Meet the six newest members of the PGA Tour

Griffin is the most experienced qualifier of the bunch. The 36-year-old has been a PGA Tour member since 2019, but he needed a strong week in Jacksonville to keep his card for another year. Griffin has 148 PGA Tour starts in his career, with his lone win coming at the Houston Open in 2019. 

Coming off a disappointing 2024 season in which he recorded only three top-20 finishes in 19 starts, Griffin will need a stronger performance in 2025 to avoid another Q-School appearance. 

Hayden Buckley

Buckley, a full-time PGA Tour member for three seasons, is another familiar face. The 28-year-old Tennessee native missed the cut in eight of his last nine starts in the 2024 season to lose full-time status, but a return to form at Q-School at Ponte Vedra, Florida came just in time to save his Tour card for another year. 

Takumi Kanaya

Kanaya secured a PGA Tour card for the first time in his career this week, but he won’t be intimidated by this new challenge. A former No. 1 amateur in the world, Kanaya has already played in 25 PGA Tour events and 11 major championships. The 26-year-old won twice on the Japan Tour this season and finished No. 1 on the 2024 money list.

Now he has a chance to prove he’s one of the top young talents in the world of golf.

Alejandro Tosti

Tosti, 28, is coming off his first full-time season on the PGA Tour. The fiery Argentinian nearly won the Texas Children’s Houston Open as a rookie in March, but he missed the cut in nine of his last 13 starts to lose full-time status.

Tosti brings an aggressive mentality and a competitive edge to the PGA Tour not many players can. He’ll be fun to watch in 2025. 

Will Chandler

Now to the good stuff. Chandler fired a 6-under 30 in his final nine holes at Q-School to grab his PGA Tour card by one shot. The 27-year-old lefty bounced around from PGA Tour Canada to the Korn Ferry Tour over the last few years, so he was a massive underdog to finish inside the top five at Q-School.

That’s the beauty of this event, though. Chandler believed in his abilities, and now he’s heading to the PGA Tour for the first time in his career. 

Matthew Riedel

Most golfers have to grind on mini-tours for years after college before making it to the PGA Tour, but not Riedel. The 24-year-old graduated from Vanderbilt earlier this year. He turned professional in June, made 13 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour to get his feet wet and qualified for the PGA Tour a few months later. That’s quite the start to his career.

The pressure amps up from here, but Riedel is way ahead of schedule in his career arc.