List of golfers to achieve a three-win promotion from the Korn Ferry Tour

This is a list of golfers who have won three times in a Korn Ferry Tour season since 1997, when a policy was enacted to promote such players immediately to the PGA Tour.[1] The "number of events" column refers to the number of Korn Ferry Tour events it took the golfer to reach three wins.

No. Season Player Date of
third win		 Number of
events		 Results on PGA Tour after promotion
Events
played		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Rank
1 1997 United States Chris Smith[2] Aug 10 16 5 4th 120,768* 151
2 2001 United States Heath Slocum[3] Aug 5 17 8 T37 45,670 (218)
3 United States Chad Campbell[4] Oct 7 21 2 2nd 259,200 (156)
4 United States Pat Bates[5] Oct 28 24 0 n/a
5 2002 United States Patrick Moore[6] Oct 27 20 1 Cut n/a
6 2003 United States Tom Carter[7] Aug 31 21 8 T12 105,143 207
7 2005 United States Jason Gore[8] Aug 7 11 7 Win 871,135* 94
8 2007 Australia Nick Flanagan[9] Aug 19 16 4 T17 122,029 209
9 2009 Australia Michael Sim[10] Aug 23 12 1 T55 130,188* 200
10 2014 Mexico Carlos Ortiz[11] Aug 24 16 0 n/a 12,834* (249)
11 2016 United States Wesley Bryan[12] Aug 7 13 2 T8 178,729* 194
12 2020–21 Chile Mito Pereira[13] Jun 13 32 6 T5 370,348 177
13 2024 United States Matt McCarty[14] Aug 25 23

*Includes earnings from one or more PGA Tour events played before promotion.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Three-victory promotion to PGA Tour". PGA Tour.
  2. ^ "Nike Omaha Classic". The Stuart News. Florida. August 11, 1997. p. B7 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Slocum earns battlefield promotion". ESPN. August 5, 2001.
  4. ^ "2001: Campbell earns Tour 'promotion'". Golfweek. November 28, 2001.
  5. ^ "Gilder Glides to win: Big day for Bates". Orlando Sentinel. October 29, 2001.
  6. ^ "Moore heads money list with season-ending win". ESPN. Associated Press. October 27, 2002.
  7. ^ "Weir opens with 69; Tanaka leads". ESPN. Associated Press. September 4, 2003.
  8. ^ "Gore wins record third straight event". ESPN. Associated Press. August 7, 2005.
  9. ^ "Flanagan becomes eighth player in history to earn in-season Tour promotion". ESPN. Associated Press. August 19, 2007.
  10. ^ "Sim gets third Nationwide victory". ESPN. Associated Press. August 23, 2009.
  11. ^ "Carlos Ortiz claims PGA Tour card". ESPN. Associated Press. August 24, 2014.
  12. ^ Ballengee, Ryan (August 7, 2016). "Wesley Bryan earns three-win promotion from Web.com Tour". Yahoo Sports.
  13. ^ Herrington, Ryan (June 13, 2021). "Mito Pereira is first Korn Ferry pro to earn PGA Tour promotion since 2016". Golf Digest.
  14. ^ Collingwood, Ryan (July 21, 2024). "Price Cutter Charity Championship: Matt McCarty's win earns him PGA Tour card". Springfield Daily Citizen.
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