List of golfers to achieve a three-win promotion from the Korn Ferry Tour
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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 |  Chris Smith | Aug 10 | 16 | 5 | 4th | 120,768* | 151 |
| 2 | 2001 | Heath Slocum | Aug 5 | 17 | 8 | T37 | 45,670 | (218) |
| 3 | Chad Campbell | Oct 7 | 21 | 2 | 2nd | 259,200 | (156) | |
| 4 | Pat Bates | Oct 28 | 24 | 0 | n/a | |||
| 5 | 2002 | Patrick Moore | Oct 27 | 20 | 1 | Cut | n/a | |
| 6 | 2003 | Tom Carter | Aug 31 | 21 | 8 | T12 | 105,143 | 207 |
| 7 | 2005 | Jason Gore | Aug 7 | 11 | 7 | Win | 871,135* | 94 |
| 8 | 2007 |  Nick Flanagan | Aug 19 | 16 | 4 | T17 | 122,029 | 209 |
| 9 | 2009 | Michael Sim | Aug 23 | 12 | 1 | T55 | 130,188* | 200 |
| 10 | 2014 |  Carlos Ortiz | Aug 24 | 16 | 0 | n/a | 12,834* | (249) |
| 11 | 2016 | Wesley Bryan | Aug 7 | 13 | 2 | T8 | 178,729* | 194 |
| 12 | 2020–21 |  Mito Pereira | Jun 13 | 32 | 6 | T5 | 370,348 | 177 |
*Includes earnings from one or more PGA Tour events played before promotion.
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References[edit]
- ^ "Three-victory promotion to PGA Tour". PGA Tour.