Fortinet Cup Championship: Tournament notes, players to watch, more

The Fortinet Cup Championship is the final event of the inaugural PGA TOUR Americas season, where the top 10 players in the Fortinet Cup points list will be finalized. The top 10 players will earn their Korn Ferry Tour cards for the 2025 season. TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley hosted the Osprey Valley Open on PGA TOUR Canada in 2018, 2019 and 2021-23, and will host the Fortinet Cup Championship for the first time. Current PGA TOUR member Hayden Springer won the 2023 Fortinet Cup Championship, and Korn Ferry Tour member Wil Bateman won the event in 2022.

Field summary (as of Sept. 3, 2024)

114 players from 19 countries

• 73 – United States
• 12 – Canada
• 9 – Argentina
• 4 – Mexico
• 2 – England
• 1 – Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa

Players to watch

• Johnny Keefer (United States) – Keefer is the No. 1 player in the Fortinet Cup points list heading into the final event of the season; After his maiden victory at the CentrePort Canada Rail Park (CCRP) Manitoba Open, Keefer picked up his eighth top-10 of the season at the CRMC Championship after a T4 finish.
• Frederik Kjettrup (Denmark) – Kjettrup picked up his third win of the season last week at the CRMC Championship to move up to No. 2 in the Fortinet Cup points list; Kjettrup became the first player to earn a Three-Victory Promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour, where he will be fully exempt for the 2025 season.
• Matthew Anderson (Canada) – The Mississauga, Ontario native and Team Canada member holds the No. 3 spot in the Fortinet Cup points list heading into the Fortinet Cup Championship; Anderson has finished in the top 20 in five of his last seven starts, including a T2 finish at the BioSteel Championship and a T5 finish at the CCRP Manitoba Open.
• Barend Botha (South Africa) – The No. 4 player in the points list, Botha won the Commissionaires Ottawa Open and BioSteel Championship in his second and third PGA TOUR Americas start; A native of George, South Africa, Botha earned exempt status for the North America Swing after earning medalist honors at PGA TOUR Americas Q-School.
• Clay Feagler (United States) – Prior to the season, Feagler held conditional status for the Latin America Swing; After winning the first event of the season, the Bupa Championship at Tulum, Feagler has risen to No. 5 in the points list.
• Neal Shipley (United States) – Since beginning his professional career, Shipley has three top-10s in four starts in the North America Swing; Shipley was No. 119 in the points list heading into Manitoba, but after a T2 finish in Winnipeg and a solo 3rd in Minnesota, Shipley sits at No. 18 in the Fortinet Cup points list.
• José de Jesús Rodríguez (Mexico) - Rodríguez is the top Latin in the points list (No. 13), and sits on the cusp of returning to the Korn Ferry Tour; Rodríguez won the Totalplay Championship at Atlas Country Club.

Fortinet Cup overview

The Fortinet Cup Championship is the final stop of the North America Swing, and the 16th event of the season. The 10-event North America Swing featured nine events in Canada and one in the United States. The top 114 players in the Fortinet Cup are in the field at the Fortinet Cup Championship. The season will conclude in Caledon, Ontario at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley with the top 10 players in the Fortinet Cup earning their Korn Ferry Tour cards for the 2025 season.