Seamus Power came up short in his last gasp bid to secure full PGA Tour status at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship but he can still count on up to 17 starts next term.

The West Waterford star (32) would have needed to shoot 62 in the end to clinch the solo sixth-place finish required to make the top 25 in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals Points List and win one of 25 full cards. Scores

But despite making eight birdies at Victoria National Golf Club in Newburgh, he had four bogeys and a triple-bogey eight in a one-under-par 71 that left him tied 51st on three-under-par and 84th in the points race.

The Tooraneena man, who has won $2.2 million in prize money in three seasons on the PGA Tour, still has conditional status for next week's start to the 2019-20 season having finished 144th in the FedEx Cup standings.

While he can improve his status by winning an event, players ranked between 126th and 150th in the previous year average between 15 and 17 PGA Tour starts each season.

Power had a fraught 2018-19 campaign marked by a mid-season coaching change, mixing top-six finishes in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with David Hearn) and the RBC Heritage with 14 missed cuts from 27 PGA Tour starts, followed by two costly missed cuts from three at the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.

Tom Lewis carded a final-round 65 to win by five strokes and secure his PGA Tour card, joining 24 other players in earning 2019-20 membership through the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.

The Korn Ferry Tour awarded the first set of 25 PGA TOUR cards for the 2019-20 season at the conclusion of the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by KraftHeinz in August, with a second set awarded this week after the conclusion of the Finals.

University of Texas alum Scottie Scheffler earned the top spot on both The Finals 25 and the combined points list after a T7 finish on Monday, in addition to his win and T11 finish over his previous two starts.

Lewis lapped the field after two separate strings of three birdies in a row during the final round. After collecting birdies at the third and fifth, countered by a bogey at the sixth, Lewis tacked on six more from Nos. 8-10 and 15-17. His 29 birdies this week was five more than anyone else in the field.

“It's always been a dream of mine to play on the PGA TOUR,” said Lewis, who finished T11 in the 2019 Open Championship. “Obviously I've achieved some good things on the European Tour and hopefully I can achieve better things on the PGA TOUR. I'm looking forward to the year I've got ahead, just to see what the future brings.”

While Lewis wrapped up a dominant performance, several other players provided dramatic finishes coming down to the final putt. Local legend Chris Baker, who grew up in Brownstown, Indiana, saved par on the 72nd hole to earn his first PGA TOUR card after more than a decade as a professional. The par save came after a double bogey at the penultimate hole to put his status in doubt. Doug Ghim, the low amateur at the 2018 Masters Tournament, got up and down out of a greenside bunker to claim his first PGA TOUR card.

D.J. Trahan and Richy Werenski tied for the 24th spot, securing the final available cards with 186 points in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Justin Harding finished 26th in The Finals 25, just 0.125 points behind Trahan and Werenski.

Four of the 25 players who secured their PGA TOUR cards solely through the Korn Ferry Tour Finals will be rookies during the 2019-20 season. The top 25 are:

The Finals 25

Matthew NeSmith* North Augusta, S.C. 1,018 South Carolina
Tom Lewis* Welwyn Garden City, England 1,000 -
Brandon Hagy Santa Monica, Ca. 700 Cal
Kramer Hickok Austin, Tx. 661 Texas
Fabián Gómez Chaco, Argentina 633 -
Viktor Hovland* Oslo, Norway 620 Oklahoma State
Brendon Todd Pittsburgh, Pa. 505 Georgia
Beau Hossler Mission Viejo, Ca. 482 Texas
Ben Taylor* London, England 417 LSU
Anirban Lahiri Pune, India 358 -
Grayson Murray Raleigh, N.C. 333 Arizona State
Tyler Duncan Columbus, Ind. 283 Purdue University
David Hearn Brampton, Canada 283 University of Wyoming
Bronson Burgoon The Woodlands, Tx. 281 Texas A&M
Chris Baker* Brownstown, Ind. 263 Iowa State
Robert Streb Chickasha, Okla. 257 Kansas State
Tom Hoge Statesville, N.C. 247 Texas Christian
Cameron Percy Chelsea, South Africa 243 -
Hank Lebioda Orlando, Fl. 203 Florida State
Rob Oppenheim Salem, Ma. 196 Rollins College
Cameron Davis Sydney, Australia 193 -
Joseph Bramlett Stanford, Ca. 189 Stanford University
Doug Ghim* Des Plains, Il. 188 Texas
D.J. Trahan Atlanta, Ga. 186 Clemson University
Richy Werenski Springfield, Ma. 186 Georgia Tech
*=PGA TOUR rookie in 2019-20

The 25 players from the Korn Ferry Tour Finals will join the 25 players from the Regular Season points list on the PGA TOUR. The 25 from the Regular Season are below:

The 25

Scottie Scheffler
Xinjun Zhang
Robby Shelton
Harry Higgs*
Lanto Griffin
Mark Hubbard
Ryan Brehm
Kristoffer Ventura*
Henrik Norlander
Zac Blair
Bo Hoag*
Nelson Ledesma*
Rhein Gibson
Chase Seiffert*
Mark Anderson
Scott Harrington*
Michael Gligic*
Sebastian Cappelen*
Vincent Whaley*
Rafael Campos*
Vince Covello*
Michael Gellerman*
Maverick McNealy*
Tyler McCumber
Tim Wilkinson

The 50 players are ranked, in alternating fashion from each points list, following the conclusion of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. This order will be used to determine priority entry into PGA TOUR events for the upcoming season, which opens the week of September 9-15 with A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Scottie Scheffler
Xinjun Zhang
Matthew NeSmith
Robby Shelton
Tom Lewis
Harry Higgs
Brandon Hagy
Lanto Griffin
Kramer Hickok
Mark Hubbard
Fabián Gómez
Ryan Brehm
Viktor Hovland
Kristoffer Ventura
Brendon Todd
Henrik Norlander
Beau Hossler
Zac Blair
Ben Taylor
Bo Hoag
Anirban Lahiri
Nelson Ledesma
Grayson Murray
Rhein Gibson
Tyler Duncan
Chase Seiffert
David Hearn
Mark Anderson
Bronson Burgoon
Scott Harrington
Chris Baker
Michael Gligic
Robert Streb
Sebastian Cappelen
Tom Hoge
Vincent Whaley
Cameron Percy
Rafael Campos
Hank Lebioda
Vince Covello
Rob Oppenheim
Michael Gellerman
Cameron Davis
Maverick McNealy
Joseph Bramlett
Tyler McCumber
Doug Ghim
Tim Wilkinson
Richy Werenski
D.J. Trahan

Five Irish begin Q-School test in Bristol

Seven Irish players will tee it up in the First Stage of the European Tour Qualifying School in Bristol today.

Shannon’s Daniel Brennan, Headfort’s Joe Dillon, Tyler Hogarty, Royal Dublin’s Brian McCormack and Limerick’s Tim Rice are in action at The Players Club in Bristol where around 20 players will progress to the Second Stage in November. Scores

In the region of 1,000 competitors enter the Qualifying School each year, all aiming for a European Tour card, awarded to the top 25 and ties following the Final Stage. A player progressing through all three stages will have to play 252 holes.

The leading 25 players (plus those tied for 25th place) at the Final Stage will earn Category 16 Membership of The European Tour for the following season.

Tom McKibbin. Photograph by Darren Carroll

Four new caps for Home Internationals

Meanwhile, Holywood teenager Tom McKibbin (16) is set to become the youngest Irish men's international since Rory McIlroy when he tees it up in next week's Home Internationals at Lahinch.

McIlroy made his Home Internationals debut aged 16 years, four months and three days at Royal St George's in 2005 having become the youngest winner of both the West of Ireland and Irish Close titles.

Boys star McKibbin will be just four months older when he tees it up at the Co Clare links from September 11-13, but he's already on a similar trajectory to the world number two.

A former winner of the Junior Honda Classic, who is set to join the University of Florida on a scholarship in 2021, he impressed the selectors with a season that included wins in the Peter McEvoy Trophy and the prestigious Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in the US.

He is one of four new caps bidding for a fifth Irish Home Internationals win in six years alongside Bridgestone Order of Merit winner Robert Brazill (22) from Naas, Carton House's Keith Egan (26) and Malone's Matthew McAlpin (26).

Co Sligo's Sean Flanagan, now playing out of Portmarnock, and Warrenpoint's Colm Campbell return to the side alongside Walker Cup trio James Sugrue, Caolan Rafferty and Conor Purcell, the Irish Close champion Ronan Mullarney and Massereene's Tiarnán McLarnon.

Home Internationals, Lahinch, September 11-13

Ireland: Robert Brazill (Naas), Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint,) Keith Egan (Carton House), Sean Flanagan (Portmarnock), Matthew McClean (Malone), Tom McKibbin (Holywood), Tiarnán McLarnon (Massereene), Ronan Mullarney (Galway), Conor Purcell (Portmarnock), Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk), James Sugrue (Mallow).