Ian Gilligan earns PGA Tour Card
Sunday, October 11, 2026 | Men's Golf
The former Gator is PGA Tour bound after one full season on the Korn Ferry Tour.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Former Florida men's golfer Ian Gilligan is TOUR BOUND, earning his PGA Tour card after finishing 17th in the Korn Ferry Tour's Point List behind his T9 (-9) outing at the KFT Championship on Sunday.
Gilligan reaches the Tour after half of the 2025 and the full 2026 season on the Korn Ferry Tour. He earned membership on the KFT after finishing No. 4 in the final PGA TOUR U Rankings in 2025. The former three-time All-American, logged four top-5s, nine top-10s and 11 top-25s this season. He also earned his bachelor's degree in Education Sciences this summer.
He joins former Gator Ricky Castillo, who acquired his Tour card after a season and half on the Korn Ferry and through the PGA Tour University program. Castillo and Gilligan will both be on the PGA Tour this upcoming season along with Gator Great Billy Horschel.
A member of the Gators for two seasons (2024-25), Gilligan helped Florida win 11 tournaments, including the 2025 SEC Championship and NCAA Bremerton Regional. He collected two of his six collegiate victories in the Orange and Blue, winning the Southern Highlands Collegiate and Gators Invitational, and at the latter set the program round record with a 62.
Across his college career, Gilligan played in 46 tournaments (130 stroke play rounds), had a stroke average of 70.7, six individual wins, 10 top-2s, 14 top-3, 15 top-5s, 23, top-10s and 34 top-25s. He shot 88 rounds of par or better with 74 under par and recorded 29 tournaments par or better with 26 under par. The Reno, N.V. native owned a 8-2-1 match play record and was undefeated in the postseason (4-0-1).
Gilligan's career accolades include three-time All-American by both GCAA and Golfweek, three-time All-Region, two-time All-SEC, four-time SEC Golfer of the Week, Big West Golfer and Freshman of the Year, two-time All-Big West First Team, four-time Big West Golfer of the Month and two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Gilligan reaches the Tour after half of the 2025 and the full 2026 season on the Korn Ferry Tour. He earned membership on the KFT after finishing No. 4 in the final PGA TOUR U Rankings in 2025. The former three-time All-American, logged four top-5s, nine top-10s and 11 top-25s this season. He also earned his bachelor's degree in Education Sciences this summer.
He joins former Gator Ricky Castillo, who acquired his Tour card after a season and half on the Korn Ferry and through the PGA Tour University program. Castillo and Gilligan will both be on the PGA Tour this upcoming season along with Gator Great Billy Horschel.
A member of the Gators for two seasons (2024-25), Gilligan helped Florida win 11 tournaments, including the 2025 SEC Championship and NCAA Bremerton Regional. He collected two of his six collegiate victories in the Orange and Blue, winning the Southern Highlands Collegiate and Gators Invitational, and at the latter set the program round record with a 62.
Across his college career, Gilligan played in 46 tournaments (130 stroke play rounds), had a stroke average of 70.7, six individual wins, 10 top-2s, 14 top-3, 15 top-5s, 23, top-10s and 34 top-25s. He shot 88 rounds of par or better with 74 under par and recorded 29 tournaments par or better with 26 under par. The Reno, N.V. native owned a 8-2-1 match play record and was undefeated in the postseason (4-0-1).
Gilligan's career accolades include three-time All-American by both GCAA and Golfweek, three-time All-Region, two-time All-SEC, four-time SEC Golfer of the Week, Big West Golfer and Freshman of the Year, two-time All-Big West First Team, four-time Big West Golfer of the Month and two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll.
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