(Pictured: Doc Redman wins in Knoxville. 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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How the Korn Ferry Tour Finals work
Who has won so far?
Nine events are in the books.
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.
Your 2026 winners:
The next three events
Full KFT Schedule
https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/schedule?view=fullSchedule&month=All
The Top Five
Ian Holt | Points: 1,226.743 | Rank: 1
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, as he finished T53 and T46 in his last two events. Holt played hockey for eight years growing up.
Doc Redman | Points: 1196.988 | Rank: 2
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. 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.
Alistair Docherty | Points: 946.234 | Rank: 3
Born in Saint John in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, Docherty played collegiately at Cal State Chico. Docherty, 32, has played in 83 KFT events and earned his first victory this season. Prior to a T56 finish at the Visit Knoxville Open, Docherty had finished inside the top 20 in all starts this season in which he made a cut. He’s made five PGA Tour starts (two made cuts) and finished tied for second at the 2024 PGA Tour Myrtle Beach Classic. Like Holt, Docherty grew up playing hockey, but injuries and lack of size led him to a career in golf.
Cole Sherwood | Points: 798.457 | Rank: 4
Sherwood jumped into the top 5 courtesy of his victory in the Colonial Life Charity Classic earlier this month, 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. His third-round 64 in the CLCC was his best round of the season and played a key role in the victory. The 24-year-old Sherwood was a standout at Vanderbilt who finished No. 7 in the 2024 PGA Tour University rankings.
Jeremy Gandon | Points: 793.680 | Rank: 5
Born in France, the 29-year-old Gandon played college golf at Kansas State before turning pro in 2019. After opening the season with two MCs in the Bahamas, he got on track with a T4 in Panama. He was ranked 26th on the KFT points list after the Club Car Championship but shot into the top 5 with a win at the LECOM Suncoast Classic in which he posted three straight 65s after opening with a 67. It was his second win in two full seasons on Tour. Gandon struggled in his next two starts after the win, finishing 60th in Mexico and missing the cut at the Colonial Life Charity Classic. He rebounded with a T12 in Knoxville to retain top-5 status.
Five more names to watch
Hunter Eichhorn | Points: 745.780 | Rank: 6
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. 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.
Blades Brown | Points: 613.048 | Rank: 13
One of the nation’s most talented junior golfers, Brown bypassed college golf and turned professional in 2024. Still just 18, Brown has made the cut in three of his four 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.
Zac Blair | Points: 465.155 | Rank: 17
The 35-year-old Blair has made 231 career PGA Tour starts and is trying to work his way back to the big tour via the Korn Ferry Tour. A second-place showing at the Colonial Life Charity Classic rocketed Blair from 52nd to 15th on the points list, leaving him in excellent position to compete for a top-20 spot at the end of the season. Fun facts about Blair—he collects Legos, and he’s a golf course design enthusiast who hopes to get into course building once his playing career is done.
Roger Sloan | Points: 427.808 | Rank: 20
The Canadian Sloan is another veteran seeking a return to the big tour. At age 39, he currently is just inside the line for automatic promotion. Sloan has made 155 PGA Tour starts (72 made cuts) since gaining his card for the first time in 2015. Sloan has steadily slipped down the points list since a hot start had him at 5th at the end of February. Since then, he’s missed two cuts and has finished outside the top 25 in each event he’s played. Born in Calgary, Sloan played college golf at Texas-El Paso.
Mitchell Meissner | Points: 399.750 | Rank: 22
Meissner was the first man out in 2025, finishing 21st on the season-ending points list to just miss out on earning his PGA Tour card. He’s still seeking his first PGA Tour start. It’s been feast or famine for the 29-year-old of late. In his last five events, he’s missed three cuts and recorded two top 10s. His second-place showing at the LECOM Suncoast Classic moved him briefly to 17th on the points list before two straight MCs dropped him back outside the top 20. Meissner comes from a family of athletes. His brother Mac played for SMU and finished in the top 15 of the inaugural PGA Tour University rankings, and his uncle Todd Harvey played infielder for the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, and New York Mets during a seven-year MLB career.
Local flavor
After missing six of seven cuts to start the year (and finishing T74 the one time he did make a cut), Great Falls’ Brandon Berry has started to turn his season around. He finished T27 at the Colonial Life Charity Classic and T29 at the Visit Knoxville Open, moving him to 131st on the points list. There’s a lot of season left, and even one top-10 showing would give his resume a serious boost. Berry is in the field for this week’s event in North Carolina and looks to keep his recent string of strong play going.