2025 Korn Ferry Tour Finals: How it works, what you need to know
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Thirty PGA TOUR cards will be finalized after the four-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals. (Jennifer Perez/PGA TOUR)
Quick-hit guide to stakes of four-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals, which will finalize 20 PGA TOUR cards
Written by Staff
It’s time for the four-event series where players achieve their lifelong dream of making the PGA TOUR, the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.
The 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Finals brings the season-long race for 20 PGA TOUR cards to a dramatic close, as the top 20 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance will earn 2026 PGA TOUR cards. The Korn Ferry Tour Finals also finalizes exempt and conditional Korn Ferry Tour status for next season, via the top-75 and top-100 thresholds, respectively.
Points do not reset into the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, a change introduced in 2023. The race for PGA TOUR cards is purely cumulative across the Korn Ferry Tour Points List from January through October. Eligibility for each event is determined by the Points List into each event, with field reduction after each event (156, 144, 120, 75 players qualify).
For players who have clinched #TOURBound status into the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, the stakes remain high, as the No. 1 player on the season-long standings after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship will earn exempt 2026 TOUR membership and spots in the 2026 U.S. Open and THE PLAYERS Championship.
In another change from the pre-2023 Korn Ferry Tour Finals format, tournament field sizes are reduced as the series proceeds, a cadence that aligns with the FedExCup Playoffs. The top 156 on the Korn Ferry Tour Points List qualify for the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation (Finals No. 1), with the top 144 after the Simmons Bank Open qualifying for the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship (Finals No. 2). The top 120 after the Nationwide will qualify for the Compliance Solutions Championship (Finals No. 3) and the top 75 after the Compliance Solutions will qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance (Finals No. 4).
Status and eligibility
Here are the critical cutoff points on the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Points List that determine 2025 status and eligibility.
- Nos. 1-20 on the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Points List will earn 2026 PGA TOUR membership.
- No. 1 on the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Points List will gain access to the 2026 U.S. Open and THE PLAYERS Championship.
- Nos. 21-75 on the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Points List will earn fully exempt 2026 Korn Ferry Tour membership, not subject to reshuffle.
- Nos. 76-100 on the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Points List will earn conditional 2026 Korn Ferry Tour membership, subject to reshuffle.
2025 Korn Ferry Tour Finals schedule
| Max field size | Date | Tournament | City, State | Purse |
| 156 | Sept. 11-14 | Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation | Franklin, Tennessee | $1.5M |
| 144 | Sept. 18-21 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship | Columbus, Ohio | $1.5M |
| 120 | Oct. 2-5 | Compliance Solutions Championship | Owasso, Oklahoma | $1.5M |
| 75 (no cut) | Oct. 9-12 | Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance | French Lick, Indiana | $1.5M |
What's new
- The 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Finals will introduce the Compliance Solutions Championship as the third Finals event, with the Simmons Bank Open and the Nationwide becoming the first two events of the Finals series.
Korn Ferry Tour Finals factoids
- Korn Ferry Tour points distribution is elevated for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals; tournament winners during the Finals receive 600 points, compared to 500 points for a standard event.
- In a change from 2023, the first three Finals events will not maintain alternate lists to fill the field to the corresponding size (156, 144, 120). Fields will play short if qualified players do not compete.
- Tournament purse size increases from $1 million (pre-Finals) to $1.5 million for Finals events.
- All four Korn Ferry Tour Finals events will be broadcast on Golf Channel.
- The first three Korn Ferry Tour Finals events feature a 36-hole cut to the top 65 professionals and ties, same as a pre-Finals event. There is no cut at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance.
- Eligibility for the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation (Finals No. 1) is determined by a season-long points race across 22 events, culminating at the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron in August.
- Prior to 2023, the top 25 on the Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Points List earned PGA TOUR cards, in addition to 25 cards via a Korn Ferry Tour Finals Points List comprised of Nos. 26-75 on the Korn Ferry Tour, Nos. 126-200 on the FedExCup, non-members and medical extensions. There is no longer a category for Korn Ferry Tour Finals access based on FedExCup positioning.
