Four Australians chasing PGA Tour cards via Korn Ferry Tour
Queensland based Anthony Quayle – gets a great opportunity to earn PGA Tour playing rights – photo Japan Tour
Five Australians get their chance to either gain, regain or enhance their PGA Tour playing rights when the first of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, the Albertsons Boise Open, is played in Boise in Idaho.
One, Harrison Endycott, gained his PGA Tour card at the conclusion of the regular Korn Fery Tour last week in Omaha when he finished inside the top 25 players but the US based Sydneysider now has the chance to play each of the three Finals and enhance the standing he already has.
Four other Australians looking to secure the right to play the big smoke next season are Aaron Baddeley, Min Woo Lee, Jason Scrivener and Anthony Quayle.
They will need to finish inside the top 25 of the combined money list of the three Final events and of those not already qualified via the regular Korn Ferry Tour season at the completion of the Finals and, if they do, they are heading for the game’s holy grail.
Baddeley is a two-time Australian Open Champion, a four-time winner on the PGA Tour and a golfer who has accumulated more then US$22 million since joining the PGA Tour for the first time in 2003 and finishing runner-up in his very first event as a card holder.
The 41-year-old Baddeley has played on both the PGA and Korn Ferry Tours in 2002 with very little in the way of success but he finds himself with yet another opportunity to get his career back on track.
Min Woo Lee has reached a world ranking as high as 44 although he is currently 68th. His win at the Scottish Open last year and at the 2020 Vic Open were both DP World Tour events but in 2022 he has played seven events on the PGA Tour.
Jason Scrivener is looking for his first PGA Tour card after playing the DP World Tour over the last few years with some success including a runner-up and seven other top 3 finishes.
The South African born but Perth raised Scrivener has made steady progress in his professional career and is expected to do well if and when he gets to the PGA Tour. His time appears right.
Anthony Quayle has played his trade on the Japan and Australasian Tours since turning professional five years ago and with some success winning two events on the PGA Tour of Australasia and recording numerous other top 3 finishes on both Australia and Japan.
Quayle gets his chance as a result of his standing in the world ranking much of that boosted by his 15th place finish at the Open Championship this year.
Aaron Baddeley – chasing a return to full PGA Tour status 20 years after first gaining it – photo Bruce Young
