28th August 2023 (Updated 6th October 2023)
I am following all of the amateur players as well as the Great British & Irish professionals through the 2023 DP World Tour Qualifying School series.
Q-School consists of three stages, First, Second and Final.
This article covers FIRST STAGE QUALIFYING which started on 29th August and ends on 6th October 2023.
Additional articles will be written to cover the SECOND STAGE and FINAL STAGE in due course.
Four Second Stage events will be played in Spain on 2nd – 5th November.
Final Stage will be played at Infinitum Golf in Spain on 10th – 15th November where 156 players will battle over six rounds for a top 25 and ties finish and a place on the DP World Tour for the 2024 season.
More information on the 2023 Qualifying School can be found in the Appendix at the end of this article.
FIRST STAGE
First Stage consisted of nine 72 hole stroke play qualifying events split into six Sections, A, B, C, D, E and F.
The number of players advancing from each First Stage tournament is based on field size and calculated on a pro rata basis (i.e. approximately the same percentage from each tournament progressed). All players tied for the the last qualifying position at the conclusion of play 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.
There were 70 amateur entries with 17 (24%) of these successful.
Here is a list of the events, in reverse chronological order, showing how all of the players that I am interested faired plus the medalists: –
3rd – 6th October 2023
9. SECTION F – GOLF DE MOLIETS, FRANCE
Qualifying Spots: 19th Place and Ties
Entries – 107 players (inc. 9 amateurs) started with 20 qualifying (inc. 4 amateurs)
Click here for the full – Golf de Moliets Q-School Results
Qualified
Aram YENIDJEIAN (ARG) -14 1st WINNER
Maxime LEGROS (FRA) AM -13 T2
Oliver ROBERTS (SCO) -10 6th
Clément CHARMASSON (FRA) AM -9 T7
Nathan LEGENDRE (FRA) AM -9 T7
Matt ROBERTS (WAL) AM -9 T7
Kieran CANTLEY (SCO) -9 T7
Niall KEARNEY (IRL) -8 T11
Ben EVANS (ENG) -8 T11
Jake AYRES (ENG) -7 T15
Ben SCHMIDT (ENG) -7 T15
Did Not Qualify
John HENRY (SCO) -4 T28
Stuart GREHAN (IRL) -4 T28
Tim RICE (IRL) -4 T28
Michael YOUNG (IRL) Ev T44
Stephen GRANT (IRL) AM +1 T47
Max MARTIN (ENG) +2 50th
Liam WALDRON (SCO) +3 T51
Daniel KAY (SCO) MC 54h
Arron EDWARDS-HILL (ENG) TURNED PRO 8/23 MC 54h
Christos PANTAZIDIS (GRE) AM MC 54h
Morgan JACKSON (ENG) MC 54h
Paul HENDRIKSEN (ENG) MC 54h
Cormac SHARVIN (N.I.) MC 54h
Antoine BACHELIER (FRA) AM MC 54h
John WILDING (ENG) MC 54h
Campbell GIBSON (SCO) MC 54h
Thomas LE FLOHIC (FRA) AM MC 36h
Danny DANIELS (ENG) MC 36h
Alfie HALIL (ENG) MC 36h
Thomas COLOMBEL (FRA) AM MC 36h
Alex WALKER (ENG) MC 36h
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26th – 29th September 2023
8. SECTION E – ROYAL OAK GOLF CLUB, DENMARK
Qualifying Spots: 18th Place and Ties
Entries – 95 players (inc. 4 amateurs) started with 26 qualifying (inc. 1 amateurs)
Click here for the full – Royal Oak Q-School Results
Qualified
Anton ALBERS (GER) -17 1st WINNER
Callum MCNEILL (SCO) -13 T5
Bailey GILL (ENG) -12 T9
Jacob AGERSCHOU (DEN) AM -10 T17
Conor O’ROURKE (IRL) -10 T17
James ROSS (SCO) -10 T17
Tom SLOMAN (ENG) -10 T17
Did Not Qualify
Graeme ROBERTSON (SCO) -8 T28
Dillon WEST (ENG) -7 T36
Hugh FOLEY (IRL) AM -6 T41
Michael BULLEN (ENG) -5 T44
Craig ROSS (SCO) -4 49th
Tom GANDY (I.o.M.) -3 T50
Richard WALLIS (ENG) -3 T50
Jake HAPGOOD (WAL) +1 57th
Rowan LESTER (IRL) MC 54h
Liam GREHAN (IRL) MC 54h
Paul KINNEAR (ENG) MC 54h
Juan Ramón AMADOR CLARK (ESP) AM MC 54h
Jack SINGH BRAR (ENG) MC 36h
Liam MURRAY (ENG) MC 36h
Joseph STOCK (ENG) MC 36h
Fabius WENZLAWEK (GER) AM MC 36h
Darren MCHALE (IRL) MC 36h
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19th – 22nd September 2023
7. SECTION D – DONNINGTON GROVE GOLF CLUB, ENGLAND
Qualifying Spots: 19th Place and Ties
Entries – 103 players (inc. 11 amateurs) started with 24 qualifying (inc. 3 amateurs)
Click here for the full – Donnington Grove Q-School Results
Qualified
Angel AYORA (ESP) AM -15 1st WINNER
Jake MCGOLDRICK (ENG) -10 T2
Sandy SCOTT (SCO) -10 T2
David DIXON (ENG) -9 T6
Luke JOY (ENG) -9 T6
Jack AINSCOUGH (ENG) -7 T9
Joe DEAN (ENG) -7 T9
Daniel SMITH (ENG) -7 T9
Joshua BERRY (ENG) AM -6 T13
Joe BROOKS (ENG) -6 T13
Joe HERATY (ENG) -6 T13
Marc BOUCHER (IRL) AM -5 T17
Christian BROWN (ENG) -5 T17
Gavin HAY (SCO) -5 T17
Paul MADDY (ENG) -5 T17
George MASON (ENG) -5 T17
Did Not Qualify
Samuel BYFORD (ENG) -4 T25
Angus FLANAGAN (ENG) -4 T25
Robert HARRHY (ENG) -4 T25
Lewis SCOTT (ENG) -4 T25
Jonathan YATES (IRL) -4 T25
Luis MASAVEU (ESP) AM -3 T32
Billy MCKENZIE (ENG) -3 T32
Ryan EVANS (ENG) -2 T34
Kris KIM (ENG) AM -2 T34
Ben AMOR (ENG) -1 37th
Finbar KANE (ENG) Ev T38
Bradley NEIL (SCO) Ev T38
Alejandro AGUILERA (ESP) AM +1 T43
Zach CHEGWIDDEN (ENG) AM +1 T43
Nick MARSH (ENG) +1 T43
Bradley MOORE (ENG) +2 T48
Taylor PAUL (ENG) +2 T48
Corey SHEPPARD (ENG) +2 T48
Finigan TILLY (USA / ENG) +2 T48
Ashton TURNER (ENG) +2 T48
Piers BERRINGTON (ENG) +3 T54
Paul NESSLING (ENG) +3 T54
Ben CARPENTER (USA) AM +4 T57
Charlie THORNTON (ENG) +5 T60
Ryan BROOKS (ENG) +6 T61
Lucas SCHERF (USA) AM MC 54h
Adam BATTY (ENG) MC 54h
Greg DALZIEL (SCO) MC 54h
Rob BRAZILL (IRL) AM MC 54h
Oliver SULLIVAN (ENG) MC 54h
Ben HUTCHINSON (ENG) MC 54h
Jevann PARMAR (ENG) MC 54h
Max SMITH (ENG) MC 54h
Taylor CARTER (ENG) MC 54h
Jack SOUTH (ENG) MC 54h
Curtis GRIFFITHS (ENG) MC 54h
Sam WESTWOOD (ENG) MC 54h
Tom BEASLEY (ENG) MC 54h
Adam WINTER (ENG) MC 54h
Jake BOLTON (ENG) MC 54h
Alistair WADDELL (ENG) MC 54h
Nathan LONGLEY (ENG) MC 54h
Jason MCGUINNESS (ENG) MC 54h
Ruairi O’CONNOR (IRL) AM MC 54h
Ryan TATTAN (ENG) MC 54h
Monty SCOWSILL (ENG) RTD 54h
Jack DYER (ENG) MC 36h
Scott BROWN (ENG) MC 36h
Lucas HECHLER (ENG) MC 36h
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19th – 22nd September 2023
6. SECTION D – BOGOGNO GOLF RESORT (CONTE COURSE), ITALY
Qualifying Spots: 19th Place and Ties
Entries – 112 players (inc. 6 amateurs) started with 22 qualifying (inc. 2 amateur).
Click here for the full – Bogogno Q-School Results
TOURNAMENT SHORTENED TO 36 HOLES DUE TO HEAVY RAIN
Qualified
Joel MOSCATEL NACHSHON (ESP) -6 1st WINNER
Julien PALTRINIERI (ITA) AM -5 T3
Pietro BOVARI (ITA) AM -5 T13
Did Not Qualify
David RUDD (SCO) -4 T23
Tom BEVINGTON (ENG) -2 T33
Curtis KNIPES (ENG) +1 T55
Ruben LAFUENTE MONTESA (ESP) AM +1 T55
Flavio MICHETTI (ITA) AM +1 T55
Matheo DOUESSY (FRA) AM +4 T82
Connor WORSDALL (ENG) +5 T87
Zak KARKALETSOS (ENG) +6 T94
Daniel FACCINI (COL) AM +6 T94
Simon BRYAN (IRL) MC 54h
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13th – 16th September 2023
5. SECTION C – GOLFCLUB SCHLOSS EBREICHSDORF, AUSTRIA
Qualifying Spots: 22th Place and Ties
Entries – 118 players (inc. 17 amateurs) started with 28 qualifying (inc. 3 amateurs).
Click here for the full – Schloss Ebreichsdorf Q-School Results
Qualified
Brandon KEWALRAMANI (USA) -17 1st JOINT WINNER
George TOONE (ENG) -17 1st JOINT WINNER
Alex MAGUIRE (IRL) AM -14 T6
Jack YULE (ENG) -14 T6
Calum FYFE (SCO) -13 T10
David HAGUE (ENG) -13 T10
Darren HOWIE (SCO) -13 T10
Ronan KLEU (SUI) TURNED PRO 7/23 -13 T10
Harry ELLIS (ENG) -12 T16
Mark POWER (IRL) TURNED PRO 9/23 -12 T16
Jan SCHNEIDER (GER) AM -11 T22
Malte VON BLANKENFELD (GER) AM -11 T22
Did Not Qualify
William HARROLD (ENG) -10 T29
Olly HUGGINS (ENG) -9 T33
Gary KING (ENG) -9 T33
Nils DOBRUNZ (GER) AM -6 T40
Thomas LECOMTE (SUI) AM -5 T42
Jamie SAVAGE (SCO) -4 T47
Scott HENRY (SCO) -3 T51
Thomas THURLOWAY (ENG) -2 T54
Nicola GERHARDSEN (SUI) AM MC 54h
Charlie KELLY (IRL) AM MC 54h
Martin OBTMEIER (GER) AM MC 54h
Florian SCHWEIGHOFER (AUT) AM MC 54h
Will ROEBUCK (ENG) MC 54h
Daniel CROFT (ENG) MC 54h
Peter O’KEEFFE (IRL) AM MC 54h
Mel LÖTSCHER (SUI) AM MC 54h
Alessandro NODARI (ITA) AM WD 36h
Richard SARKOZI (HUN) AM MC 36h
Harrison WOAN (ENG) MC 36h
Philipp MACIONGA (GER) AM MC 36h
Segundo OLIVA PINTO (ARG) AM MC 36h
Hakon Orn MAGNUSSON (ISL) AM MC 36h
Qi Wen WONG (SGP) AM MC 36h
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12th – 15th September 2023
4. SECTION C – ARLANDASTAD GOLF (MASTERS COURSE), SWEDEN
Qualifying Spots: 19th Place and Ties
Entries – 104 players (inc. 3 amateurs) started with 26 qualifying (inc. 1 amateurs).
Click here for the full – Arlandastad Q-School Results
Qualified
Jakob HANSSON (SWE) -21 1st WINNER
Aldrich POTGIETER (RSA) -10 T5
Eric MCINTOSH (SCO) -7 T8
Oliver CHESTERMAN (ENG) -4 T15
Luke HARRIES (WAL) -4 T15
James ASHFIELD (WAL) AM -3 T19
Jordan GODWIN (ENG) -3 T19
Did Not Qualify
JR GALBRAITH (N.I.) -2 T27
Thomas SPREADBOROUIGH (ENG) -2 T27
Rory FRANSSEN (SCO) +1 T37
Gavin MOYNIHAN (IRL) +1 T37
Chris MACLEAN (SCO) +2 T43
Jack MALONE (ENG) +6 T56
Zak MORGAN (ENG) +9 T59
Jesse SAAREKS (FIN) AM +10 61st
Harvey BYERS (ENG) MC 54h
Alex WRIGLEY (ENG) MC 54h
Kevin PHELAN (IRL) MC 54h
Antti PASANEN (FIN) AM MC 54h
Adam HARRIS (ENG) MC 36h
Louis BOSTON (ENG) MC 36h
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5th – 8th September 2023
3. SECTION B – MILLENNIUM GOLF CLUB, BELGIUM
Qualifying Spots: 19th Place and Ties
Entries – 100 players (inc. 12 amateurs) started with 23 qualifying (inc. 1 amateurs).
Click here for the full – Millennium Q-School Results
Qualified
Franck DAUX (FRA) -21 1st WINNER
Connor MCKINNEY (AUS) -20 2nd
Owen EDWARDS (WAL) -15 T8
Jack HAWKSBY (ENG) -15 T8
James RUTH (ENG) -14 T11
Maxence GIBOUDOT (FRA) AM -13 T16
Paul MCBRIDE (IRL) -13 T16
Sam LOCKE (SCO) -12 T18
Did Not Qualify
Jordan LOFT (ENG) -11 T24
Cameron RAYMOND (IRL) -11 T24
Russell CHRYSTIE (ENG) -10 T28
Charles WEIS (LUX) AM -10 T28
Frank KENNEDY (ENG) TURNED PRO 6/23 -8 T39
Jacob OAKLEY (ENG) -8 T39
Laird SHEPHERD (ENG) -8 T39
Jack HARRISON (ENG) -7 T44
Justin GRONDAHL (USA) AM -6 T48
Daniel BROWN (ENG) -4 T52
Jamie DICK (ENG) -4 T52
Mason ESSAM (ENG) AM -3 T55
Luke GODDARD (ENG) -2 T57
Campbell WOLF (USA) AM -2 T57
Tom JORDAN (ENG) +3 63rd
Connor BELL (ENG) AM MC 54h
Harry GODDARD (ENG) MC 54h
Issa ABOU EL ELA (EGP) AM MC 54h
George ASH (ENG) AM MC 54h
Jamie CLARE (ENG) MC 54h
Tom GUEANT (FRA) AM MC 54h
Richie O’DONOVAN (IRL) MC 54h
Max BRACKLEY (ENG) MC 54h
Alexis-André KASUM (GER) AM MC 54h
Hlynur BERGSSION (ISL) AM +7 MC 36h
Will FARLEY (ENG) +8 MC 36h
Matthew Lloyd TRAVIS (ENG) AM RTD
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29th August – 1st September 2023
2. SECTION A – THE PLAYERS CLUB (CODRINGTON COURSE), ENGLAND
Qualifying Spots: 19th Place and Ties
Entries – 100 players started (inc. 7 amateurs) with 19 qualifying (inc. 2 amateurs)
Click here for the full – The Players Q-School Results
Qualified
Robert DINWIDDIE (ENG) -8 1st WINNER
Mitch WAITE (ENG) -4 T2
Callum FARR (ENG) -4 T2
Joe RETFORD (ENG) -3 T4
Nick MCCARTHY (ENG) -2 6th
Giles EVANS (ENG) -1 7th
Callum BRUCE (SCO) +2 T10
James FRAZER (WAL) +2 T10
Rob MORAN (IRL) AM +2 T10
Ben FIRTH (ENG) +3 T14
Jordan WRISDALE (ENG) +4 T17
Sam JONES (NZL) AM +4 T17
Luca HOULGATE (ENG) +4 T17
Did Not Qualify
Jack COPE (ENG) +5 T20
James WILSON (ENG) +5 T20
Joe LONG (ENG) +5 T20
Ben ROBINSON (ENG) +5 T20
Matthew HIBBS (ENG) +5 T20
Robbie MORRISON (SCO) +5 T20
Daniel MULLIGAN (IRL) +6 T28
Ryan CORNFIELD (ENG) +6 T28
Tom PLUMB (ENG) +6 T28
Rory SMITH (SCO) +6 T28
Max ORRIN (ENG) +6 T28
Dev MORLEY (IRL) +7 T28
Jamie HOWARTH (ENG) +8 T39
Joseph QUINN (ENG) +9 T41
Adam CHAPMAN (ENG) +10 T44
Paul MURPHY (IRL) +10 T44
Robbie BUSHER (ENG) +10 T44
John PATERSON (SCO) TURNED PRO 8/23 +11 T48
Sam BROADHURST (ENG) +11 T48
Jack MADDEN (IRL) TURNED PRO 6/23 +11 T48
James COOPER (ENG) +12 T53
Sam HESSIAN (ENG) +17 T61
Harry BEAVAN (ENG) MC 54h
Joseph HANNEY (IRL) MC 54h
Jake BURNAGE (ENG) MC 54h
Adam WOOLLEY (ENG) MC 54h
Joshua ASHTON (ENG) AM MC 54h
Louis GAUGHAN (SCO) MC 54h
Luke DONNELLY (IRL) MC 54h
Haider HUSSAIN (ENG) MC 54h
Tom NORTH (ENG) MC 54h
Alfredo CURBISHLEY (ENG) MC 54h
Charlie STRICKLAND (ENG) MC 54h
Brian NIELSON (USA) AM MC 54h
Nikolas TYMINSKI (POL) AM MC 54h
Narendra YONJAN (ENG) MC 54h
Will PERCIVAL (ENG) MC 54h
Nicholas ADAMS (ENG) MC 54h
Humza RAFIQUE (ENG) MC 54h
Oliver LEWIS (ENG) AM MC 36h
James BIGGS (ENG) MC 36h
Nicholas TAYLOR (ENG) MC 36h
Owen BENSON (ENG) MC 36h
Connor PENNING (ENG) MC 36h
Elan HARRIS (USA) AM DQ
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29th August – 1st September 2023
1. SECTION A – ROSEBUD COUNTRY CLUB (NORTH COURSE), AUSTRALIA
Qualifying Spots: 4th Place and Ties
Entries – 23 players started (inc. 1 amateurs) with 4 qualifying (inc. 0 amateurs).
Click here for the full – Rosebud Q-School Results
Qualified
Matias SANCHEZ (AUS) -4 1st WINNER
Did Not Qualify
Josh GREER (AUS) TURNED PRO 8/23 +8 T11
Adam BRADY (AUS) TURNED PRO 8/23 +16 16th
Peter LYON (AUS) AM MC 36h
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Click here to view the official – DP World Tour 2023 Qualifying School Website
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APPENDIX
THE 2023 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 2023 European Tour Q-School entrance fee was £2,500 (2022: £2,000, 2019: £1,800) with entries closed on 16th August 2023..
Male amateur golfers with a handicap below 0.4 (i.e. scratch) and who have appeared in positions 1-2,000 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) in 2023 can enter.
Some entrants are exempted straight into Second Stage or Final Stage based on their past results and ranking.
From an amateur perspective the leading 5 entrants to First Stage as at 17th August 2022 to a limit of 20th place in the WAGR are fast-tracked straight into Second Stage.
FIRST STAGE
First Stage consists of nine 72 hole stroke play qualifying events split into six Sections, A, B, C, D, E and F.
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.
A 54-hole cut, where players need to be within 7 shots of the final allocated qualifying place, reduces the field for the final round. Ties for the final qualifying place at the end of play proceed too.
SECOND STAGE
The Second Qualifying Stage consists of four separate 72-hole events.
2nd – 5th November 2023
DESERT SPRINGS RESORT, ALMERIA, SPAIN
ISLA CANELA (LINKS COURSE), HUELVA, SPAIN
GOLF LAS PINAILLAS, ALBACETE, SPAIN
FORTANALS GOLF CLUB, GIRONA, SPAIN
The leading five entrants as at 16th August 2023 to a limit of 20th place in the WAGR are exempt from First Stage and can start their Q-School journeys at Second Stage.
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 Infinity Golf, previously known as Lumine GC, in Tarragona, Spain.
11th – 16th November 2023
INFINITUM, TARRAGONA, SPAIN
Infinitum replaced PGA Catalunya Resort in 2017 and will be hosting Final Stage for the fifth time this year. No Q-School was held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The current 3 year contract with the Spanish venue to stage the Finals expires in 2024.
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 70 players and ties who will play a final 36 holes.
The leading 25 players (plus those tied for 25th place) in the Final Stage competition will earn Conditional Membership of The DP World Tour (and fully exempt status on the Challenge Tour) for the 2024 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 25 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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