NEWBURGH, Ind. — Justin Suh already had his PGA Tour card locked up and completed the season by closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a two-shot victory within the Korn Ferry Tour Championship that got here with a number of additional perks.
Suh completed atop the standings in factors from the common season and the three-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals, that means the previous College of Southern California star is totally exempt on the PGA Tour subsequent 12 months and earned a spot within the U.S. Open and The Gamers Championship.
However this was as a lot about gamers simply attempting to earn a PGA Tour card.
Austin Eckroat, who starred at Oklahoma State, wanted an enormous end to have any probability of getting one of many 25 playing cards obtainable from the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. He delivered in an enormous manner with a 68 to complete second behind Suh.
Others who made huge strikes within the last occasion to safe a PGA Tour card included Eric Cole, whose dad and mom each performed on tour (Bobby Cole on the PGA Tour, Laura Baugh on the LPGA Tour); Nicholas Echavarria of Colombia; and Toya Gano of Argentina.
Kyle Westmoreland, who spent 5 years within the Air Drive, bought the twenty fifth spot narrowly over Joey Garber, who birdied his final 4 holes after a double bogey on No. 14.
The PGA Tour season begins Sept. 15 with the Fortinet Championship in Napa, California, and Suh will likely be occurring a excessive.
“It felt nice to show to myself I may win,” Suh stated.
He was touted as a powerful post-college class in 2019 that included Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland and Matthew Wolff, all of whom received rapidly. Suh struggled, did not get his card and spent the previous couple of years honing his sport on the Korn Ferry Tour.
The U.S. Open exemption is new this 12 months. Equally precious isn’t having to be topic to varied reshuffles on the factors listing that places a premium on enjoying nicely rapidly.
Among the many returning gamers to the PGA Tour is 46-year-old Ryan Armour, who got here into the week at No. 30 and had a 67-65 weekend to tie for fifth.
Eckroat, Cole, Echavarria and Goya are amongst 12 gamers who made it via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals who will likely be rookies on the PGA Tour subsequent season.
The 50 gamers who earned playing cards from the Finals or common season will get $500,000 from the PGA Tour at the beginning of the season as a part of the brand new “Earnings Assurance Program.” That can rely towards their earnings till they surpass that quantity, a program designed to verify nobody loses cash.
