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Harmeling '12 Wins Korn Ferry Tour Event in Savannah
October 04, 2020 | Men's Golf
Evan Harmeling '12 has his first win on the Korn Ferry Tour, the circuit one step away from the PGA Tour.
Harmeling finished 72 holes at the Savannah Golf Championship on the Deer Creek Course at The Landings Club tied at -21 and then won a playoff hole to take the title.
The event was Harmeling's 17th on the Korn Ferry Tour, and it surpassed August's WinCo Foods Portland Open as his best finish. He tied for 14th at that event.
Ordinarily, the PGA Tour awards tour cards to the top 25 in the Korn Ferry Tour standings after the Portland tournament, and 25 more after a three-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals that would have followed, but with 10 events canceled due to COVID-19 between March and June, the Korn Ferry Tour is combining the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
Harmeling entered the Savannah event ranked 114th on the Korn Ferry Tour and jumped to 32nd following his win.
Harmeling qualified for the Korn Ferry Tour at the end of 2019 thanks to a high finish on the PGA Latin America Tour. The Princeton politics alum has been exceptionally generous along the way, including donating to his caddie a car he won by making a hole-in-one during a Latin American Tour event and by donating his check from the Massachusetts Open in 2013 to the One Boston Fund following the Boston Marathon bombings.
Big break, @savgolfchamp edition.
— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) October 4, 2020
Evan Harmeling was saved by a sprinkler head on his first playoff hole to keep him in reach of another birdie at No. 18. pic.twitter.com/tgfj9G11jW
Feelin' peachy. ??
— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) October 4, 2020
Evan Harmeling earns his first #KornFerryTour title @savgolfchamp. pic.twitter.com/iQq5g138Nb