European Tour Q-School – 2016 Second Stage Preview

14th October 2016 (Updated 3rd November 2016)

The European Tour’s Second Qualifying Stage starts tomorrow at four venues in Spain and will be completed on Monday 7th November 2016.

The total Second Stage entry has now been settled at 322 players, with each of them allocated to one of the four courses.

The field includes all of the players that qualified from the eight First Stage events. Here’s my summary of the Amateur and GB&I qualifiers – European Tour Q-School – 2016 First Stage Results

They are now joined by those players exempt from the First Stage. These include: –

  1. The leading 5 entrants as at 31st August 2016 to a limit of 15th place in the World Amateur Golf Ranking provided that they had applied to enter the First Stage by 31st August 2016.  
  2. European Tour Members in Categories 1-21 as at 31st August 2016.
  3. 2016 Challenge Tour Members in Ranking positions 1-90 as at 31st August 2016.
  4. 2016 Challenge Tour Members in positions 46-90 in the Final 2016 Rankings.
  5. Winners of the Qualifying School in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
  6. Winners of the Challenge Tour Rankings in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
  7. Winners of a PGA European Tour Order of Merit event prior to 1st January 2007.
  8. European Tour Members in positions 76-100 in the ET Career Money List on 31st August 2016.
  9. The No. 1 ranked player on The PGA EuroPro Tour, Pro Golf Tour, The Nordic League and ALPS Tour in their final Orders of Merit, unless already exempt under 11. below.
  10. The leading 4th-10th placed entrants as at 31st August to a limit of 25th place in the Order of Merits of The Asian Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, The Japan Golf Tour and The Sunshine Tour, provided that they had applied to enter the First Stage by 31st August 2016.
  11. The leading 6 entrants as at 31st August 2016 to a limit of 10th place in the Order of Merits of The PGA EuroPro Tour, Pro Golf Tour, The Nordic League and ALPS Tour, provided that they had applied to enter the First Stage by 31st August 2016.

17 players from each venue will progress to the Final Stage, which will be played at the PGA Catalunya Resort between 12th-17th November. Play-offs will take place to ensure that just 17 players progress from each site.

European Tour QS

A complete list of the amateur entries (AM), some new professionals (NP) as well as all the other GB&I players competing at Q-School’s Second Stage is provided below, along with links to the European Tour’s draw and leaderboard pages: –

CAMPO DE GOLF EL SALER – 7,057 yards, Par 72
Click here for the – El Saler Start Sheet
Click here for the  – El Saler Live Scores

Included within the 81 entries at El Saler are 28 from GB&I (35%).

James ABLETT (ENG)
Niklas ADANK AM (GER)
Alex BELT (ENG)
Wallace BOOTH (SCO)
Christian BRAEUNIG NP (GER) – TURNED PRO AHEAD OF 2ND STAGE
Chris CARSTENSEN NP (GER) – TURNED PRO AHEAD OF 2ND STAGE
Ashley CHESTERS (ENG)
Lee CLARKE (ENG)
Luke CORNFORD (ENG)
Dave COUPLAND (ENG)
Mark DAWE (ENG)
Ewen FERGUSON NP (SCO)
Daniel GAVINS (ENG)
Curtis GRIFFITHS (ENG)
Sam HUTSBY (ENG)
Liam JOHNSTON AM (SCO)
Niall KEARNEY (IRE)
Marcus KINHULT (SWE)
Josh LOUGHREY (ENG)
Nick MARSH (ENG)
James MAW (ENG)
Jack MCDONALD NP (ENG)
Adrian MERONK NP (PLD)
Paul NEWMAN (ENG)
Greg PAYNE (ENG)
Chris ROBB (SCO)
James ROBINSON (ENG)
Robin SCIOT-SIEGRIST NP (FRA)
Zane SCOTLAND (ENG)
Chris SELFRIDGE (IRE)
Cormac SHARVIN NP (IRE)
Nicholas SMITS AM (NED)
Joshua WHITE (ENG)
James WILKINSON (ENG)
Martin WOODBRIDGE (ENG)

LAS COLINAS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB – 6,974 yards, Par 71
Click here for the full – Las Colinas Start Sheet
Click here for the – Las Colinas Live Scores

Included within the 80 entries at Las Colinas are 27 from GB&I (34%).

James ALLAN (ENG)
Mauro ANDERI AM (GER)
David BOOTE AM (WAL)
Matias CALDERON AM (Chile)
Jonathan CALDWELL (IRE)
Jack COLEGATE (ENG)
Lee CORFIELD (ENG)
Ali DALGLIESH (ENG)
Joe DEAN NP (ENG)
Scott DRUMMOND (SCO)
Craig FARRELLY (ENG)
Paul FERRIER (SCO)
Grant FORREST NP (SCO)
Stephen GRANT (IRE)
Paul HENDRIKSEN (ENG)
Gary HURLEY NP (IRE)
Daniel KAY (SCO)
Chris LLOYD (ENG)
Stuart MANLEY (WAL)
Bradley NEIL (SCO)
Matthew NIXON (ENG)
Kevin PHELAN (IRE)
Adam RUNCIE (WAL)
Gregoire SCHOEB AM (FRA) 
Cameron SHAW AM (ENG)
Peter TARVER-JONES (ENG)
Peter WHITEFORD (SCO)
Dale WHITNELL (ENG)
Charlie WILSON (ENG)
Guy WOODMAN (ENG)

LUMINE GOLF & BEACH CLUB(Lakes Course) – 6,909 yards, Par 71
Click here for the full – Lumine Start Sheet
Click here for the – Lumine Live Scores

Included within the 81 entries at Lumine are 28 from GB&I (35%).

Ben AMOR AM (ENG) 
Matthew BALDWIN (ENG)
Jason BARNES (ENG)
Steven BROWN (ENG)
Charlie BULL (ENG)
Ivan CANTERO (ESP) – TURNED PRO AHEAD OF 2ND STAGE
Robert COLES (ENG)
Sam CONNOR (ENG)
Rhys ENOCH (WAL)
Henry FEATHERSTONE (ENG)
Mark FOSTER (ENG)
Jordan GIBB (ENG)
Billy HEMSTOCK (ENG)
Paul HOWARD (ENG)
David R JAMES (ENG)
Ross KELLETT (SCO)
Sam KILOH (SCO)
Nathan KIMSEY (ENG)
Gudmundur KRISJANSSON AM (ILD)
David LAW (SCO)
Declan LOFTUS (IRE)
Nicolas MAHEUT NP (FRA) – TURNED PRO AHEAD OF 2ND STAGE
Ruaidhri MCGEE (IRE)
Van PHILLIPS (ENG)
Tim RICE (IRE)
Jamie SAVAGE NP (SCO)
Max SCHMITT AM (GER)
Henry SMART (ENG)
Steve SURRY (ENG)
Ashton TURNER NP (ENG)
Nicolai VON DELLINGSHATUSEN NP (GER) – TURNED PRO AHEAD OF 2ND STAGE
Matt WALLACE (ENG)
Daniel YOUNG NP (SCO)

PANORAMICA GOLF & SPORT RESORT – 7,030 yards, Par 72
Click here for the full – Panoramica Start Sheet
Click here for the – Panoramica Live Scores

Included within the 80 entries at Panoramica are 28 from GB&I (35%).

Laurie CANTER (ENG)
Brian CASEY (IRE)
Adam CHAPMAN AM (ENG)
Jamie DICK (ENG)
Chris DOAK (SCO)
Jack DOHERTY (SCO)
Will ENEFER NP (ENG) – TURNED PRO AHEAD OF 2ND STAGE
Chris EVANS (ENG)
Charlie FORD (ENG)
Simon GRIFFITHS (ENG)
Jack HARRISON (ENG)
William HARROLD (ENG)
Thomas HIGSON (SCO)
Stiggy HODGSON (ENG)
Jack HUME NP (IRE)
Marco ITEN NP (SUI) – TURNED PRO AHEAD OF 2ND STAGE
Richard JAMES (WAL)
Luke JOY (ENG)
Mark LASKEY (WAL)
Oliver LINDELL NP (FIN)
Paul MADDY (ENG)
Andrew MCARTHUR (SCO)
Nick MCCARTHY (ENG)
George MULLINS (ENG)
Tom MURRAY (ENG)
Thomas PERROT NP (FRA) – TURNED PRO AHEAD OF 2ND STAGE
Jamie RUTHERFORD (ENG)
Thomas SHADBOLT (ENG)
Paul SHIELDS (SCO)
Billy SPOONER (ENG)
Lars VAN MEIJEL NP (NED) – TURNED PRO AHEAD OF 2ND STAGE
Matthew WEBB (ENG)

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