While vying for one of 17 PGA Tour cards at stake in the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, it's crucial to at least make the cut. It helps, however, to do even more.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat lost his Tour card after failing to record a top-25 for most of the past season. He got a new caddie at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and then the next week at the Wyndham Championship, the Tour's regular-season finale, the 33-year-old Thai finished T-13 to crack the FedExCup's top 200 and earn a spot in the KFT Finals.
"I needed a Thai caddie on the bag … I needed to speak some Thai,” Aphibarnrat told PGATour.