What Matt McCarty deserves for winning his third career PGA Tour start

Technically it was his third career PGA Tour start, but actually only his second.

Matt McCarty qualified for the 2022 US Open and missed the cut. He spent this season on the Korn Ferry Tour, as well as 2023 and 2024.

And then the switch was flipped. Beginning in late July, McCarty won three times in six starts, securing promotion to the PGA Tour.

He began his full-time career driving a T-63 at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

A week later he is the tour winner.

McCarty won the Black Desert Championship in impressive fashion on Sunday in Ivins, Utah, beating the field by three shots.

Here’s a look at some of the things the 26-year-old has earned:

• $1,350,000 in official money
• Full exempt status on the PGA Tour through 2026
• Places in the Sentry, Masters and PGA Championship 2025
• Moves up to 95th in FedExCup points (top 60 at end of fall season compete in two signature events in early 2025)

McCarty was already barred from participating in the Players Championship and the 2025 US Open because he finished first on the KFT points list. He is also the second player to be promoted by the KFT with three wins and then win the PGA Tour in the same season (Jason Gore, 2005).