European Tour Qualifying School

Golf tournament in Spain

Golf tournament

European Tour Qualifying School Final StageTournament information

Location| Tarragona, Spain
Established| 1976
Course(s)| Infinitum Golf
(Lakes & Hills Courses)
Par| 71 (L)
72 (H)
Length| 7,001 yards (6,402 m)
6,956 yards (6,361 m)
Tour(s)| European Tour
(unofficial event)
Format| Stroke play
Prize fund| €180,000
Month played| November
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 399 Simon Forsström (2022)
399 Edoardo Molinari (2024)
To par| −29 as above
Current champion
Edoardo Molinari
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The European Tour Qualifying School is an annual golf tournament which enables professional golfers to gain a place on the European Tour and its official development tour, the Challenge Tour.[1][2]

The European Tour Qualifying School is held in three stages, with the final stage being played over six rounds at Infinitum Golf (formerly the Lumine Golf Club) in Spain.[3] After four rounds, the field is reduced from 156 to 70 plus ties. From 2024, the top 20 (previously top 25) players including ties win their card on the European Tour. The remaining players who make the 72-hole cut are fully exempt on the Challenge Tour.[4]

## Winners

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Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue(s) | Ref.

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2024 |  Edoardo Molinari | 399 | −29 | 1 stroke |  Niklas Lemke | Infinitum Golf | [5]
2023 |  Freddy Schott | 401 | −27 | 2 strokes |  Filippo Celli | Infinitum Golf | [6]
2022 |  Simon Forsström | 399 | −29 | 2 strokes |  David Ravetto | Infinitum Golf | [4]
2020–21: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [7][8]
2019 |  Benjamin Poke | 403 | −25 | 6 strokes |  Grégory Havret | Lumine GC | [9]
2018 |  Alejandro Cañizares | 404 | −24 | Countback |  Zander Lombard | Lumine GC | [10]
2017 |  Sam Horsfield | 401 | −27 | 7 strokes |  Charlie Ford
Anders Hansen
Jacques Kruyswijk
Andrea Pavan
Pontus Widegren
Jeff Winther | Lumine GC | [11]
2016 |  Nathan Kimsey | 415 | −13 | 1 stroke |  Ricardo González
Scott Henry
Edoardo Molinari | PGA Golf Catalunya | [12]
2015 |  Ulrich van den Berg | 410 | −18 | Countback |  Daniel Im
Adrián Otaegui | PGA Golf Catalunya | [13][14]
2014 |  Mikko Korhonen | 408 | −20 | 2 strokes |  Ricardo González | PGA Golf Catalunya | [15]
2013 |  Carlos del Moral | 402 | −26 | 5 strokes |  Fabrizio Zanotti | PGA Golf Catalunya | [16]
2012 |  John Parry | 409 | −19 | 4 strokes |  Mikael Lundberg | PGA Golf Catalunya | [17]
2011 |  David Dixon | 407 | −21 | 1 stroke |  Sam Hutsby | PGA Golf Catalunya | [18]
2010 |  Simon Wakefield | 407 | −21 | 2 strokes |  Carlos del Moral | PGA Golf Catalunya | [19]
2009 |  Simon Khan | 408 | −20 | 1 stroke |  Sam Hutsby | PGA Golf Catalunya | [20]
2008 |  Oskar Henningsson | 409 | −19 | 4 strokes |  Carlos del Moral
Wade Ormsby | PGA Golf Catalunya | [21]
2007 |  Martin Wiegele | 421 | −11 | 2 strokes |  Pedro Linhart
Lee Slattery | San Roque Club | [22]
2006 |  Carlos Rodiles | 417 | −15 | Countback |  Alexandre Rocha | San Roque Club | [23]
2005 |  Tom Whitehouse | 419 | −13 | 2 strokes |  Robert Rock | San Roque Club | [24]
2004 |  Peter Gustafsson | 423 | −9 | 3 strokes |  Simon Wakefield | San Roque Club | [25]
2003 |  Richard McEvoy | 400 | −28 | 3 strokes |  Wade Ormsby | Empordà Golf
Golf Platja de Pals | [26]
2002 |  Per Nyman | 400 | −28 | 1 stroke |  Phillip Archer | Empordà Golf
Golf Platja de Pals | [27]
2001 |  Johan Sköld | 415 | −17 | 2 strokes |  Christophe Pottier | San Roque Club
Club de Golf Sotogrande | [28]
2000 |  Desvonde Botes | 417 | −15 | 4 strokes |  Graham Rankin | San Roque Club
Club de Golf Sotogrande | [29]
1999 |  Alastair Forsyth | 423 | −9 | 2 strokes |  Niclas Fasth | San Roque Club
Club de Golf Sotogrande | [30]
1998 |  Ross Drummond | 425 | −7 | Countback |  Henrik Nyström | San Roque Club
Club de Golf Sotogrande | [31]
1997 |  Chris van der Velde | 280[a] | −8 | Countback |  Robert-Jan Derksen
Philip Golding
Fredrik Henge | San Roque Club
Guadalmina | [33]
1996 |  Niclas Fasth | 428 | −4 | 1 stroke |  Brian Davis | San Roque Club
Club de Golf Sotogrande | [34][35]
1995 |  Steve Webster | 422 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Hendrik Buhrmann | San Roque Club
Guadalmina | [36]
1994 |  David Carter | 273[b] | −15 | 5 strokes |  Christian Cévaër | La Grande Motte
Golf Massane | [38]
1993 |  Brian Nelson | 424 | −8 | 2 strokes |  Ross McFarlane
Scott Watson | La Grande Motte
Golf Massane | [39]
1992 |  Retief Goosen | 427 | −5 | 1 stroke |  Ole Eskildsen | La Grande Motte
Golf Massane | [40]
1991 |  Andrew Hare | 429 | −3 | 2 strokes |  José Cóceres
Gary Evans
Paul McGinley | La Grande Motte
Golf Massane | [41]
1990 |  Daniel Silva | 424 | −8 | 6 strokes |  Juan Anglada
Phillip Price | La Grande Motte
Golf Massane | [42]
1989 |  Heinz-Peter Thül | 411 | −19 | 3 strokes |  David Ray | La Manga Club | [43][44]
1988 |  Jesper Parnevik | 416 | −14 | 4 strokes |  Paul Mayo
Ulf Nilsson
Vijay Singh | La Manga Club | [45]
1987 |  Mike Smith | 410 | −20 | 3 strokes |  John DeForest | La Manga Club | [46]
1986 |  Wayne Smith | 415 | −15 | 1 stroke |  Justin Hobday
Steen Tinning | La Manga Club | [47]
1985 |  José María Olazábal | 414 | −16 | 2 strokes |  Greg Turner | La Manga Club | [48]
1984 |  Robert Wrenn | 412 | −18 | 1 stroke |  Jeff Sluman | La Manga Club | [49]
1983 |  David Ray | 281 | −5 | 2 strokes |  Mike Wolseley | La Manga Club | [50][51]
1982 |  José Rivero | 283 | −3 | 7 strokes |  Robert Lee
Malcolm MacKenzie | La Manga Club | [52]
1981 |  Gordon Brand Jnr | 288 | E | 3 strokes |  Roger Chapman | Dom Pedro | [53]
Robin Mann | 294 | +6 | 1 stroke |  Philip Morley | Quinta do Lago | [54]
1980 |  Paul Carrigill | 295 | +7 | 3 strokes |  John Hoskisson | Dom Pedro | [55]
Manuel Montes | 293 | +5 | 9 strokes |  Keith Ashdown
Malcolm MacKenzie
Bob Wynn | Quinta do Lago | [56]
1979 |  Charles Cox | 296 | +8 | 2 strokes |  Andrew Murray | Dom Pedro | [57]
Keith Williams | 303 | +15 | 3 strokes |  Joe Purcell
Mark Thomas | Quinta do Lago | [58]
1978 |  Stephen Evans | 293 | +2 | Countback |  Glenn Ralph | Foxhills
Downshire | [59]
1977 |  Sandy Lyle | 295 | +3 | 2 strokes |  Malcolm Henberry | Foxhills | [60]
1976 |  David A. Russell | 295 | +5 | 3 strokes |  Philip Loxley | Foxhills
Walton Heath | [61]

## Notes

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1. ^ Shortened to 72 holes due to rain.[32]
2. ^ Shortened to 72 holes due to rain.[37]

## References

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