The 2022 European Tour Qualifying School graduates were determined following the conclusion of the 2022 European Tour (DP World Tour) Qualifying School Final Stage which was played 11–16 November at Infinitum Golf in Tarragona, Spain. It was the 45th edition of the European Tour Qualifying School. The top 25 and ties (28 in total) earned status to play on the 2023 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 2023 Challenge Tour.
Simon Forsström won the event, scoring a six-round total of 399 (29 under par).
It was also the first time since 2019 that European Tour Qualifying School had been staged, having not been staged in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Graduates who went on to win on the European Tour in 2023 included Marcel Siem at the Hero Indian Open, Nick Bachem at the Jonsson Workwear Open, Simon Forsström at the Soudal Open, Dan Brown at the ISPS Handa World Invitational and Ryo Hisatsune at the Cazoo Open de France.
Results The top 25 players (including ties) earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour. They were as follows:
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Simon Forsström 66-69-65-65-66-68=399 −292 David Ravetto 67-69-72-64-65-64=401 −273 Dan Brown 67-67-68-65-66-69=402 −264 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 69-64-73-62-67-68=403 −255 Alejandro del Rey 69-68-68-68-68-63=404 −246 Nick Bachem 76-61-69-65-68-66=405 −23T7 Ryo Hisatsune 66-69-72-65-66-68=406 −22 Christoffer Bring 71-68-72-61-65-69=406 John Axelsen 72-63-67-69-66-69=406 Pedro Figueiredo 69-67-70-65-64-71=40611 Tobias Edén 76-68-61-67-66-69=407 −2112 Joël Stalter 68-68-69-63-71-69=408 −20T13 Sam Hutsby 71-67-66-70-67-68=409 −19 Gunner Wiebe 73-64-71-66-66-69=409 Gary Hurley 70-65-70-65-70-69=409 Joshua Lee 71-69-70-62-67-70=409 Mike Lorenzo-Vera 66-73-70-64-65-71=409 Marcel Siem 69-72-67-64-66-71=409T19 Jens Fahrbring 71-68-71-65-69-66=410 −18 David Horsey 70-70-69-65-68-68=410 Guðmundur Kristjánsson 70-64-73-66-67-70=410 Gary Stal 72-69-67-65-66-71=410T23 John Murphy 68-69-73-67-69-65=411 −17 Adrien Saddier 71-69-70-68-66-67=411 Garrick Porteous 71-66-70-67-69-68=411 Andrew Wilson 70-69-71-67-65-69=411 Ricardo Santos 73-67-67-67-68-69=411 Niklas Lemke 72-66-65-66-71-71=411
The following players made the 72 hole cut, however finished outside the top 25 and ties, therefore earning status to play on the 2023 Challenge Tour.
Renato Paratore (T29) Oliver Farr (T29) Nicolai Kristensen (T29) Ross McGowan (T32) Oliver Farrell (T32) Elias Bertheussen (T32) Christopher Mivis (T35) Tom Murray (T35) Jaco Prinsloo (T35) Takumi Kanaya (T35) Henric Sturehed (T35) Maximilian Schmitt (T35) Marco Penge (T35) Lorenzo Scalise (T35) Felipe Aguilar (T43) Tom Lewis (T43) Pavan Sagoo (T43) Daniel O'Laughlin (T43) Sam Bairstow (T43) Chris Wood (T43) Manuel Elvira (T43) Clément Berardo (T43) Benjamin Poke (T51) Chris Paisley (T51) Mateusz Gradecki (T51) Jordan Zunic (T51) Callan Barrow (T51) Derek Ackerman (T56) Craig Howie (T56) Velten Meyer (T56) Liu Yanwei (T56) Ugo Coussaud (T56) Benjamin Rusch (T56) Alejandro Cañizares (T62) Jarryd Felton (T62) Maverick Antcliff (T62) Dimitrios Papadatos (65) Liam Johnston (T66) Keenan Davidse (T66) Gary Boyd (T68) Mikael Lundberg (T68) Oliver Fisher (70) Ashley Chesters (WD) Ricardo Gouveia (WD)
Graduates PlacePlayerCareer startsCutsmadeBestfinish 1 Simon Forsström 9 3 2 David Ravetto 3 1 3 Dan Brown 1 0 CUT 4 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 183 119 5 Alejandro del Rey 13 5 6 Nick Bachem 2 0 CUT T7 Ryo Hisatsune 1 0 CUT T7 Christoffer Bring 3 1 T7 John Axelsen 4 3 T7 Pedro Figueiredo 99 36 11 Tobias Edén 1 0 CUT 12 Joël Stalter 106 38 T13 Sam Hutsby 99 42 T13 Gunner Wiebe 1 1 T13 Gary Hurley 14 5 T13 Joshua Lee 0 0 n/a T13 Mike Lorenzo-Vera 245 148 T13 Marcel Siem 495 290 T19 Jens Fahrbring 85 41 T19 David Horsey 365 227 T19 Guðmundur Kristjánsson 6 2 T19 Gary Stal 136 71 T23 John Murphy 6 2 T23 Adrien Saddier 138 72 T23 Garrick Porteous 90 39 T23 Andrew Wilson 33 13 T23 Ricardo Santos 203 99 T23 Niklas Lemke 113 51
2023 European Tour results PlayerStartsCutsmadeBestfinishrankPrize money (€) Simon Forsström 29 19 56 626,218 David Ravetto 29 13 132 265,272 Dan Brown 28 24 50 741,789 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 19 7 149 198,780 Alejandro del Rey 27 21 86 437,667 Nick Bachem 28 15 59 665,577 Ryo Hisatsune 27 20 17 1,416,758 Christoffer Bring 25 7 169 118,016 John Axelsen 29 14 118 284,799 Pedro Figueiredo 25 13 152 178,315 Tobias Edén 20 1 315 2,700 Joël Stalter 21 6 190 52,595 Sam Hutsby 15 3 250 14,305 Gunner Wiebe 26 7 110 366,207 Gary Hurley 12 4 198 41,259 Joshua Lee 26 9 188 62,847 Mike Lorenzo-Vera 20 13 113 326,107 Marcel Siem 29 23 24 1,232,572 Jens Fahrbring 9 5 164 120,366 David Horsey 15 3 218 36,725 Guðmundur Kristjánsson 22 6 187 64,018 Gary Stal 20 6 205 33,113 John Murphy 23 3 209 32,488 Adrien Saddier 20 14 87 457,970 Garrick Porteous 16 3 219 28,571 Andrew Wilson 18 10 156 165,768 Ricardo Santos 15 8 167 111,968 Niklas Lemke 15 7 166 115,566 T = Tied Player retained his European Tour card for 2024 (finished inside the top 116) Player did not retain his European Tour card for 2024, but retained conditional status (finished between 117 and 131, inclusive) Player did not retain his European Tour card for 2024 (finished outside the top 131)
2023 European Tour winners No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up126 Feb Marcel SiemHero Indian Open−14 (69-70-67-68=274)1 stroke Yannik Paul226 Mar Nick BachemJonsson Workwear Open−24 (65-66-69-64=264)4 strokes Hennie du Plessis Zander Lombard314 May Simon ForsströmSoudal Open−17 (64-67-67-69=267)1 stroke Jens Dantorp420 Aug Dan BrownISPS Handa World Invitational−15 (64-66-67-69=266)5 strokes Alex Fitzpatrick524 Sep Ryo HisatsuneCazoo Open de France−14 (66-69-69-66=270)2 strokes Jordan Smith Jeff Winther
2023 European Tour runner-up finishes No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score127 Nov 2022 Ryo HisatsuneFortinet Australian PGA Championship Cameron Smith−14 (68-65-69-68=270)−11 (67-70-71-65=273)24 Jun 2023 Marcel SiemPorsche European Open Tom McKibbin−9 (72-69-72-70=283)−7 (71-73-70-71=285)32 Jul Gunner WiebeBetfred British Masters Daniel Hillier−10 (72-71-69-66=278)−8 (73-71-70-66=280)
See also 2022 Challenge Tour graduates
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References
External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site