Alistair Docherty's PGA Tour Card Is Already Secured

By Staff Writer

October 10, 2026

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Key takeaways

Twenty PGA Tour cards will be awarded at the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship in Virginia on Sunday.
Thirteen players, including Alistair Docherty, had already clinched their cards entering the week, leaving seven spots open.
Docherty, 32, won the Argentina Open and added two runner-up finishes during his 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season.
He made nearly 100 Korn Ferry Tour starts before securing his card, after narrowly missing out two years earlier.

Alistair Docherty will watch Sunday's final round of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship without the pressure facing most of the field: his PGA Tour card is already secured.

How did Docherty secure his PGA Tour card?

Docherty, 32, locked up his card last month, becoming one of 13 players in this week's field at the season finale in Virginia who had already clinched a spot on the PGA Tour. Twenty cards in total will be handed out Sunday, with seven places still open among the remaining competitors.

The path took nearly 100 Korn Ferry Tour starts. Two years ago, Docherty finished 32nd at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, two spots outside the 30 players who earned cards that year, then missed advancing through PGA Tour Q-School by a single stroke two months later.

What turned Docherty's season around?

Docherty tied for second in his second start of the 2026 season in the Bahamas, then won the Argentina Open three starts later, a victory that also earned him a berth in the Open Championship, where he missed the cut. He added a runner-up finish at the Pinnacle Bank Championship in August, losing in a playoff.

He learned he had clinched his PGA Tour card ahead of the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation. "It was a big sigh of relief," Docherty said. He missed the cut in his next two starts afterward.