PGA Tour Announces Expansion of PGA Tour University
With the NCAA Tournament beginning in just a few days, the PGA Tour has announced an expansion of PGA Tour University.
Starting with the senior class of 2023, including Patrick Welch, the top five players in the final PGA Tour University Rankings will received additional benefits that extend thought he 2024 season.
This, according to the PGA Tour:
• In addition to earning PGA TOUR membership for the 2023 season (announced in November 2022), the No. 1 player in the final PGA TOUR University Ranking will earn PGA TOUR membership in 2024 and will be subject to reshuffles (in the category with the Previous Season’s Leading Finisher on the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai and Korn Ferry Tour Points List).
• For the remainder of 2023 and through 2024, players finishing Nos. 2-5 will have no limit to the number of PGA TOUR events he plays as a nonmember and no limit to the number of sponsor exemptions he receives.
• For juniors, sophomores and freshmen who earn PGA TOUR membership via PGA TOUR University Accelerated – in addition to earning PGA TOUR membership upon the conclusion of the college golf season (announced in November 2022), they will also earn PGA TOUR membership for the following season and will be subject to reshuffles (in the category with the Previous Season’s Leading Finisher on the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai and Korn Ferry Tour Points List, and the No. 1 player in the final PGA TOUR University Ranking).
Former Classical star Patrick Welch currently sits in seventh in the rankings as he and the Oklahoma Sooners begin the NCAA Tournament on Monday.
