PGA Tour Announces New Structure for Developmental Tours

PGA Tour Latinoamerica and PGA Tour Canada will merge, with season-long top finishers feeding into the Korn Ferry Tour.

The PGA Tour next year will combine two of its developmental tours into one called the "PGA Tour Americas," which will begin play in February.

The PGA Tour Latinoamerica and PGA Tour Canada will become one tour with the top 10 finishers on a season-long points list earning a Korn Ferry Tour card for the 2025 season. The Korn Ferry Tour is a developmental tour that feeds the PGA Tour.

The newly branded tour will have 16 events played across Latin America, the United States and Canada.

The tour will begin in February with what is being called the Latin America swing, which will include the top 60 finishers from the 2023 Latinoamerica points list as well as the top 60 from the Canada points list. Additional finishers from beyond the top 40 at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament will also be eligible.

The top 60 finishers from the Latin America swing will move on to the North America swing, with additional spots being furnished via a mid-season qualifying tournament as well as players from PGA Tour University.

“As we build on the rich golf history across Latin America and Canada, we are thrilled about PGA Tour Americas and the role this tour will play in preparing players for the next step in their professional golf journey,” said Alex Baldwin, who oversees PGA Tour Americas, the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Q-School and PGA Tour University, in a statement. “PGA Tour Americas will be an extremely competitive tour aimed at identifying, developing and transitioning top-performing players to the next level as they ascend through the ranks and strive to reach the highest level of professional golf, the PGA Tour.”

There will also be five conditional Korn Ferry cards available, with two coming from the Latin America swing and three from the North America swing.

The top 10 finishers on the points list plus those five players from the Latin America and North America swings will also earn exemptions to the final stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 2024.

Starting this year, the PGA Tour Q-School is offering five spots on the PGA Tour, with remaining spots going to the Korn Ferry Tour as well as conditional status.

The full schedule is expected to be announced in September.