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13-651: Like the other third-tier European tours, the top ten players on the Order of Merit are exempt through the second stage of European Tour Qualifying School , and the top five win playing privileges on the Challenge Tour. Alumni who have gone on to win on the European Tour include Marco Crespi , Guido Migliozzi , Chris Paisley , Julien Quesne , and Matt Wallace . This article about sports in Morocco

26-569: A Top 25 finish on the Korn Ferry Tour also played in the final stage in attempts to improve their status and order in the reshuffle. The reshuffle alternated between Q School and Korn Ferry Tour graduates, with higher-finishing players getting more priority in tournaments. The initial reshuffle began with the Q School medalist, then 2nd place on the Korn Ferry Tour money list (the money leader is fully exempt), second in Q School, and so on. The order would change according to season earnings after

39-549: A membership fee so they do not have a qualifying school. The PGA Tour's qualifying school was officially known as the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament , but the organization also frequently refers to it as "Q-School". The system began in 1965. The 2012 edition (the final Q School that offered a direct path to the PGA Tour) involved four stages: A number of players who earned PGA Tour privileges through

52-415: A regular golf tournament with only a small number of players going on to the next stage. The final qualifying school may be played over up to six rounds, compared with the standard four rounds in a professional golf tournament. However, players who are successful at qualifying school can reach the elite level of competition very quickly. Some lower status tours are open to any registered professional who pays

65-481: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This golf-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Qualifying School In professional golf , the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S.-based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour . A fixed number of players in the event win membership of

78-678: The Korn Ferry Tour Finals , in which the top 75 money winners on the Web.com Tour and non-exempt golfers placing between 126 and 200 on the FedEx Cup points list will be eligible. The top 25 on the Korn Ferry Tour money list heading into the Finals will receive PGA Tour cards, with the remaining 25 cards to be awarded based on money earned in the Finals. The Finals money list will determine the priority placing for all 50 card earners in

91-433: The European Tour, which entitles them to entry to a substantial number of European Tour events, but not to the more prestigious stops on the tour unless a large number of players in higher exemption categories miss those tournaments. The leading 30 players also receive category 4 membership of the second tier Challenge Tour , with the remainder of those making the 72-hole cut being granted category 7 status, and those missing

104-431: The coming season, including those earning cards through the Korn Ferry Tour money list. In 2015, Korn Ferry Tour Q School was reduced to a four-round event. In 2023, Q School allowed players to earn PGA Tour cards for the first time in a decade, giving cards to top five plus ties. The European Tour has a three-stage qualifying school: The leading 30 players and ties at Final Qualifying receive category 11 membership of

117-572: The cut, category 12. Any player not making it through to the final stage is able to take up category UR1 membership, with limited opportunities to participate in tournaments during the season. The LPGA operates a qualifying school with two stages: The PGA Tour Champions, the PGA Tour's circuit for golfers age 50 and older, has its own "Q-School". As of 2011, it involves two stages: Other methods of getting onto an elite golf tour include: For complete lists of exempt categories on various tours, see

130-756: The eighth tournament of the season, the Masters, Players Championship, U.S. Open, and British Open, again with the highest earning players receiving higher priority into tournaments. Korn Ferry Tour graduates did not count against the 25. If there were less than 25 after the Korn Ferry Tour graduates were discounted, then those in the next position were given PGA Tour cards, as in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, twenty-six golfers originally earned tour cards, which also included Korn Ferry Tour graduates Roberto Castro and Mark Anderson . As there were fewer than 25 after Castro and Anderson were not counted, Nathan Green , Colt Knost , and John Huh were also given Tour cards for 2012. Huh

143-594: The end of the 2013 PGA Tour season in September of that year, the 2014 season will begin the following month, and future seasons will begin in October of the previous calendar year. As a result, from 2013 on, the Qualifying Tournament will only award privileges on the Korn Ferry Tour. New PGA Tour cards for the 2014 season and beyond will instead be awarded at the end of a four-tournament series, known as

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156-469: The tour for the following season, otherwise known as a "tour card", meaning that they can play in most of the tour's events without having to qualify. They join the leaders on the previous year's money list/order of merit and certain other exempt players as members of the tour. Getting through the qualifying school of an elite tour is very competitive and most professional golfers never achieve it. There can be up to four stages to negotiate, each of them like

169-569: Was the most successful of the three, winning at Mayakoba, playing in all four stages of the FedEx Cup , and finishing 28th on the money list en route to Rookie of the Year honors. Knost did well enough to keep his Tour privileges, while former PGA Tour winner Green finished outside the Top 150. The 2012 Qualifying Tournament was the last to award PGA Tour privileges. The tour announced in March 2012 that after

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