The 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season concluded with 20 players earning PGA Tour membership for 2027 following the Korn Ferry Tour Championship in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Former Missouri and Georgia Tech golfer Ross Steelman finished No. 1 in the final standings, while former North Carolina golfer Austin Hitt secured his first PGA Tour card with a victory in the season finale.
Steelman Finishes First, Hitt Captures Season Finale
Steelman recorded six top five finishes and two victories during the season. His first place finish earned him exemptions into the 2027 Players Championship and U.S. Open.
Hitt entered the final tournament ranked No. 22 before closing with a 5 under 66 to win by two strokes and move to sixth in the standings.
Blades Brown also made history, becoming the youngest Korn Ferry Tour graduate at 19 years, 4 months and 20 days.
2026 Korn Ferry Tour Graduates and Colleges
The following 20 players earned PGA Tour membership for 2027, listed by their final Korn Ferry Tour points ranking:
- Ross Steelman– Missouri and Georgia Tech
- Sandy Scott– Texas Tech
- Ian Holt– Kent State
- Alistair Docherty– Chico State
- Alvaro Ortiz – Arkansas
- Austin Hitt – North Carolina
- Cole Sherwood– Vanderbilt
- Doc Redman – Clemson
- Blades Brown– No college listed
- Tommy Morrison– Texas
- Cooper Dossey– Baylor
- Hunter Eichhorn– Marquette
- Dylan Menante– Pepperdine and North Carolina
- Michael Johnson– Auburn
- Jeremy Gandon– Kansas State
- Taylor Dickson – Winthrop
- Ian Gilligan – Long Beach State and Florida
- Davis Shore – Alabama
- Carson Young – Clemson
- Davis Lamb– Notre Dame and Florida Atlantic
Five PGA Tour University Alumni Earn Membership
Five PGA Tour University alumni secured their first PGA Tour cards: Steelman, Ian Gilligan, Dylan Menante, Tommy Morrison and Cole Sherwood.
Morrison earned PGA Tour membership just 131 days after completing his collegiate career at Texas, highlighted by a victory at the Evans Scholars Invitational.
Sixteen of the 20 graduates will be PGA Tour rookies in 2027.
The 2027 PGA Tour season begins January 21 at The American Express.