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).
Graduates who went on to win on the European Tour in 2020 and 2021, included Rasmus Højgaard at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in December 2019, the 2020 ISPS Handa UK Championship and the 2021 Omega European Masters. Sami Välimäki also won the Oman Open in 2020. 2021 victories included Marcus Armitage at the Porsche European Open, Jonathan Caldwell at the Scandinavian Mixed and Johannes Veerman at the D+D Real Czech Masters.
Results The top 25 players (including ties) earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour. They were as follows:
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Benjamin Poke 67-67-69-67-69-64=403 −252 Grégory Havret 68-70-71-66-68-66=409 −193 Alejandro Cañizares 66-71-74-64-68-67=410 −184 Shiv Chawrasia 69-66-71-67-69-69=411 −17T5 Rasmus Højgaard 73-68-71-68-66-66=412 −16 Laurie Canter 68-71-70-70-66-67=412 Aaron Cockerill 73-66-69-67-68-69=412T8 Robin Sciot-Siegrist 68-71-72-67-67-68=413 −15 Carlos Pigem 71-66-73-66-69-68=413 Choi Jin-ho 68-72-69-64-70-70=413 Adrien Saddier 68-72-67-67-68-71=413 Sami Välimäki 67-68-73-65-68-72=413T13 Johannes Veerman 74-74-67-67-66-66=414 −14 Garrick Porteous 70-71-70-68-68-67=414 Jake McLeod 70-69-68-70-67-70=414 Marcus Armitage 68-72-69-65-69-71=414T17 Sihwan Kim 73-70-68-71-70-63=415 −13 Pedro Figueiredo 68-70-69-71-71-66=415 Jonathan Caldwell 71-69-72-67-69-67=415 Bradley Dredge 70-71-69-69-69-67=415 Dave Coupland 69-71-71-67-69-68=415 Darren Fichardt 71-72-68-71-64-69=415 Lars van Meijel 69-71-65-70-71-69=415 Toby Tree 67-67-72-68-69-72=415T25 Rikard Karlberg 72-70-71-69-68-66=416 −12 Niklas Lemke 67-70-72-72-69-66=416 Dale Whitnell 69-70-73-66-70-68=416 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.
Jarryd Felton (T29) Daniel Young (T29) Tom Gandy (T29) Wilco Nienaber (T29) Hurly Long (T29) Craig Howie (T34) Matthieu Fenasse (T34) Steven Tiley (T34) Lorenzo Scalise (T34) Philip Eriksson (T38) Marcel Siem (T38) Wil Besseling (T38) Robin Petersson (T38) Nicolai von Dellingshausen (T38) Marcel Schneider (T38) Gavin Moynihan (T44) Bryce Easton (T44) Louis de Jager (T44) Hugo León (T44) David Dixon (T44) Niall Kearney (T44) Robbie van West (T44) Anton Karlsson (T51) John Catlin (T51) Marc Warren (T51) Matthew Baldwin (T51) Janne Kaske (T51) Nicolai Højgaard (T51) Kim Min-kyu (T57) Daniel Gavins (T57) Ewen Ferguson (T57) Jordan Wrisdale (T57) José-Filipe Lima (T57) Stanislav Matuš (T62) Jesper Sandborg (T62) Garrick Higgo (T62) Dimitrios Papadatos (T65) Euan Walker (T65) Aron Zemmer (67) Thomas Linard (T68) Ben Stow (T68) Ugo Coussaud (T68) Pedro Oriol (T68) Deyen Lawson (72) Lee Tae-hee (73) Berry Henson (74) Gary Stal (75) Chase Hanna (76) J. C. Ritchie (WD)
Graduates PlacePlayerCareer startsCutsmadeBestfinish 1 Benjamin Poke 1 0 CUT 2 Grégory Havret 507 296 3 Alejandro Cañizares 315 214 4 Shiv Chawrasia 239 97 T5 Rasmus Højgaard 3 0 CUT T5 Laurie Canter 70 33 T5 Aaron Cockerill 3 2 T8 Robin Sciot-Siegrist 4 2 T8 Carlos Pigem 81 35 T8 Choi Jin-ho 51 29 T8 Adrien Saddier 92 53 T8 Sami Välimäki 1 0 CUT T13 Johannes Veerman 25 13 T13 Garrick Porteous 30 11 T13 Jake McLeod 33 20 T13 Marcus Armitage 37 16 T17 Sihwan Kim 67 37 T17 Pedro Figueiredo 49 20 T17 Jonathan Caldwell 16 5 T17 Bradley Dredge 481 319 T17 Dave Coupland 6 1 T17 Darren Fichardt 380 215 T17 Lars van Meijel 3 0 CUT T17 Toby Tree 13 6 T25 Rikard Karlberg 146 80 T25 Niklas Lemke 52 22 T25 Dale Whitnell 11 5 T25 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet 188 101
2020 and 2021 European Tour results Player2020 European Tour2021 European TourStartsCutsmadeBestfinishrankPointsStartsCutsmadeBestfinishrankPoints Benjamin Poke 22 10 180 133 22 8 182 140 Grégory Havret 13 7 203 78 14 3 240 36 Alejandro Cañizares 21 10 132 251 24 15 98 502 Shiv Chawrasia 7 3 216 63 13 4 237 40 Rasmus Højgaard 19 10 16 1,271 19 14 35 1,124 Laurie Canter 17 12 19 1,113 22 14 24 1,363 Aaron Cockerill 21 14 118 291 22 12 152 236 Robin Sciot-Siegrist 18 9 123 281 21 11 169 184 Carlos Pigem 20 10 193 104 22 6 230 54 Choi Jin-ho 2 0 0 0 Adrien Saddier 20 9 94 391 19 7 170 182 Sami Välimäki 19 14 11 1,553 22 9 159 208 Johannes Veerman 19 15 78 447 22 13 31 1,217 Garrick Porteous 19 7 145 204 23 13 151 240 Jake McLeod 15 7 172 146 16 3 261 19 Marcus Armitage 23 18 57 649 25 19 42 1,050 Sihwan Kim 11 7 191 111 22 13 138 282 Pedro Figueiredo 19 10 183 123 22 7 199 107 Jonathan Caldwell 21 14 113 310 26 14 95 515 Bradley Dredge 2 0 6 3 235 42 Dave Coupland 18 13 150 194 21 9 136 296 Darren Fichardt 8 6 189 114 13 11 117 394 Lars van Meijel 21 11 154 181 21 11 174 165 Toby Tree 20 11 174 139 19 9 205 93 Rikard Karlberg 17 12 146 202 21 7 90 530 Niklas Lemke 19 12 89 406 19 10 160 207 Dale Whitnell 21 11 115 295 23 16 106 446 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet 7 2 267 23 15 9 165 192 T = Tied Player retained his European Tour card for 2022 (finished inside the top 121 in 2021, or won) 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 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up18 Dec 2019 Rasmus HøjgaardAfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open−19 (66-69-66-68=269)Playoff Renato Paratore Antoine Rozner21 Mar 2020 Sami Välimäki Oman Open−13 (74-67-64-70=275)Playoff Brandon Stone330 Aug 2020 Rasmus Højgaard (2)ISPS Handa UK Championship−14 (73-69-67-65=274)Playoff Justin Walters47 Jun 2021 Marcus Armitage Porsche European Open−8 (72-71-65=208)2 strokes Thomas Detry Edoardo Molinari Matthew Southgate Darius van Driel513 Jun 2021 Jonathan Caldwell Scandinavian Mixed−17 (70-67-70-64=271)1 stroke Adrián Otaegui622 Aug 2021 Johannes Veerman D+D Real Czech Masters−15 (71-66-68-68=273)2 strokes Sean Crocker Tapio Pulkkanen729 Aug 2021 Rasmus Højgaard (3)Omega European Masters−13 (68-66-70-63=267)1 stroke Bernd Wiesberger
2020 and 2021 European Tour runner-up finishes No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score125 Jul 2020 Rasmus HøjgaardBetfred British Masters Renato Paratore−18 (65-66-66-69=266)−15 (66-67-66-70=269)223 Aug 2020 Sami VälimäkiISPS Handa Wales Open Romain Langasque−8 (71-68-72-65=276)−6 (70-72-67-69=278)313 Sep 2020 Laurie CanterPortugal Masters George Coetzee−16 (66-70-66-66=268)−14 (64-72-68-66=270)425 Oct 2020 Laurie Canter (2)Italian Open Ross McGowan−20 (66-64-67-71=268)−19 (60-68-69-72=269)514 Mar 2021 Darren FichardtCommercial Bank Qatar Masters Antoine Rozner−8 (69-72-68-67=276)−7 (68-68-70-71=277)64 Jul 2021 Rikard KarlbergDubai Duty Free Irish Open Lucas Herbert−19 (64-67-70-68=269)−16 (71-67-67-67=272)712 Sep 2021 Laurie Canter (3)BMW PGA Championship Billy Horschel−19 (70-65-69-65=269)−18 (67-66-70-67=270)
See also 2019 Challenge Tour graduates
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External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site