Stars like Matt Wallace will still be able to play events on the American tour in 2026 and get chance to win back a full card
18:08, 26 Nov 2025Updated 09:32, 27 Nov 2025
Matt Wallace has lost his full PGA Tour card but can still play 19 events in the USA before August next season(Image: Getty Images)
A double Major champion, a Netflix Full Swing star and a five-time PGA Tour winner are among the star names to lose their PGA Tour cards this season.
But all is not lost for any player finishing outside the top 100 on the FedExCup Fall standings which were finalised after The RSM Classic on Sunday.
Zach Johnson, Joel Dahmen and Camilo Villegas are among the names to miss out on full tour status in 2026.
Players finishing in the top 100 secure access to all Full-Field Events and The Players Championship next season.
Yet players who finished from 101-150 will retain conditional Tour status in 2026 with different category cutoffs at 110, 125 and 150.
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So world No.74 Matt Wallace, who finished tied 51st at the final qualifying event in Georgia to end the season in 103rd spot, will still be eligible for 19 events before August.
The Londoner will not play the limited-field Signature events or Phoenix but will still get a chance to earn back his full card – and start momentum to qualify for his first Ryder Cup team in 2027. Getting into the team without playing the big-money, limited-field Signature Events is now close to impossible.
Matt Wallace with his former caddie David McNeilly(Image: Getty Images)
Wallace, who won the Corales Puntacana Championships on the PGA Tour in March 2023, said: “I was disappointed not to quite get the job done in the Fall and to be pulled into that but everything the PGA Tour are telling me is that it might mean I won’t get one or two tournaments so it shouldn’t change my schedule too much.
“You take a bit of time to process things, assess and analyse. It’s been a long year and I’m already very clear on what I need to do to get better and I’m putting things in place to make that happen.”
Former US Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson has lost his full PGA Tour card(Image: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
The number of guaranteed PGA Tour cards from the Fall standings shrunk from 100 to 125 as part of the post-LIV revamp. Twenty players from the second-tier Korn Ferry Tour and 10 from the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai will get cards.
Players ranked 100-140 on the FedExCup Fall standings gain exemption to the Final Stage of Q School where five places are on offer.
The popular Wallace, 35, returned to the DP World Tour in the late summer.
Matt Wallace broke down in tears after his tied second place at the Omega European Masters ended his hopes of making the Ryder Cup team(Image: X: @SkySportsGolf)
He broke down in tears when his tied second finish at the Omega European Masters ended his Ryder Cup hopes and he elected to play the BMW PGA at Wentworth in September instead of returning to the PGA Tour at Napa. A solid finish in California would have sealed a top 100 finish on the other side of the Atlantic.
Instead Wallace, a five-time winner on the DP World Tour, joins a list of well-known players who will not have full privileges in 2026:
Lee Hodges (101) — The American missed a birdie putt on the 72nd green at the RSM Classic to retain his card.
Matt Kuchar, the runner-up at the 2017 Open, has lost his full PGA Tour card(Image: Getty)
Matt Kuchar (118) — The 2012 Players winner, who loses his full card after 19th consecutive seasons on the PGA Tour, has the option of using his career money exemption after banking over $61m.
Joel Dahmen (122) — The American was a laidback star Netflix ’s Full Swing but he missed 16 out of 28 cuts this season.
Brandt Snedeker (126) — Next year’s Presidents Cup captain has won nine times on the PGA Tour
Harry Higgs (132) — The American is best known for lifting his shirt in celebration on the 16th green at the 2022 WM Phoenix Open
Alejandro Tosti (137) — The Argentine ranted on social media in March after he was accused of playing deliberately slowly in the final round with Min Woo Lee
Adam Hadwin was tackled by a security guard at the 2023 Canadian Open(Image: AP)
Adam Hadwin (139) — The 2017 Valspar Championship champion was famously tackled by a security guard when he entered the final green to celebrate with Nick Taylor at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open
Zach Johnson (141) — The 2023 US Ryder Cup captain won 12 PGA Tour tournaments, including the 2007 Masters and 2015 Open
Cameron Champ (147) — The American lived up to his name three times on the PGA Tour but had only one top 10 this year
Camilo Villegas (155) — The Colombian ended a nine-year winning drought in 2023 after losing his 22-month old daughter in 2020.
Kevin Kisner (194) — The four-time PGA Tour winner is now a NBC analyst and kept his card this year via the career money list.
