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Brently Romine joins Golf Central to talk about what the Top 75 finishers can get at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, including a reduced number of PGA Tour cards. #Golf #GolfChannel #kornferrytour
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SCORE. ♪♪ SO HERE’S WHAT IS AT STAKE THIS WEEKEND AT THE KORN FERRY TOUR. THE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYER NUMBER ONE IN THE STANDINGS WILL NOT GET FULL PGA MEMBERSHIP, BUT ALSO START AT THE U.S. PLAYERS AND THE U.S. OPEN. THE TOP 20 WILL ALL EARN PGA MEMBERSHIP. AND THE REST OF THE PLAYERS IN THE 75-MAN FIELD WILL AT LEAST WALK AWAY WITH FULLY EXEMPT STATUS ON THE KORN FERRY TOUR FOR NEXT YEAR. SO COVERING THE ACTIONS THIS WEEK IN INDIANA WILL BE BRENTLEY ROMINE. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE 20 CARDS. UNTIL THIS SEASON, IT’S TRADITIONALLY BEEN 30 CARDS. SO MUCH TOUGHER COMPETITION TO EARN PROMOTION. BUT THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS THAT COMES WITH THAT. TELL US. >> WELL, GOOD EVENING, ANA. I THINK IF YOU WOULD TALK TO ANY PLAYER OUTSIDE THE TOP 50 THE RANKINGS THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THEY WOULD ALL TALK ABOUT THE DIMINISHING OPPORTUNITIES. AND CERTAINLY GOING FROM 30 TO 20 CARDS, A LOT OF THESE GUYS OUT HERE ARE NOT FANS OF THAT. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS ON THE PGA TOUR AND THE REORDER CATEGORY, THOSE KFT GRADS, THEY DIDN’T GET INTO A LOT OF OPEN EVENTS. THEY WERE PLAYING ESSENTIALLY A DIFFERENT TOUR WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE AMOUNT OF FEDEXCUP POINTS THEY WERE PLAYING FOR COMPARED TO THE GUYS IN THE SIGNATURE EVENTS. SO WHEN YOU SHOW UP AT THE CLASSIC AND YOU’RE THERE UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND YOU DON’T GET IN, THAT’S NOT GOD FOR ANYONE. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT MAKES THE PGA TOUR CARD MEAN SOMETHING AGAIN. FOR THESE 20 GUYS ON SUNDAY EVENING, WHEN THEY GET THAT CARD IN THEIR HAND, THEY’RE GOING TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN PLAY A SCHEDULE AND BOOK AIRBNBS, BOOK TRAVEL. THEY’RE GOING TO KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO GET INTO ALMOST ALL, MAYBE ALL OPEN EVENTS NEXT YEAR IN 2026 ON THE PGA TOUR. >> IT IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE 20 GUYS, AS WE SAY, WHO WILL LOCK UP THEIR CARDS AFTER THE WEEKEND. NOW SOME PLAYERS HAVE ALREADY EARNED ENOUGH POINTS TO CLINCH THOSE CARDS. OF THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT, WHO STANDS OUT TO YOU? >> SO THERE IS 11 GUYS RIGHTS NOW. AND WE GOT TO START AT THE TOP, JOHNNY KEEFER. HE HAS BEEN ARGUABLY ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLAYERS ON ANY LEVEL SINCE LAST SUMMER WHEN HE GRADUATED FROM BAYLOR. HE HAS A WIN, FOR RUNNER-UP FINISHES. RUNNER-UP FINISHES ON PGA TOUR AMERICA LAST SUMMER. VERY SIMILAR SEASON ON THE KORN FERRY TOUR THIS YEAR, TWO WINS, TWO RUNNERS UP. WE SAW ADRIEN DUMONT DE CHASSART, KORN FERRY TOUR RECORD 33 UNDER LAST WEEK. HE IS TOUR-BOUND. AND IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE HE WON THE VERY FIRST EVENT IN JANUARY IN THE BAHAMAS. HE IS GOING TO BE HEADED BACK TO THE PGA TOUR. COLLEGE STARS LIKE WE’VE COVERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CHRISTO LAMPRECHT, NEAL SHIPLEY, AND THEN PIERCESON COODY. HE IS NUMBER 12 RIGHT NOW. HE IS NOT MATHEMATICALLY TOUR-BOUND, BUT HE IS REALISTICALLY GOING TO BE BACK ON A THE PGA TOUR. WHEN I THINK ABOUT PIERCESON, I SEE HIM FOLLOWING A TRAJECTORY LIKE MAX HOMA. TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND TIME GRADUATING FROM THE KORN FERRY TOUR. HE APPRECIATED IT MORE. HE ATTENDED THE CARD CEREMONY. AND PIERCESON COODY’S GOT TOP 15, TOP 20 IN THE WORLD TALENT WHEN HE IS ON. MAYBE A LITTLE APPRECIATION NOW BACK ON THE PGA TOUR WILL HELP HIM UNLOCK HIS GAME. >> SO PRETTY STRESS-FREE WEEKEND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY LOCKED UP THEIR CARDS. BUT A VERY UNEASY WEEK FOR PLAYERS ON THE BUBBLE. WHO THE ARE THE PLAYERS WE SHOULD REALLY BE KEEPING AN EYE ON? >> SPEAKING OF THAT, I’M PRETTY CURIOUS, ANA, WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. TRADITIONALLY WITH THE 30 CARDS. WE HAD THREE, FOUR GUYS CHURNING IN AND OUT BY SUNDAY EVENING. I THINK WE COULD SEE MAYBE A LITTLE LESS ONE WERE TO GUYS. AND THAT PROBABLY PLAYS INTO THE FAVOR OF SOMEONE LIKE JOHN VANDER LAAN. HE IS 17th IN POINTS. HE HAS AN INTERESTING STORY. IN FIVE YEARS AS A PRO, HE HAS BEEN ON THE KORN FERRY TOUR, HAS NEVER LOST HIS CARD. HE WON 11 TIMES PLAYING D-2 GOLF AT FLORIDA SOUTHERN, INCLUDING THE 2018 DIVISION II NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TWO OTHER GUYS TOUR-BOUND, TAYLOR BLANCHET, EMILIO GONZALEZ, THEY BOTH WERE TOP TEN IN THE 2018 DIVISION TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUBBLE RIGHT NOW, THESE GUYS TRYING TO PLAY THEIR IN BY SUNDAY EVENING, MITCHELL MEISSNER, THE OLDER BROTHER OF MATT MEISSNER. HE IS 21 RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS A PRETTY COOL POTENTIAL STORY OF REDEMPTION FOR MITCHELL MEISSNER. IT WAS HERE AT THIS EVENT A YEAR AGO THAT HE GOT IN HIS CAR ON SUNDAY NIGHT, DROVE TO INDIANAPOLIS, AND FIVE DAYS LATER HE WAS HAVING MAJOR WRIST SURGERY, THE SAME WRIST SURGERY THATJORDAN SPIETH HAD. SO MITCHELL MEISSNER COULD BE A STORY THAT WE’LL ALL BE ROOTING FOR ONCE WE GET LATER INTO THIS WEEKEND. >> YEAH, YOU’RE ALWAYS GREAT ABOUT BRINGING US THE STORIES THAT PERHAPS WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT. ONE NAME, IT’S THE LAST MAN IN THE FIELD, THE 75th MAN IN STANDINGS, 18-YEAR-OLD BLADES BROWN. I THINK WE GOT TO KNOW HIM BECAUSE HIS NAME IS SO COOL. HE MADE THE DECISION TO TURN PRO AND SKIP COLLEGE. IT SEEMS TO BE PLAYING OFF. HE ALREADY HAS FULL KORN FERRY TOUR MEMBERSHIP LOCKED UP FOR NEXT YEAR. I KNOW YOU CAUGHT UP WITH HIM RECENTLY, BRENTLEY. WHAT DID YOU LEARN? >> YEAH, JUST A COUPLE HOURS AGO I TALKED TO HIM JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE HE TEED OFF, PLAYED NINE HOLES. IT’S GETTING DARK HERE AT FRENCH LICK RIGHT NOW. I THINK BLADES IS JUST FINISHING UP ON THE NINTH HOLE. LOOK, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED FROM WHAT HE ST OUT TO DO WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS TURNING PRO AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. HE DIDN’T NECESSARILY WANT TO SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND GET A PGA TOUR CARD RIGHT AWAY. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT, RIGHT? BUT HE REALLY WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO BEAT THESE GUYS AND SECURE SOME SORT OF FULL-TIME JOB, AND HE DID THAT JUST LAST WEEK BY GETTING INTO THE TOP 75 RIGHT ON THE NUMBER, RIGHT ON THE NOSE, AND PUNCHING HIS TICKET FOR THIS WEEK. HE MADE 19 STARTS THIS YEAR BETWEEN THE PGA TOUR, BETWEEN THE KORN FERRY TOUR, BUT IT’S KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE THE MOVE TO 20, A WIN FOR BLADES BROWN AND REALLY ANYONE FROM 67 TO 75. THAT WON’T BE GOOD ENOUGH TO CRACK THE TOP 20. BUT THERE IS THIS SORT OF GAME WITHIN THE GAME, BLADES BROWN AND THE GUY FROM 67 ON BACK COULD STILL PLAY FOR TOP 50, WHICH WOULD COME WITH A TICKET STRAIGHT TO THE FINAL STAGE OF PGA TOUR Q-SCHOOL. AND THAT’S BIG FOR BLADES, BECAUSE A YEAR AGO HE MISSED OUT AT FIRST DIBS, COOPER DAWSEY, HAD THAT TWO-SHOT PENALTY AT THE KORN FERRY TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP. TO MISS OUT ON A PGA TOUR. THOSE ARE GUY WHO ARE ALL TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY CAN’T GET INTO THE TOP 20, THEY AT LEAST GET INTO THE TOP 50 AND ARE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR THE FIVE PGA CARDS UP FOR GRABS IN DECEMBER. >> NO MATTER WHERE YOU SAT IN THIS FIELD THIS WEEK, THERE IS SOMETHING TO PLAY FOR. JUST A QUICK NOTE ON WHAT WE MIGHT SEE INSIDE THE ROPES. NOW LAST WEEK WE SAW ADRIEN DUMONT DE CHASSART. YOU MENTIONED IT, A SCORE OF 33 UNDER. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COMPLAINTS THAT THE COURSE SETTER MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE TOO EASY. WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK, HAVE YOU HEARD THAT THE COURSE MIGHT BE SET UP THIS WEEK? >> YEAH, I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF DOZEN GUYS ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, AN ISSUE THIS AFTERNOON. BUT THESE PLAYERS ALL WANT TO BE ON THE PGA TOUR. AND WE KNOW THAT TRADITIONALLY THE SETUPS ON TOUR ARE TOUGHER THAN THEY ARE AT THE KFT. I THINK YOU HAD ABOUT A DOZEN WINNERS THIS YEAR AT 20 UNDER OR MORE. TWO IN THE 30 UNDERS. BUT THEY REALLY RELISH THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE TEST THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE AT FRENCH LICK THIS WEEK. THIS COURSE TIPS OUT AT AROUND 8100 YARDS. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO PLAY IT ALL THE WAY BACK, THANKFULLY, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WINNING SCORE LAST YEAR, BRADEN THORNBERRY SHOT 9 UNDER. THAT’S IN LINE WITH WHAT MOST OF THESE GUYS WHO ARE HIGH LEVEL AMATEUR PLAYERS WHO HAVE SHOWED SUCCESS ON THE PROS, THAT FITS THEIR SKILL SET. THEY LIKE IT TOUGH. THEY’VE BEEN GRINDING. THEY’VE BEEN FIGHTING ALL SEASON. WHY NOT GO OUT AND MET THE GREATEST FIGHT THAT THE KORN FERRY TOUR HAS HERE AT FRENCH LICK. >> YEAH, IT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST WEEKS ON THE KORN FERRY TOUR.