“There were kids (in the tournament) that just got out of college. There were guys that had been playing mini-tours. All the Korn Ferry (Tour) guys this year that didn’t get their (2025 PGA Tour) cards, they were there. And 75 PGA Tour players from this year,” Griffin said. “So it was a very strong field and there weren’t a whole lot of spots (up for grabs). So it was kind of a long shot to start the week.
“I might have gotten two starts on the PGA Tour. … And then if I had played well in those, I could’ve gotten in a few more,” he said. “I probably would’ve been going back and forth from Monday qualifiers to maybe getting in a couple tournaments on a Wednesday and trying to play (on the) Korn Ferry Tour around the Monday qualifiers.”
Griffin had last competed in the Q-School tournament in 2016; he did not do well enough in the event to earn a PGA Tour card. But he played well enough the following year on the Web.com Tour (now known as the Korn Ferry Tour) to earn a PGA Tour card for the 2017-18 season. He did not do well enough that season to keep it, but he played well enough on the 2018 Korn Ferry Tour to earn a card again.
Griffin had assumed last week that if he did not get a top-five finish in the Q-School tournament, he would at least have full status on the Korn Ferry Tour next year and could play his way into a 2026 PGA Tour card by playing well on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour. But he found out last Wednesday that he did not qualify for full 2025 Korn Ferry Tour status and would need to finish in the top 40 at the Q-School tournament to earn full status on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour.…Read more by MARK BERMAN The Roanoke Times, mark berman
