European Tour Qualifying School

European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage

Tournament 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	€120,000
Month played	November
Tournament record score
Aggregate	391 Zander Lombard (2025)
To par	−37 as above
Current champion
Zander Lombard
Location map
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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

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue(s)	Ref.
2025	Zander Lombard	391	−37	13 strokes	Aaron Cockerill Connor McKinney Shubhankar Sharma	Infinitum Golf	[5]
2024	Edoardo Molinari	399	−29	1 stroke	Niklas Lemke	Infinitum Golf	[6]
2023	Freddy Schott	401	−27	2 strokes	Filippo Celli	Infinitum Golf	[7]
2022	Simon Forsström	399	−29	2 strokes	David Ravetto	Infinitum Golf	[4]
2020–21: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic							[8] [9]
2019	Benjamin Poke	403	−25	6 strokes	Grégory Havret	Lumine GC	[10]
2018	Alejandro Cañizares	404	−24	Countback	Zander Lombard	Lumine GC	[11]
2017	Sam Horsfield	401	−27	7 strokes	Charlie Ford Anders Hansen Jacques Kruyswijk Andrea Pavan Pontus Widegren Jeff Winther	Lumine GC	[12]
2016	Nathan Kimsey	415	−13	1 stroke	Ricardo González Scott Henry Edoardo Molinari	PGA Golf Catalunya	[13]
2015	Ulrich van den Berg	410	−18	Countback	Daniel Im Adrián Otaegui	PGA Golf Catalunya	[14] [15]
2014	Mikko Korhonen	408	−20	2 strokes	Ricardo González	PGA Golf Catalunya	[16]
2013	Carlos del Moral	402	−26	5 strokes	Fabrizio Zanotti	PGA Golf Catalunya	[17]
2012	John Parry	409	−19	4 strokes	Mikael Lundberg	PGA Golf Catalunya	[18]
2011	David Dixon	407	−21	1 stroke	Sam Hutsby	PGA Golf Catalunya	[19]
2010	Simon Wakefield	407	−21	2 strokes	Carlos del Moral	PGA Golf Catalunya	[20]
2009	Simon Khan	408	−20	1 stroke	Sam Hutsby	PGA Golf Catalunya	[21]
2008	Oskar Henningsson	409	−19	4 strokes	Carlos del Moral Wade Ormsby	PGA Golf Catalunya	[22]
2007	Martin Wiegele	421	−11	2 strokes	Pedro Linhart Lee Slattery	San Roque Club	[23]
2006	Carlos Rodiles	417	−15	Countback	Alexandre Rocha	San Roque Club	[24]
2005	Tom Whitehouse	419	−13	2 strokes	Robert Rock	San Roque Club	[25]
2004	Peter Gustafsson	423	−9	3 strokes	Simon Wakefield	San Roque Club	[26]
2003	Richard McEvoy	400	−28	3 strokes	Wade Ormsby	Empordà Golf Golf Platja de Pals	[27]
2002	Per Nyman	400	−28	1 stroke	Phillip Archer	Empordà Golf Golf Platja de Pals	[28]
2001	Johan Sköld	415	−17	2 strokes	Christophe Pottier	San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande	[29]
2000	Desvonde Botes	417	−15	4 strokes	Graham Rankin	San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande	[30]
1999	Alastair Forsyth	423	−9	2 strokes	Niclas Fasth	San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande	[31]
1998	Ross Drummond	425	−7	Countback	Henrik Nyström	San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande	[32]
1997	Chris van der Velde	280 [a]	−8	Countback	Robert-Jan Derksen Philip Golding Fredrik Henge	San Roque Club Guadalmina	[34]
1996	Niclas Fasth	428	−4	1 stroke	Brian Davis	San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande	[35] [36]
1995	Steve Webster	422	−8	1 stroke	Hendrik Buhrmann	San Roque Club Guadalmina	[37]
1994	David Carter	273 [b]	−15	5 strokes	Christian Cévaër	La Grande Motte Golf Massane	[39]
1993	Brian Nelson	424	−8	2 strokes	Ross McFarlane Scott Watson	La Grande Motte Golf Massane	[40]
1992	Retief Goosen	427	−5	1 stroke	Ole Eskildsen	La Grande Motte Golf Massane	[41]
1991	Andrew Hare	429	−3	2 strokes	José Cóceres Gary Evans Paul McGinley	La Grande Motte Golf Massane	[42]
1990	Daniel Silva	424	−8	6 strokes	Juan Anglada Phillip Price	La Grande Motte Golf Massane	[43]
1989	Heinz-Peter Thül	411	−19	3 strokes	David Ray	La Manga Club	[44] [45]
1988	Jesper Parnevik	416	−14	4 strokes	Paul Mayo Ulf Nilsson Vijay Singh	La Manga Club	[46]
1987	Mike Smith	410	−20	3 strokes	John DeForest	La Manga Club	[47]
1986	Wayne Smith	415	−15	1 stroke	Justin Hobday Steen Tinning	La Manga Club	[48]
1985	José María Olazábal	414	−16	2 strokes	Greg Turner	La Manga Club	[49]
1984	Robert Wrenn	412	−18	1 stroke	Jeff Sluman	La Manga Club	[50]
1983	David Ray	281	−5	2 strokes	Mike Wolseley	La Manga Club	[51] [52]
1982	José Rivero	283	−3	7 strokes	Robert Lee Malcolm MacKenzie	La Manga Club	[53]
1981	Gordon Brand Jnr	288	E	3 strokes	Roger Chapman	Dom Pedro	[54]
	Robin Mann	294	+6	1 stroke	Philip Morley	Quinta do Lago	[55]
1980	Paul Carrigill	295	+7	3 strokes	John Hoskisson	Dom Pedro	[56]
	Manuel Montes	293	+5	9 strokes	Keith Ashdown Malcolm MacKenzie Bob Wynn	Quinta do Lago	[57]
1979	Charles Cox	296	+8	2 strokes	Andrew Murray	Dom Pedro	[58]
	Keith Williams	303	+15	3 strokes	Joe Purcell Mark Thomas	Quinta do Lago	[59]
1978	Stephen Evans	293	+2	Countback	Glenn Ralph	Foxhills Downshire	[60]
1977	Sandy Lyle	295	+3	2 strokes	Malcolm Henberry	Foxhills	[61]
1976	David A. Russell	295	+5	3 strokes	Philip Loxley	Foxhills Walton Heath	[62]

Notes

1. Shortened to 72 holes due to rain. ^[33]
2. Shortened to 72 holes due to rain. ^[38]

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External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site