Jose Luis Ballester and Rocco Repetto Taylor shared victory at the Final Stage of DP World Tour Qualifying School as 20 players earned their DP World Tour cards for the 2027 season at INFINITUM.
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The Spanish pair carded matching rounds of six under par 65 to reach 32 under par for the week, one shot ahead of Australia’s Cameron John who secured his graduation with a 66 on the final day.
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Ballester will be playing his first full season on the DP World Tour, while Repetto Taylor returns to golf’s global Tour at the first opportunity after finishing 152nd on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World last month.
Ivan Cantero fired a bogey-free 64 to finish tied fourth alongside England’s Tom Lewis, who only got into the field after winning a play-off at Second Stage earlier this month to be an alternate.
David Nyfjall closed out his week with a bogey-free 65 to finish on 29 under par to secure playing status on the DP World Tour for the first time after coming through all three stages.
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Joining Nyfjall in coming through all three stages to earn their DP World Tour cards were France’s Paul Beauvy, Jansen Preston of the United States and Germany’s Philipp Katich who shot a bogey-free 62 and only made Monday’s 72-hole cut on the number.
As ever with Qualifying School, there were storylines aplenty on the final day in Spain, with Niklas Lemke going six under for his final six holes to card a 64 and finish inside the top 15 and ties on the number to graduate for the fifth time he has played at Qualifying School.
There are four former DP World Tour winners who finished inside the graduation spots, with Lewis joined by Ryder Cup Europe vice-captain Edoardo Molinari, Byeong Hun An and John Catlin.
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Scotland’s Ryan Lumsden carded a third 68 of the week over the Lakes course to earn his DP World Tour card for the first time, and England’s Ben Schmidt earned his playing rights for the second time in three years via Qualifying School.
Final Stage Qualifiers
Jose Luis Ballester
Rocco Repetto Taylor
Cameron John
Ivan Cantero
Adam Blomme
David Nyfjall
Byeong Hun An
Jannik de Bruyn
Ryan Lumsden
Paul Beauvy
Tom Lewis
Marcus Helligkilde
Albin Bergstrom
Niklas Lemke
John Catlin
Ben Schmidt
Edoardo Molinari
Jansen Preston
Philipp Katich
Matteo Cristoni
