26th August 2025
I am following all of the amateur players as well as the Great British & Irish (GB&I) professionals through the 2025 DP World Tour Qualifying School series.
Q-School consists of three stages, First, Second and Final.
This article covers FIRST STAGE QUALIFYING which starts on 26th August and ends on 10th October 2025.
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 30th October-2nd November.
Final Stage will be played at Infinitum Golf in Spain on 7th-12th November where 156 players will battle over six rounds for a top 20 and ties finish and a place on the DP World Tour for the 2026 season. In previous years the top 25 and ties earned playing privileges.
Additional background on the 2025 Qualifying School can be found in the Appendix below.
FIRST STAGE
This year First Stage consists of ten 72 hole stroke play qualifying events.
The number of players who advance from each First Stage tournament is based on field size and calculated on a pro rata basis (c.20% from each tournament progress). All players who tie for the last qualifying position also advance to the Second Stage.
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 this year this has been tightened to 10 shots. The 54 hole cut, where previously only players within 7-shots of the final qualifying place play the final round, has now been removed.
In 2024 808 players competed in First Stage. This included 199 players from GB&I (24.6%) and 76 amateurs (9.4%).
190 progressed to Second Stage. 50 were from GB&I and 10 were amateurs.
Here is a list of the ten events showing the entries / results of the GB&I and amateur players that I am following: –
26th-29th August 2025
1. HULENCOURT, GENAPPE, BELGIUM (WEEK 1)
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots: Top 14 and Ties
Entries – 64 players (inc. 10 amateurs)
Qualified
Did Not Qualify
Entrants
Arthur BRUNERIE (FRA) AM
Thomas CHRISTENSEN (USA) AM
Anthony DE SCHUTTER (BEL) AM
Mason ESSAM (ENG)
Jules GENTIL (FRA) AM
Scott HENRY (SCO)
Michael KATSMAN (CAN ) AM
Segundo OLIVA PINTO (ARG) AM
Cedric OTTEN (GER) AM
Marc OWENSON (SCO)
Craig ROSS (SCO)
Paul SCHWAB (FRA) AM
Michael STEWART (SCO)
Louis THEYS (BEL) AM
Mattias VARJUN (EST) AM
Liam WALDRON (SCO)
Click here for the full – Hulencourt Week 1 Q-School Results
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26th-29th August 2025
2. THE PLAYERS CLUB (CODRINGTON COURSE), BRISTOL, ENGLAND
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots: Top 17 and Ties
Entries – 78 players (inc. 4 amateurs)
Qualified
Did Not Qualify
Entrants
Joshua ASHTON (ENG)
Callum BRUCE (SCO)
Alberto BRUNELLI (ITA) AM
Justin CHAN (MAL) AM
Lawrence COURTNEY (ENG)
Giles EVANS (ENG)
Hugh FOLEY (IRL)
Alex FORD (ENG)
Harry GODDARD (ENG)
Luke GODDARD (ENG)
Conor GOUGH (ENG)
Nikita GUBENKO (USA) AM
Matthew HIBBS (ENG)
Josh HILLEARD (ENG)
Haider HUSSAIN (ENG)
Joe LONG (ENG)
Robbie MORRISON (SCO)
Max NICHOLLS (ENG)
Peter ODEMWINGIE (ENG)
Aidan O’HAGAN (SCO)
Max ORRIN (ENG)
Joseph QUINN (ENG)
Joe RETFORD (ENG)
David RUDD (SCO)
Sebastian SANDIN (SCO)
Benjamin SCOTT (USA) AM
Charlie THORNTON (ENG)
George TOONE (ENG)
Click here for the full – The Players Club Q-School Results
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2nd-5th September 2025
3. HULENCOURT, GENAPPE, BELGIUM (WEEK 2)
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots:
Entries –
Qualified
Did Not Qualify
Entrants
Click here for the full – Hulencourt Week 2 Q-School Results
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2nd-5th September 2025
4. HUDDERSFIELD GOLF CLUB, HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots:
Entries –
Qualified
Did Not Qualify
Entrants
Click here for the full – Huddersfield Q-School Results
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9th-12th September 2025
5. THE NORTHUMBERLAND G.C., NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, ENGLAND
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots:
Entries –
Qualified
Entrants
Click here for the full – The Northumberland Q-School Results
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16th-19th September 2025
6. ARLANDASTAD GOLF (MASTERS COURSE), ROSERSBERG, SWEDEN
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots:
Entries –
Qualified
Entrants
Click here for the full – Arlandastad Golf Q-School Results
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16th-19th September 2025
7. DONNINGTON GROVE GOLF CLUB, NEWBURY, ENGLAND
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots:
Entries –
Qualified
Did Not Qualify
Entrants
Click here for the full – Donnington Grove Q-School Results
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23rd-26th September 2025
8. FREDRIKSHAVN GOLFKLUB, FREDRIKSHAVN, DENMARK
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots:
Entries –
Qualified
Did Not Qualify
Entrants
Click here for the full – Fredrikshavn GolfKlub Q-School Results
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24th-27th September 2025
9. GOLFCLUB SCHLOSS EBREICHSDORF, EBREICHSDORF, AUSTRIA
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots:
Entries –
Qualified
Did Not Qualify
Entrants
Click here for the full – Golfclub Schloss Ebreichsdorf Q-School Results
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7th-10th October 2025
10. GOLF PGA FRANCE DU VAUDREUIL, LE VAUDREUIL, FRANCE
Qualifiers:
Qualifying Spots:
Entries –
Qualified
Did Not Qualify
Entrants
Click here for the full – Golf de Léry Q-School Results
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Click here to view the official – DP World Tour 2025 Qualifying School Website
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APPENDIX
THE 2025 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 2025 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 13th August 2024.
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 13th August 2025 to a limit of 20th place in the WAGR; and
the leading 2 entrants as at 13th August 2025 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 this year this has been tightened to 10 shots. The 54 hole cut, where previously only players within 7-shots of the final qualifying place play the final round, has now been removed.
Any 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 with c.78 players competing at each one.
30th October-2nd November 2025
DESERT SPRINGS RESORT, ALMERIA, SPAIN
ISLA CANELA (LINKS COURSE), HUELVA, SPAIN
GOLF LAS PINAILLAS, ALBACETE, SPAIN
FORTANALS GOLF CLUB, GIRONA, SPAIN
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.
7th-12th November 2025
INFINITUM, TARRAGONA, SPAIN
Infinitum replaced PGA Catalunya Resort in 2017 and will be hosting Final Stage for the seventh 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 top 65 have progressed in previous years.
The leading 20 players (plus those tied for 20th place) in the Final Stage competition will earn Conditional Membership of The DP World Tour (and fully exempt status on the HotelPlanner Tour) for the 2026 season. In 2024 the medalist had 28 tournament playing opportunities whilst the 20th qualifier has just 9.
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 HotelPlanner Tour).
Players who miss the cut will be eligible for membership of the HotelPlanner 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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