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2019 European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage
Tournament information
Dates15–20 November 2019
LocationTarragona, Spain
41°04′44″N 1°09′43″E / 41.079°N 1.162°E / 41.079; 1.162
Course(s)Lumine Golf Club
(Lakes & Hills Courses)
Tour(s)European Tour
(unofficial event)
Statistics
Par71 (L)
72 (H)
Length6,909 yards (6,318 m) (L)
6,975 yards (6,378 m) (H)
Field156, 77 after cut
Cut282 (−4)
Champion
Denmark Benjamin Poke
403 (−25)
Location map
Lumine GC is located in Spain
Lumine GC
Lumine GC
Location in Spain
Lumine GC is located in Catalonia
Lumine GC
Lumine GC
Location in Catalonia
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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.

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

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The 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 Denmark Benjamin Poke 67-67-69-67-69-64=403 −25
2 France Grégory Havret 68-70-71-66-68-66=409 −19
3 Spain Alejandro Cañizares 66-71-74-64-68-67=410 −18
4 India Shiv Chawrasia 69-66-71-67-69-69=411 −17
T5 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard 73-68-71-68-66-66=412 −16
England Laurie Canter 68-71-70-70-66-67=412
Canada Aaron Cockerill 73-66-69-67-68-69=412
T8 France Robin Sciot-Siegrist 68-71-72-67-67-68=413 −15
Spain Carlos Pigem 71-66-73-66-69-68=413
South Korea Choi Jin-ho 68-72-69-64-70-70=413
France Adrien Saddier 68-72-67-67-68-71=413
Finland Sami Välimäki 67-68-73-65-68-72=413
T13 United States Johannes Veerman 74-74-67-67-66-66=414 −14
England Garrick Porteous 70-71-70-68-68-67=414
Australia Jake McLeod 70-69-68-70-67-70=414
England Marcus Armitage 68-72-69-65-69-71=414
T17 United States Sihwan Kim 73-70-68-71-70-63=415 −13
Portugal Pedro Figueiredo 68-70-69-71-71-66=415
Northern Ireland Jonathan Caldwell 71-69-72-67-69-67=415
Wales Bradley Dredge 70-71-69-69-69-67=415
England Dave Coupland 69-71-71-67-69-68=415
South Africa Darren Fichardt 71-72-68-71-64-69=415
Netherlands Lars van Meijel 69-71-65-70-71-69=415
England Toby Tree 67-67-72-68-69-72=415
T25 Sweden Rikard Karlberg 72-70-71-69-68-66=416 −12
Sweden Niklas Lemke 67-70-72-72-69-66=416
England Dale Whitnell 69-70-73-66-70-68=416
France 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]

Graduates

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Place Player Career ET
starts
Cuts
made
Best
finish
1 Denmark Benjamin Poke[b] 1 0 CUT
2 France Grégory Havret 507 296 Win (x3)
3 Spain Alejandro Cañizares 315 214 Win (x2)
4 India Shiv Chawrasia 239 97 Win (x4)
T5 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard[b] 3 0 CUT
T5 England Laurie Canter 70 33 T14
T5 Canada Aaron Cockerill[b] 3 2 T19
T8 France Robin Sciot-Siegrist[b] 4 2 T39
T8 Spain Carlos Pigem 81 35 T5
T8 South Korea Choi Jin-ho 51 29 T2
T8 France Adrien Saddier 92 53 4th
T8 Finland Sami Välimäki[b] 1 0 CUT
T13 United States Johannes Veerman[c] 25 13 4th
T13 England Garrick Porteous[c] 30 11 T9
T13 Australia Jake McLeod 33 20 T8
T13 England Marcus Armitage 37 16 T10
T17 United States Sihwan Kim 67 37 3rd
T17 Portugal Pedro Figueiredo 49 20 T23
T17 Northern Ireland Jonathan Caldwell 16 5 T31
T17 Wales Bradley Dredge 481 319 Win (x2)
T17 England Dave Coupland[b] 6 1 T11
T17 South Africa Darren Fichardt 380 215 Win (x5)
T17 Netherlands Lars van Meijel[b] 3 0 CUT
T17 England Toby Tree[b] 13 6 T14
T25 Sweden Rikard Karlberg 146 80 Win
T25 Sweden Niklas Lemke 52 22 3rd
T25 England Dale Whitnell[b] 11 5 T4
T25 France Jean-Baptiste Gonnet 188 101 T2

2020 and 2021 European Tour results

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Player 2020 European Tour 2021 European Tour
Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
R2D
rank
Points Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
R2D
rank
Points
Denmark Benjamin Poke 22 10 T17 180 133 22 8 T7 182 140
France Grégory Havret 13 7 T21 203 78 14 3 T45 240 36
Spain Alejandro Cañizares 21 10 T6 132 251 24 15 3rd/T3 (x2) 98 502
India Shiv Chawrasia 7 3 T25 216 63 13 4 T15 237 40
Denmark Rasmus Højgaard 19 10 Win (x2) 16 1,271 19 14 Win 35 1,124
England Laurie Canter 17 12 2nd/T2 (x2) 19 1,113 22 14 T2 24 1,363
Canada Aaron Cockerill 21 14 T4 118 291 22 12 T17 152 236
France Robin Sciot-Siegrist 18 9 T3 (x2) 123 281 21 11 T12 169 184
Spain Carlos Pigem 20 10 T5 193 104 22 6 T47 230 54
South Korea Choi Jin-ho 2 0 CUT 0 0 DNP
France Adrien Saddier 20 9 3rd 94 391 19 7 T7 170 182
Finland Sami Välimäki 19 14 Win 11 1,553 22 9 T21 159 208
United States Johannes Veerman 19 15 T4 78 447 22 13 Win 31 1,217
England Garrick Porteous 19 7 T4 145 204 23 13 T10 151 240
Australia Jake McLeod 15 7 6th 172 146 16 3 T47 261 19
England Marcus Armitage 23 18 3rd 57 649 25 19 Win 42 1,050
United States Sihwan Kim 11 7 T9 191 111 22 13 T10 (x2) 138 282
Portugal Pedro Figueiredo 19 10 T17 183 123 22 7 T10 199 107
Northern Ireland Jonathan Caldwell 21 14 T5 113 310 26 14 Win 95 515
Wales Bradley Dredge 2 0 CUT 6 3 T28 235 42
England Dave Coupland 18 13 T9 150 194 21 9 T3 136 296
South Africa Darren Fichardt 8 6 T11 (x2) 189 114 13 11 T2 117 394
Netherlands Lars van Meijel 21 11 T7 154 181 21 11 7th 174 165
England Toby Tree 20 11 T14 174 139 19 9 T16 205 93
Sweden Rikard Karlberg 17 12 T14 (x2) 146 202 21 7 2nd 90 530
Sweden Niklas Lemke 19 12 T3 89 406 19 10 T7 160 207
England Dale Whitnell 21 11 T4 115 295 23 16 T4 106 446
France 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

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No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 8 Dec 2019 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open −19 (66-69-66-68=269) Playoff Italy Renato Paratore
France Antoine Rozner
2 1 Mar 2020 Finland Sami Välimäki Oman Open −13 (74-67-64-70=275) Playoff South Africa Brandon Stone
3 30 Aug 2020 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard (2) ISPS Handa UK Championship −14 (73-69-67-65=274) Playoff South Africa Justin Walters
4 7 Jun 2021 England Marcus Armitage Porsche European Open −8 (72-71-65=208) 2 strokes Belgium Thomas Detry
Italy Edoardo Molinari
England Matthew Southgate
Netherlands Darius van Driel
5 13 Jun 2021 Northern Ireland Jonathan Caldwell Scandinavian Mixed −17 (70-67-70-64=271) 1 stroke Spain Adrián Otaegui
6 22 Aug 2021 United States Johannes Veerman D+D Real Czech Masters −15 (71-66-68-68=273) 2 strokes United States Sean Crocker
Finland Tapio Pulkkanen
7 29 Aug 2021 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard (3) Omega European Masters −13 (68-66-70-63=267) 1 stroke Austria Bernd Wiesberger

2020 and 2021 European Tour runner-up finishes

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No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 25 Jul 2020 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard Betfred British Masters Italy Renato Paratore −18 (65-66-66-69=266) −15 (66-67-66-70=269)
2 23 Aug 2020 Finland Sami Välimäki ISPS Handa Wales Open France Romain Langasque −8 (71-68-72-65=276) −6 (70-72-67-69=278)
3 13 Sep 2020 England Laurie Canter Portugal Masters South Africa George Coetzee −16 (66-70-66-66=268) −14 (64-72-68-66=270)
4 25 Oct 2020 England Laurie Canter (2) Italian Open England Ross McGowan −20 (66-64-67-71=268) −19 (60-68-69-72=269)
5 14 Mar 2021 South Africa Darren Fichardt Commercial Bank Qatar Masters France Antoine Rozner −8 (69-72-68-67=276) −7 (68-68-70-71=277)
6 4 Jul 2021 Sweden Rikard Karlberg Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Australia Lucas Herbert −19 (64-67-70-68=269) −16 (71-67-67-67=272)
7 12 Sep 2021 England Laurie Canter (3) BMW PGA Championship United States Billy Horschel −19 (70-65-69-65=269) −18 (67-66-70-67=270)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i European Tour rookie in 2020
  3. ^ a b First-time full European Tour member in 2020, but ineligible for rookie status

References

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  1. ^ "Poke dominates Final Stage as 28 earn cards". European Tour. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Crombie, Ryan (11 June 2021). ""The season is a write-off!" – Pro gutted by Q-School cancellation". Bunkered. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ^ Tremlett, Sam (9 December 2019). "Teenager Rasmus Hojgaard Makes History In Mauritius". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  5. ^ "UK Championship: Rasmus Hojgaard, 19, wins second European Tour title after Belfry play-off". Sky Sports. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Rasmus Højgaard shoots 63 to win European Masters by 1 stroke". Sportstar. 30 August 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Armitage surges to first title in Hamburg". European Tour. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  9. ^ Casey, Phil (13 June 2021). "Glory in Gothenburg as Jonathan Caldwell celebrates first European Tour victory". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b "2019 Final Qualifying Stage Results". European Tour. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
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