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2018 European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage
Tournament information
Dates10–15 November 2018
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
Cut280 (−6)
Champion
Spain Alejandro Cañizares
404 (−24)
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 2018 European Tour Qualifying School graduates were determined following the conclusion of the 2018 European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage which was played 10–15 November at Lumine Golf Club in Tarragona, Spain. It was the 43rd edition of the European Tour Qualifying School. The top 25 and ties (27 in total) earned status to play on the 2019 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 2019 Challenge Tour.

Alejandro Cañizares won the event, scoring a six-round total of 404 (24 under par), beating Zander Lombard on countback; Cañizares shot 64 in the final round, compared to Lombard's 68.[1]

Graduates who went on to win on the European Tour in 2019 included Kurt Kitayama who won twice, with wins at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open (December 2018)[2] and the Oman Open.[3] Guido Migliozzi also won twice in 2019, with wins at the Magical Kenya Open[4] and the Belgian Knockout.[5]

Results

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The top 25 players (including ties) earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour. They were as follows:[6]

Place Player Score To par
1 Spain Alejandro Cañizares 65-71-64-74-66-64=404 −24
2 South Africa Zander Lombard 64-68-70-70-64-68=404
T3 Denmark Jeff Winther 65-70-68-70-64-68=405 −23
United States Kurt Kitayama 70-65-70-65-66-69=405
5 France Romain Langasque 70-65-70-65-66-70=406 −22
T6 Sweden Niklas Lemke 68-64-71-69-70-65=407 −21
Germany Bernd Ritthammer 65-70-69-69-65-69=407
France Clément Sordet 70-66-63-68-71-69=407
T9 Spain Iván Cantero 65-68-70-68-70-67=408 −20
Sweden Anton Karlsson 67-64-71-67-68-71=408
T11 Japan Masahiro Kawamura 67-68-70-69-67-68=409 −19
England Scott Gregory 69-71-62-72-66-69=409
T13 South Africa Louis de Jager 71-66-71-67-70-65=410 −18
Sweden Per Längfors 70-72-67-69-65-67=410
Italy Guido Migliozzi 70-65-72-66-68-69=410
Australia Nick Cullen 70-64-71-67-69-69=410
Australia Deyen Lawson 65-70-71-71-63-70=410
England Daniel Gavins 62-69-66-69-63-71=410
19 Scotland Marc Warren 68-67-73-69-66-68=411 −17
T20 Italy Filippo Bergamaschi 67-69-69-68-73-66=412 −16
Norway Kristian Krogh Johannessen 69-67-70-69-70-67=412
Chile Hugo León 71-67-67-70-66-71=412
Republic of Ireland Gavin Moynihan 68-66-71-70-66-71=412
Germany Max Schmitt 62-71-70-68-70-71=412
Spain David Borda 65-62-72-70-72-71=412
Norway Kristoffer Reitan 63-70-71-67-69-72=412
England Ben Evans 68-67-71-68-65-73=412

The following players made the 72 hole cut, however finished outside the top 25 and ties, therefore earning status to play on the 2019 Challenge Tour.[6]

Graduates

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Place Player Career ET
starts		 Cuts
made		 Best
finish
1 Spain Alejandro Cañizares 294 194 Win (x2)
2 South Africa Zander Lombard 68 26 2nd
T3 Denmark Jeff Winther 67 32 2nd
T3 United States Kurt Kitayama[a] 1 1 T46
5 France Romain Langasque 40 18 3rd
T6 Sweden Niklas Lemke[b] 27 8 3rd
T6 Germany Bernd Ritthammer 80 26 T7
T6 France Clément Sordet 36 15 T10
T9 Spain Iván Cantero[a] 2 0 CUT
T9 Sweden Anton Karlsson 16 5 T13
T11 Japan Masahiro Kawamura[b] 30 17 T9
T11 England Scott Gregory[a] 7 1 T56
T13 South Africa Louis de Jager[b] 49 23 4th
T13 Sweden Per Längfors[a] 1 0 CUT
T13 Italy Guido Migliozzi[a] 6 1 T26
T13 Australia Nick Cullen[b] 39 25 T8
T13 Australia Deyen Lawson[a] 9 5 T24
T13 England Daniel Gavins 18 4 T28
19 Scotland Marc Warren 368 205 Win (x3)
T20 Italy Filippo Bergamaschi[a] 13 2 T48
T20 Norway Kristian Krogh Johannessen[a] 5 4 T34
T20 Chile Hugo León[a] 5 2 T62
T20 Republic of Ireland Gavin Moynihan 20 5 T8
T20 Germany Max Schmitt[a] 3 1 T59
T20 Spain David Borda[a] 0 0 n/a
T20 Norway Kristoffer Reitan[a] 2 0 CUT
T20 England Ben Evans 100 44 T3

2019 European Tour Results

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Player Starts Cuts
made		 Best
finish		 R2D
rank		 Prize money (€)
Spain Alejandro Cañizares[c] 21 11 T9 138 212,846
South Africa Zander Lombard 28 16 T3 59 642,971
Denmark Jeff Winther 21 16 T4 91 368,837
United States Kurt Kitayama 31 23 Win (x2) 14 1,732,419
France Romain Langasque 28 20 2 24 1,301,118
Sweden Niklas Lemke[c] 25 13 T7 118 299,187
Germany Bernd Ritthammer 26 11 T2 126 259,946
France Clément Sordet 22 12 T2 119 256,906
Spain Iván Cantero 21 5 T23 234 30,102
Sweden Anton Karlsson 23 12 T2 136 191,959
Japan Masahiro Kawamura 27 18 2 56 626,889
England Scott Gregory 18 1 T28 269 17,800
South Africa Louis de Jager 26 11 T2 123 255,670
Sweden Per Längfors 22 5 9 187 74,143
Italy Guido Migliozzi 28 17 Win (x2) 40 845,370
Australia Nick Cullen 20 8 T14 191 70,635
Australia Deyen Lawson 24 9 T26 186 74,103
England Daniel Gavins 23 9 16 178 91,221
Scotland Marc Warren 21 7 T24 215 45,232
Italy Filippo Bergamaschi 22 6 T14 209 61,132
Norway Kristian Krogh Johannessen 19 6 T31 214 46,816
Chile Hugo León 22 14 T5 116 270,012
Republic of Ireland Gavin Moynihan 23 10 T5 144 177,085
Germany Max Schmitt 24 11 T4 129 250,791
Spain David Borda 20 3 T23 230 32,400
Norway Kristoffer Reitan 25 10 T5 141 181,207
England Ben Evans 25 12 T5 142 179,007

T = Tied
  Player retained his European Tour card for 2020 (finished inside the top 115)
  Player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 155, inclusive)
  Player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020 (finished outside the top 155)

2019 European Tour winners

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No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 2 Dec 2018 United States Kurt Kitayama AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open −20 (65-65-70-68=268) 2 strokes India S. Chikkarangappa
France Matthieu Pavon
2 3 Mar United States Kurt Kitayama (2) Oman Open −7 (66-74-71-70=281) 1 stroke Spain Jorge Campillo
Germany Maximilian Kieffer
France Clément Sordet
Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti
3 17 Mar Italy Guido Migliozzi Magical Kenya Open −16 (67-68-64-69=268) 1 stroke Spain Adri Arnaus
South Africa Louis de Jager
South Africa Justin Harding
4 2 Jun Italy Guido Migliozzi (2) Belgian Knockout −3 4 strokes Netherlands Darius van Driel

2019 European Tour runner-up finishes

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No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 9 Dec 2018 France Romain Langasque South African Open South Africa Louis Oosthuizen −18 (62-70-67-67=266) −12 (69-68-69-66=272)
2 3 Mar France Clément Sordet Oman Open United States Kurt Kitayama −7 (66-74-71-70=281) −6 (71-71-70-70=282)
3 10 Mar Sweden Anton Karlsson Commercial Bank Qatar Masters South Africa Justin Harding −13 (68-68-73-66=275) −11 (72-66-70-69=277)
4 17 Mar South Africa Louis de Jager Magical Kenya Open Italy Guido Migliozzi −16 (67-68-64-69=268) −15 (64-66-70-69=269)
5 31 Mar Japan Masahiro Kawamura Hero Indian Open Scotland Stephen Gallacher −9 (67-74-67-71=279) −8 (69-70-68-73=280)
6 8 Sep Germany Bernd Ritthammer Porsche European Open England Paul Casey −14 (66-73-69-66=274) −13 (71-66-70-68=275)
7 11 Nov United States Kurt Kitayama[d] Turkish Airlines Open England Tyrrell Hatton −20 (68-68-65-67=268) −20 (69-68-67-64=268)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l European Tour rookie in 2019
  2. ^ a b c d First-time full European Tour member in 2019, but ineligible for rookie status
  3. ^ a b Cañizares and Lemke retained their European Tour cards for 2020 by finishing inside the top 25 (including ties) at the 2019 European Tour Qualifying School.[7]
  4. ^ Lost in a playoff

References

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  1. ^ "European Tour Q-School: Cañizares and Lombard top list of 27 players to earn tour cards". Today's Golfer. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Kurt Kitayama wins AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in just third tour start". Today's Golfer. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Kurt Kitayama bounces back from quadruple bogey to land Oman Open". Sky Sports. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  4. ^ Roberts, Andy (25 April 2019). "Guido Migliozzi: completing a 'Magical' first European Tour victory". GolfMagic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  5. ^ Stafford, Ali (3 June 2019). "Belgian Knockout: Guido Migliozzi beats Darius van Driel in final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b "2018 Final Qualifying Stage Results". European Tour. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Poke dominates Final Stage as 28 earn cards". European Tour. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
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