The PGA Tour has confirmed that a clerical error led to an ineligible player being allowed into this week’s Korn Ferry Tour Pinnacle Bank Championship, while leaving out another competitor who should have been in.
As first reported on X Friday by Monday Q Info, MJ Daffue had not earned enough points through his major medical exemption that ended with his last start in the PGA Tour’s ISCO Championship that was played opposite of the Genesis Scottish Open. However, as confirmed to Golf Digest by the tour on Friday, Daffue was still identified on the priority list as for “PGA Tour Members Not Exempt for Current PGA Tour Event,” which covers those in the 126-150 category. Daffue should have been playing off a reordered points list, and his standing there would not have qualified him for the P