Two Canadians could earn their way on to PGA Tour at Korn Ferry Tour Championship
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Canada’s next wave of golf talent could qualify for the PGA Tour this week.
Sudarshan Yellamaraju of Mississauga, Ont., and Myles Creighton of Digby, N.S., are both within striking distance of earning membership on the top tour in men’s golf in 2026 when they tee it up at this week’s Korn Ferry Tour Championship. The top 20 players on the second-tier tour when play ends on Sunday will be promoted to the PGA Tour.
Yellamaraju is 20th and Creighton is 29th heading into play at The Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort.
“I need to have a very good week, but you really don’t want to do anything different to do that,” said Creighton on Wednesday, noting he’ll likely need to be in the top three to reach the PGA Tour. “It’s not like you just play more aggressive and that will lead to you having a better chance at playing better.
“You think when you need to have a good week that you play very aggressive and go for it but it just doesn’t really work like that.”
They’ll be joined in French Lick, Ind., by Vancouver’s Stuart Macdonald (50th) and Matthew Anderson (67th), also from Mississauga.
Yellamaraju has hovered around the top of the Korn Ferry Tour’s points list for most of the year since he won The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club on Jan. 22. That’s one of his four top 10 finishes this season.
Creighton rocketed 52 points up the standings to 16th after he won the Wichita Open on June 22. That was his only top 10 finish this season, but he has been remarkably consistent, making 16 cuts in 24 events played.
“Most guys hate being on the cut line, but I don’t,” said Creighton. “I kind of enjoy it, weirdly. I enjoy that battle of making a cut.
“I think that’s what kind of makes a pro a pro, giving yourself a chance to play the weekend. You never know. When I won, I made the cut by one.”
DP WORLD TOUR — Aaron Cockerill of Stony Mountain, Man., is the lone Canadian competing in the Open de Espana. He’s 119th on the Race to Dubai rankings heading into play at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.
CHAMPIONS TOUR — Calgary’s Stephen Ames and Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., are the only Canadians teeing it up at the SAS Championship on Friday. Ames is 41st in the Schwab Cup race and Weir is 71st. The tournament is at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 8, 2025.