Fall is the last gasp before winter shuts golf down for recreational players, but it’s also when professional players have a chance to move up to the next level of the sport.

Drew Nesbitt was the lone Canadian to make the jump from the third-tier PGA Tour Americas to the second-tier Korn Ferry Tour at last week’s Fortinet Cup Championship. Nesbitt tied for 43rd in the season finale to maintain a top-10 ranking to earn promotion.

Born in Toronto but playing out of Hockley Valley, Ont., Nesbitt finished the year with three top-five finishes, including a win at the Times Colonist Victoria Open on Sept. 21.

“The title may say Korn Ferry Tour rookie, but I certainly don’t feel like one in the sense that I have experience at the higher levels,” said Nesbitt on Tuesday. “I have played in PGA T

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