Every point is important on the Korn Ferry Tour, especially when the golden ticket lies in a spot on the PGA Tour.
Getting starts on the Korn Ferry Tour is crucial and, at the Pinnacle Bank Championship, an error from the circuit meant Rayhan Thomas missed the tournament, despite the fact that he should have been in the field.
A clerical error by the PGA Tour has lead to something that I have never heard of. MJ Daffue is currently T4, but he is not supposed to be in the field. And Rayhan Thomas, who sat on the range all day Thursday as the first alternate, before not getting in, should be in the…August 8, 2025
First reported by Monday Q Info’s Ryan French, MJ Daffue, who currently sits in a share of fourth at nine-under following rounds of 67 and 66, shouldn’t have been in the field in the first place.
Daffue, who plies his trade between the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour, had been playing on the latter but failed to register enough points after a medical exemption.
Medical exemptions work by the player having a certain amount of starts to earn a certain amount of points and, following a T58 at the ISCO Championship, Daffue hadn’t earned the required points.
Because of this, the South African opted to enter the Pinnacle Bank Championship, but was in the field under the wrong exemption category.
The exemption category Daffue was under was the ‘PGA Tour Members Not Exempt for Current PGA Tour Event (126-150)’.
In reality, he should have been under the ‘Reordered With Points Next 25 & Ties QT, 2-10 Americas’ category, which would have put him as a fourth alternate.
Daffue during the second round of the Pinnacle Bank Championship
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So, where does Thomas come into this, you ask? Well, as it turns out, the error meant that, when Scott Gutschewski withdrew prior to the start of the tournament, he was replaced by Runchanapong Youprayong, who should have already been in the field.
With Youprayong moving into the event, Thomas was bumped to first alternate, but should have been in the field via Gutschewski’s withdrawal, as Youprayong should have already been listed.
Speaking about the incident to GolfChannel.com, Thomas stated: “The Tour is trying to find a way to rectify it, and I’m sure that we’ll come to an agreement and figure it…
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