Following the final stage of PGA Tour Q-School, we now have a clear idea of which new faces will be competing on the US-based circuit in the 2026 season.
In total, five players earned their cards via that route, but there are other pathways to the PGA Tour, too.
Korn Ferry Tour Points List
Johnny Keefer finished top of the Korn Ferry Tour points list
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Until 2025, 30 players made their way to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour points list. That was reduced to just 20 plays this year, but it is still the pathway that offers the most opportunities to progress.
The Korn Ferry Tour Finals section of the season concluded in October with the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. Following that, the order of the season-long points list was confirmed.
At the top of the points list was Johnny Keefer, who won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2025 and became just the third player to win both the Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards.
Keefer isn’t the only rising star to look out for from the crop of Korn Ferry Tour graduates.
The likes of big-hitting Christo Lamprecht, 2024 Masters Silver Cup winner Neal Shipley and Belgian Adrien Dumont de Chassart, who won all his professional debut at the 2023 BMW Charity Pro-Am, are also making their way to the PGA Tour.
Here are the 20 players who earned PGA Tour status for 2026 via the Korn Ferry Tour points list.
- Johnny Keefer
- Chandler Blanchet
- Austin Smotherman
- Neal Shipley
- Emilio Gonzalez
- Hank Lebioda
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- S.H. Kim
- Christo Lamprecht
- Davis Chatfield
- Zach Bauchou
- Pierceson Coody
- S.T Lee
- Jeffrey Kang
- Kensei Hirata
- Trace Crowe
- John VanDerLaan
- Zecheng Dou point
- Sudarshan Yellamaraju
- Pontus Nyholm
DP World Tour Race To Dubai Rankings
Marco Penge is PGA Tour-bound after a brilliant year on the DP World Tour
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As part of the DP World Tour’s Strategic Alliance with the PGA Tour, its players have had a direct pathway to the US-based circuit since 2023, with the top 10 players not otherwise exempt in the season-long race to Dubai rankings all earning cards.
At the end of the 2025 season, current PGA Tour…
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