2nd November 2026
INTRODUCTION
The DP World Tour Q-School consists of three stages; First, Second and Final.
This post covers FINAL STAGE QUALIFYING which is being played at Infinitum Golf in Tarragona, Spain between the 6th-11th November.
My focus remains on the amateur players, the Great British & Irish (GB&I) professionals, any newly turned professionals from abroad and all of the 1st and 2nd Stage Q-School Winners.
Earlier articles have covered the ten FIRST STAGE and four SECOND STAGE events which have led us to this week’s FINAL STAGE.
156 players will battle over six rounds for a top 15 and ties finish and a place on the DP World Tour for the 2027 season.
The Final Results will be added to this article in due course.
More information on the whole 2026 Qualifying School can be found in the Appendix at the end of this article.
COMPETITION AND FIELD
156 players will play a total of six rounds or 108 holes over Infinitum’s two championship courses; the Lakes which plays 7,001 yards (par 71) and the Hills which following a recent renovation is slightly longer at 7,056 yards (par 72).
90 players – 80 qualifiers and 10 alternates as at 7.00pm on 2nd November – came through the four Second Stage competitions with the remaining 66 being exempted into Final Stage through their recent endeavours on the DP World and HotelPlanner Tours.
26 Great British & Irish (GB&I) players will be competing this week; 18 came through Second Stage with 8 being exempt.
4 amateurs have made it through to Final Stage this year.
After two rounds are played on both the Hills and Lakes courses (72 holes) the field will be cut to the leading 60 players and ties. The final 36 holes will then be played on the Lakes Course over the remaining two competition days.
Here is an alphabetical list of the 38 players that I am specifically following with details of their Q-School journeys so far: –
Great British & Irish (26)
Cameron ADAM (SCO) – EX DP World Tour 2025/26
George BLOOR (ENG) – HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26 / 2nd Las Pinaillas
Barclay BROWN (ENG) – EX HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26
Giles EVANS (ENG) – 1st Players Club / 2nd Fontanals Alt. 1
Ross FISHER (ENG) – EX DP World Tour 2025/26
Charlie FORSTER (ENG) – EX HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26
Daniel GAVINS (ENG) – EX DP World Tour Past Winner
Harry GODDARD (ENG) – 1st Huddersfield / 2nd Las Pinaillas
Jack HAWKSBY (ENG) – 1st Dunham Forest / 2nd Desert Springs
David HORSEY (ENG) – EX HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26
Gary HURLEY (IRL) – HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26 / 2nd Fontanals
Niall KEARNEY (IRL) – 1st Huddersfield / 2nd Las Pinaillas
Frank KENNEDY (ENG) – HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26 / 2nd Isla Canela
Tom LEWIS (ENG) – HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26 / 2nd Fontanals Alt. 2
Ryan LUMSDEN (SCO) – HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26 / 2nd Desert Springs
Ronan MULLARNEY (IRL) – 1st Dunham Forest / 2nd Isla Canela
Aidan O’HAGAN (SCO) – 1st Dunham Forest / 2nd Isla Canela
Max ORRIN (ENG) – 1st Players Club / 2nd Fontanals
Graeme ROBERTSON (SCO) – HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26 / 2nd Desert Springs
Ben SCHMIDT (ENG) – DP World Tour 2025/26 / 2nd Las Pinaillas
Jack SENIOR (ENG) – EX DP World Tour 2025/26
Oliver SULLIVAN (ENG) – 1st Huddersfield / 2nd Fontanals
Callum TARREN (ENG) – HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26 -12 20th, after play-off / 2nd Isla Canela
Thomas THURLOWAY (ENG) – 1st The Northumberland / 2nd Isla Canela
Dale WHITNELL (ENG) – EX DP World Tour Past Winner
Jack YULE (ENG) – HotelPlanner Tour 2025/26 / 2nd Desert Springs
Overseas (14)
Ahmad BAIG (PAK) – 1st G&CC Seddiner See / 2nd Desert Springs Winner
Paul BEAUVY (FRA) TURNED PRO 10/26 – 1st France du Vaudreuil Winner / 2nd Fontanals
Albert BONETA (ESP) – 1st Fredrikshavn / 2nd Las Pinaillas Winner
John GRECO (USA) – 1st GC Schloss Ebreichsdorf Winner / 2nd Las Pinaillas
Dean GREYSERMAN (USA) AM – Global Amateur Pathway / 2nd Fontanals
Jerry JI (NED) – 1st Fredrikshavn / 2nd Isla Canela Winner
Philipp KATICH (GER) – 1st Players Club Winner / 2nd Las Pinaillas
Michael MJAASETH (DEN) – 1st Huddersfield Winner / 2nd Isla Canela
David NYFJALL (SWE) – 1st The Northumberland Winner / 2nd Las Pinaillas
Segundo OLIVA PINTO (ARG) AM – Global Amateur Pathway / 2nd Desert Springs
Mateo PULCINI (ARG) AM – 1st France du Vaudreuil / 2nd Fontanals
Anthony QUAYLE (AUS) – DP World Tour 2025/26 / 2nd Fontanals Winner
Nevill RUITER (NED) – 1st Arlandastad Winner / 2nd Isla Canela
Nathan WANG (USA) AM – 1st Stage France du Vaudreuil / 2nd Stage Fontanals
EX – Exempt Into Final Stage
PRIZES
Players finishing in the The top 15 and ties will earn conditional membership (Category 18) on the DP World Tour and fully exempt status on the HotelPlanner Tour for the 2027 season.
Players making the cut and finishing lower than 15th will earn conditional membership (Category 21) on the DP World Tour and fully exempt (Category 5) status on the HotelPlanner Tour for the 2027 season.
Players who make the 72 hole cut and finish between 15th and 40th place (inc. ties) are eligible for Category 9 membership of the HotelPlanner Tour in 2027.
Players who make the 72 hole cut but finish outside the Top 40 (inc. ties) are eligible for Category 13 membership of the HotelPlanner Tour in 2027.
Each player will be ranked according to their final results with ties resolved by card play-off. For those that make the cut the initial focus will be on the best last 18 holes, then best last 36 holes and then the best 3rd or 4th round over the Lakes Course.
This finishing position ranking is important as it can make a big difference to the number of Tour starts recevied.
Infinitum – 18th hole, Hills Course (Photo: http://www.infinitumliving.com)
APPENDIX
THE 2026 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 2026 European Tour Q-School entrance fee has been maintained at £2,750 (2024 & ’23: £2,500, 2022: £2,000, 2019: £1,800) with entries closed on 11th August 2026.
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 +2.5 can enter (in 2024 this was +1.5).
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 11th August 2026 to a limit of 20th place in the WAGR; and
- the leading 3 entrants (increased from 2 in 2025) as at 11th August 2026 to a limit of 10th place in the Global Amateur Ranking.
FIRST STAGE
First Stage consists of ten 72 hole stroke play qualifying events.
Around 20% of each field, normally 15-30 players, progress from each event. The actual number of places are confirmed after all the players have teed off on Day 1 of each qualifier.
The DP World Tour introduced a 36 hole cut to First Stage in 2023. Originally it removed players not within 12-shots of the projected final qualifying place but since 2025 this has been tightened to 10 shots.
Any ties for the final qualifying place at the end of play proceed too.
Here are links to all of the results from the First Stage events:-
25th-28th August 2026 1. GOLF PGA FRANCE DU VAUDREUIL, FRANCE – Results
25th-28th August 2026 2. THE PLAYERS CLUB, BRISTOL, ENGLAND – Results
1st-4th September 2026 3. HULENCOURT, BELGIUM – Results
2nd-5th September 2026 4. HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND – Results
8th-11th September 2026 5. GOLF-UND-COUNTRY CLUB SEDDINER SEE, GERMANY – Results
8th-11th September 2026 6. THE NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND – Results
15th-18th September 2026 7. ARLANDASTAD GOLF, SWEDEN – Results
15th-18th September 2026 8. DUNHAM FOREST G&CC, ENGLAND – Results
21st-24th September 2026 9. GOLFCLUB SCHLOSS EBREICHSDORF, AUSTRIA – Results
22nd-25th September 2026 10. FREDRIKSHAVN GOLFKLUB, DENMARK – Results
SECOND STAGE
The Second Qualifying Stage consists of four separate 72-hole events with c.78 players competing at each one.
29th October-1st November 2026
DESERT SPRINGS RESORT, ALMERIA, SPAIN – Results
FORTANALS GOLF CLUB, GIRONA, SPAIN – Results
ISLA CANELA (LINKS COURSE), HUELVA, SPAIN – Results
GOLF LAS PINAILLAS, ALBACETE, SPAIN – Results
There is no cut but players are able to withdrawal after each round if they wish to.
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.
6th-11th November 2025
INFINITUM, TARRAGONA, SPAIN
Infinitum replaced PGA Catalunya Resort in 2017 and will be hosting Final Stage for the eighth 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 60 players and ties who will play a final 36 holes.
The leading 15 players (plus those tied for 15th place) in the Final Stage competition will earn Category 18 membership of The DP World Tour (and fully exempt Category 5 status on the HotelPlanner Tour) for the 2027 season. In 2025 the medalist had 21 tournament playing opportunities whilst the 20th qualifier had just 9.
Those who make the 72 hole cut but finish outside the Top 15 and ties but within the leading 40 players and ties will earn Category 9 status on the HotelPlanner Tour for the 2027 season. Other player who make the cut but finish beyond 40th place and ties will be eligible for Category 15 membership on the HotelPlanner tour next year.
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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