December 11, 2025
Kevin Dougherty: Korn Ferry Tour Veteran Who Shot 56 at Seven Canyons Weiskopf
The Golf Hour Hosted by Will DoctorAbout this episode
Fresh off one of the most ridiculous rounds any of us have ever heard, 15-under 56 at Seven Canyons in Sedona the day after Thanksgiving, Kevin Dougherty joins the show to talk life on (and just off) the Korn Ferry Tour. The 34-year-old Dallas resident has been a fixture on the Korn Ferry Tour since 2017, a perennial bubble guy who’s lived every emotion this brutal developmental tour can throw at you: 2018 finished 26th the year the top 25 earned PGA TOUR cards, 2019 finished 33rd and on the wrong side of the cut line, 2023 finally broke through at 22nd to earn his 2024 PGA TOUR card back when 30 guys graduated, 2025 delivered four top-10s, a runner-up at The Ascendent, five additional top-25s, and a comfortable 35th on the points list to keep full status. We dive into how he processes all those near-misses, why he skipped Q-School this fall despite being in great form, and whether the current five-card promotion and the ever-shrinking number of guaranteed cards is good for the game. Kevin also takes us inside that historic 56 at Seven Canyons, the Tom Weiskopf-designed gem in Sedona where his late grandfather was a founding member, and why that course and that week with family will be burned into his memory forever. We go back to 2013 and his runaway win at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate in Dallas, look at a leaderboard loaded with future stars (teammates Wyndham Clark, Talor Gooch, Austin Smotherman, plus Bryson DeChambeau and Victor Perez), and ask: Did he have any idea he was part of one of the most loaded college fields of the last 20 years? Plus offseason routine (do the clubs ever actually get put away?), living in Dallas, still getting out to Royal Oaks, and his dream North Texas money-game foursome, the mental shift that finally got him over the hump in 2023, and a whole lot of talk about close calls and why he still believes his best golf is ahead of him. Whether you’re a golf sicko or just love a great underdog story, this conversation with one of the nicest and longest guys in pro golf is an absolute must-listen. Pull up a chair, Cowboy fans, this one’s for you.