com Tour Finals in 2017, picking up three top-20 finishes in the four-event series to earn his first PGA TOUR card. The 25-year-old struggled in his rookie season on TOUR, however, carding just one top-10 finish in 22 starts. The three-time Maryland Open winner found his stride in the 2018 Web.com Tour Finals, notching four top-13 finishes, capped off by a win Sunday in Atlantic Beach.
By virtue of winning their respective money titles, Im and McCarthy have earned fully-exempt status on the PGA TOUR next year, which includes a spot in THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass, located just minutes from Atlantic Beach.
Jim Knous picked up the 25th and final card with a par-save on the last. The Colorado School of Mines alum had a breakout sophomore season on Tour in 2018, picking up five top-25 finishes in the Regular Season to earn his first Web.com Tour Finals berth. Knous continued his strong play into the Finals, where he finished T10-T25-T24 in the first three events before eventually finishing at No. 25 on the Finals-only money list.
Four of the 25 players who secured their PGA TOUR cards solely through the Web.com Tour Finals will be rookies during the 2018-19 season. The top 25 are:
Player Finals Stats Finals Earnings College 1. Denny McCarthy One win 255,793 University of Virginia 2. Sangmoon Bae One win 218,156 Sungkyunkwan University 3. Robert Streb One win 187,460 Kansas State University 4. Peter Malnati One runner-up 157,296 University of Missouri 5. Cameron Davis* Two top-20s 126,675 N/A 6. Adam Schenk One runner-up 125,798 Purdue University 7. Lucas Glover One runner-up 125,212 Clemson University 8. Matt Jones One runner-up 112,000 Arizona State University 9. Hunter Mahan One runner-up 107,505 Oklahoma State University 10. Roger Sloan One runner-up 84,307 University of Texas – El Paso 11. Shawn Stefani Three top-25s 80,579 Lamar University 12. Seth Reeves* Two top-5s 80,360 Georgia Tech 13. Max Homa Two top-10s 78,200 University of California 14. Roberto Diaz Three top-25s 70,326 University of South Carolina - Aiken 15. Stephan Jaeger One top-5 69,923 University of Tennessee - Chattanooga 16. Curtis Luck Two top-10s 64,920 N/A 17. Nicholas Lindheim Two top-20s 59,169 N/A 18. Dylan Frittelli Two top-20s 48,600 N/A 19. Wes Roach Two top-25s 48,100 Duke University 20. Sepp Straka* One top-5 47,844 University of Georgia 21. Cameron Tringale One top-5 47,760 Georgia Tech 22. Ben Silverman One top-5 47,700 Florida Atlantic University 23. Michael Thompson Two top-25s 45,466 University of Alabama 24. Fabián Gómez Two top-20s 43,657 N/A 25. Jim Knous* Three top-25s 41,931 Colorado School of Mines *=PGA TOUR rookie in 2018-19
Finishing 26th on the Finals money list Justin Lower, who earned $41,441 to finish $490 behind Knous. Lower had a career-best season on Tour in 2019, earning a Web.com Tour Finals berth for the first time in his career. The Malone University alum was on the bubble all week, but ultimately missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole at Atlantic Beach CC to come up just shy.
The 25 players from the Web.com Tour Finals money list will join the 25 players from the Regular Season money list on the PGA TOUR. The 25 from the Regular Season are below:
Player Hometown Stats College 1. Sungjae Im* Jeju, South Korea Two wins Korea Nat’l Sport 2. Sam Burns Shreveport, La. One win, five top-10s Lousiana State University 3. Scott Langley Barrington, Ill. One win, five top-10s University of Illinois 4. Martin Trainer* Palo Alto, Calif. Two wins Southern California 5. K.H. Lee* Ilsan, South Korea Three runners-up Korea Nat’l Sport 6. Cameron Champ* Sacramento, Calif. One win, five top-10s Texas A&M 7. Sebastian Muñoz Bogotá, Colombia Six top-10s North Texas 8. Anders Albertson* Alpharetta, Georgia One win, two top-10s Georgia Tech 9. Chase Wright* Muncie, Ind. One win, four top-10s University of Indiana 10. John Chin* Temecula, Calif. Three top-10s UC Irvine 11. Kyle Jones* Snowflake, Ariz. Four top-10s Baylor University 12. Jose de Jesus Rodriguez* Irapuato, Mexico One win, three top-10s N/A 13. Adam Long* St. Louis, Mo. Five top-10s Duke University 14. Adam Svensson* Surrey, B.C., Canada One win, four top-10s Barry University 15. Josh Teater Lexington, Ky Three top-10s Morehead State 16. Wyndham Clark* Denver, Colo. Four top-10s University of Oregon 17. Julian Etulain Buenos Aires, Argentina Three top-10s N/A 18. Alex Prugh Spokane, Wash. Four top-10s University of Washington 19. Joey Garber* Petoskey, Mich. One win, three top-10s University of Georgia 20. Chris Thompson* Lawrence, Kan. Five top-10s University of Kansas 21. Carlos Ortiz Jalisco, Mexico Four top-10s North Texas 22. Brady Schnell* Omaha, Neb. One win, two top-10s University of Nebraska 23. Kramer Hickok* Dallas, Texas Four top-10s University of Texas 24. Roberto Castro Atlanta, Georgia Five top-10s Georgia Tech 25. Hank Lebioda* Orlando, Fla. Four top-10s Florida State University The 50 players are ranked, in order, following the conclusion of the Web.com Tour Finals. This order will be used to determine priority entry into PGA TOUR events for the upcoming season, which opens October 4th with the Safeway Open in Napa, California.
- Sungjae Im
- Denny McCarthy
- Kramer Hickok
- Sangmoon Bae
- Anders Albertson
- Robert Streb
- Sam Burns
- Peter Malnati
- Scott Langley
- Cameron Davis
- Cameron Champ
- Adam Schenk
- Martin Trainer
- Lucas Glover
- K.H. Lee
- Matt Jones
- Chase Wright
- Hunter Mahan
- Sebastián Muñoz
- Roger Sloan
- Kyle Jones
- Shawn Stefani
- Adam Svensson
- Seth Reeves
- Alex Prugh
- Max Homa
- John Chin
- Roberto Díaz
- José de Jesús Rodríguez
- Stephan Jaeger
- Josh Teater
- Curtis Luck
- Carlos Ortiz
- Nicholas Lindheim
- Wyndham Clark
- Dylan Frittelli
- Adam Long
- Wes Roach
- Julian Etulain
- Sepp Straka
- Chris Thompson
- Cameron Tringale
- Joey Garber
- Ben Silverman
- Brady Schnell
- Michael Thompson
- Roberto Castro
- Fabián Gómez
- Hank Lebioda
- Jim Knous
For more information on the Web.com Tour or the Web.com Tour Finals, please visit PGATOUR.COM.
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