Under a new format that added to the stress, five players prevailed in Q-School Finals to earn a place on the game's biggest stage.

We discuss the most important golf figures of the last 12 months, the drama of PGA Tour Q-School, an insane golf record and more.

The sun was setting over TPC Sawgrass on Sunday evening, and Dylan Wu stood over a 20-foot birdie putt that would change his life. This was the culmination of 72 grueling holes at Q-School Finals, where careers are made and broken in the span of four days. Wu and Ben Silverman had finished tied at 11-under, forcing a sudden-death playoff for the fifth and final PGA Tour card available.

When Lauren Coughlin drained her final birdie putt on the 18th green at Tiburón Golf Club on Sunday, sealing a three-shot victory with partner Andrew Novak at the Grant Thornton Invitational, it felt like more than just another tournament win. At 28-under 188, Coughlin and Novak set a tournament scoring record, surpassing the mark set just last year by defending champions Patty Tavatanakit and Jake Knapp. Watching the world's best golfers compete as genuine teammates, strategizing together and celebrating together, reminded us that golf gets infinitely more compelling when we break down the artificial barriers that have kept men's and women's professional golf in separate universes for far too long.

Ben Kohles was tied for the final-round lead when he caused his ball to move while removing debris from around his lie.

Recapping PGA Tour Q School's fourth round. Who got the cards for 2026?

Little in A.J. Ewart's record in the run-up to the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament known as Q School suggested that he could win, yet he confidentally set out to do so, and surprisingly delivered to earn PGA Tour membership for 2026

The pressue is high at the Final Stage of PGA Tour Q-School.

Wu defeated Ben Silverman on the first extra hole to regain full status on the PGA Tour. There were also a couple of surprises as new card holders.

All the attention at the 2025 PGA Tour Q-School Final Stage was on the top five finishers but a large group also earned 2026 Korn Ferry Tour status.