7th October 2024 (Updated 6th November 2024)

The DP World Tour Q-School consists of three stages, First, Second and Final. More information on the whole 2024 Qualifying School can be found in the Appendix at the end of this article.

This post covers SECOND STAGE QUALIFYING which was played between the 31st October – 4th November.

My focus is on the amateur players, the Great British & Irish (GB&I) professionals, any newly turned professionals from abroad and all of the 1st Stage Q-School Winners.

An earlier article covered the FIRST STAGE and an additional one will be penned prior to the FINAL STAGE commencing.

Final Stage will be played at Infinitum Golf in Spain on 8th – 13th November where 156 players will battle over six rounds for a top 20 and ties finish and a place on the DP World Tour for the 2025 season. The number of places available has been reduced from 25 and ties this year.

SECOND STAGE

The Second Qualifying Stage consisted of four separate events played at Desert Springs Resort & Golf Club, Golf Las Pinaillas, Isla Canela Links and Fontanals Golf Club, all in Spain.

These competitions were all played over 72 holes with no cut.

The DP World Tour ultimately allocated 94 places in the Final Stage event to the competitors.

Sudden death play-offs were held to resolve ties for the final spots at this Stage with alternates also determined to deal with any future Final Stage withdrawals.

Six alternates were eventually called up to Final Stage meaning 100 players advanced from Second Stage.

302 players competed including 80 from Great Britain & Ireland – 26.5% of the overall field. There were also 10 players at Second Stage who were still amateurs.

The leading three amateur entrants, who were Bastian Amat (FRA), Wenyi Ding (CHN) and Jacob Skov Olesen, (DEN) to a limit of 20th place in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) as at 14th August 2024, were exempt from First Stage and started their Q-School journeys at Second Stage. Amat turned pro ahead of Second Stage in October 2024 whilst Ding, who also turned pro, subsequently withdrew from Q-School having earned his 2025 card as the No.1 ranked player on GAPR when it finished on 16th October.

Additionally the leading two amateur entrants, who were James Ashfield (WAL) and Luis Masaveu (ESP), to a limit of 10th place in the Global Amateur Pathway Ranking (GAPR) as at 14th August 2024 were also  exempt from First Stage. Ashfield turned pro in late September 2024 and Masaveu immediately ahead of his Second Stage event.

20 GB&I players were successful across the fours sites.

3 amateurs, namely Tiger Christensen (GER), Max Kennedy (IRL) and Jacob Skov Olesen (DEN), also progressed to next week’s Final Stage. In addition to Olesen, new pros Bastian Amat and Luis Masaveu, also qualified from the exempt amateur group noted above.

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Here is a summary of the four events with the results for my selected players, as well as their routes to Second Stage, all shown: –

31st October – 4th November 2024*

* Round 4 carried over to Monday 4th due to heavy rain over the weekend.

DESERT SPRINGS RESORT & GOLF CLUB, ALMERIA, SPAIN

73 players (inc. 29 GB&I and 1 amateurs are competing.

Qualifiers: 23 / Alternates: 1

Qualified
Jiri ZUSKA (SLO) -20 1st WINNER – 1st Stage Golf de Léry Poses France Winner
Palmer JACKSON (USA) TURNED PRO 9/24 -19 2nd – 1st Stage Arlandastad Sweden Winner
Toby HUNT (WAL) -18 3rd – 1st Stage Golf de Léry Poses France
Jack FLOYDD (ENG) -17 4th – 1st Stage Horsens GK Denmark
Charlie CROCKETT (ENG) -15 6th – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
Tom SHADBOLT (ENG) -14 T7 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Bailey GILL (ENG) -13 T10 – 1st Stage Huddersfield GC England
Matt SHARPSTENE (USA) -13 T10 – 1st Stage Horsens GK Denmark Winner
Alfie PLANT (ENG) -13 T10 – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
Tom SLOMAN (ENG) -12 T14 – 1st Stage The Players Club
Giles EVANS (ENG) -11 T20 (Play-off) – 1st Stage The Players Club
Jean BEKIRIAN (ARM) -11 T20 (Play-off) – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member

Did Not Qualify
Bradley BAWDEN (ENG) -11 T20 (Play-off) – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
Niall KEARNEY (IRL) -10 T27 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
James ALLAN (ENG) -10 T27 – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
Matt FORD (ENG) -10 T27 – 1st Stage Huddersfield GC England
Liam NOLAN (IRL) -10 T27 – 1st Stage Horsens GK Denmark
Sandy SCOTT (SCO) -10 T27 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
Jonathan CALDWELL (NIR) -9 T34 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Sam LOCKE (SCO) -8 T41 – 2024 Tartan Pro Tour Order of Merit
Luke HARRIES (WAL) -7 T43 – 1st Stage Arlandastad Sweden Winner
Liam JOHNSTON (SCO) -7 T43 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Lars VAN DER VIGHT (NED) AM -6 T47 – 1st Stage Millennium Golf Belgium
Paul DUNNE (IRL) -6 T47 – 2014-22 Ranking Tournament Winner
Kieran CANTLEY (SCO) -6 T47 – 1st Stage Arlandastad Sweden Winner
James ROSS (SCO) -3 T54 – 1st Stage Ebreichsdorf Austria
Jack YULE (ENG) -2 56th – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
Steve ROBINS (ENG) -1 T57 – 1st Stage Huddersfield GC England
John HENRY (SCO) -1 T57 – 1st Stage Arlandastad Sweden Winner
Scott GREGORY (ENG) -5 WD after 54 holes – 1st Stage Huddersfield GC England
Ross MCGOWAN (ENG) -4 WD after 54 holes – 2014-22 Ranking Tournament Winner
Gary BOYD (ENG) Ev WD after 54 holes – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Matty LAMB (ENG) +4 WD after 54 holes – 1st Stage The Players Club
Luca CIANCHETTI (ITA) +2 WD after 54 holes – 1st Stage Golf Nazionale Italy Co-Winner
Craig HOWIE (SCO) +7 WD after 54 holes – 2024 DP World Tour Member

Click here for the full – Desert Springs Q-School Results

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31st October – 3rd November 2024

FONTANALS GOLF CLUB, GIRONA, SPAIN

75 players (inc. 17 GB&I and 1 amateur) are competing.

Qualifiers: 23 / Alternates: 2

Qualified
Haydn BARRON (AUS) -18 1st CO-WINNER – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Jakub HRINDA (SLO) -18 1st CO-WINNER – 1st Stage Huddersfield GC England
Matthew CHEUNG (HKO) -16 T3 – 1st Stage Millennium Golf Belgium Co-Winner
Lee SLATTERY (ENG) -15 5th – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
Bastian AMAT (FRA) TURNED PRO 10/24 -12 T15 – Top 3 2024 WAGR
Stuart MANLEY (WAL) -12 T15 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Luis MASAVEU (ESP) TURNED PRO 10/24 -12 T15 – Top 2 2024 Global Amateur Pathway Ranking
Scott STEVENS (USA) -10 T22 (Play-off) – 1st Stage Golf Nazionale Italy Co-Winner
Julian PERICO (PER) -10 T22 (Play-off) – 1st Stage Ebreichsdorf Austria
Anton ALBERS (GER) -10 T22 (Play-off) – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member

Did Not Qualify
Robert DINWIDDIE (ENG) -9 T26 – 1st Stage Horsens GK Denmark
Calum FYFE (SCO) -9 T26 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England Co-Winner
Josh HILLEARD (ENG) -8 T32 – 1st Stage The Players Club
Chris PAISLEY (ENG) -6 T39 – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
George MASON (ENG) -4 T43 – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
Jake BURNAGE (ENG) -3 T46 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
Olly HUGGINS (ENG) -3 T46 – Top 3 2024 Clutch Pro Tour Order of Merit
Jack MCDONALD (SCO) -2 T50 – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
John PATERSON (SCO) -2 T50 – 1st Stage Arlandastad Sweden Winner
Taylor CARTER (ENG) -1 T54 – 1st Stage The Players Club
Jake AYRES (ENG) Ev T58 – 1st Stage Golf de Léry Poses France
Toby TREE (ENG) Ev T58 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Oliver FISHER (ENG) +2 T62 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Rowan LESTER (IRL) +5 T68 – 1st Stage The Players Club
David KITT (IRL) AM +7 WD after 36 holes – 1st Stage Horsens GK Denmark

Click here for the full – Fortanals Q-School Results

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31st October – 3rd November 2024 *

* Round 2 was delayed by 5.5 hours due to heavy rain with the first tee time on Friday pushed back to 2.30pm from 9.00am. Fortunately the Tour was able to catch up over the weekend and the event was completed on time.

ISLA CANELA LINKS, HUELVA, SPAIN

78 players (inc. 15 GB&I and 6 amateurs) are competing.

Qualifiers: 24 / Alternates: 2

Qualified
Clement SORDET (FRA) -27 1st CO-WINNER– 2024 DP World Tour Member
Max STEINLECHNER (AUS) -27 1st CO-WINNER – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
Jacob Skov OLESEN (DEN) AM -21 T4 – Top 3 2024 WAGR
Ryan EVANS (ENG) -18 T7 – 1st Stage The Players Club
Max KENNEDY (IRL) AM -15 T14 – 1st Stage Horsens GK Denmark
Tom LEWIS (ENG) -14 T17 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Tim TILLMANNS (GER) -14 T17 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England Co-Winner
Ryan LUMSDEN (SCO) -13 T24 (Play-off) – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
Corey SHAUN (USA) -13 T23 (Play-off) – 1st Stage The Players Club
Gudmundur KRISTJANSSON (ISL) -13 T23 (Play-off) – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member

Did Not Qualify
Joe BROOKS (ENG) -11 T28 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
Ben JONES (ENG) -11 T28 – 1st Stage Huddersfield GC England Winner
Gary KING (ENG) -11 T28 – Top 3 2024 Clutch Pro Tour Order of Merit
Mark POWER (IRL) -10 T34 – 1st Stage Horsens GK Denmark
Cormac SHARVIN (NIR) -8 T43 – 1st Stage Millennium Golf Belgium
Joshua GREER (AUS) -6 T51 – 1st Stage Millennium Golf Belgium Co-Winner
Greg HOLMES (ENG) AM -6 T51 – 1st Stage Horsens GK Denmark
Oliver FARR (WAL) -3 T58 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Tom OSBORNE (ENG) AM -3 T58 – 1st Stage Huddersfield GC England
Paul MCBRIDE (IRL) Ev T69 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
Daniel SMITH (ENG) Ev T69 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
Cedric OTTEN (GER) AM +2 T72 – 1st Stage Millennium Golf Belgium
Jerry JI (NED) AM +4 74th – 1st Stage Millennium Golf Belgium
Owen EDWARDS (WAL) +6 WD after 36 holes – 1st Stage Millennium Golf Belgium

Click here for the full – Golf Isla Canela Q-School Results

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31st October – 3rd November 2024

GOLF LAS PINAILLAS, ALBACETE, SPAIN

76 players (inc. 19 GB&I and 2 amateurs) are competing.

Qualifiers: 24 / Alternates: 1

Qualified
David BORIBOONSUB (THA) -22 1st WINNER – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
Will ENEFER (ENG) -17 2nd – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Thomas THURLOWAY (ENG) -14 T5 – 1st Stage Millennium Golf Belgium
Dan ERICKSON (USA) -12 T8 – 1st Stage Arlandastad Sweden Winner
Chris HANSON (ENG) -11 T13 – 1st Stage Huddersfield GC England
Joshua BERRY (ENG) -10 T16 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Jack DAVIDSON (WAL) -10 T16 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Tiger CHRISTENSEN (GER) AM -10 T16- 1st Stage Golf Nazionale Italy
Callan BARROW (ENG) -9 T22 (Play-off) – Top 3 2024 Clutch Pro Tour Order of Merit
Andrew KELLY (AUS) -9 T22 (Play-off) – 2023/24 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Did Not Qualify
Graeme ROBERTSON (SCO) -8 T27 – 2024 Tartan Pro Tour Order of Merit 
Callum FARR (ENG) -8 T27 – 1st Stage The Players Club Winner 
George BLOOR (ENG) -7 T33 – Top 90 2024 Challenge Tour Member
Ben HUTCHINSON (ENG) -6 T38 – 1st Stage Huddersfield GC England
Joe RETFORD (ENG) -5 T42 – 1st Stage The Players Club
Pablo ALPERI LÓPEZ (ESP) AM -2 T49 – 1st Winner Ebreichsdorf Austria Winner
Ashley CHESTERS (ENG) -1 T51 – 2024 DP World Tour Member
Daniel BROWN (ENG) Ev T54 – 1st Stage Millennium Golf Belgium
Marco FLORIOLI (ITA) TURNED PRO 9/24 Ev T54 – 1st Stage Golf Nazionale Italy
Nicola GERHARDSEN (SUI) TURNED PRO 9/24 Ev T54 – 1st Stage Ebreichsdorf Austria
Paul MADDY (ENG) Ev T54 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
James ASHFIELD (WAL) TURNED PRO 9/24 +2 T63 – Top 2 2024 Global Amateur Pathway Ranking
Harry GODDARD (ENG) +3 T65 – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC England
Ronan MULLARNEY (IRL) +4 68th – 1st Stage Golf de Léry Poses France
Callum BRUCE (SCO) +13 73rd – 1st Stage The Players Club
Charlie THORNTON (ENG) +8 WD after 54 holes T75 – 1st Stage The Players Club

Jonathan THOMSON (ENG) – 1st Stage Donnington Grove GC WD prior to the event due to illness.

Click here for the full – Golf Las Pinaillas Q-School Results

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Click here to view the official – DP World Tour Qualifying School Website

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APPENDIX

THE 2024 DP WORLD TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL SERIES

The DP World Tour (previously known as the European Tour) Qualifying School was first played in 1976, four years after the European Tour was founded. What started out as a 72 hole test has grown into potentially a 252 hole marathon.

Nowadays there are three stages of stroke play qualifying; First, Second and Final.

The 2024 European Tour Q-School entrance fee is £2,750 (2023: £2,500, 2022: £2,000, 2019: £1,800) with entries closed on 14th August 2024.

Male amateur golfers who are listed in positions 1-2,000 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) or have a handicap index of not more than +1.5 can enter.

Some entrants are exempted straight into Second Stage or Final Stage based on their past results and ranking.

From an amateur perspective, and subject to entering First Stage, exemptions into Second Stage are available to: –

• the leading 3 entrants as at 14th August 2024 to a limit of 20th place in the WAGR; and
• the leading 2 entrants as at 14th August 2024 to a limit of 10th place in the Global Amateur Ranking.

FIRST STAGE

First Stage consisted of nine 72 hole stroke play qualifying events.

Around 20% of each field, between 20-30 players, progressed from each event. The actual number of places were confirmed after all of the players had teed off on Day 1 of each qualifier. All players tied for the last qualifying position advanced to the Second Stage.

This year the DP World Tour introduced a 36 hole cut to First Stage removing players not within 12-shots of the final qualifying place. The 54 hole cut, where only players within 7-shots of the final qualifying place play the final round, also remained in place.

808 players competed in First Stage this year. This included 199 players from GB&I (24.6%) and 76 amateurs (9.4%). 190 of them progressed to Second Stage. 50 were from GB&I and 10 were amateurs.

For more information on this year’s First Stage please read – DP World Tour Q-School – 2024 First Stage Preview & Results

Here are links to all of the results from the First Stage events:-

27th-30th Aug 2024 1. GOLF NAZIONALE, SUTRI, ITALY – Golf Nazionale Q-School Results

27th-30th Aug 2024 2. THE PLAYERS CLUB, ENGLAND – The Players Club Q-School Results

3rd-6th Sept 2024 3. MILLENIUM GOLF, BELGIUM – Millennium Golf Q-School Results

3rd-6th Sept 2024 4. HUDDERSFIELD GC, ENGLAND – Huddersfield Q-School Results

10th-13th Sept 2024 5. ARLANDASTAD GOLF, SWEDEN – Arlandastad Q-School Results

11th-14th Sept 2024 6. GOLFCLUB SCHLOSS, AUSTRIA – Ebreichsdorf Q-School Results

17th-20th Sept 2024 7. DONNINGTON GROVE GC, ENGLAND – Donnington Grove Q-School Results

24th-28th Sept 2024 8. HORSENS GOLFKLUB, DENMARK – Horsens Q-School Results

24th-28th Sept 2024 9. GOLF DE LÉRY POSES, FRANCE – Golf de Léry Q-School Results

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SECOND STAGE

The Second Qualifying Stage consists of four separate 72-hole events.

31st October – 3rd November 2024

DESERT SPRINGS RESORT, ALMERIA, SPAIN – Desert Springs Q-School Results

FORTANALS GOLF CLUB, GIRONA, SPAIN – Fortanals Q-School Results

ISLA CANELA (LINKS COURSE), HUELVA, SPAIN – Isla Canela Q-School Results

GOLF LAS PINAILLAS, ALBACETE, SPAIN – Golf Las Pinaillas Q-School Results

The leading three amateur entrants – down from five last year – as at 14th August 2024 to a limit of 20th place in the WAGR were exempt from First Stage and could start their Q-School journeys at Second Stage. Bastian Amat (FRA), Wenyi Ding (CHN) and Jacob Skov Olesen (DEN) earned these exemptions.

The leading two amateur entrants as at 14th August 2024 to a limit of 10th place in the Global Amateur Pathway Ranking were also exempt from First Stage. James Ashfield (WAL) and Luis Masaveu (ESP) enjoyed these exemptions. Ashfield turned pro in late September 2024 ahead of Second Stage but retained his exemption.

There is no cut but players are able to withdrawal after each round if they wish to.

Sudden death play-offs are held to resolve ties at this Stage and provide an Alternates list.

The actual number of places available for Final Stage are again confirmed after all of the players have teed off on Day 1 of each event. Sudden death play-offs are held to resolve ties at this Stage.

FINAL STAGE

The Final Qualifying Stage consists of 108 holes on the Lakes and Hills Courses at Infinitum Golf, previously known as Lumine GC, in Tarragona, Spain.

8th-13th November 2024

INFINITUM, TARRAGONA, SPAIN

Infinitum replaced PGA Catalunya Resort in 2017 and will be hosting Final Stage for the sixth time this year. No Q-School was held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new 3 year contract through to 2027 was announced on 12th November 2024 which will see the Tarragona venue continue to stage the Finals.

156 players will play two rounds over each of the Lakes and Hills Courses. After these 72 holes the field will be cut to the leading 65 players and ties who will play a final 36 holes.

The leading 20 players (plus those tied for 20th place) – it has previously been the leading 25 players and ties – in the Final Stage competition will earn Conditional Membership of The DP World Tour (and fully exempt status on the Challenge Tour) for the 2025 season. On average the medalist receives 27 tournament starts whilst the 25th qualifier has receives 18.

Those who make the 72 hole cut but finish outside the Top 20 will also earn a membership category, albeit a lower one, on the DP World Tour (and Challenge Tour).

Players who miss the cut will be eligible for membership of the Challenge Tour.

Every player is ranked according to their finishing score, card count backs assisting in this process, and this ranking matters when it comes to future playing opportunities.

ME.

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