The 2019 European Tour Qualifying School graduates were determined following the conclusion of the 2019 European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage which was played 15–20 November at Lumine Golf Club in Tarragona, Spain. It was the 44th edition of the European Tour Qualifying School. The top 25 and ties (28 in total) earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour, with the remaining players who finished outside the top 25 and ties, but having made the 72-hole cut, earning status to play on the 2020 Challenge Tour.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15–20 November 2019 |
| Location | Tarragona, Spain 41°04′44″N 1°09′43″E / 41.079°N 1.162°E |
| Course(s) | Lumine Golf Club (Lakes & Hills Courses) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour (unofficial event) |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 (L) 72 (H) |
| Length | 6,909 yards (6,318 m) (L) 6,975 yards (6,378 m) (H) |
| Field | 156, 77 after cut |
| Cut | 282 (−4) |
| Champion | |
 Benjamin Poke | |
| 403 (−25) | |
| Location map | |
Benjamin Poke won the event, scoring a six-round total of 403 (25 under par).[1]
Graduates who went on to win on the European Tour in 2020 and 2021,[a] included Rasmus Højgaard at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in December 2019,[4] the 2020 ISPS Handa UK Championship[5] and the 2021 Omega European Masters.[6] Sami Välimäki also won the Oman Open in 2020.[7] 2021 victories included Marcus Armitage at the Porsche European Open,[8] Jonathan Caldwell at the Scandinavian Mixed[9] and Johannes Veerman at the D+D Real Czech Masters.[10]
Results
editThe top 25 players (including ties) earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour. They were as follows:[11]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Poke | 67-67-69-67-69-64=403 | −25 |
| 2 | Grégory Havret | 68-70-71-66-68-66=409 | −19 |
| 3 | Alejandro Cañizares | 66-71-74-64-68-67=410 | −18 |
| 4 | Shiv Chawrasia | 69-66-71-67-69-69=411 | −17 |
| T5 | Rasmus Højgaard | 73-68-71-68-66-66=412 | −16 |
| Laurie Canter | 68-71-70-70-66-67=412 | ||
| Aaron Cockerill | 73-66-69-67-68-69=412 | ||
| T8 | Robin Sciot-Siegrist | 68-71-72-67-67-68=413 | −15 |
| Carlos Pigem | 71-66-73-66-69-68=413 | ||
| Choi Jin-ho | 68-72-69-64-70-70=413 | ||
| Adrien Saddier | 68-72-67-67-68-71=413 | ||
| Sami Välimäki | 67-68-73-65-68-72=413 | ||
| T13 | Johannes Veerman | 74-74-67-67-66-66=414 | −14 |
| Garrick Porteous | 70-71-70-68-68-67=414 | ||
| Jake McLeod | 70-69-68-70-67-70=414 | ||
| Marcus Armitage | 68-72-69-65-69-71=414 | ||
| T17 | Sihwan Kim | 73-70-68-71-70-63=415 | −13 |
| Pedro Figueiredo | 68-70-69-71-71-66=415 | ||
| Jonathan Caldwell | 71-69-72-67-69-67=415 | ||
| Bradley Dredge | 70-71-69-69-69-67=415 | ||
| Dave Coupland | 69-71-71-67-69-68=415 | ||
| Darren Fichardt | 71-72-68-71-64-69=415 | ||
| Lars van Meijel | 69-71-65-70-71-69=415 | ||
| Toby Tree | 67-67-72-68-69-72=415 | ||
| T25 | Rikard Karlberg | 72-70-71-69-68-66=416 | −12 |
| Niklas Lemke | 67-70-72-72-69-66=416 | ||
| Dale Whitnell | 69-70-73-66-70-68=416 | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | 66-72-75-65-69-69=416 |
The following players made the 72 hole cut, however finished outside the top 25 and ties, therefore earning status to play on the 2020 Challenge Tour.[11]
- Jarryd Felton (T29)
- Daniel Young (T29)
- Tom Gandy (T29)
- Wilco Nienaber (T29)
- Hurly Long (T29)
- Craig Howie (T34)
- Matthieu Fenasse (T34)
- Steven Tiley (T34)
- Lorenzo Scalise (T34)
- Philip Eriksson (T38)
- Marcel Siem (T38)
- Wil Besseling (T38)
- Robin Petersson (T38)
- Nicolai von Dellingshausen (T38)
- Marcel Schneider (T38)
- Gavin Moynihan (T44)
- Bryce Easton (T44)
- Louis de Jager (T44)
- Hugo León (T44)
- David Dixon (T44)
- Niall Kearney (T44)
- Robbie van West (T44)
- Anton Karlsson (T51)
- John Catlin (T51)
- Marc Warren (T51)
- Matthew Baldwin (T51)
- Janne Kaske (T51)
- Nicolai Højgaard (T51)
- Kim Min-kyu (T57)
- Daniel Gavins (T57)
- Ewen Ferguson (T57)
- Jordan Wrisdale (T57)
- José-Filipe Lima (T57)
- Stanislav Matuš (T62)
- Jesper Sandborg (T62)
- Garrick Higgo (T62)
- Dimitrios Papadatos (T65)
- Euan Walker (T65)
- Aron Zemmer (67)
- Thomas Linard (T68)
- Ben Stow (T68)
- Ugo Coussaud (T68)
- Pedro Oriol (T68)
- Deyen Lawson (72)
- Lee Tae-hee (73)
- Berry Henson (74)
- Gary Stal (75)
- Chase Hanna (76)
- J. C. Ritchie (WD)
Graduates
edit| Place | Player | Career ET starts |
Cuts made |
Best finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Poke[b] | 1 | 0 | CUT |
| 2 | Grégory Havret | 507 | 296 | Win (x3) |
| 3 | Alejandro Cañizares | 315 | 214 | Win (x2) |
| 4 | Shiv Chawrasia | 239 | 97 | Win (x4) |
| T5 | Rasmus Højgaard[b] | 3 | 0 | CUT |
| T5 | Laurie Canter | 70 | 33 | T14 |
| T5 | Aaron Cockerill[b] | 3 | 2 | T19 |
| T8 | Robin Sciot-Siegrist[b] | 4 | 2 | T39 |
| T8 | Carlos Pigem | 81 | 35 | T5 |
| T8 | Choi Jin-ho | 51 | 29 | T2 |
| T8 | Adrien Saddier | 92 | 53 | 4th |
| T8 | Sami Välimäki[b] | 1 | 0 | CUT |
| T13 | Johannes Veerman[c] | 25 | 13 | 4th |
| T13 | Garrick Porteous[c] | 30 | 11 | T9 |
| T13 | Jake McLeod | 33 | 20 | T8 |
| T13 | Marcus Armitage | 37 | 16 | T10 |
| T17 | Sihwan Kim | 67 | 37 | 3rd |
| T17 | Pedro Figueiredo | 49 | 20 | T23 |
| T17 | Jonathan Caldwell | 16 | 5 | T31 |
| T17 | Bradley Dredge | 481 | 319 | Win (x2) |
| T17 | Dave Coupland[b] | 6 | 1 | T11 |
| T17 | Darren Fichardt | 380 | 215 | Win (x5) |
| T17 | Lars van Meijel[b] | 3 | 0 | CUT |
| T17 | Toby Tree[b] | 13 | 6 | T14 |
| T25 | Rikard Karlberg | 146 | 80 | Win |
| T25 | Niklas Lemke | 52 | 22 | 3rd |
| T25 | Dale Whitnell[b] | 11 | 5 | T4 |
| T25 | Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | 188 | 101 | T2 |
2020 and 2021 European Tour results
edit| Player | 2020 European Tour | 2021 European Tour | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
R2D rank |
Points | Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
R2D rank |
Points | |
| Benjamin Poke | 22 | 10 | T17 | 180 | 133 | 22 | 8 | T7 | 182 | 140 |
| Grégory Havret | 13 | 7 | T21 | 203 | 78 | 14 | 3 | T45 | 240 | 36 |
| Alejandro Cañizares | 21 | 10 | T6 | 132 | 251 | 24 | 15 | 3rd/T3 (x2) | 98 | 502 |
| Shiv Chawrasia | 7 | 3 | T25 | 216 | 63 | 13 | 4 | T15 | 237 | 40 |
| Rasmus Højgaard | 19 | 10 | Win (x2) | 16 | 1,271 | 19 | 14 | Win | 35 | 1,124 |
| Laurie Canter | 17 | 12 | 2nd/T2 (x2) | 19 | 1,113 | 22 | 14 | T2 | 24 | 1,363 |
| Aaron Cockerill | 21 | 14 | T4 | 118 | 291 | 22 | 12 | T17 | 152 | 236 |
| Robin Sciot-Siegrist | 18 | 9 | T3 (x2) | 123 | 281 | 21 | 11 | T12 | 169 | 184 |
| Carlos Pigem | 20 | 10 | T5 | 193 | 104 | 22 | 6 | T47 | 230 | 54 |
| Choi Jin-ho | 2 | 0 | CUT | 0 | 0 | DNP | ||||
| Adrien Saddier | 20 | 9 | 3rd | 94 | 391 | 19 | 7 | T7 | 170 | 182 |
| Sami Välimäki | 19 | 14 | Win | 11 | 1,553 | 22 | 9 | T21 | 159 | 208 |
| Johannes Veerman | 19 | 15 | T4 | 78 | 447 | 22 | 13 | Win | 31 | 1,217 |
| Garrick Porteous | 19 | 7 | T4 | 145 | 204 | 23 | 13 | T10 | 151 | 240 |
| Jake McLeod | 15 | 7 | 6th | 172 | 146 | 16 | 3 | T47 | 261 | 19 |
| Marcus Armitage | 23 | 18 | 3rd | 57 | 649 | 25 | 19 | Win | 42 | 1,050 |
| Sihwan Kim | 11 | 7 | T9 | 191 | 111 | 22 | 13 | T10 (x2) | 138 | 282 |
| Pedro Figueiredo | 19 | 10 | T17 | 183 | 123 | 22 | 7 | T10 | 199 | 107 |
| Jonathan Caldwell | 21 | 14 | T5 | 113 | 310 | 26 | 14 | Win | 95 | 515 |
| Bradley Dredge | 2 | 0 | CUT | 6 | 3 | T28 | 235 | 42 | ||
| Dave Coupland | 18 | 13 | T9 | 150 | 194 | 21 | 9 | T3 | 136 | 296 |
| Darren Fichardt | 8 | 6 | T11 (x2) | 189 | 114 | 13 | 11 | T2 | 117 | 394 |
| Lars van Meijel | 21 | 11 | T7 | 154 | 181 | 21 | 11 | 7th | 174 | 165 |
| Toby Tree | 20 | 11 | T14 | 174 | 139 | 19 | 9 | T16 | 205 | 93 |
| Rikard Karlberg | 17 | 12 | T14 (x2) | 146 | 202 | 21 | 7 | 2nd | 90 | 530 |
| Niklas Lemke | 19 | 12 | T3 | 89 | 406 | 19 | 10 | T7 | 160 | 207 |
| Dale Whitnell | 21 | 11 | T4 | 115 | 295 | 23 | 16 | T4 | 106 | 446 |
| Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | 7 | 2 | T24 | 267 | 23 | 15 | 9 | T5 | 165 | 192 |
T = Tied
Player retained his European Tour card for 2022 (finished inside the top 121 in 2021, or won)[a]
Player did not retain his European Tour card for 2022, but retained conditional status (finished outside the top 121 in 2021)
2020 and 2021 European Tour winners
edit| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 Dec 2019 | Rasmus Højgaard | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | −19 (66-69-66-68=269) | Playoff | Renato Paratore Antoine Rozner |
| 2 | 1 Mar 2020 | Sami Välimäki | Oman Open | −13 (74-67-64-70=275) | Playoff | Brandon Stone |
| 3 | 30 Aug 2020 | Rasmus Højgaard (2) | ISPS Handa UK Championship | −14 (73-69-67-65=274) | Playoff | Justin Walters |
| 4 | 7 Jun 2021 | Marcus Armitage | Porsche European Open | −8 (72-71-65=208) | 2 strokes | Thomas Detry Edoardo Molinari Matthew Southgate Darius van Driel |
| 5 | 13 Jun 2021 | Jonathan Caldwell | Scandinavian Mixed | −17 (70-67-70-64=271) | 1 stroke | Adrián Otaegui |
| 6 | 22 Aug 2021 | Johannes Veerman | D+D Real Czech Masters | −15 (71-66-68-68=273) | 2 strokes | Sean Crocker Tapio Pulkkanen |
| 7 | 29 Aug 2021 | Rasmus Højgaard (3) | Omega European Masters | −13 (68-66-70-63=267) | 1 stroke | Bernd Wiesberger |
2020 and 2021 European Tour runner-up finishes
edit| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Jul 2020 | Rasmus Højgaard | Betfred British Masters | Renato Paratore | −18 (65-66-66-69=266) | −15 (66-67-66-70=269) |
| 2 | 23 Aug 2020 | Sami Välimäki | ISPS Handa Wales Open | Romain Langasque | −8 (71-68-72-65=276) | −6 (70-72-67-69=278) |
| 3 | 13 Sep 2020 | Laurie Canter | Portugal Masters | George Coetzee | −16 (66-70-66-66=268) | −14 (64-72-68-66=270) |
| 4 | 25 Oct 2020 | Laurie Canter (2) | Italian Open | Ross McGowan | −20 (66-64-67-71=268) | −19 (60-68-69-72=269) |
| 5 | 14 Mar 2021 | Darren Fichardt | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Antoine Rozner | −8 (69-72-68-67=276) | −7 (68-68-70-71=277) |
| 6 | 4 Jul 2021 | Rikard Karlberg | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | Lucas Herbert | −19 (64-67-70-68=269) | −16 (71-67-67-67=272) |
| 7 | 12 Sep 2021 | Laurie Canter (3) | BMW PGA Championship | Billy Horschel | −19 (70-65-69-65=269) | −18 (67-66-70-67=270) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 European Tour season, all of the graduates retained the same status in 2021 except Rasmus Højgaard and Sami Välimäki, who were promoted to the winners category after their victories. In 2021, Q School was cancelled for a second straight year,[2][3] limiting the normal changes in European Tour membership between seasons. Except for Välimäki, whose win in 2020 gave him an exemption through 2023, all of the 2019 Q School graduates that failed to finish in the top 121 of the Race to Dubai retained conditional status for 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i European Tour rookie in 2020
- ^ a b First-time full European Tour member in 2020, but ineligible for rookie status
References
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- ^ "European Tour to announce 'summer & autumn swing' in UK". Golf News. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
In other news, the European Tour has announced there will also be no European Tour Qualifying School this year and no promotion from the Challenge Tour, with playing rights from 2020 guaranteed for 2021.
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- ^ Tremlett, Sam (9 December 2019). "Teenager Rasmus Hojgaard Makes History In Mauritius". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
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- ^ "Rasmus Højgaard shoots 63 to win European Masters by 1 stroke". Sportstar. 30 August 2021.
- ^ Huggan, John (1 March 2020). "Finland's Sami Valimaki, just 18 months out of military service, wins Oman Open". Golf World. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Armitage surges to first title in Hamburg". European Tour. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Casey, Phil (13 June 2021). "Glory in Gothenburg as Jonathan Caldwell celebrates first European Tour victory". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Stafford, Ali (22 August 2021). "European Tour: Johannes Veerman claims maiden title with two-shot win at D+D Real Czech Masters". Sky Sports. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b "2019 Final Qualifying Stage Results". European Tour. Retrieved 28 November 2024.