__NOTOC__ 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 Player2020–21 Korn Ferry Tourregular season 2021FedExCup 2021 Korn Ferry Tour FinalsThe 25Regular + FinalsPriorityrankRankPointsRankWithoutThe 25PointsRankPoints Will Zalatoris† 1876 0 1876 Stephan Jäger 2804 720 3524 Joseph Bramlett 408 146 1139 Mito Pereira*# 2556 180 0 2556 Greyson Sigg* 2125 1037 3162 1 Trey Mullinax 883 700 2 Adam Svensson 1821 1138 2959 3 Aaron Rai* 535 4 Chad Ramey* 2480 388 2868 5 Bronson Burgoon 158 528 6 Christiaan Bezuidenhout† 525 7 Taylor Moore* 2271 262 2533 8 J. J. Spaun 174 490 9 Taylor Pendrith* 2154 115 2269 10 Hayden Buckley* 1259 415 11 Lee Hodges* 1851 263 2114 12 Sahith Theegala* 173 400 13 Davis Riley* 2006 80 2086 14 Matthias Schwab* 398 15 David Lipsky* 1782 211 1993 16 Vince Whaley 56 140 362 17 Paul Barjon* 1729 205 1935 18 John Huh 153 351 19 Max McGreevy* 1732 160 1892 20 Alex Smalley* 319 21 Jared Wolfe* 1880 0 1880 22 Joshua Creel* 1224 299 23 Lucas Herbert† 24 Dylan Wu* 1675 159 1834 25 Callum Tarren* 1075 26 Brandon Wu* 1735 82 1817 27 Scott Gutschewski 837 240 28 Cameron Young* 1642 166 1808 29 Dawie van der Walt 1104 229 30 Andrew Novak* 1692 106 1799 31 Kelly Kraft 6 207 209 32 Ben Kohles 1497 217 1714 33 Michael Gligic 4 145 206 34 Seth Reeves 1651 7 1658 35 Patrick Rodgers 128 182 36 Nick Hardy* 1597 58 1654 37 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 196 175 38 David Skinns* 1547 18 1565 39 Kurt Kitayama† 164 40 Curtis Thompson* 1549 13 1562 41 Austin Cook 136 164 42 Brett Drewitt 1487 75 1561 43 Peter Uihlein 1412 175 44 Austin Smotherman* 1439 49 1488 45 Justin Lower* 1332 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 PlayerStartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings ($)FedEx Cuprank Will Zalatoris† 24 19 3 9,405,082 28 Stephan Jäger 31 15 100 1,289,503 83 Joseph Bramlett 29 14 172 409,468 156 Mito Pereira* 27 18 46 2,797,925 46 Greyson Sigg* 30 18 137 884,085 102 Trey Mullinax 28 14 61 2,172,365 30 Adam Svensson 31 20 106 1,209,000 86 Aaron Rai* 28 19 94 1,346,601 82 Chad Ramey* 28 11 102 1,281,224 74 Bronson Burgoon 13 5 205 192,026 185 Christiaan Bezuidenhout† 24 20 60 2,233,289 47 Taylor Moore* 28 18 75 1,751,237 61 J. J. Spaun 29 19 39 2,951,152 31 Taylor Pendrith* 21 16 56 2,330,840 44 Hayden Buckley* 30 17 99 1,303,036 92 Lee Hodges* 29 18 90 1,377,251 66 Sahith Theegala* 32 26 34 3,124,668 26 Davis Riley* 29 20 33 3,190,793 33 Matthias Schwab* 23 15 130 955,840 114 David Lipsky* 29 17 103 1,269,468 78 Vince Whaley 29 16 121 1,039,817 97 Paul Barjon* 26 11 168 436,732 153 John Huh 26 14 83 1,631,948 67 Max McGreevy* 28 9 127 1,039,817 106 Alex Smalley* 30 17 84 1,631,567 64 Jared Wolfe* 23 7 206 189,112 184 Joshua Creel* 22 4 218 115,976 195 Lucas Herbert† 20 10 50 2,558,440 41 Dylan Wu* 25 11 174 382,717 150 Callum Tarren* 26 12 122 1,034,362 105 Brandon Wu* 26 12 88 1,472,515 72 Scott Gutschewski 23 8 180 351,321 158 Cameron Young* 25 18 10 6,520,598 18 Dawie van der Walt 25 7 209 184,972 189 Andrew Novak* 26 12 163 513,881 139 Kelly Kraft 27 11 149 680,946 125 Ben Kohles 24 10 186 309,955 161 Michael Gligic 24 16 151 652,204 129 Seth Reeves 26 9 175 376,574 159 Patrick Rodgers 27 17 96 1,327,382 84 Nick Hardy* 21 12 142 820,728 126 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 19 10 190 299,174 171 David Skinns* 23 11 195 243,143 178 Kurt Kitayama† 24 12 51 2,547,912 38 Curtis Thompson* 27 9 183 338,509 166 Austin Cook 25 12 160 552,226 143 Brett Drewitt 23 7 216 121,307 197 Peter Uihlein 15 7 213 142,276 Austin Smotherman* 25 16 145 770,827 121 Justin Lower* 24 15 148 700,545 122 *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.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upPayout ($)1Oct 31, 2021 Lucas HerbertButterfield Bermuda Championship−15 (70-65-65-69=269)1 stroke Danny Lee Patrick Reed1,170,0002Mar 27 Chad RameyCorales Puntacana Championship−17 (70-65-69-67=271)1 stroke Ben Martin Alex Smalley666,0003Apr 3 J. J. SpaunValero Texas Open−13 (67-70-69-69=275)2 strokes Matt Jones Matt Kuchar1,548,0004Jul 10 Trey MullinaxBarbasol Championship−25 (65-65-67-66=263)1 stroke Kevin Streelman666,0005Aug 14 Will ZalatorisFedEx St. Jude Championship−15 (71-63-65-66=265)Playoff Sepp Straka2,700,000
Runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour in 2021–22 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up scorePayout ($)1Oct 3, 2021 Cameron YoungSanderson Farms Championship Sam Burns−22 (68-66-65-67=266)−21 (67-65-67-68=267)623,0002Jan 29 Will ZalatorisFarmers Insurance Open Luke List−15 (67-68-72-66=273)−15 (69-68-65-71=273)915,0003Feb 20 Cameron Young (2)Genesis Invitational Joaquín Niemann−19 (63-63-68-71=265)−17 (66-62-69-70=267)1,068,0004Mar 6 Max McGreevyPuerto Rico Open Ryan Brehm−20 (66-67-68-67=268)−14 (70-64-71-69=274)403,3005Mar 20 Davis RileyValspar Championship Sam Burns−17 (64-67-67-69=267)−17 (65-68-62-72=267)850,2006Mar 27 Alex SmalleyCorales Puntacana Championship Chad Ramey−17 (70-65-69-67=271)−16 (69-65-73-65=272)329,3007& 8May 1 Kurt KitayamaMexico 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)9May 8 Cameron Young (3)Wells Fargo Championship Max Homa−8 (67-72-65-65=272)−6 (68-71-69-66=274)681,00010May 22 Will Zalatoris (2)PGA Championship Justin Thomas−5 (67-67-74-67=275)−5 (66-65-73-71=275)1,620,00011Jun 19 Will Zalatoris (3)U.S. Open Matt Fitzpatrick−6 (68-70-68-68=274)−5 (69-70-67-69=275)1,557,68712Jun 26 Sahith TheegalaTravelers Championship Xander Schauffele−19 (63-63-67-68=261)−17 (67-65-64-67=263)738,70013Jul 3 Christiaan BezuidenhoutJohn Deere Classic J. T. Poston−21 (62-65-67-69=263)−18 (69-65-66-66=266)631,90014Jul 10 Kurt Kitayama (2)Genesis Scottish Open Xander Schauffele−7 (72-65-66-70=273)−6 (66-71-71-66=274)872,00015Jul 17 Cameron Young (4)The Open Championship Cameron Smith−20 (67-64-73-64=268)−19 (64-69-71-65=269)1,455,00016& 17Jul 31 Taylor PendrithRocket 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)
References
External links Korn Ferry Tour official site