2025 Simmons Bank Open field: Korn Ferry Tour players, rankings
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2025 Simmons Bank Open field: Korn Ferry Tour players, rankings

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - APRIL 27: Johnny Keefer of the United States poses for a photo with the trophy after winning the Veritex Bank Championship 2025 at Texas Rangers Golf Club on April 27, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)


The 2025 Simmons Bank Open field is set with the passing of the Korn Ferry Tour tournament entry deadline. The field is set for this Korn Ferry Tour event, played at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tennessee, from September 11-14, 2025.

The Simmons Bank Open field is headlined by the likes of Johnny Keefer, Austin Smotherman, Neal Shipley and more.

This is set to be a 139-player field is played out over four days, with this event marking the 23rd tournament of the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour schedule.

The tournament is being played in its originally intended slot, with this being the Korn Ferry Tour start to the Finals, with the top 156 players in the points list eligible to compete in this event, the first of four.

We do not have Monday qualifiers for this event, which will be played Thursday though Sunday.

The Simmons Bank Open alternate list does not exist. Only eligible players can compete.

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The field will be playing for a $1.5 million purse, with none of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.

2025 Simmons Bank Open field

RANK PLAYER
1 Johnny Keefer
2 Austin Smotherman
3 Neal Shipley
4 Emilio Gonzalez
5 Hank Lebioda
7 Davis Chatfield
8 Chandler Blanchet
9 Pierceson Coody
10 Trace Crowe
11 Kensei Hirata
12 Christo Lamprecht
13 Sudarshan Yellamaraju
14 Julian Suri
15 Pontus Nyholm
16 Jeffrey Kang
17 Mitchell Meissner
18 S.T. Lee
19 Jeremy Gandon
20 Josh Teater
21 Adrien Dumont de Chassart
22 Justin Suh
23 Myles Creighton
24 Alvaro Ortiz
25 Logan McAllister
26 Ross Steelman
27 Kevin Dougherty
28 Russell Knox
29 Kyle Westmoreland
30 Zach Bauchou
31 Nicolo Galletti
32 Rick Lamb
33 Bryson Nimmer
34 Cole Sherwood
35 Ian Holt
36 Robby Shelton
37 Michael Johnson
38 Davis Shore
39 Tyson Alexander
40 Jr. Hale
41 Austin Hitt
42 Dylan Menante
43 Sebastian Cappelen
44 John VanDerLaan
45 Nick Gabrelcik
46 Stuart Macdonald
47 Shad Tuten
48 Marcelo Rozo
49 Cooper Dossey
50 Sandy Scott
51 Zach James
52 Trey Winstead
53 Bryce Lewis
54 Patrick Welch
55 Zecheng Dou
56 Ben Taylor
57 Barend Botha
58 Peter Kuest
59 Tyler Duncan
60 Trent Phillips
61 Matthew Anderson
62 Alistair Docherty
63 Harry Hillier
64 Jorge Fernández Valdés
65 S.Y. Noh
66 Brandon Berry
67 Caleb VanArragon
69 Augusto Núñez
70 Fabián Gómez
71 Rob Oppenheim
72 Samuel Anderson
73 Wilson Furr
74 Carl Yuan
75 Blades Brown
76 Joe Weiler
77 James Nicholas
78 Will Cannon
80 Cole Hammer
81 Joshua Creel
82 Luke Guthrie
83 Dan McCarthy
84 Ryan Blaum
85 Ryan McCormick
86 Petr Hruby
87 Spencer Levin
89 Runchanapong Youprayong
90 T.J. Vogel
91 David Kocher
92 Cody Blick
93 Thomas Walsh
94 Zack Fischer
95 Tom Whitney
96 Carter Jenkins
97 Richy Werenski
100 Ryan Burnett
101 Brendan Valdes
103 Ryan Hall
104 Austin Greaser
105 Nelson Ledesma
106 Billy Kennerly
107 Matt Atkins
108 Billy Tom Sargent
109 Austin Cook
110 Travis Trace
111 MJ Daffue
113 William McGirt
114 Étienne Papineau
116 Rayhan Thomas
117 Brandon Harkins
118 Brandon Hoelzer
119 Preston Summerhays
120 Roberto Díaz
122 Andrew Kozan
123 Grant Hirschman
124 Roger Sloan
125 Patrick Cover
126 Tanner Gore
127 Mark Goetz
128 Rhein Gibson
129 Marcus Plunkett
130 Chase Sienkiewicz
131 Jr Lawrence
132 Adam Long
133 Dalton Ward
134 Sam Bennett
135 Bronson Burgoon
136 Nate Stember
137 Doc Redman
138 Brendon Jelley
139 Jonas Baumgartner
140 Derek Bard
141 Robert Streb
142 Owen Stamper
143 Keenan Huskey
145 Clay Feagler
146 Spencer Ralston
147 Bio Kim
150 Dawson Armstrong
153 Ian Gilligan
154 Hunter Eichhorn

Players skipping the 2025 Simmons Bank Open

RANK PLAYER
6 S.H. Kim
68 Taylor Montgomery
79 Dylan Wu
88 Quade Cummins
98 Matt NeSmith
99 Martin Laird
102 Jack Maguire
112 Scott Piercy
115 Garrick Higgo
121 Philip Knowles
144 Joseph Bramlett
148 Kevin Tway
149 Kevin Chappell
151 Cameron Champ
152 Tano Goya
155 Chesson Hadley
156 Harrison Endycott

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