# 2018 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

The 2018 European Tour Qualifying School graduates were determined following the conclusion of the 2018 European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage which was played 10–15 November at Lumine Golf Club in Tarragona, Spain. It was the 43rd edition of the European Tour Qualifying School. The top 25 and ties (27 in total) earned status to play on the 2019 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 2019 Challenge Tour.
Alejandro Cañizares won the event, scoring a six-round total of 404 (24 under par), beating Zander Lombard on countback; Cañizares shot 64 in the final round, compared to Lombard's 68.
Graduates who went on to win on the European Tour in 2019 included Kurt Kitayama who won twice, with wins at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open (December 2018) and the Oman Open. Guido Migliozzi also won twice in 2019, with wins at the Magical Kenya Open and the Belgian Knockout.

## Results

The top 25 players (including ties) earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour. They were as follows:
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Alejandro Cañizares | 65-71-64-74-66-64=404 | −24 |
| 2 | Zander Lombard | 64-68-70-70-64-68=404 | −24 |
| T3 | Jeff Winther | 65-70-68-70-64-68=405 | −23 |
| T3 | Kurt Kitayama | 70-65-70-65-66-69=405 | −23 |
| 5 | Romain Langasque | 70-65-70-65-66-70=406 | −22 |
| T6 | Niklas Lemke | 68-64-71-69-70-65=407 | −21 |
| T6 | Bernd Ritthammer | 65-70-69-69-65-69=407 | −21 |
| T6 | Clément Sordet | 70-66-63-68-71-69=407 | −21 |
| T9 | Iván Cantero | 65-68-70-68-70-67=408 | −20 |
| T9 | Anton Karlsson | 67-64-71-67-68-71=408 | −20 |
| T11 | Masahiro Kawamura | 67-68-70-69-67-68=409 | −19 |
| T11 | Scott Gregory | 69-71-62-72-66-69=409 | −19 |
| T13 | Louis de Jager | 71-66-71-67-70-65=410 | −18 |
| T13 | Per Längfors | 70-72-67-69-65-67=410 | −18 |
| T13 | Guido Migliozzi | 70-65-72-66-68-69=410 | −18 |
| T13 | Nick Cullen | 70-64-71-67-69-69=410 | −18 |
| T13 | Deyen Lawson | 65-70-71-71-63-70=410 | −18 |
| T13 | Daniel Gavins | 62-69-66-69-63-71=410 | −18 |
| 19 | Marc Warren | 68-67-73-69-66-68=411 | −17 |
| T20 | Filippo Bergamaschi | 67-69-69-68-73-66=412 | −16 |
| T20 | Kristian Krogh Johannessen | 69-67-70-69-70-67=412 | −16 |
| T20 | Hugo León | 71-67-67-70-66-71=412 | −16 |
| T20 | Gavin Moynihan | 68-66-71-70-66-71=412 | −16 |
| T20 | Max Schmitt | 62-71-70-68-70-71=412 | −16 |
| T20 | David Borda | 65-62-72-70-72-71=412 | −16 |
| T20 | Kristoffer Reitan | 63-70-71-67-69-72=412 | −16 |
| T20 | Ben Evans | 68-67-71-68-65-73=412 | −16 |
The following players made the 72 hole cut, however finished outside the top 25 and ties, therefore earning status to play on the 2019 Challenge Tour.
* Martin Simonsen (T28)
* Joe Dean (T28)
* Duncan Stewart (T28)
* Cormac Sharvin (T28)
* Josh Geary (T28)
* José-Filipe Lima (T28)
* Henric Sturehed (T28)
* Berry Henson (T28)
* Christian Bräunig (T28)
* Raphaël De Sousa (T37)
* Ugo Coussaud (T37)
* Anton Wejshag (T37)
* Matthieu Fenasse (T37)
* Alexander Knappe (T37)
* Sébastien Gros (T37)
* David Boote (T37)
* Chris Hanson (T37)
* Clément Berardo (T45)
* Paul Peterson (T45)
* Marcel Schneider (T45)
* Kim Min-kyu (T45)
* Marcel Siem (T45)
* Anders Hansen (T45)
* Pep Anglès (T51)
* Philipp Mejow (T51)
* Eirik Tage Johansen (T51)
* Grégory Havret (T51)
* Oscar Lengdén (T55)
* Bryce Easton (T55)
* Connor Syme (T57)
* Laurie Canter (T57)
* Antoine Rozner (T57)
* Grégory Bourdy (T57)
* Scott Fernández (T57)
* David Cooke (T57)
* Craig Ross (T63)
* Christian Gløët (T63)
* Daan Huizing (T63)
* Nick McCarthy (T63)
* Simon Forsström (T67)
* Ryan Evans (T67)
* Jonathan Thomson (T67)
* Nicolai Tinning (T67)
* Paul Maddy (71)
* Aaron Cockerill (72)
* Robin Dawson (T73)
* Eduardo de la Riva (T73)
* Emilio Cuartero (T73)
* Jamie Abbott (T73)
* Hugues Joannes (77)

## Graduates

| Place | Player | Career ET starts | Cuts made | Best finish |
| 1 | Alejandro Cañizares | 294 | 194 | Win (x2) |
| 2 | Zander Lombard | 68 | 26 | 2nd |
| T3 | Jeff Winther | 67 | 32 | 2nd |
| T3 | Kurt Kitayama | 1 | 1 | T46 |
| 5 | Romain Langasque | 40 | 18 | 3rd |
| T6 | Niklas Lemke | 27 | 8 | 3rd |
| T6 | Bernd Ritthammer | 80 | 26 | T7 |
| T6 | Clément Sordet | 36 | 15 | T10 |
| T9 | Iván Cantero | 2 | 0 | CUT |
| T9 | Anton Karlsson | 16 | 5 | T13 |
| T11 | Masahiro Kawamura | 30 | 17 | T9 |
| T11 | Scott Gregory | 7 | 1 | T56 |
| T13 | Louis de Jager | 49 | 23 | 4th |
| T13 | Per Längfors | 1 | 0 | CUT |
| T13 | Guido Migliozzi | 6 | 1 | T26 |
| T13 | Nick Cullen | 39 | 25 | T8 |
| T13 | Deyen Lawson | 9 | 5 | T24 |
| T13 | Daniel Gavins | 18 | 4 | T28 |
| 19 | Marc Warren | 368 | 205 | Win (x3) |
| T20 | Filippo Bergamaschi | 13 | 2 | T48 |
| T20 | Kristian Krogh Johannessen | 5 | 4 | T34 |
| T20 | Hugo León | 5 | 2 | T62 |
| T20 | Gavin Moynihan | 20 | 5 | T8 |
| T20 | Max Schmitt | 3 | 1 | T59 |
| T20 | David Borda | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| T20 | Kristoffer Reitan | 2 | 0 | CUT |
| T20 | Ben Evans | 100 | 44 | T3 |

### 2019 European Tour Results

| Player | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | R2D rank | Prize money (€) |
| Alejandro Cañizares | 21 | 11 | T9 | 138 | 212,846 |
| Zander Lombard | 28 | 16 | T3 | 59 | 642,971 |
| Jeff Winther | 21 | 16 | T4 | 91 | 368,837 |
| Kurt Kitayama | 31 | 23 | Win (x2) | 14 | 1,732,419 |
| Romain Langasque | 28 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 1,301,118 |
| Niklas Lemke | 25 | 13 | T7 | 118 | 299,187 |
| Bernd Ritthammer | 26 | 11 | T2 | 126 | 259,946 |
| Clément Sordet | 22 | 12 | T2 | 119 | 256,906 |
| Iván Cantero | 21 | 5 | T23 | 234 | 30,102 |
| Anton Karlsson | 23 | 12 | T2 | 136 | 191,959 |
| Masahiro Kawamura | 27 | 18 | 2 | 56 | 626,889 |
| Scott Gregory | 18 | 1 | T28 | 269 | 17,800 |
| Louis de Jager | 26 | 11 | T2 | 123 | 255,670 |
| Per Längfors | 22 | 5 | 9 | 187 | 74,143 |
| Guido Migliozzi | 28 | 17 | Win (x2) | 40 | 845,370 |
| Nick Cullen | 20 | 8 | T14 | 191 | 70,635 |
| Deyen Lawson | 24 | 9 | T26 | 186 | 74,103 |
| Daniel Gavins | 23 | 9 | 16 | 178 | 91,221 |
| Marc Warren | 21 | 7 | T24 | 215 | 45,232 |
| Filippo Bergamaschi | 22 | 6 | T14 | 209 | 61,132 |
| Kristian Krogh Johannessen | 19 | 6 | T31 | 214 | 46,816 |
| Hugo León | 22 | 14 | T5 | 116 | 270,012 |
| Gavin Moynihan | 23 | 10 | T5 | 144 | 177,085 |
| Max Schmitt | 24 | 11 | T4 | 129 | 250,791 |
| David Borda | 20 | 3 | T23 | 230 | 32,400 |
| Kristoffer Reitan | 25 | 10 | T5 | 141 | 181,207 |
| Ben Evans | 25 | 12 | T5 | 142 | 179,007 |
T = Tied  Player retained his European Tour card for 2020 (finished inside the top 115)  Player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 155, inclusive)  Player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020 (finished outside the top 155)

### 2019 European Tour winners

| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 2 Dec 2018 | Kurt Kitayama | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | −20 (65-65-70-68=268) | 2 strokes | S. Chikkarangappa Matthieu Pavon |
| 2 | 3 Mar | Kurt Kitayama (2) | Oman Open | −7 (66-74-71-70=281) | 1 stroke | Jorge Campillo Maximilian Kieffer Clément Sordet Fabrizio Zanotti |
| 3 | 17 Mar | Guido Migliozzi | Magical Kenya Open | −16 (67-68-64-69=268) | 1 stroke | Adri Arnaus Louis de Jager Justin Harding |
| 4 | 2 Jun | Guido Migliozzi (2) | Belgian Knockout | −3 | 4 strokes | Darius van Driel |

### 2019 European Tour runner-up finishes

| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
| 1 | 9 Dec 2018 | Romain Langasque | South African Open | Louis Oosthuizen | −18 (62-70-67-67=266) | −12 (69-68-69-66=272) |
| 2 | 3 Mar | Clément Sordet | Oman Open | Kurt Kitayama | −7 (66-74-71-70=281) | −6 (71-71-70-70=282) |
| 3 | 10 Mar | Anton Karlsson | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Justin Harding | −13 (68-68-73-66=275) | −11 (72-66-70-69=277) |
| 4 | 17 Mar | Louis de Jager | Magical Kenya Open | Guido Migliozzi | −16 (67-68-64-69=268) | −15 (64-66-70-69=269) |
| 5 | 31 Mar | Masahiro Kawamura | Hero Indian Open | Stephen Gallacher | −9 (67-74-67-71=279) | −8 (69-70-68-73=280) |
| 6 | 8 Sep | Bernd Ritthammer | Porsche European Open | Paul Casey | −14 (66-73-69-66=274) | −13 (71-66-70-68=275) |
| 7 | 11 Nov | Kurt Kitayama | Turkish Airlines Open | Tyrrell Hatton | −20 (68-68-65-67=268) | −20 (69-68-67-64=268) |