Hardy, Detry Secure PGA Tour Cards for 2022-23

NEWBURGH, Ind. – Fighting Illini men’s golf alumni Nick Hardy and Thomas Detry have each secured their PGA Tour Cards for the 2022-23 season.

The duo solidified their standing by virtue of their respective finishes in The Finals 25 standings, which drew to a close following the completion of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship at Victoria National Golf Club, the third and final leg of the Korn Ferry Tour Playoff.

Congrats to #ProIllini @NickHardy8 and @tomdetry on securing their @PGATOUR cards for the 2022-23 season! ??????#Illini X #TOURBound pic.twitter.com/hXWvWWhWkL

— Illinois M Golf (@IlliniMGolf) September 5, 2022

Hardy finished 10^th in The Finals 25 standings after tying for 15^th at the Boise Open, grabbing a share of 28^th at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, and tying for 12^th this weekend at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. The former Illini returns to the PGA Tour for a second consecutive season after earning his 2021-22 PGA Tour Card last year thanks to a top-25 finish in the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season standings.  

He played in 21 PGA Tour events in 2021-22, making 12 cuts and notching four top-25 finishes, including a tie for eighth at the Travelers Championship in late June. That performance came on the heels of a tie for 14^th the previous week at the 122^nd U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.

Detry stormed out of the gate to open the Korn Ferry Playoff with a tie for fourth at the Boise Open, a performance that all but secured his tour status following one event, and finished 17^th in The Finals 25 standings.

Detry has been a mainstay on the DP World Tour since 2017, however, the Belgian is no stranger to PGA Tour events. He played in four PGA events in 2021-22, plus The Open Championship this past July at St. Andrews where he finished in a tie for 34^th. He also posted a pair of top-20 scores with a tie for 10^th at the Genesis Scottish Open, and a tie for 15^th at the Corales Puntacana Championship, and tied for 22^nd in his other two PGA outings – at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship and the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba.

The 2022-23 PGA Tour schedule begins Sept. 15-18 with the Fortinet Championship at Silverado Resort and Spa North in Napa, Calif.