2019 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 28 players who earned 2020 European Tour cards through Q School in 2019.[1][2]

Place Player European Tour
starts
Cuts
made
Notes
1 Denmark Benjamin Poke 1 0
2 France Grégory Havret 507 296 3 European Tour wins; Runner-up in 2010 U.S. Open
3 Spain Alejandro Cañizares 315 214 2 European Tour wins
4 India Shiv Chawrasia 239 97 4 European Tour wins; 2 other Asian Tour wins
T5 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard 3 0
T5 England Laurie Canter 70 33
T5 Canada Aaron Cockerill 3 2
T8 France Robin Sciot-Siegrist 4 2 1 Challenge Tour win
T8 Spain Carlos Pigem 81 35 1 Asian Tour win
T8 South Korea Choi Jin-ho 51 29 7 Korean Tour wins
T8 France Adrien Saddier 92 53 1 Challenge Tour win
T8 Finland Sami Välimäki 1 0
T13 United States Johannes Veerman 25 13
T13 England Garrick Porteous 30 11 1 Challenge Tour win; Won 2013 Amateur Championship
T13 Australia Jake McLeod 33 20 1 PGA Tour of Australasia win
T13 England Marcus Armitage 37 16 1 Challenge Tour win
T17 United States Sihwan Kim 67 37
T17 Portugal Pedro Figueiredo 49 20 1 Challenge Tour win
T17 Northern Ireland Jonathan Caldwell 16 5
T17 Wales Bradley Dredge 481 319 2 European Tour wins
T17 England Dave Coupland 6 1
T17 South Africa Darren Fichardt 380 215 5 European Tour wins; 14 other Sunshine Tour wins
T17 Netherlands Lars van Meijel 3 0 1 Challenge Tour win
T17 England Toby Tree 13 6
T25 Sweden Rikard Karlberg 146 80 1 European Tour win; 2 Asian Tour wins
T25 Sweden Niklas Lemke 52 22
T25 England Dale Whitnell 11 5 1 Challenge Tour win
T25 France Jean-Baptiste Gonnet 188 101

  2020 European Tour rookie
  First-time member in 2020 but ineligible for Rookie of the Year award

2020 and 2021 results

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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 Højgaard and Välimäki, who were promoted to the winners category after their victories.

In 2021, Q School was cancelled for a second straight year, 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.

Player 2020 European Tour 2021 European Tour
Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Points
rank
Points Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Points
rank
Points
  Benjamin Poke* 22 10 T17 180 133 22 8 T7 182 140
  Grégory Havret 13 7 T21 203 78 14 3 T45 240 36
  Alejandro Cañizares 21 10 T6 132 251 24 15 3rd/T3 (x2) 98 502
  Shiv Chawrasia 7 3 T25 216 63 13 4 T15 237 40
  Rasmus Højgaard* 19 10 Win (x2) 16 1,271 19 14 Win 35 1,124
  Laurie Canter 17 12 2nd/T2 (x2) 19 1,113 22 14 T2 24 1,363
  Aaron Cockerill* 21 14 T4 118 291 22 12 T17 152 236
  Robin Sciot-Siegrist* 18 9 T3 (x2) 123 281 21 11 T12 169 184
  Carlos Pigem 20 10 T5 193 104 22 6 T47 230 54
  Choi Jin-ho 2 0 CUT 0 0 DNP
  Adrien Saddier 20 9 3rd 94 391 19 7 T7 170 182
  Sami Välimäki* 19 14 Win 11 1,553 22 9 T21 159 208
  Johannes Veerman 19 15 T4 78 447 22 13 Win 31 1,217
  Garrick Porteous 19 7 T4 145 204 23 13 T10 151 240
  Jake McLeod 15 7 6th 172 146 16 3 T47 261 19
  Marcus Armitage 23 18 3rd 57 649 25 19 Win 42 1,050
  Sihwan Kim 11 7 T9 191 111 22 13 T10 (x2) 138 282
  Pedro Figueiredo 19 10 T17 183 123 22 7 T10 199 107
  Jonathan Caldwell 21 14 T5 113 310 26 14 Win 95 515
  Bradley Dredge 2 0 CUT 6 3 T28 235 42
  Dave Coupland* 18 13 T9 150 194 21 9 T3 136 296
  Darren Fichardt 8 6 T11 (x2) 189 114 13 11 T2 117 394
  Lars van Meijel* 21 11 T7 154 181 21 11 7th 174 165
  Toby Tree* 20 11 T14 174 139 19 9 T16 205 93
  Rikard Karlberg 17 12 T14 (x2) 146 202 21 7 2nd 90 530
  Niklas Lemke 19 12 T3 89 406 19 10 T7 160 207
  Dale Whitnell* 21 11 T4 115 295 23 16 T4 106 446
  Jean-Baptiste Gonnet 7 2 T24 267 23 15 9 T5 165 192

* European Tour rookie in 2020
First-time member in 2020 but ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
T = Tied
  The player retained full European Tour status for 2022 (finished inside the top 121 in 2021, or won).
  The player retained conditional European Tour status for 2022 (finished outside the top 121 in 2021).

Wins on the European Tour in 2020 and 2021

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

Runner-up finishes on the European Tour in 2020 and 2021

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Poke dominates Final Stage as 28 earn cards". 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Final Qualifying Stage – Leaderboard". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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