The 25 best players under 25

2. Viktor Hovland (21)
The very talented Norwegian did not get his PGA Tour card in the regular season, but is trying to do so by placing himself among the top 25 markers of the final phase of the Korn Ferry circuit. He finished tied for 11th at the National Children's Hospital Championship. Even though Hovland has not yet won as a professional, his immense talent is undeniable. He was a low amateur at the Masters (tied for the 32nd) and the US Open (tied for the 12th) and also finished fourth at the Wyndham Championship. Hovland won the 2018 American Amateur at Pebble Beach and the 2019 Ben Hogan Award as the best academic golfer as a junior at Oklahoma State.

3. Collin Morikawa (22)
The former star of Cal-Berkeley did not take long to win as a pro. He only won his sixth start on the circuit when he scored four of the last five holes of the Barracuda Championship at the end of July. The breakthrough came after he tied for second place in the 3M Open (defeated by Matthew Wolff in the 72nd hole) and fourth in the John Deere Classic. Morikawa has already won more than $ 1.75 million in nine starts and qualified for the FedEx Cup playoffs. He would rank first for fairway accuracy (78.6%) and second for regulation greens (72.7%) if he had enough runs to qualify.

4. Matthew Fitzpatrick (24)
We are still waiting for the Englishman to reach his potential on American soil. Much of its success is coming to Europe now. He was a finalist at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, finishing two strokes behind Francesco Molinari, and also 4th in the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. In total, Fitzpatrick has only five top-10s out of 56 tournaments. He won the 2016 World Tour, 2015 British Masters and European Masters championships in 2017 and 18.

5. Matthew Wolff (20)
The former Oklahoma State star with unorthodox swing probably did not have the hype he deserved early in his season as a rookie. He has won six times as a college student (he was 83 below the 35-round OSU average last season) and won the NCAA 2019 individual title by five strokes. But Wolff caught the attention of the golf world when he won his third event as a pro by making a 26-foot eagle putt on the last hole of the 3M Open. He joined Tiger Woods and Ben Crenshaw as the only golfers to win an individual NCAA title and a PGA Tour event that same year. He was only the eighth player in the Tour since 1970 to win four career starts or fewer.

6. Sung-jae Im (21)
The South Korean started playing golf at the age of 3, defeated his father at age 8 and was the first money winner on the Web.com Tour in 2018 (he was the second youngest winner in the history of Web.com to win the "18 season opens at 19). He is the best beginner on the FedEx Cup points circuit this season and was the only one to qualify for East Lake. He has 15 top-25 in just 34 events. Other Tour pros have been thrilled by his momentum and the captain of the international team, Ernie Els, hinted that I might be in the crosshairs for choosing the captain of the Cup presidents (he is 11th in the ranking of the international team).

7. If Woo Kim (24)
Kim, from South Korea, has won twice in his first two full seasons on the PGA Tour with wins at the 2016 Wyndham Championship (he shot 60 times in the second round) and the 2017 Players Championship. He is ranked 64th in the world with more than $ 10 million in career earnings. However, he struggled on the course this season, missing out on nine of 12 races, before finishing 28th in the BMW championship.

8. Haotong Li (24)
The Chinese golfer spends most of his time on the European tour, but he has had some success in major tournaments and events on American soil. Li is one of eight international automatic qualifiers for the Presidents Cup. He finished third at the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and tied for ninth at the WGC-Dell Technologies Play Play at the end of March. His biggest win came at the 2018 Dubai Desert Classic, when Rory McIlroy squandered a two-shot lead in the last eight holes of the final run.

9. Aaron Wise (23)
The former Oregon star must regain his form from May 2018, the year he finished second at the Wells Fargo Championship and won the AT & T Byron Nelson setting a tournament record at 23 below normal. Wise had two other top 10 finishes in 2018, finishing tied for sixth at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and fifth for The Northern Trust, but had only one top 10 in 21 events this season. He won about 4.8 million dollars on 58 tournaments.

11. Jazz Janewattanaond (23)
The player known as "Smooth Jazz" splits his time between Asian and European tours, but hopes to be able to play on the PGA Tour one day. He made a splash at the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in May, when he birdied four of the first 10 holes to shoot a 67 under 3 and win a spot in second place. He finished tied for 14th and then missed the cup at The Open in July. He is No. 10 in the President's Cup standings and is vying for one of Els captain's choices. In 2010, he became a professional at the age of 15 and spent two weeks as a monk at a Buddhist temple in his native Thailand in 2016.

12. Sam Burns (23)
Back problems, then an ankle fracture – he was injured while he was trying to bounce off watching children playing basketball in his neighborhood – detracted from the first full season of Burns on Tour. He finished third in the Sanderson Farms Championship, ninth at RBC Heritage and seventh at the 3M Open. He had previously participated in the FedEx Cup playoffs before being injured, which earned him a tour card for next season.

13. Cameron Field (24)
Field, a former Texas A & M player, looked like one of the big stars of golf when he won an end-to-end victory at the Sanderson Farms championship in October on his ninth tour start. He followed with four more places among the top 12, but the wheels came out. In his next 18 starts, he missed the cut 11 times and retired once. Field was third in the lap in driving distance (average of 328.4 yards), but his accuracy at the start was difficult (50%).

14. Scottie Scheffler (23)
The former star player at the University of Texas locked his PGA Tour card during his rookie season on the Korn Ferry circuit and won his second tournament last weekend. He led the KFT in birdies and finished third in points in the regular season. In May, he returned six strokes back and shot a ball under 63 on the final round to win the Evans Scholar Invitational for his first professional win. He also finished second twice. He was part of the 2017 Walker Cup team and was able to qualify for the 2017 US Open and was tied for 27th as an amateur.

16. Kristoffer Ventura (24)
Born in Mexico, Ventura grew up in Norway and was educated at Oklahoma State, where he teamed up with Hovland and Wolff to lead the Pokes at the 2018 National Championship. He is fluent in three languages ​​and has already earned his Tour status for 2019-2020 finishing fourth in The 25 while competing in just eight KFT events during the regular season. He won the Utah and Pinnacle Bank championships.

17. Doc Redman (21)
The 2017 US amateur champion has spent most of the season on the Mackenzie circuit in Canada. But he shot 62 points in Monday's qualifying for the first classic Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit and shot rounds of 68-67-67-67 to finish second in solo. That earned him a place at The Open, where he tied for 20th. The former Clemson star has secured a special temporary membership for the remainder of the 2018-19 season and has won more than a million dollars in seven tournaments.

18. Beautiful Hossler (24)
Hossler briefly led the 2012 US Open at the Olympic Club as a 17-year-old amateur and seemed destined for great things. Last season, he was a finalist at the Houston Open, losing to Ian Poulter in the playoffs, and tied for second among Travelers. His second season on the Tour, however, was not as good, as he was no better than a 15th place finish in the Genesis Open in February. He lost his turn card for 2019-2020, but recovered it when he finished second at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, thus securing his place at the KFT 25 finals.

19. Curtis Luck (23)
The Australian has had three top 25 in his rookie season and is struggling to retain his status in the KFT finals. He finished seventh tied last weekend. The 2016 US Amateur Champion has completed the Cup in 18 of the 36 PGA starts and won approximately $ 800,000. He finished fifth at the Zurich Classic with his partner Hank Lebioda and finished 13th at the Valspar Championship.

21. Cole's hammer (19)
Hammer, a sophomore in Texas, is currently the # 1 amateur in the world. He reached the semi-finals of the 2018 US Amateur and won the 2018 Western Amateur. In Texas last season, he won the Phil Mickelson Award as the first rookie and helped the Longhorn reach the NCAA Championship final by beating Matthew Wolff 4 and 3 (with eight birdies) in the semi-finals. He finished in the top 10 in 11 events and was tied as a medalist in three tournaments. He will also represent the United States at the Walker Cup next month.

22. Shubhankar Sharma (23)
The Indian golfer has won eight times on the international scene – six times on the professional golf professional circuit in India and two times on the European circuit – and ranks in the top ten among the 18 PGA entries. He finished ninth tied at the WGC-Mexico 2018 Championship, tenth at the CIMB Classic in October and 51st at the Open. Sharma is trying to get her PGA Tour card during the KFT Finals.

24. Vincent Whaley (24)
Whaley of Georgia Tech was the last KFT player to earn PGA status. He had to wait two days to find out if his points total would hold after missing the cut in the last event. He competed in 15 of 23 competitions in his rookie season, including three of the top 10. He was an American scholar twice with the Yellow Jackets.

25. Akshay Bhatia (17)
Bhatia has already announced his intention to leave the university and become a professional at his 18th birthday in January. He signed with a management and marketing company, but remains an amateur because he has not been paid. The resident of Wake Forest, North Carolina, will be the youngest player in the US Walker Cup next month at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club. He received an exemption from the sponsor and missed the cut at Valspar.