Clegg Set To Open North American Swing On PGA Tour Americas

VICTORIA, British Columbia – Ford Clegg has earned exempt status for the North American Swing on PGA Tour Americas and will play the full schedule beginning with the Beachlands Victoria Open presented by Times Colonist in British Columbia, Canada, this weekend.

Clegg is set to tee off the first round on Thursday at 10:10 a.m. CT. On Friday, he will begin the second round at 3:10 p.m. From their the field will be cut to the low 60 and ties before Saturday's third and Sunday's final rounds.

The top nine finishers at various PGA Tour Americas Q-School tournaments earned exempt membership for the entirety of the North America Swing. Clegg was tied for third at the Dothan, Alabama, tournament in May after shooting 15-under.

The Birmingham, Alabama, native previously made the cut in his PGA Tour debut last fall after earning a sponsor's exemption to play at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. He shot 7-under to make the cut at that event.

While at Mississippi State, the former Bulldog found himself on the PGA Tour University leaderboard, finishing his senior year at No. 44. He recorded three individual victories in his collegiate career and holds the MSU record for the lowest 54-hole total at 198, which is tied with three others. His 71.75 career stroke average ranks second in MSU history, and he is the Bulldogs' all-time leader in rounds played (155) and par or better rounds (80).

Along with his success on the course, Clegg was a three-time CoSIDA/College Sports Communicators Academic All-American and three-time SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He was named the College Sports Communicators At-Large Academic All-American of the Year in his final season.

PGA Tour Americas is the result of a merger between PGA Tour Latinoamerica and PGA Tour Canada to form a singular, competitive tour that feeds into the Korn Ferry Tour. Six events were played in Latin America from March to May, and 10 events will fill out the North American Swing that runs until September.

The top 120 players on the PGA TOUR Americas Points List after 15 events will be eligible for the Fortinet Cup Championship. The top-10 players on the final 2024 Fortinet Cup Standings will earn exempt Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2025 season.

In addition to 10 exempt Korn Ferry Tour cards via the season-long points race, up to five conditional Korn Ferry Tour cards are available to the top two finishers in the Latin America Swing and the top three finishers in the North America Swing, if these players do not finish in the top 10 on the final PGA TOUR Americas Points List.

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Clegg Set To Open North American Swing On PGA Tour Americas

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