Zhang pumped for return to PGA Tour

NORTH PLAINS, Oregon - With China's Zhang Xinjun having already earned promotion to next year's main PGA Tour, the big question heading into the WinCo Foods Portland Open was whether he would finish No 1 on the Korn Ferry Tour's regular-season points list.

With a tied-43rd finish in Portland on the weekend, Zhang hung on to become the second consecutive player from Asia to finish atop the standings, following South Korea's Im Sung-jae.

Zhang finished 20th in the rankings in 2017 to pick up his PGA Tour membership for the first time, and dramatically improved in his return to the Korn Ferry Tour this season, with two victories and seven top-10 finishes.