Meet the 20 Korn Ferry Tour players who earned PGA Tour cards for 2026

The Korn Ferry Tour Finals is in the books, which means 20 players have earned their PGA Tour cards for 2026.

The 2025 KFT season came to an end Sunday at French Lick in Indiana, and the stakes were even higher with only 20 PGA Tour cards up for grabs, down from 30 last year. That meant an even tighter race to secure future playing status, but down the stretch, no players who started outside the top 20 on the week were able to move up and earn their card for next year.

Every player who made the KFT Finals has full status on the Korn Ferry Tour for 2026, but 55 players are heading home without a promotion. Finishers from 21-50 in the season-long standings are exempt into the Final Stage of PGA Tour Q-School while Nos. 51-75 are exempt into Second Stage.

Meet the 20 Korn Ferry Tour players who earned their PGA Tour cards on Sunday:

Johnny Keefer

Keefer won twice in 2025 and made 19 cuts in 23 starts. He was the first player to earn a PGA Tour card on points. He’s also exempt into the Players and U.S. Open by finishing first.

Chandler Blanchet

Blanchet had his card locked up going into the finals, but winning at French Lick further cemented he’s ready for the PGA Tour. He had six top 10s and two victories this season.

Austin Smotherman

Smotherman will make his return to the PGA Tour after a season that saw him win twice in a three-start span.

Neal Shipley

The 2023 U.S. Amateur runner-up, who won low amateur honors at the 2024 Masters and U.S. Open, is heading to the PGA Tour after a season with two KFT wins.

Emilio Gonzalez

Gonzalez heads to the PGA Tour after winning the Albertsons Boise Open to lock up his card.

Hank Lebioda

Lebioda won his first event of the year in the Bahamas at the Bahamas Golf Classic, and he never fell down the points list as the season progressed.

Adrien Dumont de Chassart

Last week, Dumont de Chassart set Korn Ferry Tour records in his victory at the Compliance Solutions Championship, locking up his return to the Tour.

S.H. Kim

S.H. Kim will return to the PGA Tour after losing his card in 2024.

Christo Lamprecht

The former world No. 1 towers over the golf ball at 6-foot-8 and will stand out on the PGA Tour.

Davis Chatfield

No wins for Chatfield, but a bunch of consistent play results in a promotion to the PGA Tour.

Zach Bauchou

Bauchou becomes the sixth member of the 2018 Oklahoma State men’s golf team to play on the PGA Tour, arguably the best college golf team of all-time.

Pierceson Coody

The former Texas Longhorn made 13 cuts in 15 starts this year, finishing in the top 10 seven times, to earn his card.

S.T. Lee

Lee made the cut 21 times in 24 events, and the 30 year old from South Korea will earn PGA Tour status for the first time.

Jeffrey Kang

The 34 year old and former USC Trojan will earn his PGA Tour card for the first time, making 13 cuts in 24 starts this season.

Kensei Hirata

Four top-three finishes for Hirata earned enough points to give the 24 year old a PGA Tour card for the first time.

Trace Crowe

Crowe will return to the PGA Tour after a year on the Korn Ferry Tour when he had one win and five top-10 finishes.

John VanDerLaan

VanDerLaan won the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, the second playoff event, moving him inside the top 20 to earn his PGA Tour card.

Zecheng Dou

Dou will also return to the PGA Tour for the third time after a season where he made 16 cuts in 23 starts and had three top-10 finishes.

Sudarshan Yellamaraju

Yellamaraju won the Bamahas Great Abaco Classic early in the year and then hung on in the Finals to earn his card for the first time.

Pontus Nyholm

Nyholm did not have a good week in the KFT Finals, but he gets the last PGA Tour card in large part to one win and 22 made cuts in 26 starts.