2023 Korn Ferry Tour Finals

The 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Finals, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the 30 golfers that earned PGA Tour cards for the 2024 season, was played from August 12 to October 8. It included the following four events:

2023 Korn Ferry Tour Finals
Tournament information
DatesAugust 24 – October 8, 2023
Tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Statistics
Field156 for Albertsons Boise Open
144 for Simmons Bank Open
120 for Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship
75 for Korn Ferry Tour Championship
← 2022
2024 →
Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Field Size
Aug 24–27 Albertsons Boise Open Boise, Idaho 1,500,000 156
Sep 14–17 Simmons Bank Open College Grove, Tennessee 1,500,000 144
Sep 21–24 Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship Columbus, Ohio 1,500,000 120
Oct 5–8 Korn Ferry Tour Championship Newburgh, Indiana 1,500,000 75 (no cut)

Changes for 2023

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Unlike in previous seasons, the Finals will not have a separate points list; the top 30 point earners through the entire season, including the Finals, will earn PGA Tour cards. The FedEx Cup standings are no longer criteria for Korn Ferry Tour Finals eligibility. Also, the finals will feature elimination after each event. For the first three events, if a players opts out, their spot will go to the next highest ranked golfer. For the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, only the top 75 ranked golfers will be eligible. All players who qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour Championship are fully exempt for the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour. Players who finish 76 to 100 are conditionally exempt. [1][2]

Albertsons Boise Open

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The Albertsons Boise Open was played August 24–27. Chan Kim won his second straight Korn Ferry Tour event, securing himself a PGA Tour card for 2024.[3]

Korn Ferry Tour rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Chan Kim 66-62-64-64=256 −28 270,000 2 12
2   David Kocher 63-69-67-59=258 −26 135,000 43 82
3   Thomas Rosenmüller 67-68-64-63=262 −22 90,000 61 104
T4   Jacob Bridgeman 66-65-65-67=263 −21 62,250 14 21
  Ben Kohles 66-62-66-69=263 1 1
T6   Wilson Furr 64-68-67-65=264 −20 49,875 28 40
  Vince Whaley 64-68-65-67=264 119 166
T8   Davis Chatfield 67-63-68-67=265 −19 38,445 64 70
  Cristóbal del Solar 62-67-69-67=265 44 49
  Chase Seiffert 66-66-68-65=265 24 32
  Daniel Summerhays 65-68-64-68=265 73 89
  Tom Whitney 68-65-64-68=265 16 19

Simmons Bank Open

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The Simmons Bank Open was played September 14–17. Grayson Murray won his second Korn Ferry Tour event of the season, and third overall. The win guaranteed Murray a PGA Tour card for 2024.[4]

Korn Ferry Tour rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Grayson Murray 68-67-70-66=271 −17 270,000 6 26
T2   Mason Anderson 71-65-72-66=274 −14 97,500 41 57
  Carter Jenkins 73-66-65-70=274 25 46
  Jamie Lovemark 68-69-67-70=274 70 130
T5   Trace Crowe 70-69-68-68=275 −13 46,750 39 42
  Chris Gotterup 69-69-69-68=275 24 33
  Ben Kohles 72-69-66-68=275 1 1
  Jack Maguire 70-70-67-68=275 76 93
  Chris Naegel 70-69-66-70=275 91 121
  Pontus Nyholm 69-65-70-71=275 66 79

Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship

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The Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship was played September 21–24. Norman Xiong won his second Korn Ferry Tour event which guaranteed him a PGA Tour card for 2024.[5]

Korn Ferry Tour rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Norman Xiong 69-67-71-67=274 −10 270,000 12 59
T2   Joe Highsmith 72-67-70-69=278 −6 97,500 27 48
  Curtis Luck 72-70-70-66=278 47 61
  Chris Petefish 67-70-71-70=278 45 55
5   Jake Knapp 67-73-71-68=279 −5 57,000 11 15
6   Max Greyserman 68-69-75-68=280 −4 51,750 8 11
T7   Trace Crowe 71-68-74-68=281 −3 42,938 33 39
  Joey Garber 68-75-70-68=281 68 83
  Chandler Phillips 66-72-69-74=281 13 14
  Josh Teater 69-71-71-70=281 34 43

Table of qualifying players

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Table key:

Earned PGA Tour card for 2024
Win
Top-10 finish
Did not advance to next tournament
Played way into next tournament
* Player already had amassed enough points to guarantee promotion before event
Eligible due to higher ranked player not playing
Player Pre-Finals Albertsons Simmons Bank Nationwide Champ. Tour Champ.
Points Rank Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Final rank
  Ben Kohles 1,548 1 T4* 1 T5* 1 T42* 1 T6* 1
  Rico Hoey 1,497 2 CUT* 3 T26* 3 T66* 3 T30* 4
  Ben Silverman 1,477 3 T35* 4 T48* 4 T42* 4 T65* 5
  Alejandro Tosti 1,462 4 WD* 5 DNP* 5 CUT* 5 T6* 3
  Pierceson Coody 1,330 5 T51* 6 T60* 7 T37* 6 T70* 6
  Adrien Dumont de Chassart 1,133 6 DNP* 7 CUT* 8 CUT* 10 T41* 11
  David Skinns 1,122 7 DNP 8 CUT* 9 T42* 9 55* 12
  Jimmy Stanger 1,041 8 T54 9 CUT 10 CUT* 14 T30* 15
  Max Greyserman 982 9 T26 10 T44 11 6* 8 T28* 9
  Nicholas Lindheim 979 10 DNP 11 DNP 13 T37 16 DNP* 17
  Chandler Phillips 967 11 CUT 12 CUT 14 T7 13 T6* 10
  Chan Kim 937 12 1 2 T44* 2 CUT* 2 T20* 2
  Jake Knapp 882 13 T13 13 CUT 15 5 11 T10* 13
  Kevin Dougherty 853 14 T21 15 CUT 17 CUT 18 T65 22
  Jorge Fernández-Valdés 852 15 CUT 20 CUT 21 CUT 24 T61 31
  Parker Coody 840 16 T26 17 CUT 18 T66 20 T46 25
  Scott Gutschewski 834 17 T26 18 CUT 19 70 21 T58 28
  Patrick Fishburn 816 18 T26 21 CUT 22 T21 19 T20 19
  Tom Whitney 805 19 T8 16 T26 16 CUT 17 T61 21
  Ryan McCormick 800 20 T13 19 CUT 20 CUT 22 T41 27
  Jacob Bridgeman 796 21 T4 14 T16 12 T18 15 T20* 14
  Shad Tuten 795 22 T54 23 T48 26 CUT 29 T28 32
  Rafael Campos 784 23 T26 22 T37 23 T37 23 T52 30
  Jackson Suber 765 24 CUT 25 CUT 28 T24 30 T46 37
  Rhein Gibson 755 25 CUT 27 CUT 29 CUT 36 T36 40
  Cody Blick 747 26 T54 29 CUT 31 CUT 38 T41 41
  Brett Drewitt 742 27 CUT 30 T63 32 CUT 39 60 43
  Logan McAllister 739 28 CUT 31 CUT 34 T61 40 63 44
  John VanDerLaan 737 29 CUT 32 CUT 35 T54 41 T41 42
  Grayson Murray 724 30 T26 26 1 6 WD* 7 DNP* 7
  Taylor Dickson 701 31 CUT 34 T26 36 T61 43 T17 39
  Chase Seiffert 694 32 T8 24 CUT 27 T24 28 T39 33
  Roger Sloan 693 33 T70 35 T22 33 T18 31 T10 29
  Matt McCarty 690 34 CUT 37 T26 38 T24 37 T14 35
  Chris Gotterup 686 35 T21 33 T5 24 T37 25 T20 23
  Mac Meissner 677 36 CUT 38 T22 37 T24 35 T3 20
  Paul Barjon 672 37 T35 36 68 40 CUT 45 1 8
  Josh Teater 662 38 T70 39 CUT 43 T7 34 5 26
  Tim Widing 651 39 CUT 40 CUT 44 CUT 49 19 46
  Wilson Furr 649 40 T6 28 CUT 30 T24 32 T6 24
  Spencer Levin 639 41 CUT 41 T26 42 CUT 46 T67 50
  Trace Crowe 598 42 CUT 42 T5 39 T7 33 T36 38
  Frankie Capan III 581 43 CUT 47 CUT 49 T11 50 T41 51
  Ricky Castillo 579 44 T62 45 T37 46 71 52 64 53
  Carter Jenkins 570 45 T43 46 T2 25 T61 26 T46 34
  Joe Highsmith 523 46 T21 48 T42 48 T2 27 T3 18
  Thomas Walsh 522 47 CUT 50 T65 51 CUT 54 T10 54
  Roberto Díaz 515 48 T26 49 CUT 50 CUT 53 T67 55
  Cristóbal del Solar 507 49 T8 44 CUT 47 T11 48 T70 52
  Trent Phillips 493 50 T54 51 CUT 52 T42 55 T67 58
  Sam Saunders 484 51 T65 52 CUT 54 CUT 58 T46 60
  Jeremy Paul 481 52 CUT 54 T44 53 CUT 57 T30 56
  Chris Petefish 475 53 T43 53 CUT 55 T2 44 T46 45
  Patrick Cover 472 54 DNP 55 CUT 57 T61 60 T20 57
  Brad Hopfinger 458 55 T54 56 CUT 58 WD 61 T56 63
  Mason Andersen 441 56 T43 57 T2 41 T18 42 T10 36
  Paul Peterson 431 57 CUT 58 T16 56 CUT 59 WD 61
  Wil Bateman 413 58 CUT 60 T63 62 CUT 64 T58 68
  Curtis Luck 398 59 DNP 62 T26 61 T2 47 T26 47
  Norman Xiong 383 60 CUT 65 11 59 1 12 T52* 16
  Dimitrios Papadatos 378 61 T43 63 CUT 64 CUT 67 T14 65
  Jacob Solomon 371 62 CUT 66 CUT 68 T33 66 T20 66
  Quade Cummins 368 63 T18 59 T48 60 T11 56 T52 59
  Fabián Gómez 360 64 CUT 67 CUT 69 CUT 71 2 48
  Brian Campbell 348 65 CUT 69 CUT 71 CUT 75 WD 75
  Brandon Harkins 343 66 CUT 70 CUT 73 T42 72 T17 70
  Steven Fisk 334 67 T35 68 T37 67 T11 63 T30 64
  John Augenstein 326 68 CUT 72 T37 72 T49 73 T56 74
  Michael Johnson 306 69 CUT 74 T26 74 CUT 77 77
  Davis Chatfield 305 70 T8 64 CUT 65 T11 62 T36 62
  Patrick Welch 301 71 CUT 75 T44 79 T24 74 T30 73
  Brandon Crick 299 72 CUT 77 T53 81 T24 76 76
  Kyle Jones 280 73 T35 76 CUT 82 CUT 84 84
  Peter Knade 278 74 CUT 78 CUT 86 CUT 90 90
  Pontus Nyholm 277 75 CUT 79 T5 66 T49 69 T30 69
  Nelson Ledesma 273 76 T13 71 CUT 75 CUT 78 78
  Isaiah Salinda 272 77 CUT 80 T16 77 CUT 80 80
  Daniel Miernicki 272 78 CUT 82 T37 84 T61 85 85
  Colin Featherstone 268 79 CUT 83 CUT 87 T54 91 91
  Brandon Hagy 268 80 CUT 84 CUT 88 CUT 93 93
  Alistair Docherty 263 81 T65 85 CUT 89 T33 86 86
  David Kocher 262 82 2 43 T42 45 T54 51 T14 49
  Patrick Newcomb 260 83 T43 81 T53 85 CUT 89 89
  Brandon McIver 254 84 CUT 89 CUT 93 T54 97 97
  Jared Wolfe 254 85 CUT 90 CUT 95 T66 99 99
  Zach Bauchou 254 86 T43 86 T22 80 T49 82 82
  Dan McCarthy 242 87 T35 87 CUT 90 T33 88 88
  Andrew Kozan 235 88 CUT 94 DNP 100 DNP 105 105
  Daniel Summerhays 234 89 T8 73 CUT 78 T54 81 81
  Jack Maguire 233 90 73 93 T5 76 CUT 79 79
  Joey Garber 232 91 CUT 95 T12 83 T7 68 T46 72
  Patrick Flavin 231 92 CUT 96 69 101 CUT 106 106
  William Mouw 223 93 CUT 97 CUT 105 T24 98 98
  Kristoffer Ventura 220 94 CUT 99 T65 104 T11 87 87
  Martin Contini 219 95 T68 98 T26 96 CUT 101 101
  Joe Weiler 215 96 T26 91 T53 94 T21 83 83
  Kaito Onishi 215 97 T70 100 DNP 107 T24 100 100
  Matt Atkins 215 98 CUT 101 T48 103 CUT 108 108
  Zack Fischer 205 99 CUT 104 CUT 110 CUT 111 111
  Wade Binfield 201 100 CUT 105 CUT 111 CUT 113 113
  Jay Card III 201 101 CUT 106 CUT 112 72 112 112
  Brendon Jelley 201 102 CUT 107 T26 102 CUT 107 107
  Martin Flores 199 103 T13 88 CUT 92 T49 92 92
  Thomas Rosenmüller 189 104 3 61 CUT 63 T42 65 T39 67
  Akshay Bhatia 189 105 DNP 110 DNP 115 DNP 117 117[a]
  Kevin Velo 184 106 T62 108 CUT 113 CUT 116 116
  Alan Wagner 184 107 CUT 112 T16 98 CUT 104 104
  Evan Harmeling 182 108 T13 92 T53 97 CUT 103 103
  Michael Feagles 181 109 T68 111 CUT 117 CUT 118 118
  Alex Chiarella 178 110 T43 109 CUT 114 T54 114 114
  Danny Walker 174 111 CUT 113 T53 119 CUT 121 121
  T. J. Vogel 172 112 CUT 115 T12 99 T33 96 96
  Chase Parker 169 113 CUT 117 CUT 123 123
  Mark Anderson 168 114 T21 102 CUT 109 T49 109 109
  Noah Goodwin 167 115 CUT 118 T16 106 CUT 110 110
  Ryan Burnett 167 116 T54 114 CUT 120 T66 122 122
  Mitchell Meissner 163 117 T21 103 T48 108 T21 95 95
  Bo Hoag 160 118 T60 120 CUT 125 125
  Camilo Villegas 159 119 T43 116 CUT 121 T37 115 115[a]
  Joshua Creel 158 120 CUT 122 CUT 126 126
  Ryan Gerard 152 121 DNP 124 DNP 128 128
  Ryan Blaum 147 122 T51 123 CUT 127 127
  Abel Gallegos 143 123 CUT 127 CUT 131 131
  Yuto Katsuragawa 143 124 CUT 128 T53 130 130
  Blayne Barber 141 125 CUT 129 CUT 133 133
  Vince India 140 126 T62 125 T53 129 129
  Dalton Ward 124 127 CUT 132 CUT 135 135
  Ollie Schniederjans 123 128 CUT 133 DNP 136 136
  Spencer Ralston 116 129 CUT 135 T12 118 CUT 120 120
  Cooper Musselman 115 130 CUT 137 T16 122 T42 119 119
  Bryson Nimmer 114 131 CUT 138 CUT 141 141
  Jeremy Gandon 114 132 T51 134 CUT 137 137
  A. J. Crouch 111 133 T26 126 T22 116 T11 102 102
  Grant Hirschman 111 134 CUT 139 CUT 143 143
  Ashton Van Horne 110 135 T60 136 T60 139 139
  Kyle Westmoreland 110 136 CUT 140 DNP 144 144
  Jamie Lovemark 110 137 T35 130 T2 70 T54 70 T20 71
  Chris Naegel 109 138 T18 121 T5 91 73 94 94
  Rob Oppenheim 108 139 CUT 141 T65 142 142
  Dawson Armstrong 105 140 CUT 142 CUT 145 145
  Andrew Yun 104 141 CUT 143 CUT 146 146
  Tommy Gainey 101 142 CUT 144 DNP 147 147
  José Toledo 100 143 WD 145 CUT‡ 148 148
  Zhang Xinjun 99 144 CUT 146 CUT‡ 149 149
  Ian Holt 99 145 CUT 147 CUT‡ 150 150
  Willie Mack III 92 146 T65 148 CUT‡ 151 151
  Spencer Cross 92 147 CUT 149 T26 138 138
  Lanto Griffin 88 148 DNP 150 DNP‡ 153 153
  Curtis Thompson 86 149 CUT 152 CUT‡ 155 155
  Lin Yuxin 85 150 CUT 154 T26 140 140
  Scott Brown 84 151 CUT 155 DNP‡ 156 156
  Tain Lee 83 152 DNP 156 DNP‡ 157 157
  Sean O'Hair 82 153 CUT 157 DNP‡ 158 158
  Alex Weiss 82 154 74 153 T60 152 152
  Jonas Blixt 78 155 DNP 158 DNP‡ 159 159
  Scott Stevens 75 156 CUT 159 T12 132 132
  Austin Eckroat 75 157 DNP‡ 160 160
  Cole Hammer 75 158 CUT‡ 161 161
  Ross Steelman 73 159 CUT‡ 162 162
  Dawie van der Walt 73 160 DNP‡ 163 163
  RJ Manke 73 161 T18 131 CUT 134 134
  Joel Thelen 68 162 T35 151 CUT‡ 154 154
  Billy Tom Sargent 64 163 CUT‡ 165 165
  Michael Gellerman 63 164 DNP‡ 166 166
  Kang Sung-hoon 63 165 CUT‡ 167 167
  Vince Whaley 62 166 T6 119 DNP 124 124
  José de Jesús Rodríguez 61 167 DNP‡ 168 168
  Jake Staiano 60 168 CUT‡ 169 169
  Chris Baker 60 169 DNP‡ 170 170
  Bronson Burgoon 60 170 DNP‡ 171 171
  Emilio Gonzalez 53 171 DNP‡ 172 172
  Joseph Winslow 51 172 CUT‡ 173 173
  James Nicholas 50 173 T35 164 164
  1. ^ a b Player earned a 2024 PGA Tour card by winning a tournament on the PGA Tour (Bhatia, 2023 Barracuda Championship and Villegas, 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship).

References

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  1. ^ "2023 Korn Ferry Tour Finals format: How it works, field sizes, tournaments". The Golf News Net. August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "How it works: Korn Ferry Tour Points List". PGA Tour. September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Bogey-free Chan Kim wins Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron, secures first PGA Tour card". PGA Tour. August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Grayson Murray wins Simmons Bank Open, secures PGA TOUR status for 2024". PGA Tour. September 17, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Norman Xiong earns first PGA TOUR card with runaway victory at Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship". PGA Tour. September 24, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
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