Matt McCarty enters top-50 in golf rankings for the first time after Black Desert Championship win

Matt McCarty, a 26-year-old golfer from the United States, won the inaugural edition of the Black Desert Championship, held from October 10 to 13. The PGA Tour rookie had his first PGA Tour victory at Black Desert Resort in his third start. His college teammate Devrath Das was on the bag for him.

The victory saw McCarty jump 29 spots from 76th to 47th on the Official World Golf Rankings. This is his best OWGR ranking since he turned professional in 2021. With this move up the rankings, he surpassed the likes of Jordan Spieth, Thriston Lawrence, Nick Taylor, Si Woo Kim, and Brooks Koepka.

McCarty won $1.35 million of the total $7.5 million given out as prize money at the tournament. He also received 500 FedExCup Fall points and jumped from 232nd to 95th in the standings. He is now fully exempt on the PGA Tour for two years.

Courtesy of the win, he is now also exempt on next year's Sentry, Masters, and the PGA Championship. Further, since he came out on top of the Korn Ferry Tour points list, he has already qualified for next year's Players Championship and the US Open.

Stephan Jaeger finished as runner-up at the Black Desert Championship and jumped 12 spots in the OWGR rankings, from 57th to 45th place. He didn't receive any FedExCup Fall points as he finished 47th in the FedExCup standings for the season. He won a prize money of $817,500.

Lucas Grover tied for third, jumping from 49th to 30th on the Rankings, and took home $442,500 with 162.5 FedExCup Fall points. Kevin Streelman, who also tied for third, jumped from 274th to 197th.

Other notable jumps in rankings after the 2024 Black Desert Championship were made by Maddie Schmid who went from 142nd to 119th, Harris English, 73rd to 67th, Joe Highsmith, 238th to 208th, and Nick Hardy who went from 259th to 238th.

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How much has Matt McCarty earned in the 2024 season?

Matt McCarty has had total official earnings of $2,367,942 this year. In 25 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour, he has total official earnings of $1,001,602 while from his two PGA Tour starts, he has made an earning of $1,366,340.

In his 25 Korn Ferry Tour starts this year, McCarty has had three wins, nine top-10 finishes, 12 top-25 finishes, and 21 cuts. He won the Price Cutter Charity Championship, the Pinnacle Bank Championship, and the Albertsons Boise Open. His other notable finishes include a T2 at the Utah Championship, a T3 at the Astara Chile Classic, a T4 at the AdventHealth Championship, and a T5 at the Ascendant.

On the PGA Tour, he had a T63 finish at the Sanderson Farms Championship and a win by two strokes over Stephen Jaeger at the Black Desert Championship in Ivins, Utah.

Let's take a look at Matt McCarty's performances in the 2024 season:

2024 PGA TOUR Tournaments

• Sanderson Farms Championship: T63 ($16,340.00)
• Black Desert Championship: 1 ($1,350,000.00)

2024 Korn Ferry Tournaments

• The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay: T60 ($4,090.00)
• The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club: T27 ($7,062.50)
• The Panama Championship: T63 ($4,030.00)
• Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard: T41 ($4,900.00)
• 117 Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro: T26 ($7,347.50)
• Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank: T3 ($52,500.00)
• Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club: CUT (No earnings)
• LECOM Suncoast Classic: T30 ($6,678.57)
• Veritex Bank Championship: CUT (No earnings)
• AdventHealth Championship: T4 ($37,375.00)
• Visit Knoxville Open: CUT (No earnings)
• UNC Health Championship presented by STITCH: CUT (No earnings)
• BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX: T12 ($17,687.50)
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open: T17 ($10,687.86)
• Compliance Solutions Championship: T31 ($6,356.25)
• Memorial Health Championship presented by LRS: T20 ($10,966.67)
• The Ascendant presented by Blue: T5 ($32,300.00)
• Price Cutter Charity Championship presented by Dr Pepper: 1st ($180,000.00)
• NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank: T26 ($7,108.00)
• Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health: T2 ($75,000.00)
• Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Woodhouse: 1st ($180,000.00)
• Magnit Championship: T9 ($24,662.50)
• Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron: 1st ($270,000.00)
• Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation: T35 ($8,475.00)
• Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship: T5 ($54,375.00)