The PGA Tour announced on Monday that college golfers in the 1st Division will now have two opportunities to become a member of the PGA TOUR. The eligibility changes were approved at Monday’s board meeting and the changes are effective immediately.
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Thus the highest ranked player at the end of the NCAA D-I 2023 season who has so far been offered via the PGA Tour University program launched in 2020 playing rights on the ancillary circuits (PGA Tour Canada or Korn Ferry Tour) will become a member of the PGA Tour.
If this program had been introduced before 2020 Jon Rahm in 2016, Collin Morikawa in 2019 and Sahith Theegala in 2020 would have benefited from it. On the other hand juniors, sophomores or freshmen who reach high levels of performance in college, amateur and professional golf can also become members of the PGA Tour through a new program called PGA Tour University Accelerated based on a system points.
To win the precious sesame you must reach a total of 20 points. Here’s how to score points throughout the season. Obtaining a university award: Haskins Trophy (3 points), Hogan Trophy (3 points) or the Nicklaus NCAA D1 Trophy (3 points) Appear in the top 5 amateur worlds: N°1 amateur world offers 5 points, N°2 – 4 points, N°3 – 3 points… Victory in an NCAA D-I Championship Tournament (3 points).
Victory in the U.S. Amateur or the British Amateur (3 points). Western Amateur (2 points), European Amateur (2 points), Latin America Amateur (2 points), Asia-Pacific Amateur (2 points) Participation in the Walker Cup (2 points), Palmer Cup (1 point), World Amateur Team Championship (1 point).
Results obtained in PGA Tour tournaments or even in major are also rewarded:
• 1 point = cut taken in a PGA Tour tournament
• 1 point = Top-10 in a PGA Tour tournament
• 1 point = participation in a major tournament (Masters, PGA Championship, U.S.
Open, The Open)
• 1 point = cut taken in a major tournament
• 2 points = Top-20 cut crossed in a tournament To realize the difficulty of the task that awaits these young university prodigies, since 2010, only 3 players have reached the total of 20 points required. Patrick Cantlay in 2012, Justin Thomas in 2013 and Patrick Rodgers in 2014.
