Doc Redman faces career-changing turn at Sanderson Farm

For the most part, the FedEx Cup Fall season is about fighting for a fight – fighting to keep working, fighting for a place in the first signature contest in 2026, fighting for pride.

There are a lot of things to do at the Sanderson Farm Championship this week at Jackson Country Club. Max Homa and Tom Kim are trying to get things in the right direction as they approach 2026. TaylorMontgomery, Vince Whaley and others all want to stay on top tracks. Garrick Higgo wants to position himself as a year to rise if he can participate in the signature event.

Then, there is Doc Redman.

The former Clemson star didn’t send him to PGA Tour Q School after the missed cuts in 2023 RSM Classic. He spent 2024 on the Korn Ferry Tour and just missed the time to get his ticket back to the PGA Tour. Redman needs to win the 2024 Korn Ferry Championship to win his cards. He led four holes to play but missed the playoffs in a double bogey in No. 15 and 17 bogeys. Redman hasn’t surpassed the second phase of the Korn Ferry Tour final this year, meaning he plans to return to KFT in 2026.

But Fate may also have other plans for Doc Redman this week.

The 27-year-old entered the Sanderson Farm Championship through Monday’s qualifiers. Redman entered the game by defeating Fred Biondi and Rhein Gibson in the three-man playoffs. He opened with a 75-win three-pointer but has put 65 back-to-back shots into Mississippi’s top 15 Sunday.

Redman didn’t fight for FedEx Cup points this week, but Sunday’s round could change his career.

A win – Redman currently has five shots after writing this article, which will receive a $1.08 million check, a two-year waiver on the PGA Tour, a place in the PGA Championship and a player. This means Redman doesn’t have to go back to the Korn Ferry Tour to hone his path for the third season in a row. Even if he doesn’t win, the top ten results will put him into the Utah championship.

Either way, for someone who finished the 138th season of the season on the KFT points list, making just $47,366 out of 15 events this season, that’s a lot.

“I don’t think I’m thinking too much,” Redman said after Saturday 65. “It’s definitely huge, going into the top ten and going into the next or everything you can do. There’s a lot of factors that are my control, it’s my control, it’s out of reach, you know it’s 18 holes.

Redman struggled on the Korn Ferry Tour. The course is easier and the score is always low. To compete and catch up with the PGA Tour, you must be able to hit the gas pedal and repeatedly lower it. Golf is a fickle game, and since the loss of the card, Redman has hit hard in the past few years.

But he spent some time in the spring to be with his family and take root. No matter what level he currently lives, he has discovered new appreciation for being able to pursue his dreams.

Redman will rely on this newfound view as it lifts up on Sunday and has the opportunity to change everything.

“So, I think if I could go tomorrow without worrying about what would happen at the end of the day and then try to make it work, it would all work,” Redman said.

“Unless I have a bad attitude, there are no bad results. So you know, I think I’m good enough, so I have to believe that.”