If you haven’t heard, big changes are coming to the PGA Tour in 2028. With the Tour’s two-track system debuting in a little over a year, that means next season, 2027, will be critical for players trying to play their way onto the top tier, the Championship Series.
And you know what’s really going to help accomplish that? By already owning a PGA Tour card in 2027. Twenty players just did that — including a 19-year-old pro — as they earned a promotion via the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship Sunday. Now those guys have a head start in getting on the top track come 2028.
As for those 20 aforementioned pros, you can meet them below.
20 Korn Ferry Tour pros who earned 2027 PGA Tour cards
*In order, Nos. 1-20, of finish on final points list
No. 1 Ross Steelman
He’s gotten better at every stage and the former PGA Tour University graduate won the season-long points race. He won twice in 2026 and had six top-five finishes.
No. 2 Sandy Scott
Scott, who grew up in Scotland, ended the season on a tear with four straight top-five finishes, including back-to-back wins.
No. 3 Ian Holt
Won the second and third events of the season to maintain his place in the top 20.
No. 4 Alistair Docherty
Docherty, 32, finally advanced to the top tour after four years on the Korn Ferry. (He was also the guest on GOLF’s latest Subpar podcast.)
No. 5 Alvaro Ortiz
Ortiz won twice to earn his card after playing four full seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour.
No. 6 Austin Hitt
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. Won the Colonial Life Charity Classic to vault up the points list.
No. 8 Doc Redman
The 2017 U.S. Amateur champion is back on the PGA Tour after a brief stint on the Korn Ferry.
No. 9 Blades Brown
At just 19 years old, Brown becomes the youngest PGA Tour card-holder in history.
No. 10 Tommy Morrison
Morrison — he’s 6 feet, 9 inches — earned his membership in just 131 days on the Korn Ferry Tour thanks to five straight top-10 finishes, which included a win.
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-leading nine top-10 finishes, his best a runner-up after he lost the Visit Knoxville Open to Redman in a playoff.
No. 13 Dylan Menante
Menante won the Tulum Championship at PGA Riviera Maya by six over Brown, the 19-year-old.
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
Won the LECOM Suncoast Classic to vault up the points list; he won last year as well but finished 22nd in points.
No. 16 Taylor Dickson
Won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2024 to earn a PGA Tour promotion but fell back down in 2025. He won the season-opening Bahamas Golf Classic and is now back on the PGA Tour once again.
No. 17 Ian Gilligan
Gilligan had nine top-10 finishes in 24 starts to earn his card in just 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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