The 18-year-old American is on track to play tournament rounds on eight consecutive days across two different circuits – and is clearly warming to the task.
Lin Yuxin, a two-time Asia-Pacific Amateur champion, finished number one in class at the Final Stage of the Asian Tour’s Qualifying School today – leading 35 players who secured their cards for the 2026 season.
As first reported by Golf Channel’s Brentley Romaine, the tour will give $US150,000 to players Nos.126 and beyond on the prior season’s FedEx Cup points list.
Check out this video of Shipley, now a Korn Ferry Tour rookie, describing the unusual way he and his caddie have kept busy during long rounds – by working on maths problems.
The PGA Tour announced today that Australia’s Karl Vilips has been named the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Rookie of the Year, as voted by the Korn Ferry Tour membership.
Among the notable players to earn the PGA Tour promotion were Australia’s Karl Vilips, who won on the Korn Ferry Tour in August, Matt McCarty, who won three KFT events and finished first in points, former PGA Tour pro Harry Higgs and former Pepperdine University star William Mouw.
Only an extraordinary chain of events stands between Karl Vilips and promotion to the PGA Tour in 2025, as Cassie Porter enters the Epson Tour Championship with one hand on an LPGA Tour card.
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