2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates

This is a list of golfers who graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Finals in 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no graduating class in 2020, and the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour season extended into 2021. The top 25 players on the 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour regular-season points list earned PGA Tour cards for 2021–22. The Finals determined the other 25 players to earn PGA Tour cards and the initial priority order of all 50.

As in previous seasons, the Finals featured the top 75 players on the Korn Ferry Tour regular season points list, players ranked 126–200 on the PGA Tour's regular-season FedEx Cup points list (except players exempt through other means), non-members of the PGA Tour with enough regular-season FedEx Cup points to place 126–200, and special medical exemptions. Since the Finals were not held in 2020, PGA Tour players who finished outside the top 200 of the FedEx Cup in 2021 but inside the top 200 in 2020 are eligible to compete; non-members who earned enough points in 2020 to equal 200th place in 2021 were also eligible.

To determine the initial 2021–22 PGA Tour priority rank, the 25 Korn Ferry Tour regular-season graduates were alternated with the 25 Finals graduates. This priority order was then reshuffled several times during the 2021–22 season based on the FedEx Cup standings.

Stephan Jäger and Joseph Bramlett were fully exempt for the 2021–22 PGA Tour season after leading the full-season and Finals points lists, respectively. Mito Pereira was also fully exempt due to winning three times during the Korn Ferry Tour season, as was Will Zalatoris due to FedEx Cup points earned as a non-member in the 2021 PGA Tour season.

2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals

Player	2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour regular season		2021 FedEx Cup	2021 Korn Ferry Tour Finals			The 25 Regular + Finals		Priority rank
	Rank	Points		Rank	Without The 25	Points	Rank	Points
Will Zalatoris†	9	1876		n/a		0	14	1876	Exempt
Stephan Jäger	1	2804		4		720	1	3524	Exempt
Joseph Bramlett	106	408	146	1	1	1139			Exempt
Mito Pereira*#	2	2556	180	n/a		0	5	2556	Exempt
Greyson Sigg*	6	2125		3		1037	2	3162	1
Trey Mullinax	49	883		5	2	700			2
Adam Svensson	11	1821		2		1138	3	2959	3
Aaron Rai*				6	3	535			4
Chad Ramey*	3	2480		13		388	4	2868	5
Bronson Burgoon			158	7	4	528			6
Christiaan Bezuidenhout†				8	5	525			7
Taylor Moore*	4	2271		19		262	6	2533	8
J. J. Spaun			174	9	6	490			9
Taylor Pendrith*	5	2154		42		115	7	2269	10
Hayden Buckley*	32	1259		10	7	415			11
Lee Hodges*	10	1851		18		263	8	2114	12
Sahith Theegala*	152	173		11	8	400			13
Davis Riley*	7	2006		60		80	9	2086	14
Matthias Schwab*				12	9	398			15
David Lipsky*	12	1782		25		211	10	1993	16
Vince Whaley	208	56	140	14	10	362			17
Paul Barjon*	15	1729		28		205	11	1935	18
John Huh			153	15	11	351			19
Max McGreevy*	14	1732		34		160	12	1892	20
Alex Smalley*				16	12	319			21
Jared Wolfe*	8	1880		n/a		0	13	1880	22
Joshua Creel*	34	1224		17	13	299			23
Lucas Herbert†				20	14	261			24
Dylan Wu*	17	1675		36		159	15	1834	25
Callum Tarren*	42	1075		21	15	261			26
Brandon Wu*	13	1735		59		82	16	1817	27
Scott Gutschewski	56	837		22	16	240			28
Cameron Young*	19	1642		31		166	17	1808	29
Dawie van der Walt	38	1104		23	17	229			30
Andrew Novak*	16	1692		46		106	18	1799	31
Kelly Kraft	T284	6	207	26	18	209			32
Ben Kohles	23	1497		24		217	19	1714	33
Michael Gligic	T303	4	145	27	19	206			34
Seth Reeves	18	1651		T116		7	20	1658	35
Patrick Rodgers			128	29	20	182			36
Nick Hardy*	20	1597		T71		58	21	1654	37
Kiradech Aphibarnrat			196	30	21	175			38
David Skinns*	22	1547		T96		18	22	1565	39
Kurt Kitayama†				T32	T22	164			40
Curtis Thompson*	21	1549		105		13	23	1562	41
Austin Cook			136	T32	T22	164			42
Brett Drewitt	24	1487		64		75	24	1561	43
Peter Uihlein	28	1412	175	35	24	160			44
Austin Smotherman*	25	1439		74		49	25	1488	45
Justin Lower*	30	1332		37	25	158			46

*PGA Tour rookie in 2021–22
^†First-time PGA Tour member in 2021–22, but ineligible for rookie status due to having played eight or more PGA Tour events as a professional in a previous season
^#Received a three-win promotion to the PGA Tour during 2020–21 season

•   Earned spot in Finals through PGA Tour.
•   Earned spot in Finals through FedEx Cup points earned as a PGA Tour non-member.
•   Earned spot in Finals through a medical extension.
•   Indicates whether the player earned his card through the regular season or through the Finals.

Results on 2021–22 PGA Tour

Player	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings ($)	FedEx Cup rank
Will Zalatoris†	24	19	Win	3	9,405,082	28
Stephan Jäger	31	15	5	100	1,289,503	83
Joseph Bramlett	29	14	T20	172	409,468	156
Mito Pereira*	27	18	3/T3 (x2)	46	2,797,925	46
Greyson Sigg*	30	18	T7	137	884,085	102
Trey Mullinax	28	14	Win	61	2,172,365	30
Adam Svensson	31	20	6	106	1,209,000	86
Aaron Rai*	28	19	T4	94	1,346,601	82
Chad Ramey*	28	11	Win	102	1,281,224	74
Bronson Burgoon	13	5	T16	205	192,026	185
Christiaan Bezuidenhout†	24	20	T2	60	2,233,289	47
Taylor Moore*	28	18	T4	75	1,751,237	61
J. J. Spaun	29	19	Win	39	2,951,152	31
Taylor Pendrith*	21	16	T2	56	2,330,840	44
Hayden Buckley*	30	17	T4	99	1,303,036	92
Lee Hodges*	29	18	T4	90	1,377,251	66
Sahith Theegala*	32	26	T2	34	3,124,668	26
Davis Riley*	29	20	2	33	3,190,793	33
Matthias Schwab*	23	15	T7 (x2)	130	955,840	114
David Lipsky*	29	17	T4	103	1,269,468	78
Vince Whaley	29	16	5	121	1,039,817	97
Paul Barjon*	26	11	10	168	436,732	153
John Huh	26	14	T2	83	1,631,948	67
Max McGreevy*	28	9	2	127	1,039,817	106
Alex Smalley*	30	17	T2	84	1,631,567	64
Jared Wolfe*	23	7	T28	206	189,112	184
Joshua Creel*	22	4	T16	218	115,976	195
Lucas Herbert†	20	10	Win	50	2,558,440	41
Dylan Wu*	25	11	T10	174	382,717	150
Callum Tarren*	26	12	T5	122	1,034,362	105
Brandon Wu*	26	12	T2	88	1,472,515	72
Scott Gutschewski	23	8	5	180	351,321	158
Cameron Young*	25	18	2/T2 (x5)	10	6,520,598	18
Dawie van der Walt	25	7	T22	209	184,972	189
Andrew Novak*	26	12	T11	163	513,881	139
Kelly Kraft	27	11	T11	149	680,946	125
Ben Kohles	24	10	T13	186	309,955	161
Michael Gligic	24	16	T10	151	652,204	129
Seth Reeves	26	9	T8	175	376,574	159
Patrick Rodgers	27	17	4	96	1,327,382	84
Nick Hardy*	21	12	T8	142	820,728	126
Kiradech Aphibarnrat	19	10	T13	190	299,174	171
David Skinns*	23	11	T29	195	243,143	178
Kurt Kitayama†	24	12	2/T2 (x2)	51	2,547,912	38
Curtis Thompson*	27	9	T7	183	338,509	166
Austin Cook	25	12	T11	160	552,226	143
Brett Drewitt	23	7	T39	216	121,307	197
Peter Uihlein	15	7	T34	213	142,276	n/a
Austin Smotherman*	25	16	8	145	770,827	121
Justin Lower*	24	15	T8	148	700,545	122

*PGA Tour rookie in 2022
^†First-time PGA Tour member in 2022, but ineligible for rookie status due to having played eight or more PGA Tour events in a previous season

•   Retained his PGA Tour card for 2023: won or finished in the top 125 of the adjusted FedEx Cup points list.
•   Retained PGA Tour conditional status and qualified for the Web.com Tour Finals: finished between 126 and 150 on the adjusted FedEx Cup list.
•   Failed to retain his PGA Tour card for 2023 but qualified for the Web.com Tour Finals: finished between 150 and 200 on the adjusted FedEx Cup list through the Finals entry deadline.
•   Failed to retain his PGA Tour card for 2023 and to qualify for the Web.com Tour Finals: was outside the top 200 on the adjusted FedEx Cup list at the Finals entry deadline.

For the purposes of determining eligibility, the FedEx Cup standings were adjusted to remove all players who were suspended for participating in LIV Golf (and had not resigned PGA Tour membership), including Uihlein. No adjusted money list was released.

Nick Hardy, Michael Gligic, Austin Cook, and Joseph Bramlett regained their cards through the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Finals.

Wins on the PGA Tour in 2021–22

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Payout ($)
1	Oct 31, 2021	Lucas Herbert	Butterfield Bermuda Championship	−15 (70-65-65-69=269)	1 stroke	Danny Lee Patrick Reed	1,170,000
2	Mar 27	Chad Ramey	Corales Puntacana Championship	−17 (70-65-69-67=271)	1 stroke	Ben Martin Alex Smalley	666,000
3	Apr 3	J. J. Spaun	Valero Texas Open	−13 (67-70-69-69=275)	2 strokes	Matt Jones Matt Kuchar	1,548,000
4	Jul 10	Trey Mullinax	Barbasol Championship	−25 (65-65-67-66=263)	1 stroke	Kevin Streelman	666,000
5	Aug 14	Will Zalatoris	FedEx St. Jude Championship	−15 (71-63-65-66=265)	Playoff	Sepp Straka	2,700,000

Runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour in 2021–22

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score	Payout ($)
1	Oct 3, 2021	Cameron Young	Sanderson Farms Championship	Sam Burns	−22 (68-66-65-67=266)	−21 (67-65-67-68=267)	623,000
2	Jan 29	Will Zalatoris	Farmers Insurance Open	Luke List	−15 (67-68-72-66=273)	−15 (69-68-65-71=273)	915,000
3	Feb 20	Cameron Young (2)	Genesis Invitational	Joaquín Niemann	−19 (63-63-68-71=265)	−17 (66-62-69-70=267)	1,068,000
4	Mar 6	Max McGreevy	Puerto Rico Open	Ryan Brehm	−20 (66-67-68-67=268)	−14 (70-64-71-69=274)	403,300
5	Mar 20	Davis Riley	Valspar Championship	Sam Burns	−17 (64-67-67-69=267)	−17 (65-68-62-72=267)	850,200
6	Mar 27	Alex Smalley	Corales Puntacana Championship	Chad Ramey	−17 (70-65-69-67=271)	−16 (69-65-73-65=272)	329,300
7 & 8	May 1	Kurt Kitayama	Mexico Open	Jon Rahm	−17 (64-66-68-69=267)	−16 (64-70-66-68=268)	552,367
		Brandon Wu				−16 (69-70-66-63=268)
9	May 8	Cameron Young (3)	Wells Fargo Championship	Max Homa	−8 (67-72-65-65=272)	−6 (68-71-69-66=274)	681,000
10	May 22	Will Zalatoris (2)	PGA Championship	Justin Thomas	−5 (67-67-74-67=275)	−5 (66-65-73-71=275)	1,620,000
11	Jun 19	Will Zalatoris (3)	U.S. Open	Matt Fitzpatrick	−6 (68-70-68-68=274)	−5 (69-70-67-69=275)	1,557,687
12	Jun 26	Sahith Theegala	Travelers Championship	Xander Schauffele	−19 (63-63-67-68=261)	−17 (67-65-64-67=263)	738,700
13	Jul 3	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	John Deere Classic	J. T. Poston	−21 (62-65-67-69=263)	−18 (69-65-66-66=266)	631,900
14	Jul 10	Kurt Kitayama (2)	Genesis Scottish Open	Xander Schauffele	−7 (72-65-66-70=273)	−6 (66-71-71-66=274)	872,000
15	Jul 17	Cameron Young (4)	The Open Championship	Cameron Smith	−20 (67-64-73-64=268)	−19 (64-69-71-65=269)	1,455,000
16 & 17	Jul 31	Taylor Pendrith	Rocket Mortgage Classic	Tony Finau	−26 (64-66-65-67=262)	−21 (64-65-66-72=267)	635,600
		Cameron Young (5)				−21 (71-63-65-68=267)

External links

• Korn Ferry Tour official site