The PGA Tour card is retained primarily by finishing inside the top 125 of the FedEx Cup points list at the end of the regular season. That cutoff grants full playing privileges for the following season. If you miss the top 125, you have backup paths—conditional status, medical extensions, Korn Ferry Tour promotion, or Q-School—but…
A PGA Tour card (full membership) is earned through one of several defined paths. The most common route is finishing in the top 25 of the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season points list or, since 2023, the top 25 of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Once you hold a card, you keep it by finishing inside…
Shooting one under par means your score is one stroke lower than the course’s expected standard. On a single hole, that’s a birdie—for example, completing a par‑4 in three strokes. Over a full round, one under par is a total score one less than the course’s par (e.g., 71 on a par‑72 layout). The following…
You become eligible for the Senior PGA Tour (officially PGA Tour Champions) the day you turn 50. But age alone doesn’t guarantee a spot in the field. Full membership is tied to your career record—mainly PGA Tour wins, money-list rank, or major championships. If you don’t meet those thresholds, you can still earn a place…
After 36 holes, the US Open cuts the field to the top 60 players and anyone tied at that score. That is the cutoff—no 10‑shot rule, no exceptions for star power, no second chances. If ties push the weekend field past 78 players, a secondary cut after 54 holes brings it back to the top…
The four major golf championships are the highest-tier professional events in men’s golf: The Masters, the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, and The Open Championship (often called the British Open). Winning any of these earns a player a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour and a lifetime invitation to the other majors. For golf fans,…
The US Open playoff format is a 2-hole aggregate playoff introduced in 2018, replacing the 18-hole Monday playoff that had been used since 1970. If players are tied after 72 holes, they return immediately to the course to play holes 1 and 2 (or 10 and 18, as conditions dictate) with the lowest combined score…
The Masters Tournament is a 72-hole stroke play event, meaning every player who makes the cut plays four rounds (18 holes each) over four days—Thursday through Sunday. That’s the simple answer. But the number of rounds actually played varies depending on whether a player misses the cut, ties for the lead, or runs into weather…