(Pictured: Ross Steelman has been one of the hottest players on the KFT of late. Credit: PGA Tour)
By Chris Lang
The Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by Virginia’s Richmond Region is coming to VSGA member club The Federal Club in October.
The top 60 players on the Korn Ferry Tour points list following the third playoff event of the season – The Compliance Solutions Championship in Oklahoma – advance to a four-round no-cut final event at the Glen Allen club. The KFT Championship is scheduled for Oct. 8-11 and all four rounds will be televised by Golf Channel. The top 20 finishers earn 2027 PGA Tour cards.
The VSGA will take a monthly look at the PGA Tour’s top developmental circuit to prepare members for whom they might see at The Federal Club come October.
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After starting the season abroad, the KFT made its U.S. debut in late March. The rest of the schedule will be contested on U.S. soil.
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The Top Five
Doc Redman | Points: 1303.155 | Rank: 1
Redman rolled in a 40-foot eagle putt to win a playoff at the Visit Knoxville Open on May 21, marking his second win of the season and putting him in position for a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour with another victory. He's been somewhat inconsistent since that second victory, missing three of six cuts since then with his top finish a T13 at The Memorial Health Championship. Followers of regional junior golf will remember Redman, who played for Team Carolinas in the Virginias-Carolinas Junior Boys Matches in the mid-2010s. Redman also defeated Virginia’s Mark Lawrence Jr. in the semifinals of the 2017 U.S. Amateur before ousting Doug Ghim in extra holes in the final match. Redman has plenty of PGA Tour experience, making 125 starts and carding six top-5 finishes. Yes, Doc is his real first name.
Ian Holt | Points: 1281.618 | Rank: 2
A 30-year-old from Kent State, Holt finished 42nd in points last year got off to a fantastic start this season. One more victory earns him an automatic PGA Tour promotion, though his game has cooled considerably since a hot start that included two wins in January. Showing just how much wins mean on this tour, he's only dropped to second in the points standings despite a run of four consecutive missed cuts in June and July. Holt played hockey for eight years growing up.
Cole Sherwood | Points: 1237.957 | Rank: 3
Sherwood jumped into the top 5 courtesy of his victory in the Colonial Life Charity Classic earlier this season, which moved him from 34th on the points list to No. 3. It goes to show how just one great week on the KFT can elevate a player’s chance at PGA Tour promotion. Since then, he's added a T7 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am and a second-place showing at the Memorial Health Championship that included a sizzling final-round 62. The 24-year-old Sherwood was a standout at Vanderbilt who finished No. 7 in the 2024 PGA Tour University rankings.
Ross Steelman | Points: 129.454 | Rank: 4
A 25-year-old who played at Georgia Tech after transferring from Missouri, Steelman has made a huge run in the back half of the season to surge into contention for a PGA Tour card. He tied for 10th at the Memorial Health Classic and followed that with a victory at The Blue Championship and a third-place finish at the Evans Scholars Invitational. Including his 61 to open this weekend's Utah Championship, Steelman has posted 14 straight rounds in the 60s since struggling to an 81 to open the OccuNet Classic. Steelman is a huge Seinfeld fan.
Hunter Eichhorn | Points: 1040.586 | Rank: 5
A 27-year-old who played college golf at Marquette, Eichhorn has been in the top 20 for nearly the entire season, only dropping below the threshold once, as a T37 finish in Panama dropped him to 21st on the points list. He immediately rebounded with a T-4 finish in the next event to move to 13th and has been inside the top 20 ever since. Though he hasn't won, eight top-10 finishes has kept him high on the points list. His final-round 61 at the Visit Knoxville Open earned him a spot in a playoff opposite Doc Redman. Eichhorn was a three-time Big East player of the year at Marquette.
Five more names to watch
Tommy Morrison | Points: 972.500 | Rank: 8
Literally a huge presence on the course, the 6-foot-9 Morrison played at the University of Texas and teamed with CBS announcer Tony Romo at the 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship. Morrison made his KFT debut in June, tying for 10th at the OccuNet Classic. His other three starts? T5, second, and a win at the Evans Scholars Invitational. Morrison has played 13 KFT rounds this season (including the first round at this week's Utah Championship) and has shot in the 60s in 12 of them. The exception was a 70 in his debut round in June. Morrison won the European Amateur Championship in 2024, becoming the first American to do so.
Blades Brown | Points: 851.585 | Rank: 12
One of the nation’s most talented junior golfers, Brown bypassed college golf and turned professional in 2024. Brown, who recently turned 19, has made the cut in eight of his nine PGA Tour events this season and played in the final group with Scottie Scheffler at The American Express in January. He finished third at the Puerto Rico Open. Brown tied for 14th at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on the PGA Tour, his fourth top-20 finish in seven starts. Now he faces some big decisions. What’s his best path to full-time PGA Tour status? The Associated Press’ Doug Ferguson explores that issue here.
Alvaro Ortiz | Points: 684.917 | Rank: 18
The 30-year-old from Mexico has snuck into the top 20 on the back of two results -- a win in a playoff at the UNC Health Championship and a tie for 10th at the OccuNet Classic. Outside of that, he's been mediocre at best, missing seven cuts (including three straight in the last three events) and failing to crack the top 20 in any other event. The win carries plenty of weight, but he'll need another solid result or two to remain in the top 20. Ortiz was a college teammate of KFT member Nicolas Echavarria at Arkansas for two years.
Zack Fischer | Points: 649.050 | Rank: 21
The current bubble boy in the standings, Fischer made a big move forward by winnin the OccuNet Classic and promptly followed that up with three straight missed cuts. Another top 10 during the season's closing stretch would go a long way toward him securing a card. The 36-year-old played four years of college golf at the University of Texas-Arlington.
Cole Hammer | Points: 484.883 | Rank: 31
Hammer was a can't-miss prospect out of the University of Texas who simply hasn't panned out quite yet. Now 26, he's hung around the fringes of the top-20 race this season thanks to a trio of T4 finishes. He'll need to go on a serious run in the season's closing stretch to challenge for a Tour card. Hammer is a past winner of the prestigious Western Amateur Championship.
Local flavor
Time is running out for Brandon Berry, the River Bend Club member and former Loyola (Md.) standout. The top 156 earn a spot in the KFT playoffs, and he currently stands in 162nd with just three regular-season events remaining after the Utah Championship. Since a T29 finish at the Visit Knoxville Open in May, Berry has missed six straight cuts. His Utah championship got off to a promising start, with his opening-round 64 marking the best round of his season. Even a couple of made cuts at this point will help him get over the finish line and into the playoffs.