The 2025 The Ascendant final leaderboard is headed by winner Neal Shipley, who topped the Korn Ferry Tour leaderboard this week at TPC Colorado in Berthoud, Colorado.
Shipley earned the Korn Ferry Tour win and became the second player this season to win two events, earning a one-shot win on 18-under 270, with Jorge Fernández Valdés and Kevin Dougherty finishing in second place.
Austin Smotherman, the first player this season to earn two Korn Ferry Tour wins, finished tied for fourth place on 14-under total, along with Ross Steelman, Cooper Dossey, Zach Bauchou and Pierceson Coody.
Shipley won the $180,000 winner's share of the $1,000,000 purse.
Korn Ferry Tour Championship recap notes
Shipley earned 15.6 Official World Golf Ranking points with the win, which does help his world ranking, as he also gains 500 Korn Ferry Tour points. The top 20 players in the points standings at the end of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship earn PGA Tour cards for 2026.
This week the cut was made at 2-under 142 or better, with 66 players getting through to the final two rounds.
The 2025 Korn Ferry Tour schedule continues next week with the Price Cutter Charity Championship in Missouri.
2025 The Ascendant final leaderboard, results and prize money payouts
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| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOT | MONEY |
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| 1 | Neal Shipley | -18 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 64 | 270 | $180,000 |
| T2 | Jorge Fernández Valdés | -17 | 70 | 68 | 65 | 68 | 271 | $75,000 |
| T2 | Kevin Dougherty | -17 | 69 | 70 | 63 | 69 | 271 | $75,000 |
| T4 | Austin Smotherman | -14 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 274 | $35,800 |
| T4 | Zach Bauchou | -14 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 274 | $35,800 |
| T4 | Pierceson Coody | -14 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 274 | $35,800 |
| T4 | Cooper Dossey | -14 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 274 | $35,800 |
| T4 | Ross Steelman | -14 | 67 | 69 | 63 | 75 | 274 | $35,800 |
| T9 | Wilson Furr | -13 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 275 | $26,500 |
| T9 | Marcus Plunkett | -13 | 68 | 66 | 73 | 68 | 275 | $26,500 |
| 11 | T.J. Vogel | -12 | 68 | 71 | 65 | 72 | 276 | $23,650 |
| T12 | Johnny Keefer | -11 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 277 | $18,214 |
| T12 | Zecheng Dou | -11 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 277 | $18,214 |
| T12 | Zack Fischer | -11 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 277 | $18,214 |
| T12 | Cody Blick | -11 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 277 | $18,214 |
| T12 | Chandler Blanchet | -11 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 71 | 277 | $18,214 |
| T12 | John VanDerLaan | -11 | 72 | 66 | 67 | 72 | 277 | $18,214 |
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| T12 | Ian Holt | -11 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 277 | $18,214 |
| T19 | Owen Stamper | -10 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 66 | 278 | $12,210 |
| T19 | Chase Sienkiewicz | -10 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 278 | $12,210 |
| T19 | Bryce Lewis | -10 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 278 | $12,210 |
| T19 | Étienne Papineau | -10 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 278 | $12,210 |
| T19 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -10 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 278 | $12,210 |
| T24 | Christo Lamprecht | -9 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 66 | 279 | $8,226 |
| T24 | Doc Redman | -9 | 74 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 279 | $8,226 |
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| T24 | Sandy Scott | -9 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 279 | $8,226 |
| T24 | Shad Tuten | -9 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 279 | $8,226 |
| T24 | Connor Jones | -9 | 72 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 279 | $8,226 |
| T24 | Emilio González | -9 | 69 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 279 | $8,226 |
| T24 | Michael Johnson | -9 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 279 | $8,226 |
| T31 | Jeremy Gandon | -8 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 280 | $6,350 |
| T31 | Roger Sloan | -8 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 280 | $6,350 |
| T31 | Nicolo Galletti | -8 | 69 | 66 | 76 | 69 | 280 | $6,350 |
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| T31 | Phichaksn Maichon | -8 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 280 | $6,350 |
| T31 | Davis Chatfield | -8 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 280 | $6,350 |
| T31 | Austin Hitt | -8 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 280 | $6,350 |
| T37 | Patrick Cover | -7 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 281 | $5,083 |
| T37 | Caleb VanArragon | -7 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 68 | 281 | $5,083 |
| T37 | Brendon Jelley | -7 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 281 | $5,083 |
| T37 | Keenan Huskey | -7 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 281 | $5,083 |
| T37 | Kensei Hirata | -7 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 281 | $5,083 |
| T37 | Seungtaek Lee | -7 | 74 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 281 | $5,083 |
| T37 | Tom Whitney | -7 | 67 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 281 | $5,083 |
| T37 | Patrick Welch | -7 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 74 | 281 | $5,083 |
| T37 | Marcelo Rozo | -7 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 281 | $5,083 |
| T46 | Trent Phillips | -6 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 282 | $4,500 |
| T46 | Rick Lamb | -6 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 282 | $4,500 |
| T46 | Jonas Baumgartner | -6 | 73 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 282 | $4,500 |
| T49 | Alistair Docherty | -5 | 75 | 66 | 74 | 68 | 283 | $4,245 |
| T49 | Augusto Núñez | -5 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 283 | $4,245 |
| T49 | Gavin Cohen | -5 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 283 | $4,245 |
| T49 | Joe Weiler | -5 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 283 | $4,245 |
| T49 | Algot Kleen | -5 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 283 | $4,245 |
| T49 | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | -5 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 283 | $4,245 |
| T49 | Petr Hruby | -5 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 283 | $4,245 |
| T49 | Brandon Harkins | -5 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 283 | $4,245 |
| T49 | Blaine Hale, Jr. | -5 | 67 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 283 | $4,245 |
| T49 | Pontus Nyholm | -5 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 283 | $4,245 |
| 59 | Barend Botha | -4 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 284 | $4,120 |
| 60 | Blades Brown | -3 | 75 | 67 | 73 | 70 | 285 | $4,100 |
| T61 | Ryan McCormick | -1 | 74 | 67 | 79 | 67 | 287 | $4,060 |
| T61 | Sangha Park | -1 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 287 | $4,060 |
| T61 | David Kocher | -1 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 75 | 287 | $4,060 |
| 64 | Matt Atkins | 1 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 289 | $4,020 |
| T65 | Jin Chung | 3 | 75 | 67 | 74 | 75 | 291 | $3,990 |
| T65 | Matthew Anderson | 3 | 70 | 68 | 77 | 76 | 291 | $3,990 |
