BC's Stuart Macdonald Closes In On Korn Ferry Tour Promotion
By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf
BRAINERD, Minn (September 2nd, 2024) - Vancouver’s Stuart Macdonald took a big step toward securing a promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour with a tie for 12th finish at the PGA Tour Americas’ CRMC Championship in Brainerd, Minn.
That finish moved Macdonald up two spots to seventh on the Fortinet Cup points list. Just one event remains on the PGA Tour Americas schedule — this week’s Fortinet Cup Championship at TPC Toronto —and if Macdonald can remain inside the top 10 on the points list he will have full Korn Ferry Tour status in 2025.
The top 120 players on the points list qualify to play in the Fortinet Cup Championship. Four other British Columbians will be in this week’s field, including Coquitlam’s A.J. Ewart, who stands 16th on the points list.
Victoria’s Lawren Rowe (No. 97), Chris Crisologo of Richmond (No. 98) and Jeevan Sihota of Victoria (No. 106) are also in the field.
There is more than finishing in the top 10 to play for. Players finishing the season inside the top 80 on the points list retain their PGA Tour Americas status for the 2025 season.
Macdonald closed the CRMC Championship with a three-under 67 that left him at 12-under par. That was 12 shots behind Denmark’s Frederik Kjettrup, who won for the third time this year to earn an automatic promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour.
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