PGA TOUR University Accelerated
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Through PGA TOUR University Accelerated, a high-achieving junior, sophomore or freshman can earn PGA TOUR membership and become eligible for all open, full-field TOUR events. Players earn points based on their accomplishments in college, amateur and professional golf, and they will earn PGA TOUR membership if they amass at least 20 points by the end of their third year of NCAA eligibility.
Accelerated Points can be earned through the following achievements:
| Win a major college golf award | 3 points - Haskins Award |
| 3 points - Hogan Award | |
| 3 points - D-I Nicklaus Award | |
| 2 points - D-I Outstanding Freshman Award | |
| Career-best rank in WAGR | 5 points - No. 1 |
| 4 points - No. 2 | |
| 3 points - No. 3 | |
| 2 points - No. 4 | |
| 1 point - No. 5 | |
| Tournament wins | 3 points - D-I NCAA Individual |
| 3 points - U.S. Amateur | |
| 3 points - The Amateur | |
| 2 points - Western Amateur | |
| 2 points - European Amateur | |
| 2 points - Latin America Amateur | |
| 2 points - Asia-Pacific Amateur | |
| Participate in a national team competition | 2 points - Walker Cup |
| 1 point - Palmer Cup | |
| 1 point - World Amateur Team Championship | |
| Performance in official PGA TOUR events and Major Championships | 1 point - Made cut in an official PGA TOUR event |
| 1 point - Top-10 finish in an official PGA TOUR event | |
| 1 point - Compete in a Major Championship | |
| 1 point - Made cut in a Major Championship | |
| 2 points - Top-20 finish in a Major Championship |
Examples:
• 13th in a Major Championship = Compete (1) + Made cut (1) + Top-20 (2) = 4 points
• 7th in an official PGA TOUR event = Made cut (1) + Top-10 (1) = 2 points
CURRENT POINTS
As of April 14, 2023
13 points – Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt (So.)
• 5 = Best WAGR rank: 1st
• 1 = Major start (2023 Masters)
• 1 = World Amateur Team Championship (2022)
• 1 = Palmer Cup (2022)
• 3 = Tournament win (2022 D-I NCAA individual)
• 2 = D-I Outstanding Freshman Award (2022)
13 points – Michael Thorbjornsen, Stanford (Jr.)
• 4 = Best WAGR rank: 2nd
• 1 = World Amateur Team Championship (2022)
• 1 = Palmer Cup (2022)
• 1 = Major start (2022 U.S. Open)
• 1 = PGA TOUR made cut (2022 Travelers)
• 1 = PGA TOUR top-10 (4th, 2022 Travelers)
• 2 = Western Amateur champion (2021)
• 1 = Major start (2019 U.S. Open)
• 1 = Major made cut (2019 U.S. Open)
7 points – Aaron Jarvis, UNLV (So.)
• 1 = World Amateur Team Championship (2022)
• 1 = Major start (2022 Open Championship)
• 1 = Major made cut (2022 Open Championship)
• 1 = Major start (2022 Masters)
• 2 = Tournament win (2022 Latin America Amateur)
• 1 = World Amateur Team Championship (2018)
4 points – Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida (Jr.)
• 1 = Palmer Cup (2022)
• 1 = Palmer Cup (2021)
• 2 = D-I Outstanding Freshman Award (2021)
2 points – Josele Ballester, Arizona State (So.)
• 1 = World Amateur Team Championship (2022)
• 1 = Palmer Cup (2022)
2 points – David Ford, North Carolina (So.)
• 2 = Best WAGR rank: 4th
2 points – Frederik Kjettrup, Florida State (Jr.)
• 1 = World Amateur Team Championship (2022)
• 1 = Palmer Cup (2022)
2 points – Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech (Jr.)
• 1 = World Amateur Team Championship (2022)
• 1 = Palmer Cup (2022)
1 point – Nick Dunlap, Alabama (Fr.)
• 1 = Major start (2022 U.S. Open)
1 point – Caleb Surratt, Tennessee (Fr.)
• 1 = PGA TOUR made cut (2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship)
1 point – Preston Summerhays, Arizona State (So.)
• 1 = Major start (2020 U.S. Open)
1 point – Michael Brennan, Wake Forest (Jr.)
• 1 = Palmer Cup (2022)
1 point – Ben Lorenz, Oklahoma (Jr.)
• 1 = Major start (2022 U.S. Open)
1 point – Caleb Manuel, Georgia (Jr.)
• 1 = Major start (2022 U.S. Open)
1 point – Maxwell Moldovan, Ohio State (Jr.)
• 1 = Major start (2022 U.S. Open)
1 point – Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt (Jr.)
• 1 = Palmer Cup (2022)
Participants in the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship (1 point)
• Filip Jakubcik, Arizona (Fr.)
• Miguel Leal, Florida (Fr.)
• Christiaan Maas, Texas (Fr.)
• Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State (Fr.)
• Virgilio Paz, New Mexico (Fr.)
• Lukas Roessler, Florida Gulf Coast (Fr.)
• Clemente Silva, VCU (Fr.)
• James Skeet, South Alabama (Fr.)
• Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech (Fr.)
• Markus Varjun, Middle Tennessee (Fr.)
• Christoph Bleier, Colorado State (So.)
• Raghav Chugh, Rice (So.)
• Mats Ege, East Tennessee State (So.)
• Guilherme Grinberg, Florida Atlantic (So.)
• Justin Hastings, San Diego State (So.)
• Martin Leon, Utah (So.)
• Benjamin Reuter, Georgia Tech (So.)
• Julio Rios-Brache, Houston (So.)
• Diego Saavedra-Davila, Harvard (So.)
• Laurenz Schiergen, Kansas State (So.)
• Callum Scott, Texas Tech (So.)
• Alex Yang, Stanford (So.)
• Jonas Baumgartner, Oklahoma State (Jr.)
• Sigurður Blumenstein, James Madison (Jr.)
• Carl Corpus, San Jose State (Jr.)
• Pedro Cruz Silva, Mississippi State (Jr.)
• Santiago De La Fuente, Houston (Jr.)
• Elias Haavisto, West Florida (Jr.)
• Kevin Jegers, Middle Tennessee (Jr.)
• Tobias Jonsson, Mercer (Jr.)
• Alejandro Pedryc, Mississippi State (Jr.)
• Herman Wibe Sekne, Purdue (Jr.)
• Adam Wallin, Ohio State (Jr.)