The biggest winner Monday at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship was Scottie Scheffler.
The former top-ranked junior and college All-American at Texas earned fully-exempt status on the PGA Tour for the 2019-20 season. Scheffler finished No. 1 in combined points between the regular season and three-event Finals, and he also edged another former top-ranked junior and college All-American, South Carolina product Matt NeSmith, as the leading point-getter in the Finals.
As a result, Scheffler will be the only grad next season who is exempt from any reshuffles and will receive an invite into the 2020 Players Championship.
The rest of the 50 Korn Ferry Tour graduates will play out of Category 26 and be subject to reshuffles, though they all figure to receive more starts than usual this fall thanks to a revamped Tour schedule that now features 10 non-WGC fall tournaments, including eight in or in close proximity to the U.S.
Here is a look at the initial priority ranking of Korn Ferry Tour graduates:
Scheffler, Scottie (fully exempt)
Zhang, Xinjun
NeSmith, Matthew
Shelton, Robby
Lewis, Tom
Higgs, Harry
Griffin, Lanto
Hickok, Kramer
Hubbard, Mark
Gómez, Fabián
Brehm, Ryan
Hovland, Viktor
Ventura, Kristoffer
Todd, Brendon
Norlander, Henrik
Hossler, Beau
Blair, Zac
Taylor, Ben
Hoag, Bo
Lahiri, Anirban
Ledesma, Nelson
Gibson, Rhein
Duncan, Tyler
Seiffert, Chase
Hearn, David
Anderson, Mark
Harrington, Scott
Baker, Chris
Gligic, Michael
Streb, Robert
Cappelen, Sebastian
Hoge, Tom
Whaley, Vincent
Percy, Cameron
Campos, Rafael
Lebioda, Hank
Covello, Vince
Oppenheim, Rob
Gellerman, Michael
Davis, Cameron
McNealy, Maverick
Bramlett, Joseph
McCumber, Tyler
Ghim, Doug
Wilkinson, Tim
Werenski, Richy
Trahan, D.J.