Canada’s Sudarshan Yellamaraju is heading to the highest tour in males’s golf.
The 24-year-old Yellamaraju, from Mississauga, Ont., earned his PGA TOUR card for subsequent season by ending nineteenth within the Korn Ferry Tour season standings after Sunday’s last spherical of the KFT Championship in French Lick, Ind. The highest 20 within the season standings go to the PGA TOUR.
Yellamaraju entered the week ranked twentieth. He moved as much as nineteenth by taking pictures his third consecutive spherical of 1-under 71 on Sunday to complete 2 underneath for the event, good for a tie for twenty fourth.
The Canadian needed to sweat it out, although. He was off to an amazing begin earlier than bogeying three consecutive holes from Nos. 14-16. Yellamaraju acquired pars on the ultimate two holes to hold on to a top-20 spot after all of the golfers completed their rounds.
Yellamaraju was in his second season on the Korn Ferry Tour. He gained the Bahamas Nice Abaco Traditional in January to vault himself into PGA TOUR competition.
Yellamaraju has taken a singular path to the PGA TOUR. He was born in India, and his household immigrated to Winnipeg when he was 4. He moved to the Better Toronto Space when he was 11. Yellamaraju gained the Ontario Novice at 16 however didn’t go to varsity in america, saying earlier this 12 months he didn’t get sufficient cash through scholarships to make it work. He as a substitute turned professional instantly after ending highschool.
Yellamaraju performed on the PGA TOUR Americas in 2022 and 2023 earlier than incomes Korn Ferry Tour standing in 2024. He completed 99th within the season-long factors listing final 12 months.
In the meantime, Stuart Macdonald of Vancouver tied for sixth on the KFT Championship at 8 underneath. Three again of the lead getting into the ultimate spherical, Macdonald wanted to win to get into the highest 20 for the season.
Myles Creighton of Digby, N.S., additionally fell wanting the highest 20 after tying for forty third at this occasion.
Each gamers acquired entry into the ultimate stage of PGA TOUR Qualifying Faculty later this 12 months for ending within the high 50 on the Korn Ferry Tour.
American Chandler Blanchet gained the season-ending occasion at 14 underneath.
