Brett Drewitt – file photo – a return to the PGA Tour now likely
New South Wales golfer, Brett Drewitt, might have narrowly missed out on a second Korn Ferry Tour victory at the Veritax Bank Championship in Arlington in Texas this morning, but by finishing second to American Spencer Levin the 32 year old has improved to second place in the Korn Ferry Tour standings in 2023 and is on track for a return to the PGA Tour next season.
The leading 25 players at season’s end graduate to the PGA Tour, Drewitt looking to return there for the third time having played in 2016 and 2022.
Drewitt began today’s final round with a five shot lead but it took a strong recovery from a slow start to the day to keep pace with Levin’s stunning final round of 63.
2 over through 10 holes, Drewitt birdied three of his next four holes to draw level with Levin but a bogey at the 17th would prove costly as, even though he would birdie the last, he would finish one behind Levin, a former PGA Tour player chasing his first win on either the Korn Ferry or PGA Tour.
Levin bogeyed the final hole at Korn Ferry Tour School last year to miss full playing rights but this win solves those issues.
In now six Korn Ferry Tour starts this season, Drewitt has recorded four top 4 finishes, sweeping him to second on the points table behind Ben Kohles.
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