South African golfer Christo Lamprecht delivered drama at the Pinnacle Bank Championship when he was in a greenside bunker on the last but dialled up a textbook bunker shot that trick-trick-trickled in, handing him his first ever Korn Ferry Tour victory.
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.
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.
If you’ve followed the American junior golf circuit over the past couple years at all, you’ve probably heard the name Miles Russell. If you haven’t, this is name golf fans might want to learn. Quickly.
For a second consecutive day, a sub-60 score was shot on the Korn Ferry Tour. This time, however, it was a different number that made it even more impressive.
At 19 years, 4 months and 11 days, Potgieter edged Jason Day’s previous mark from 2007 (19 years, 7 months and 26 day) on the PGA Tour’s feeder circuit. Potgieter also became the youngest winner across both tours since 1931.
Sydney-based tour pro John Lyras has seen his Korn Ferry Tour debut cut short today in the worst fashion possible way: a rules-based disqualification after an error on the first hole of the Bahamas Great Exuma Classic.
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