Just days after countryman Harrison Endycott secured his PGA Tour promotion by finishing the regular season in the top-25 on the points list, 25 more cards will be distributed following the three-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals.
It begins this week with the Albertsons Boise Open in Idaho where Lucas Herbert all but wrapped up a PGA Tour card by earning a share of fourth 12 months ago.
Now Min Woo Lee, Jason Scrivener, Anthony Quayle and Aaron Baddeley take their shot, but coming at it from very different directions.
Lee, currently ranked 68th in the world, and Scrivener, ranked 178th, qualified for the Finals as non-members to have equaled or surpassed No.200 on the FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List.
Lee’s best PGA Tour finish in 2022 is a tie for 14th at The Masters in April while Scrivener’s points came largely from his top-20 result at the co-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open.
Quayle, the Queensland PGA champion in January, endured a roller-coaster week before it was confirmed last Friday that his top-15 finish at The Open Championship would be enough to earn the equivalent points to finish between 126-200 on the points list for both members and non-members.
It is a somewhat different scenario for Baddeley but with the same prize to play for.
A four-time winner on the PGA Tour, the 41-year-old finished 196th in the FedExCup standings to sneak into the category who qualifies for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, a return to the stage where he finished 61st a year ago.
Like Endycott, it presents a pathway to the PGA Tour that started for all on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia.
“Harrison was a 21-year-old rookie on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia when he lost to Simon Hawkes in a play-off at the 2018 Vic Open at Thirteenth Beach,” said PGA of Australia CEO Gavin Kirkman.
“He has been on the path to a PGA Tour card ever since, going on to spend two years on the PGA Tour Latino-America circuit before advancing to the Korn Ferry Tour.
“The ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia is here to provide our young players the pathway to realize their dreams.
“It’s why we do what we do, so I can’t wait to watch Harrison, with his wonderful dad by his side, live out his dream as a member of the PGA Tour for many years to come.”
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