Jordan Gumberg believes in miracles from today. The 30-year-old American golfer reached the third shot of the 18th hole in the final round of the Genesis Championship, the last regular tournament of the season, beyond the 125th position in the Race to Dubai. The top 115 retained their card. He had a shot of about 55 metres to the flag and needed something special. The birdie wouldn’t guarantee him the card, but at least it gave him a chance to keep dreaming.
Gumberg’s shot bounced short, just before a ridge on the green, in a good line towards the flag. It climbed and caught the downhill slope, moving slowly, full of suspense. It gradually approached the hole and finally went in. Eagle. Madness. Miracle. Feat. Whatever you want to call it. These things happen very rarely. It happened to Gumberg. He jumped more than 15 positions with just that shot to place himself at 110. Guaranteed rights for next year. Infinitum Golf, host of the Final Stage, can wait. Incredible. Stories of this calibre always occur in the last regular tournament of the season, but not so astonishing.
THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE!!
Jordan Gumberg secures his Tour card with one of the shots of the season, projected to jump from 127th to 100th on the rankings. #GenesisChampionship pic.twitter.com/lYr2NVSbVg
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) October 26, 2025
The truth is that the Genesis Championship has caused a lot of movement in the battle to save the card, more than usual. There are four players who arrived in Korea within the top 115 and have dropped out, and another four who have entered. A lot of change. Alongside Gumberg, Thomas Detry (a great achievement in just 11 tournaments), Yuto Katsuragawa, and the winner Junghwan Lee have saved their rights. On the other hand, those who have fallen out of the top 115 are: Bernd Wiesberger, Dylan Frittelli, Antoine Rozner, and Clement Sordet. Of these four, Wiesberger and Sordet lose their card, heading directly to the Final Stage. Frittelli retains his rights as a winner in Bahrain last year, and Rozner for being one of those who secured a PGA Tour card last year.
Regarding the rest of the battles, primarily entering Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Final, the main movements have been as follows:
– Rafa Cabrera Bello has held on to the 70th position, and Junghwan Lee, Andrea Pavan, Nacho Elvira, and Mikael Lindberg have also made it. It is not yet known how far the cut-off position for Abu Dhabi will drop, but it will be at least 73rd. Lindberg has made it at 71. Considering that 73rd position, Joe Dean, Wenyi Ding, Jason Scrivener, and Iván Cantero have been left out. All of them will have to cross their fingers for the cut-off position to drop as much as possible. Dean would be satisfied if it were 74th. We shall see.
– Regarding the Dubai Final, if we consider that it will include up to the 51st position, as it seems Viktor Hovland will not play, the main movement has been: Nacho Elvira, in, and Matthew Jordan, out. They still have the Abu Dhabi tournament to secure their presence in the DP World Tour Championship.
– As for the battle for the PGA Tour card, the only change has been Laurie Canter, in, instead of Martin Couvra.
– Finally, in the top 25, qualified for next year’s Open Championship, Ángel Ayora has entered, and Tommy Fleetwood is out, which doesn’t matter much to him as he is already qualified. There is still a long way to go for this goal, as it counts what is added in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
