Brandon Wu finished T7 at the Puerto Rico Open to earn a spot in next week s Honda Classic. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Eight months ago, long before he became one of the front-runners for Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year honors, Brandon Wu was registering for LocalIQ Series events and searching for an opportunity, any opportunity really, to play on the Korn Ferry Tour. Every time his chance seemed to be approaching, the 24-year-old Stanford Engineering grad would find another unfortunate setback.
Starting in February as the first alternate at the El Bosque Mexico Championship by Innova, he waited around all week and warmed up for a shot, but nobody withdrew and he took the evening flight home instead of an afternoon tee time. Six weeks later, he was supposed to compete at home in Dallas at the Veritex Bank Championship, but COVID hit a month prior to the event, wiping it from the schedule.
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Preview: Korn Ferry Tour returns at LECOM Suncoast Classic
Shad Tuten is eager to get back to competition at the LECOM Suncaost Classic. (Enrique Berardi/Getty Images)
The wait is over. The Korn Ferry Tour is back Thursday at the LECOM Suncoast Classic at Lakewood National Golf Club Commander in Lakewood, Ranch, Fla., following a four-month hiatus on the 2020-21 wraparound season schedule.
Tackling such an extensive break brings out different methods of attack both on and off the course for Korn Ferry Tour members. On the course, some members played the PGA TOUR through sponsor exemptions like Davis Riley, and others like Nick Hardy showed their Korn Ferry Tour Monday Qualifier success travels to any level by advancing through the Monday Qualifier to earn entry into back-to-back PGA TOUR starts. Hardy stuck around for the weekend, too, with the world’s best with a T14 at the Farmers Insurance Open and T42 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. A nu