# European Tour Qualifying School

The European Tour Qualifying School is an annual golf tournament which enables professional golfers to gain a place on the European Tour and its official development tour, the Challenge Tour.
The European Tour Qualifying School is held in three stages, with the final stage being played over six rounds at Infinitum Golf (formerly the Lumine Golf Club) in Spain. After four rounds, the field is reduced from 156 to 70 plus ties. From 2024, the top 20 (previously top 25) players including ties win their card on the European Tour. The remaining players who make the 72-hole cut are fully exempt on the Challenge Tour.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue(s) |
| 2024 | Edoardo Molinari | 399 | −29 | 1 stroke | Niklas Lemke | Infinitum Golf |
| 2023 | Freddy Schott | 401 | −27 | 2 strokes | Filippo Celli | Infinitum Golf |
| 2022 | Simon Forsström | 399 | −29 | 2 strokes | David Ravetto | Infinitum Golf |
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| 2019 | Benjamin Poke | 403 | −25 | 6 strokes | Grégory Havret | Lumine GC |
| 2018 | Alejandro Cañizares | 404 | −24 | Countback | Zander Lombard | Lumine GC |
| 2017 | Sam Horsfield | 401 | −27 | 7 strokes | Charlie Ford Anders Hansen Jacques Kruyswijk Andrea Pavan Pontus Widegren Jeff Winther | Lumine GC |
| 2016 | Nathan Kimsey | 415 | −13 | 1 stroke | Ricardo González Scott Henry Edoardo Molinari | PGA Golf Catalunya |
| 2015 | Ulrich van den Berg | 410 | −18 | Countback | Daniel Im Adrián Otaegui | PGA Golf Catalunya |
| 2014 | Mikko Korhonen | 408 | −20 | 2 strokes | Ricardo González | PGA Golf Catalunya |
| 2013 | Carlos del Moral | 402 | −26 | 5 strokes | Fabrizio Zanotti | PGA Golf Catalunya |
| 2012 | John Parry | 409 | −19 | 4 strokes | Mikael Lundberg | PGA Golf Catalunya |
| 2011 | David Dixon | 407 | −21 | 1 stroke | Sam Hutsby | PGA Golf Catalunya |
| 2010 | Simon Wakefield | 407 | −21 | 2 strokes | Carlos del Moral | PGA Golf Catalunya |
| 2009 | Simon Khan | 408 | −20 | 1 stroke | Sam Hutsby | PGA Golf Catalunya |
| 2008 | Oskar Henningsson | 409 | −19 | 4 strokes | Carlos del Moral Wade Ormsby | PGA Golf Catalunya |
| 2007 | Martin Wiegele | 421 | −11 | 2 strokes | Pedro Linhart Lee Slattery | San Roque Club |
| 2006 | Carlos Rodiles | 417 | −15 | Countback | Alexandre Rocha | San Roque Club |
| 2005 | Tom Whitehouse | 419 | −13 | 2 strokes | Robert Rock | San Roque Club |
| 2004 | Peter Gustafsson | 423 | −9 | 3 strokes | Simon Wakefield | San Roque Club |
| 2003 | Richard McEvoy | 400 | −28 | 3 strokes | Wade Ormsby | Empordà Golf Golf Platja de Pals |
| 2002 | Per Nyman | 400 | −28 | 1 stroke | Phillip Archer | Empordà Golf Golf Platja de Pals |
| 2001 | Johan Sköld | 415 | −17 | 2 strokes | Christophe Pottier | San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande |
| 2000 | Desvonde Botes | 417 | −15 | 4 strokes | Graham Rankin | San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande |
| 1999 | Alastair Forsyth | 423 | −9 | 2 strokes | Niclas Fasth | San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande |
| 1998 | Ross Drummond | 425 | −7 | Countback | Henrik Nyström | San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande |
| 1997 | Chris van der Velde | 280 | −8 | Countback | Robert-Jan Derksen Philip Golding Fredrik Henge | San Roque Club Guadalmina |
| 1996 | Niclas Fasth | 428 | −4 | 1 stroke | Brian Davis | San Roque Club Club de Golf Sotogrande |
| 1995 | Steve Webster | 422 | −8 | 1 stroke | Hendrik Buhrmann | San Roque Club Guadalmina |
| 1994 | David Carter | 273 | −15 | 5 strokes | Christian Cévaër | La Grande Motte Golf Massane |
| 1993 | Brian Nelson | 424 | −8 | 2 strokes | Ross McFarlane Scott Watson | La Grande Motte Golf Massane |
| 1992 | Retief Goosen | 427 | −5 | 1 stroke | Ole Eskildsen | La Grande Motte Golf Massane |
| 1991 | Andrew Hare | 429 | −3 | 2 strokes | José Cóceres Gary Evans Paul McGinley | La Grande Motte Golf Massane |
| 1990 | Daniel Silva | 424 | −8 | 6 strokes | Juan Anglada Phillip Price | La Grande Motte Golf Massane |
| 1989 | Heinz-Peter Thül | 411 | −19 | 3 strokes | David Ray | La Manga Club |
| 1988 | Jesper Parnevik | 416 | −14 | 4 strokes | Paul Mayo Ulf Nilsson Vijay Singh | La Manga Club |
| 1987 | Mike Smith | 410 | −20 | 3 strokes | John DeForest | La Manga Club |
| 1986 | Wayne Smith | 415 | −15 | 1 stroke | Justin Hobday Steen Tinning | La Manga Club |
| 1985 | José María Olazábal | 414 | −16 | 2 strokes | Greg Turner | La Manga Club |
| 1984 | Robert Wrenn | 412 | −18 | 1 stroke | Jeff Sluman | La Manga Club |
| 1983 | David Ray | 281 | −5 | 2 strokes | Mike Wolseley | La Manga Club |
| 1982 | José Rivero | 283 | −3 | 7 strokes | Robert Lee Malcolm MacKenzie | La Manga Club |
| 1981 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 288 | E | 3 strokes | Roger Chapman | Dom Pedro |
| 1981 | Robin Mann | 294 | +6 | 1 stroke | Philip Morley | Quinta do Lago |
| 1980 | Paul Carrigill | 295 | +7 | 3 strokes | John Hoskisson | Dom Pedro |
| 1980 | Manuel Montes | 293 | +5 | 9 strokes | Keith Ashdown Malcolm MacKenzie Bob Wynn | Quinta do Lago |
| 1979 | Charles Cox | 296 | +8 | 2 strokes | Andrew Murray | Dom Pedro |
| 1979 | Keith Williams | 303 | +15 | 3 strokes | Joe Purcell Mark Thomas | Quinta do Lago |
| 1978 | Stephen Evans | 293 | +2 | Countback | Glenn Ralph | Foxhills Downshire |
| 1977 | Sandy Lyle | 295 | +3 | 2 strokes | Malcolm Henberry | Foxhills |
| 1976 | David A. Russell | 295 | +5 | 3 strokes | Philip Loxley | Foxhills Walton Heath |