If you haven’t heard, big changes are coming to the PGA Tour in 2028. With the The two-track system of Tour debuting in just over a year, this means that the next season, 2027, will be critical for players trying to play their way into the top tier, the Championship Series.
And you know what it is indeed help accomplish this? Already own a PGA Tour card in 2027. Twenty players have done this – including a 19-year-old teacher – as they earned a promotion via the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship Sunday. Now those guys have a head start to get on the first track come 2028.
As for those 20 professionals mentioned above, you can meet them below.
20 Korn Ferry Tour pros who earned 2027 PGA Tour cards
* In order, No. 1-20, to finish on the list of final points
No. 1 Ross Steelman
He got better at every stage and the former PGA Tour University graduate won the points race of the season. He won twice in 2026 and had six top five finishes.
No. 2 Sandy Scott
Scott, who grew up in Scotland, finished the season on a tear with four consecutive top-five finishes, including back-to-back wins.
No. 3 Ian Holt
He won the second and third events of the season to keep his place in the top 20.
No. 4 Alistair Docherty
Docherty, 32, has finally progressed to the top tour after four years on the Korn Ferry. (He was also the guest GOLF’s latest Subpar podcast.)
No. 5 Alvaro Ortiz
Ortiz won twice to earn his card after playing four seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Well. 6 Austin Hitt
He won the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship on Sunday to help punch his ticket. This was Hitt’s third consecutive season on the Korn Ferry Tour.
No. 7 Cole Sherwood
Sherwood earned his card in his second full season. He won the Colonial Life Charity Classic to jump the points list.
No. 8 Doc Redman
The 2017 American amateur champion is back on the PGA Tour after a short stint at the Korn Ferry.
No. 9 Blades Brown
At only 19 years old, Brown became the the youngest PGA Tour card holder in history.
No. 10 Tommy Morrison
Morrison – he is 6 feet, 9 inches – earned his membership in just 131 days on the Korn Ferry Tour thanks to five consecutive top-10s, which included a victory.
No. 11 Cooper Dossey
Dossey spent three seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour before securing his PGA Tour card.
No. 12 Hunter Eichhorn
Eichhorn recorded a Korn Ferry Tour-winning nine top-10s, his best a runner-up finish after losing the Visit Knoxville Open to Redman in a playoff.
No. 13 Dylan Menante
Menante won the PGA Riviera Maya Tulum Championship by six over 19-year-old Brown.
No. 14 Michael Johnson
Johnson made 21 of 25 cuts, and that consistency helped him earn his PGA Tour card after his eighth season on the Korn Ferry Tour.
No. 15 Jeremy Gandon
He won the LECOM Suncoast Classic to jump the points list; he also won last year, but finished 22nd in points.
No. 16 Taylor Dickson
He won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2024 to earn promotion to the PGA Tour, but dropped out in 2025. He won the season-opening Bahamas Golf Classic and returned to the PGA Tour once.
No. 17 Ian Gilligan
Gilligan had nine top-10s in 24 starts to earn his card in his first season on the Korn Ferry Tour.
No. 18 Davis Shore
Shore earned the promotion in his third full season on the Korn Ferry Tour. He finished in the top five twice in the last six events.
No. 19 Carson Young
Young is back on the PGA Tour again, this time securing his spot thanks to a pair of top three finishes.
No. 20 Davis Lamb
Lamb won the Club Car Championship earlier this year, which helped him claim the last of the 20 cards handed out.
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