Justin Thomas sends an emotional message to the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour graduates as they earn their PGA Tour cards, reflecting on his own journey from rookie to champion. #JustinThomas #PGATour #GolfNews #KornFerryTour
Heartfelt message to new PGA Tour pros as memories come flooding back. The Corn Ferry Tour season has wrapped up and with it 20 talented golfers have punched their tickets to the PGA Tour. The 2025 Corn Fairy Tour Championship presented by United Leasing and Finance ended with Chandler Blanchett’s stunning victory, a performance that catapulted him from seventh to second in the point standings. Johnny Kefir held firm at the top to close out the season as the tour’s number one player with no lastminute shakeups in the top 20. The same group that led last week officially earned their 2026 PGA Tour cards. Among those celebrating their success was Justin Thomas, who shared a heartfelt message on social media to welcome the next wave of tour stars. Congrats to all those at Cornfairy Tour members who earned their Gat cards yesterday. Such an amazing accomplishment. Always will be a moment I won’t forget in my career,” Thomas wrote. For Thomas, this milestone hits close to home. The two-time major champion spent a formative season on the Cornferryy Tour, one that helped shape the champion he would become. Back in 2014, a then 20-year old Thomas burst onto the scene with AT5 finish at the Pacific Rubio’s Colombia Championship. He nearly tasted victory at the Elbos Mexico Championship before capturing his first professional win at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship. That victory sealed his place in the top five of the point standings and secured his PGA Tour card. Fast forward to today and Thomas knows exactly how the new graduates feel. Over the 2025 season, he’s even shared the course with some of them, playing alongside Neil Shipley at the Valpar Championship and Johnny Kefir at both the PGA Championship and US Open. Chandler Blanchett too made his mark in the latter, giving fans a preview of what’s to come. Now, the golfing world waits to see how these rising stars perform under the bright lights of the PGA Tour. When will Justin Thomas tee it up with the new faces? Currently ranked inside the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings, Thomas has little incentive to compete in the remaining fall events. True to form, he’s expected to skip most tournaments for the rest of 2025. With his likely next appearance being the Hero World Challenge, a limited field event that probably won’t feature any of the new corny graduates. Fans will likely have to wait until the start of the 2026 PGA Tour season to see Thomas share the fairways with the new faces. Given his recent schedule, the American Express, a full field event he’s played in the past two years, could be the first stage where Thomas and the class of 2025 collide. Until then, Justin Thomas’ message stands as a reminder of where every PGA Tour dream begins and how special that first card will always be.
