2019 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

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.

2019 European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage

Tournament information
Dates	15–20 November 2019
Location	Tarragona, Spain 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
Par	71 (L) 72 (H)
Length	6,909 yards (6,318 m) (L) 6,975 yards (6,378 m) (H)
Field	156, 77 after cut
Cut	282 (−4)
Champion
Benjamin Poke
403 (−25)
Location map
Lumine GC Location in Spain Show map of Spain Lumine GC Location in Catalonia Show map of Catalonia
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Benjamin Poke won the event, scoring a six-round total of 403 (25 under par).^[1]

Graduates who went on to win on the European Tour in 2020 and 2021,^[a] included Rasmus Højgaard at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in December 2019,^[4] the 2020 ISPS Handa UK Championship^[5] and the 2021 Omega European Masters.^[6] Sami Välimäki also won the Oman Open in 2020.^[7] 2021 victories included Marcus Armitage at the Porsche European Open,^[8] Jonathan Caldwell at the Scandinavian Mixed^[9] and Johannes Veerman at the D+D Real Czech Masters.^[10]

Results

The top 25 players (including ties) earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour. They were as follows:^[11]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Benjamin Poke	67-67-69-67-69-64=403	−25
2	Grégory Havret	68-70-71-66-68-66=409	−19
3	Alejandro Cañizares	66-71-74-64-68-67=410	−18
4	Shiv Chawrasia	69-66-71-67-69-69=411	−17
T5	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=412
T8	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=413
T13	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=414
T17	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=415
T25	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.^[11]

• 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

Place	Player	Career ET starts	Cuts made	Best finish
1	Benjamin Poke[b]	1	0	CUT
2	Grégory Havret	507	296	Win (x3)
3	Alejandro Cañizares	315	214	Win (x2)
4	Shiv Chawrasia	239	97	Win (x4)
T5	Rasmus Højgaard[b]	3	0	CUT
T5	Laurie Canter	70	33	T14
T5	Aaron Cockerill[b]	3	2	T19
T8	Robin Sciot-Siegrist[b]	4	2	T39
T8	Carlos Pigem	81	35	T5
T8	Choi Jin-ho	51	29	T2
T8	Adrien Saddier	92	53	4th
T8	Sami Välimäki[b]	1	0	CUT
T13	Johannes Veerman[c]	25	13	4th
T13	Garrick Porteous[c]	30	11	T9
T13	Jake McLeod	33	20	T8
T13	Marcus Armitage	37	16	T10
T17	Sihwan Kim	67	37	3rd
T17	Pedro Figueiredo	49	20	T23
T17	Jonathan Caldwell	16	5	T31
T17	Bradley Dredge	481	319	Win (x2)
T17	Dave Coupland[b]	6	1	T11
T17	Darren Fichardt	380	215	Win (x5)
T17	Lars van Meijel[b]	3	0	CUT
T17	Toby Tree[b]	13	6	T14
T25	Rikard Karlberg	146	80	Win
T25	Niklas Lemke	52	22	3rd
T25	Dale Whitnell[b]	11	5	T4
T25	Jean-Baptiste Gonnet	188	101	T2

2020 and 2021 European Tour results

Player	2020 European Tour					2021 European Tour
	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	R2D rank	Points	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	R2D 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

T = Tied
  Player retained his European Tour card for 2022 (finished inside the top 121 in 2021, or won)^[a]
  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.	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

2020 and 2021 European Tour runner-up finishes

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

• 2019 Challenge Tour graduates

Notes

1. 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 Rasmus Højgaard and Sami Välimäki, who were promoted to the winners category after their victories. In 2021, Q School was cancelled for a second straight year,^[2][3] 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.
2. European Tour rookie in 2020
3. First-time full European Tour member in 2020, but ineligible for rookie status