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Seventy-nine players advanced to the Final Stage via the Second Stage, while the remainder of the field earned direct access to the Final Stage through various exemption categories. Of the 521 players who started at Pre-Qualifying (there were eight sites), only two made it to the Final Stage – Caleb Hicks, a 2023 graduate of the University of Texas Arlington, and 39-year-old journeyman Wes Homan.

The 168-player field will play two rounds at Dye’s Valley and two rounds at Sawgrass Country Club. Golfers will play in the same groups for the first two rounds before being re-paired for the third (and fourth) rounds. The top half of the field will play the third round at Sawgrass Country Club and the fourth at Dye’s Valley, while the bottom half will play the opposite layouts.

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PGA Tour winners Austin Cook, Patton Kizzire, Brice Garnett, Adam Long, and Richy Werenski will be teeing it up. 

Wesley Bryan heads to Final Stage after getting into the field after his finish at The RSM Classic. Bryan, who made the cut at the Bermuda Championship alongside his brother George, in his PGA TOUR debut, was the last player to win three times on the Korn Ferry Tour. The duo are also golf YouTube stars as "The Bryan Brothers."

Braden Thornberry is in the field. The former Ole Miss star represented the United States at the 2017 Walker Cup at Los Angeles Country Club alongside Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler, and Will Zalatoris. Thornberry secured two singles victories to help secure the win.

As a junior, he collected four victories throughout the season to increase his career total to a school-record 11. He was a Ben Hogan Award finalist, a Haskins Award finalist for the second consecutive season, and a semi-finalist for the Jack Nicklaus Award, given to the best NCAA Division I golfer. He tied for 61st at the PGA Tour's RSM Classic, where he shot a 64 in the second round, and placed 22nd at the Web.com Tour's North Mississippi Classic. Thornberry qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open, where he missed the cut by one stroke, and tied for 26th at the 2018 FedEx St. Jude Classic. He represented the United States in the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup and shot a round of 64 at the 2018 U.S. Amateur. Thornberry earned the Mark H. McCormack Medal in August 2018 and he turned professional in December 2018 and decided to forgo the second half of his senior season. He forfeited his 2019 U.S. Open and 2019 Open Championship exemptions by becoming professional.

Three of the top five from the 2023 PGA TOUR University Ranking are in action, including Ross Steelman , Fred Biondi , and Sam Bennett . Bennett earned Low Amateur honors at the 2023 Masters.

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- Top five finishers (and ties) will earn PGA TOUR cards - The next 40 finishers (and ties) will earn exempt status through multiple reshuffles of the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season - The first 25 finishers and ties are subject to the third reshuffle (12 guaranteed starts), and any remaining finishers within the category are subject to the second reshuffle (eight guaranteed starts) - The next 20 finishers (and ties) at the Final Stage will earn exempt status for the Latin America Swing of the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas season while also earning conditional Korn Ferry Tour membership - All remaining finishers at the Final Stage will have conditional Korn Ferry Tour membership and conditional PGA TOUR Americas membership for the 2024 season Final Stage medalists of the past include Major champions Mike Weir, Paul Azinger, Fuzzy Zoeller, and Ben Crenshaw were all past winners.

There were five qualifying sites during the second stage of qualifying. The respective medalists were Aldrich Potgieter (Valdosta, Ga.), Jeffrey Kang (Valencia, Calif.), Bryson Nimmer (Savannah, Ga.), K.K. Limbhasut and Danny Walker (Port St. Lucie, Fla.), and Connor Burgess and Mark Goetz (Dothan, Ala.)

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Bo Hoag topped overnight leader Chan Kim by one shot to earn fully exempt status on the Korn Ferry Tour as medalist at Final Stage in 2022. Hoag birdied each of his first five holes in his final round a year ago and shot a 6-under 30 for his opening nine holes. Chris Gotterup also got out of the gates quickly in 2022, birdied five of his first six holes in the final round. He couldn’t push Hoag any further on the back nine, however, and a double bogey on the par-5 No. 15 was his eventual undoing in terms of trying to win medalist. Still, he earned guaranteed starts in the first 12 events via his top-10 finish. Gotterup finished T3with Chase Seiffert. Thomas Rosenmueller of Germany rounded out the top five. TV Schedule 

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Ranking the 10 biggest Monday qualifying success stories in recent memory

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in Fire Pit Collective , a Golf Digest content partner.

I often get asked about the players who have changed their careers through a Monday qualifier, so I have compiled a list featuring some of the more recent success stories. A couple of major champions, a winner of the U.S. Amateur, grinders young and old, all with one commonality: One of the most important days of their careers came on a Monday.

10. T.J. VOGEL

Monday Q scores: Vogel Monday-qualified eight times in 2018. In those eight starts, he shot a 63, two 64s, two 65s and three 66s. It is an unreal streak. And although he didn’t change his career, I will never compile a Monday Q top-10 list without his name on it.

Event results: Vogel made just three of eight cuts with a best finish of T-16 that season. Although he didn’t take full advantage of the opportunities, he did play well enough to pocket $110,021.

What it meant to his career: Although he didn’t earn any status as a result of his run, Vogel gained the confidence that he belonged. The following season he earned and kept his Korn Ferry Tour card, and he has been a member ever since.

Where is he now? Vogel won for the first time on the KFT last season and narrowly missed earning his PGA Tour card.

9. CHASE SEIFFERT

Monday Q score: In 2018 Seiffert fired a back-nine 30 at Ellington (Conn.) Ridge Country Club, longtime host of the Travelers Championship Monday Q. His 63 was the best score of the day by three and marked the second year in a row he had Monday Q’d for the Travelers.

Event result: Seiffert’s Sunday 64 was the third-best of the day behind Stewart Cink, who shot a closing 62, and winner Bubba Watson’s 63. Seiffert moved up to T-9 after his 6-under round.

What it meant to his career: It undoubtedly changed it. Seiffert turned pro in 2013 and hadn’t held status on a major tour prior to the Travelers Monday Q. The T-9 gave him enough points to earn a spot in the Korn Ferry Tour finals as a non-member. He earned status on the KFT Tour and graduated to the PGA Tour the following season.

Where is he now? Seiffert struggled last season on Tour, finishing 169th in points. However, he returned to the final stage of KFT Q school and finished T-3 and will have full Korn Ferry status in 2023. He has almost $2 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour.

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8. DOC REDMAN

Monday Q score: I was at the 2019 Rocket Mortgage Monday Q, and there were murmurs that Redman was going low. Those murmurs proved accurate when his 62 was posted (on a handwritten scoreboard). Redman had flown in from the West Coast on Sunday night, arriving around midnight. Despite never having played the course, he made two eagles and seven birdies, including on the last four holes, to win the qualifier by two.

Event result: The good news was that Redman entered the final round at the Rocket Mortgage in second place. The bad news was that he trailed Nate Lashley by nine shots. The only real drama was whether Redman could play well enough to earn temporary PGA Tour membership. He did just that, thanks to a closing 67, which allowed him to hold onto second.

What it meant to his career: Redman was soon fighting for a spot in the game. The 2017 U.S. Amateur champion had missed at KFT Q school and LatinAmerica Q school leading into the 2019 season. Although he had a solid season in Canada, getting through that Monday was monumental. He has made more than $4 million on the PGA Tour since then.

Where is he now? Redman finished 140th in points last season on the PGA Tour and is playing out of the conditional category in 2022-23. He will need to take advantage of the limited starts he does get.

7. WILL ZALATORIS

Monday Q scores: It is easy to forget that Zalatoris started his career on the Monday Q grind. In 2019 he qualified for the Panama event on the KFT with a 64, and just a month later qualified for the Savannah event with a 66.

Event results: A T-41 in Panama gave Zalatoris some confidence, but it was the T-12 in Savannah that jump-started his career. That finish earned him a spot in the following week’s KFT event, where he finished T-10. He never looked back.

What it meant to his career: Zalatoris has been one of the best players in his age group since he was about 12. He was an All-American at Wake Forest and has always been a ball-striking machine. Nothing was going to stop him, but the Monday success sped up the process.

Where is he now? Sidelined by a balky back. Nevertheless, less than three years later, Zalatoris is No. 7 in the World Golf Ranking. Last week he married longtime girlfriend Caitlin Sellers. How was your 2022?

6. CAM YOUNG

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Monday Q score: He only needed one Monday Q. Young shot a bogey-free 64 to Monday-qualify for the KFT event in Nebraska in 2020. It’s safe to say that’ll be the only Monday Q he will ever play.

Event result: Despite a final-round 73, Young finished T-11 in his first KFT event, earning a spot in the following week’s tournament, where he finished T-14. Young never looked back, becoming a member two events later with a T-2 and then winning back-to-back events later that season.

What it meant to his career: See Zalatoris. Young appeared destined to be a star, but the Monday Q and subsequent finishes accelerated the timeline.

Where is he now? Probably getting a more significant offer from LIV. Young was open about leaving for LIV Golf before ultimately deciding to stay on the PGA Tour, so you have to believe the Saudi-backed circuit is pursuing the 16th-ranked player in the world even harder now.

5. DOUG BARRON

Monday Q scores: Barron made a last-minute trip to England to try to qualify for the Senior Open Championship in 2019. He turned 50 on the last day of practice rounds and fired a 67 the next day to get through. Three weeks later, he shot a bogey-free 66 to earn a spot in the Dick’s Open on the Champions Tour.

Event results: He took full advantage of both qualifying successes. In England, he shot a final-round 67 to finish T-5. Back in the States three weeks later, he held off a charging Fred Couples to win by two, becoming the first Monday Q since 2012 to win on the Champions Tour.

What it meant to his career: Considering the trials and tribulations Barron went through, it meant the world. He had a heart issue, and in 2009 he was suspended from the PGA Tour after testing positive for a banned substance — the Beta blockers he had been prescribed. Barron sued the Tour and the case was settled out of court, but it basically signaled the end of his Tour career. After that, he gave lessons and worked for a credit card processing company before grinding on mini-tours in preparation for the Champions Tour.

Where is he now? Still cashing big checks on the Champions Tour. Barron won again in 2021, and this season he finished 14th in points. The $3.7 million he has piled up on the Champions Tour exceeds by more than $1 million the money he earned in 238 PGA Tour starts.

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4. PATRICK REED

Monday Q scores: Reed had an insane run in 2012, Monday-qualifying for six events, including a stretch of three in a row and four of five. Not only that but three of those qualifiers came with no practice round and after traveling from the previous Tour event the day before. To play a course blind and fire scores ranging from 64 to 66 is exceptional.

Event results: Reed made seven of 12 cuts that year (he received six sponsor’s exemptions along with the six Mondays Qs) with a best finish of T-11. All of those came with future wife Justine on the bag.

What it meant to his career: Although he didn’t collect enough points to receive temporary membership, he did earn enough for an exemption into the final stage of Q school. There he finished T-22 and secured his PGA Tour card for the 2013 season. Keep in mind that 2012 was the last year players could earn PGA Tour cards through Q school. So had Reed missed, it would have been at least two more seasons until he made it to the PGA Tour, Monday Qs aside. He won for the first time in 2013 and three more times over the next two seasons.

Where is he now? Living it up on the LIV circuit as a former Masters champion and Ryder Cup villain. And perhaps on the phone with his attorney.

3. BROOKE HENDERSON

Steve Dykes

Monday Q score: It is tough to find old Monday Q scores, especially going back to 2015, but Henderson told me, “I think it was a 68 or 69.”

Event result: Some may have forgotten that Henderson applied for an age waiver to become an LPGA Tour member when she was 17, only to be denied. Because of that, her only way into an event was through a Monday Q or a sponsor’s exemption. In Portland, after a successful Monday Q, she destroyed the field, shooting 21 under and coasting to an eight-shot win.

What it meant to her career: Like Young and Zalatoris, I’m betting things would have turned out just fine had she not won in Portland. She now has a dozen LPGA wins, including a pair of majors. However, she became an LPGA member by virtue of her victory and at the very least, sped up her meteoric ascent. Also, winning an LPGA event at the age of 17 is remarkable. But by eight? Astounding.

Where is she now? Playing pond hockey, I’d assume. Isn’t that what all Canadians do in the winter?

2. COREY CONNERS

Monday Q scores: Conners, who was playing out of the conditional category in 2019, shot 66 to get into the Sony Open early in the year. Three months later, he shot a 68 and won a six-for-one playoff at the Valero.

Event results: He shot 64-64 on the weekend at the Sony to finish solo third, effectively locking up his PGA Tour card for the season. He was even better in San Antonio, making birdie on three of the last five holes to card a 6-under 66 and win by two. “No more Monday qualifying,” said Conners, who earned a spot the following week in the Masters, where he made the cut.

What it meant to his career: Everything. For starters, Conners became just the fourth man to win a PGA Tour event as a Monday qualifier. As evidenced by his success since then, he most certainly would have found success, but PGA Tour wins are hard to come by. He hasn’t won again, but that will change in April when he slips on the green jacket.

Where is he now? Ranked 34th in the world and probably playing pond hockey.

1. STEVE ALKER

Christian Petersen

Monday Q score: Alker shot a 68 in August 2021 to tie for second at the Boeing Classic Champions Monday Q.

Event results: He shot 67-73-67 to finish T-7 in his Champions Tour debut, thereby earning a spot in the following week’s event. He then rattled off six consecutive top 10s before a season- worst finish of T-16 in the final event of his season. He amassed enough points to earn full status for 2022.

What it meant to his career: I have Alker No. 1 because I believe his success, based on that single Monday, changed not only his career but also his life. Alker grinded like crazy all over the world, and now at the age of 51, has reached the pinnacle. In 2010 he didn’t make a cut in 21 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour. Yet his wife, Tanya, and other family members stood by and supported him throughout it all. Alker made 38 career cuts on the PGA Tour, earning less than $900,000. In his year and a half on the Champions Tour, he has won five times (all this season) and earned close to $5 million. He is also your 2022 Charles Schwab Cup champion. It all started on a Monday in Washington. Where is he now? Hopefully having a beer. He’s earned it.

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SAMMAMISH, Wash. — KPMG, the PGA of America and the LPGA announced today that this year's KPMG Women’s PGA Championship purse has increased to $10.4 million, a $400,000 increase from 2023. The bump raises total prize money for the 2024 season to $125 million, a record-breaking amount on the LPGA Tour.

The winner of this week’s major championship will take home a $1.56 million first-place check, making the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship the sixth LPGA Tour event to feature a winner’s share of more than $1 million. It is also the third highest first-place prize on the 2024 schedule.

KPMG and the PGA of America first partnered with the LPGA in 2015 and have been committed to raising the bar in women’s golf and women’s sports ever since. The purse has increased by 360 percent since the three organizations began working together on the championship, going from $2.25 million to $10.4 million, with an additional 360 percent increase in the winner’s share.

Today’s announcement also raises the total prize money for the LPGA’s five major championships to $48 million, an increase of over 100 percent.

LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan knows that having partners who are continually dedicated to elevating women’s sports is critical for the long-term success of both the organization and female athletics as a whole.

“I don't think you can talk about the growth of the LPGA over the last decade without saying the words KPMG,” said Marcoux Samaan. “I think bringing the PGA of America, KPMG, and LPGA together, we've created something that has been a catalyst. Going from $2.25 million to $10.4 million this year, 360% growth, it's not just about the money.

“It's that the world is showing the value they place and that KPMG and the PGA of America places on the talent that we have out here. These are the best women in the world, and they should be paid commensurate with that talent. What we've done has truly instigated and been a catalyst to others moving there.”

The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is the third major championship of the 2024 LPGA Tour season and gets underway on Thursday, June 20 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash.

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Scheffler beats Kim in playoff to win PGA Tour's Travelers

Scottie Scheffler takes down Tom Kim at the Travelers Championship in a playoff to win his sixth tournament of 2024. (1:05)

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CROMWELL, Conn. -- Scottie Scheffler had to wait out a climate protest on the 18th green and Tom Kim 's tying birdie on the last hole of regulation.

Those events only delayed what seems to be inevitable on the PGA Tour this season: the best golfer in the world walking off with the trophy.

Shrugging off a protest that interrupted the tournament on the 72nd hole while the leaders were lining up their putts, Scheffler won the Travelers Championship on the first hole of sudden death Sunday for his sixth win of the year, the most in one season on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods had six in 2009 and the most before July since Arnold Palmer won six (two each in February, April and May) in 1962.

"When something like that happens, you don't really know what's happening, so it can kind of rattle you a little bit," Scheffler said of the protest.

"That can be a stressful situation, and you would hate for the tournament to end on something weird happening because of a situation like that," he said. "Tom and I both tried to calm each other down so we could give it our best shot there on 18."

Scheffler closed with a 5-under 65 and a 22-under 258 total at the TPC River Highlands, and Kim matched him with a final-round 66.

Tom Hoge and Sungjae Im tied for third, 2 shots back, with Patrick Cantlay , Tony Finau , Justin Thomas and Akshay Bhatia tied for fifth at 18 under. Bhatia was also in the final group that was disrupted by the protest.

It was Scheffler's fourth victory of the year in the tour's $20 million, limited-field signature events, earning him a payday of $3.6 million. He also won the Masters and the Players Championship.

And Scheffler still has two months to go.

"As much as I love him, I would have loved to take that away from him," said Kim, who shares a birthday and a friendship with Scheffler. "But I'm happy for him, and after I tapped out, after he tapped out, he said some really nice words and it meant a lot to me."

Scheffler had a 1-stroke lead heading to the 18th green on Sunday when six people stormed the course , waving smoke bombs that left a red and white powdery residue on the putting surface. Some wore white T-shirts with the words "NO GOLF ON A DEAD PLANET" in black lettering.

After a delay of about five minutes, when tournament officials used towels and blowers to remove the powder and any other marks that might affect play, Scheffler left a 26-foot putt from the fringe on the edge of the cup and tapped in for par.

Kim then made a 10-foot birdie putt for a 66 to match Scheffler.

"Obviously it is a disruption and you don't want it to happen, but for me it just kind of slowed things down," Kim said. "It took the meaning of the putt away for a second. Because for the past 17½ holes all you're thinking about is golf, and suddenly when that happens your mind goes into a complete -- like, you're almost not even playing golf anymore. I thought it was a dream for a second."

The hole location on the 18th was moved for the playoff to avoid the parts of the green affected by the protesters.

Scheffler hit his approach in the playoff to 11 feet while Kim found a greenside bunker. Kim's blast from a plugged lie ran 36 feet past the hole, leaving Scheffler with an easy two-putt par for the victory. Afterward, his wife, Meredith, met him on the green, carrying their 6-week-old son, Bennett.

"It's fun competing against your friends," Scheffler said. "But at the same time, it's difficult. Because part of me wants him to miss the putt and part of me wants him to make the putt. ... But he should remember that putt he made on 18, because it was pretty special. And he's a great player and a great champion."

Coming off a tie for 41st in the U.S. Open -- by far his worst finish of the year -- Scheffler trailed Kim by 3 strokes after the first round, by 2 after the second and by 1 heading to the tee Sunday.

Scheffler took a 1-shot lead over Kim with three straight birdies on Nos. 13-15 -- he had putts for eagle on two of them. While Hoge signed for a 62 to finish at 20 under, and Im joined him there, Scheffler and Kim matched pars over the next two holes to set up the surprising finish.

Scheffler and Kim share a June 21 birthday -- Scheffler is 6 years older -- and they celebrated with renowned New Haven pizza before the tournament. The Dallas-area residents played together in the final group Sunday, chatting and joking around.

But only one of them could hold the trophy at the end.

And just like it has been so often, it was Scheffler, who became the first player to have his birthday during a tour event and go on to win since Xander Schauffele at the 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions.

Kim said being in a pack of leaders with his birthday buddy allowed him to focus on his own game.

"You don't need to worry about him, because he's going to play well," Kim said. "Obviously he's a phenomenal player, world No. 1, all those titles. But at the same time for me he's just Scottie Scheffler, he's just a good friend.

"To come down with someone that I play a lot of golf with, who beats me a lot at home -- and, unfortunately, he beat me in the playoff too. But it definitely made it a lot more enjoyable out there."

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

2024 PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying Tournament-Final Stage

TPC Scottsdale (Champions)

Scottsdale, Arizona • USA

Dec 5 - 8, 2023

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