5 players who just won a PGA Tour card

For the first time since 2012, the pathway to the PGA Tour was open via Q-School.

Five cards were on the line after four rounds of golf, and Monday’s final stage didn’t disappoint.

Presented by Korn Ferry, the qualifying event was delayed after inclement weather conditions on Sunday left dreams hanging in the balance.

But from the final stage emerged five players who would earn full playing rights for the 2024 season, including four new PGA Tour members.

With the triumph comes heartbreak, too. Former PGA Tour players Doc Redman and Kramer Hickok finished inside the top-ten and just missed out.

Meanwhile, Kevin Tway and Russell Knox could only muster up a T28 finish, as Harry Higgs faltered to a T45 finish.

As the 2024 season approaches, here are the five players who just earned their PGA Tour card…

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Harrison Endycott

The 27-year-old finished atop of the Q-School pile at TPC Sawgrass, confirming his full-time place on the PGA Tour in 2024.

Endycott narrowly missed out on the top 125 in the FedEx Cup last season, so already had conditional status. That took nothing away from his approach, however.

Before making 16 birdies, he said: “A sixth-place finish does nothing for me.” The Australian’s aggression was rewarded with a four-shot win.

Trace Crowe

Endycott’s nearest challenger was 27-year-old Trace Crowe who finished in second on 11-under-par.

He was in the mix to earn a PGA Tour card at this year’s Korn Ferry Tour Championship but suffered a tough weekend to fall outside of the top 30.

A bogey-free front nine sent Crowe on the way to a three-under-par final round, becoming only one of four players to card a round in the 60s.

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Blaine Hail Jr.

The only one of the five tour card winners without a PGA Tour start to their name, the 26-year-old began Q-School with no status.

Hale entered the week ranked 4,120th in the OWGR, but brought his best to Florida as he finished solo third on nine-under-par.

“Being a professional golfer is not necessarily glamorous when you’re not playing on the PGA Tour or Korn Ferry Tour,” he said.

Hayden Springer

The story of the week from PGA Tour Q-School. Springer had already locked up Korn Ferry status for 2024, but instead, he capped an emotional month with a life changing prize.

The 26-year-old’s daughter passed away last month at the age of three and Springer said he thought of her several times during the final round.

Now, he has skipped straight to the big leagues after navigating three bogeys on the back nine to earn his card by one stroke.

Raul Pereda

Pereda has not only achieved a life-long goal of reaching the established American circuit, but he is now the only active PGA Tour player of Mexican descent.

“I’ve always dreamed about putting Mexico back on the PGA TOUR,” he said.

It was at his national open this Spring when the 27-year-old made his PGA Tour debut, and he can look forward to more of that in 2024 after chipping in twice on the back nine on Monday to secure his card by one stroke.

John Turnbull A graduate of the University of Stirling, John joined the bunkered team in 2023 as a Content Producer, with a responsibility for covering all breaking news, tour news, grassroots content and much more besides. A keen golfer, he plays the majority of his golf at Falkirk Golf Club. Top of his 'bucket list' is a round of Pebble Beach... ideally in the company of Gareth Bale.