The 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Finals playoffs format has changed a few times since the concept was introduced, and the Korn Ferry Tour Finals playoffs format that is now used started with this season.
Explaining the Korn Ferry Tour Finals playoffs format means detailing how players earn Korn Ferry Tour Finals points, qualify for playoff events to the Korn Ferry Tour Championship and then convert points earned into a PGA Tour card.
2025 Korn Ferry Tour Finals playoff format
How to qualify
The Korn Ferry Tour Finals is now limited to Korn Ferry Tour players. No longer are PGA Tour players participating in this series.
The entire Korn Ferry Tour regular season leads to the Korn Ferry Tour Finals playoffs, For each regular Korn Ferry Tour event, the winner earns 500 Korn Ferry Tour points. Points are earned by every player who makes the cut.
Join Golf News Net for $10 per year, and go ad-free!The top 156 players in the Korn Ferry Tour points standings earn their way into the first event of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, the Simmons Bank Open. In the playoffs, the points are increased by 20 percent, with the winner earning 600 points.
At the end of the first event, the top 144 players in the standings -- combining all points earned in all events this season -- are eligible to play in the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship in Columbus, Ohio. Following that event, the top 120 players in the standings qualify for the Compliance Solutions Championship in Oklahoma. Finally, after the third event, the top 75 qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing and Finance at the French Lick Resort in French Lick, Indiana.
In the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship, there is no cut.
The top 20 players in the Korn Ferry Tour standings after the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing and Finance are assured PGA Tour cards for the next season. Points earned in the regular season and the Korn Ferry Tour Finals are added together to determine the priority order which tournaments use to determine who gets into PGA Tour events.
Korn Ferry Tour Finals playoff events and cuts
Four Korn Ferry Tour Finals playoff events will be played. The Korn Ferry Tour Finals playoff events are all open to players who qualify for the series. The points are increased by a factor of two from the regular season events, with a winner picking up 600 Korn Ferry Tour Finals points.
The four events are the the Simmons Bank Open, the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, the Compliance Solutions Championship and the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing and Finance.
Who gets PGA Tour cards from the Korn Ferry Tour Finals
The top 20 players in total points earn PGA Tour cards for the 2026 season, which starts in January. These players do not get access to the FedEx Cup Fall events on the PGA Tour schedule, unless a player wins three Korn Ferry Tour events in the 2025 season, which earns a direct, immediate promotion to the PGA Tour.
The winner of the points list is fully exempt for the season ahead, get a spot in both the US Open and The Players Championship and are exempt from the PGA Tour reshuffle.
