Frankie Capan III gave himself one last chance to regain PGA Tour membership for the 2026 season this weekend, but he was done in by final-round struggles at PGA Tour Q-School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
The North Oaks product fired a 1-over round of 71 — his worst score of the week — in Sunday’s fourth round to finish in a tie for 20th in the 176-man field.
The top five finishers earned their 2026 PGA Tour cards. Capan entered the final round just outside of the top 10.
After finishing outside of the top 125 in his rookie season on the PGA Tour in 2025, Capan will return to the Korn Ferry Tour — the PGA Tour’s direct feeder tour — in 2026.
Capan struggled throughout his rookie season, but he found his form in the fall. Q-School marked his third top-20 finish in six starts. His strong play allowed the 26-year-old to flirt with finishing inside the top 100 in the seasonlong points list to maintain his PGA Tour card that way.
Should Capan deliver similar results on the Korn Ferry Tour — a tour on which he finished third in 2024 — he’ll certainly achieve the top-20 seasonlong finish needed to return to the PGA Tour in 2027.
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