NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Paul Barjon had a giant weekend on the proper time, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a three-shot victory within the Korn Ferry Tour Championship to maneuver him into the highest 30 of gamers who earned PGA Tour playing cards for 2024.

Barjon got here into the ultimate occasion at No. 45 on the factors checklist, after which he went 64-68 to safe his card.

On a sometimes emotional day at Victoria National, Shad Tuten and Rafael Campos have been on reverse ends.

Tuten thought his 74 was going to be simply sufficient to complete within the high 30. But after his spherical, video confirmed that he took an improper drop within the fifteenth fairway and he was assessed a two-shot penalty. That dropped him to a 76, and he fell exterior the highest 30.

Campos missed a birdie putt on his last gap and was in tears. He was at No. 31 however moved to No. 30 when Tuten was penalized.

Tuten’s penalty amounted to a brief minimize. He went to carry, clear and place his ball within the fairway on the par-5 fifteenth. The ball moved barely ahead. Rules official Jim Duncan stated he was supposed to position his ball in the identical spot, and if rolled once more, he was to discover a spot the place the ball would keep put.

Video confirmed Tuten didn’t attempt to place it in the identical spot, as a substitute shifting it barely to the best to discover a place it wouldn’t transfer.

Barjon was amongst 5 gamers who moved into the highest 30 to earn PGA Tour playing cards for subsequent 12 months. The others have been Mac Meissner, Josh Teater, Wilson Furr and Roger Sloan of Canada.

Teater couldn’t afford to drop a shot coming in, and he holed a 15-foot par putt on the seventeenth gap. Teater hit the green and inexperienced for a easy two-putt par on the ultimate gap to earn his return to the PGA Tour.

Ben Kohles locked up No. 1 on the factors checklist, giving him a spot in The Players Championship and the U.S. Open.