Overview

• Chandler Blanchet closed with a six-under 66 to win the Korn Ferry Tour Championship at the Pete Dye Course, finishing 14 under and two shots clear of Barend Botha.
• Johnny Keefer tied for 12th to secure the season points title, earning 2026 Players Championship and U.S. Open exemptions and avoiding next year’s priority reshuffles.
• No player moved into or out of the top 20 in the finale, leaving Mitchell Meissner 21st and without a PGA Tour card after a T-37 finish; Botha needed a win to have a chance and fell short.
• The 20 graduates include Keefer, Blanchet, Austin Smotherman, Neal Shipley, Christo Lamprecht, Pierceson Coody, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, S.H. Kim, and others now headed to the PGA Tour in 2026.
• The PGA Tour reduced Korn Ferry promotions from 30 to 20 this cycle; players finishing 21-50 advance to the Final Stage of Q-School, Nos. 51-75 to Second Stage, and all Finals participants retain 2026 KFT status.