CARLSBAD, Calif. – Redshirt senior All-American Frankie Harris finished No. 9 in the final ranking for the PGA TOUR University Class of 2026. Rankings went final at the conclusion of the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship last night.
Players finishing Nos. 6-10 in PGA TOUR U earn conditional status on Korn Ferry Tour for the remainder of the current season and exempt status for the current season North America Swing of PGA TOUR Americas, which begins June 4-7 at the Mexico Championship.
Harris joins All-Americans Ryan Hall (No. 11 in 2021-22) and Nathan Franks (No. 21 in 2024-25) as Gamecock alums to finish in the top-25 of the final PGA TOUR U rankings. His No. 9 finish is the highest ever by a South Carolina player in the six years of the accelerated system created to aide amateur golfers as they begin their careers at the next level.
Harris was named PING All-Southeast Region for the second time over the weekend. The Boca Raton, Fla. native put together one of the finest individual seasons in program history in his final campaign in Garnet and Black this year.
He started all 11 tournaments, logging a scoring average of 69.91 with nine top-20 finishes, five top-10s and three wins. His scoring average was the lowest in program history for a single season, surpassing former All-American Ryan Hall (69.97 in 2020-21). The duo are the only players in school history with a sub-70 scoring average for a single season.
Harris etched his name in the record books as the program’s all-time wins leader with his sixth career victory in March at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate. He finishes his three-year Gamecock career with a scoring average of 70.37 in 32 events played, the lowest in program history just in front of Hall (70.66 from 2018-22). His 13 top-five finishes are fourth-most all-time at Carolina and his 15 top-10s are 10th most in program history.
2026 PGA TOUR U CLASS OF 2026
1. Ben James – Virginia
2. Christiaan Maas – Texas
3. Jase Summy – Oklahoma
4. Filip Jakubcik – Arizona
5. Luke Potter – Texas
6. Tommy Morrison – Texas
7. William Sides – SMU
8. Mahanth Chirravuri – Pepperdine
9. Frankie Harris – South Carolina
10. Wells Williams – Vanderbilt
11. Lance Simpson – Tennessee
12. Michael Alexander Mjaaseth – Arizona State
13. Paul Chang – Virginia
14. Tom Fischer – Ole Miss
15. Cameron Tankersley – Ole Miss
16. Matthew Kress – Florida
17. Bryan Lee – Virginia
18. Zachery Pollo, Arizona
19. Daniel Svärd,…
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