The battle for a PGA Tour card is nearing its conclusion this season as the Korn Ferry Tour Championship final round takes place on the Pete Dye Course at French Lick in Indiana.
There are only 20 PGA Tour cards available in total, but around half are already gone to three-time winners or the most consistent players on the second tier in 2025.
However, all is not lost as there are still some holes left to play. Achieve a good finish at the season-ending event and players could still make their dreams come true as well as earning a little extra money to end the year.
We will bring you all of the latest from the final round of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, including the knock-on effects those leaderboard moves have on the fates of each player...
Korn Ferry Tour Championship Leaderboard
-15 C Blanchet
-12 B Botha
-11 J Weiler
-11 N Shipley
-9 T Phillips
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YELLAMARAJU ALL BUT IN
73, 71, 71, 71. With Blanchet in pole position, I think we can say he's safe. In fact, I'm going to say that PGA Tour card is locked in for Yellamaraju.
BACK IN PLAY
As lay-ups go, that's a beauty from Yellamaraju. Nearly a lost ball, but powers an iron through the heavy rough to get himself back in position. This final hole is a beastly 663 yards!
HAT-TRICK MAN
Three in a row to start. Three in a row to start the back nine. Tour bound already and he's opened up a three-shot lead. He's looking very much like a PGA Tour player right now.
YELLAMARAJU LIVING DANGEROUSLY
Wow. Rips one on 18 - he's long enough to get home in two. Trouble is, it goes left, just pulling up before being in lost ball territory. Big shot coming up. A good job he's a lefty.
SHIP STEADIED
Yellamaraju pars the difficult 17th. Could do with a birdie up the last...
BLANCHET WALKS IT IN
Now -14, was never anywhere else. This guy won 13 times at college - so he knows how to get it done.
BLANCHET WITH AN ARROW
This guy isn't worried about anything, playing with such freedom. A laser on 13 straight at the pin. A reminder that his card has already been secured.
A tearful Mitchell Meissner speaking after his round - a final-round 72 is not going to get the job done. "Time to get fully healthy," he says.
SHIPLEY LOOKING GOOD
Neal Shipley had made the turn in 35 and a birdie at the 11th has him just two shots off the lead.
Fighting for the three-win promotion 💪Neal Shipley sits two back of the lead @TourChampULF.📺 @GolfChannel pic.twitter.com/0PGKn4nZKAOctober 12, 2025
ANOTHER BOGEY
Yellamaraju can't make his par putt on the 16th, which was more like 20ft. He now heads to the hardest hole on the golf course on the back of three straight bogeys.
No joy for Sandy Scott with the putter, either - that one on the 11th just grazing the edge. Good putt but just didn't drop. Frustration showing. He's not the only one.
BLANCHET LEADS
A birdie on 11 gets the American to -13. He's really enjoying himself out there. Yellamaraju splashes out of the trap on the par-3 16th to about 12 feet. Not a bad shot, but he's staring at a third straight bogey.
OH NO
Sudarshan Yellamaraju now left on the par-3 16th, well left. Projected 19th at the moment. He's wobbling. Big up-and-down coming up.
DAMAGE LIMITATION
A 12-foot save for bogey there for Yellamaraju. How important will that be at the end of the day?
PAIN FOR YELLAMARAJU
Out in 34. However, he bogeys the par-5 14th and he's making a real mess of the 15th. Is his tour card slipping away?
TOP SCRAMBLING
24/27 up-and-downs for Botha this week. Another tidy one there on the 10th. Stays -11.
IT'S THIS KIND OF DAY
The waiting game begins for Pontus Nyholm 😰A back nine 40 puts him on the outside looking in for a TOUR card at No. 21 on the Points List. The afternoon's action could move him back inside the top 20, though.📺 @GolfChannel pic.twitter.com/lPYuYSVz7aOctober 12, 2025
NOT HAPPENING FOR SCOTT
+3 for his front nine. Not happening for Sandy Scott so far. Leaves a very makable birdie effort in the jaws at the 9th.
WEILER HOT
Another birdie from Weiler on the 10th - his fifth of the day. He's now up to -11, one shot off the lead. Tap in birdie after a fine approach.
BLANCHET IS TOUR BOUND
The co-leader is just playing for another win - he's in. Must be a nice feeling, just playing for a bigger pay check. Another fine shot finds the green. Now -12 and sole leader again.
Shipley misses a shortish birdie putt and looks a little stressed, but his card is also secure.
Shipley famously won the Masters Silver Cup and US Open Silver Medal in 2024, and even got to play with Tiger in the final round at Augusta.
The Ohio State man has had an excellent season on the KFT with two wins plus a third-place finish to earn his PGA Tour card. The popular Pennsylvanian was featured in Netflix's Full Swing docuseries and will be a fan-favorite in 2026.
WEILER TO -10
Joe Weller is out in 32. Another birdie on the 9th - he's -4 for the day. Up to -10.
JOINT LEADERS
Barend Botha has just joined Chandler Blanchet at the top - both players now on -11 , two clear of the chasing pack. Less than 10 minutes until we get live action.
WHICH KORN FERRY PLAYERS HAVE SECURED THEIR 2026 PGA TOUR CARDS?
All big names to have played their way onto the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry. We're less than 20 minutes away from live action. Time for a quick drink. Then we're going to have ourselves a very entertaining couple of hours watching these guys go through the ringer.
CURRENT LEADER
Here's the man leading the way at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, Chandler Blanchet. Blanchet has been playing on the Korn Ferry Tour since 2020 and has finally made his way up to the PGA Tour this year following his first victory and four other top-10s this season.
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COMING UP
Looking forward to this. I'm sure there's a good reason why we can't see every shot, but I don't like it. This is BIG. We should be able to watch it ALL. I'd rather watch these guys battling it out for a tour card than a lot of tour events.
The grand finale @tourchampulf 💪Live coverage of Round 4 on @GolfChannel with @shanebacon and @JamesNitties23 from 3-6 pm EST 📺 pic.twitter.com/XuA8MUfh1QOctober 12, 2025
BLANCHET LEADS
Everyone has now started their final rounds at French Lick, and it's Chandler Blanchet who has hit the front thanks to a hot start at the Pete Dye Course. He's three-under through five after making birdie at each of the first three holes and currently sits at 11-under for the tournament.
Close behind is South Africa's Barend Botha and the USA's Neal Shipley on 10-under, and they're lining up after that with 12 players within five strokes.
WELCOME
Hello and welcome to Golf Monthly's coverage of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship final round. We'll be with you for the next few hours as the action at French Lick reaches its conclusion and the 20 Korn Ferry Tour graduates are confirmed ahead of their rise to the PGA Tour.
