Luke List didn’t have a high enough ranking in the FedEx Cup standings to warrant an invitation to the Charles Schwab Challenge on the PGA Tour, so the former Baylor School and Vanderbilt University golfer gave the Korn Ferry Tour a try and made the most of it.
List entered the Korn Ferry Challenge at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and won it with a 12-under-par 268, closing with a 3-under 67 on Sunday to finish one stroke ahead of Joseph Bramlett (68) and Shad Tuten (67). The 35-year-old former Ringgold resident who now lives with wife Chloe and daughter Ryann in Augusta, Georgia, pocketed $108,000 for his first professional win since the 2012 South Georgia Classic on what was known then as the Nationwide Tour.
“It’s been a while since I’ve won, and it’s been a couple months since we’ve played competitive golf, so it feels great,” List told PGATour.com. “To get back playing competitively, and then to win the first week – I’m really excited.”
List birdied three of his first four holes Sunday and parred his final six to break a winless streak that had reached 208 starts, including 146 on the PGA Tour. He was the runner-up at the 2018 Honda Classic after losing a playoff to Justin Thomas, and he finished third in the RBC Heritage that year and sixth at last year’s PGA Championship won by Brooks Koepka.
He will return to the PGA Tour this week for the RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.