2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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This is a list of the 34 players who earned their 2011 European Tour card through Q School in 2010.
# | Player | European Tour starts | Cuts made | Notes |
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1 | Simon Wakefield Simon Wakefield Simon Wakefield is an English professional golfer.Wakefield was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and is the nephew of former England cricketer Bob Taylor... |
250 | 124 | 1 Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe... win, 1 Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal... win |
2 | Carlos del Moral Carlos del Moral -Amateur and early professional career:Born in Valencia, he was a successful junior, winning the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy before taking up a scholarship at the University of Oklahoma, where he played on the golf team alongside Anthony Kim... |
46 | 27 | 2 Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe... wins |
3 | Mikko Korhonen | 9 | 5 | |
4 | Adam Gee | 11 | 4 | |
5 | Jaco van Zyl Jaco van Zyl Jaco Phillipus van Zyl is a professional golfer from South Africa.Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 2000 and turned professional the following year, immediately joining the Sunshine Tour... |
23 | 19 | 9 Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal... wins |
T6 | Florian Fritsch Florian Fritsch Florian Fritsch is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the Challenge Tour.Fritsch was born in Munich, Germany, and attended the University of South Carolina in the United States, graduating in 2008... |
6 | 1 | |
T6 | Liam Bond | 29 | 14 | |
T6 | Andreas Hartø Andreas Hartø Andreas Hartø is a Danish professional golfer.In August 2010, Hartø became just the fourth amateur to win on the European Challenge Tour when he captured the ECCO Tour Championship. He turned professional later in 2010, winning on the Challenge Tour for a second time in October of that year... |
0 | 0 | 2 Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe... wins |
T9 | Romain Wattel Romain Wattel Romain Wattel is a French professional golfer.In September 2010, Wattel became just the fifth amateur to win on the European Challenge Tour, when he captured the Allianz EurOpen Strasbourg... |
2 | 1 | 1 Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe... win |
T9 | Stuart Manley | 96 | 35 | Played in 2003 Walker Cup Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland... |
T11 | Lloyd Saltman Lloyd Saltman Lloyd Saltman is a Scottish professional golfer.Saltman was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the grandson of former Hibernian goalkeeper Tommy Younger... |
14 | 3 | Played in 2005 and 2007 Walker Cup Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland... s; brother of Elliot Saltman |
T11 | Tim Sluiter | 4 | 2 | |
T11 | Joakim Haeggman Joakim Haeggman Karl Sven Joakim Haeggman is a Swedish European Tour golfer. He turned professional in 1989 and won his place on the Tour at that year's qualifying school. He has won three events on the European Tour, and several other professional events... |
426 | 266 | 3 European Tour wins; played in 1993 Ryder Cup Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, and is contested every two years, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe... |
T11 | Shaun Norris Shaun Norris (golfer) Shaun Norris is a South African professional golfer.Norris plays on the Sunshine Tour where he has won twice. He won the inaugural Africa Open in 2008 and the Nashua Masters in 2011. He also began playing on the European Tour in 2011 after graduating from qualifying school.-Sunshine Tour... |
16 | 5 | 1 Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal... win |
T11 | Victor Dubuisson Victor Dubuisson Victor Dubuisson is a French professional golfer.Dubuisson was born in Nice. He enjoyed a successful amateur career, during which he won several major amateur tournaments, including the 2009 European Amateur, and was the number one ranked player... |
10 | 3 | Won 2009 European Amateur European Amateur The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Europe. It is organized by the European Golf Association and was first played in 1986. The winner receives an invitation to The Open Championship.-Winners:-External links:***... |
T11 | Jason Knutzon Jason Knutzon Jason Knutzon is an American professional golfer.Knutzon is currently a member of the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He is one of few Americans who mainly play on the Asian Tour. Knutzon has been to PGA Tour Qualifying School once. He entered in 2000 but failed to earn a tour card... |
54 | 28 | 2 Asian Tour Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore... wins |
T11 | Thomas Nørret Thomas Nørret -Career:Nørret turned professional in 1999 at the relatively late age of 25, having spent time studying in both Denmark and the USA. He immediately joined the second-tier Challenge Tour and found instant success, posting two runners-up finishes in his debut season and finishing 25th in the final... |
18 | 7 | 1 Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe... win |
T11 | Matthew Nixon (am) | 0 | 0 | |
T19 | George Coetzee George Coetzee George William Coetzee is a South African professional golfer.Coetzee was born in Pretoria. He started playing golf when he was 10 and won the first junior tournament he ever played in, shooting 49 in 9 holes. He finished 4th and 8th in the Callaway Junior World Championship in San Diego, where he... |
30 | 15 | 3 Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal... wins |
T19 | Steve Lewton | 4 | 1 | |
T19 | Alfredo García-Heredia | 38 | 15 | |
T22 | Fredrik Ohlsson | 21 | 5 | |
T22 | Alexandre Kaleka Alexandre Kaleka Alexandre Kaleka is a French professional golfer.Kaleka turned professional in July 2009 and won his first tournament as a pro, the Allianz EurOpen de Lyon on the Challenge Tour. The win gave him a full exemption on the 2010 Challenge Tour, and a consistent season saw him finish in 20th place in... |
5 | 4 | 1 Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe... win; had already claimed card as 20th finisher on 2010 Challenge Tour money list |
T22 | Pedro Oriol | 8 | 2 | |
T22 | Wade Ormsby | 131 | 67 | |
T26 | Manuel Quirós | 44 | 21 | |
T26 | Sebi García | 8 | 2 | |
T26 | Elliot Saltman | 1 | 0 | Brother of Lloyd Saltman; received three-month ban in January 2011 for a rules breach at a 2010 Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe... tournament |
T26 | Eirik Tage Johansen Eirik Tage Johansen Eirik Tage Johansen is a Norwegian professional golfer.Johansen was born in the United States, and returned to the country of his birth as a successful amateur golfer, taking up a golf scholarship at the University of South Carolina, where he was a member of the golf team... |
58 | 21 | |
T26 | François Delamontagne François Delamontagne François Delamontagne is a French professional golfer.-Professional career:Delamontagne turned professional in 2001 prior to competing in the European Tour's qualifying school. He reached the final stage, a performance which enabled him to play a full season on the second-tier Challenge Tour in 2002... |
192 | 92 | |
T26 | Markus Brier Markus Brier Markus Brier is one of relatively few Austrian touring professional golfers, and as of 2008 is his country's highest ranked player.... |
298 | 164 | 2 European Tour wins, 2 Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe... wins |
T26 | Borja Etchart | 4 | 0 | |
T26 | Steven Tiley Steven Tiley Steven John Tiley is an English professional golfer.Tiley was born in Canterbury. He attended Georgia State University and turned professional in 2007. Having failed to reach the final stage of the European Tour qualifying school, he gained his card on the Asian Tour... |
5 | 3 | |
T26 | Roope Kakko Roope Kakko Roope Kakko is a Finnish professional golfer.Kakko was born in Espoo, Finland. He started playing golf at the age of five.... |
31 | 15 | 1 Challenge Tour Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe... win |
- Players in yellow are 2011 European Tour rookies.
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011
No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
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1 | 9 Jan | Manuel Quirós lost in three-man playoff |
Africa Open Africa Open The Africa Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour that was first contested in February 2008, over the Gary Player designed championship course at the Fish River Sun Country Club, near Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa.... |
Louis Oosthuizen Louis Oosthuizen Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2010 Open Championship.-Early life and career:... |
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2 | 3 Apr | Jaco van Zyl Jaco van Zyl Jaco Phillipus van Zyl is a professional golfer from South Africa.Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 2000 and turned professional the following year, immediately joining the Sunshine Tour... lost in three-man playoff |
Trophée Hassan II | David Horsey David Horsey (golfer) David Horsey is an English professional golfer.Horsey was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester. He had a successful amateur career, which included winning the 2005 Greek Amateur Championship and finishing as runner-up in the 2004 English Amateur... |
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3 | 28 Aug | George Coetzee George Coetzee George William Coetzee is a South African professional golfer.Coetzee was born in Pretoria. He started playing golf when he was 10 and won the first junior tournament he ever played in, shooting 49 in 9 holes. He finished 4th and 8th in the Callaway Junior World Championship in San Diego, where he... lost in five-man playoff |
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles The Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles is a European Tour golf tournament which is played at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. The tournament was founded in 1999 as the Scottish PGA Championship, and despite maintaining the same sponsor, has since changed name on several occasions, as Diageo... |
Thomas Björn | ||
4 | 25 Sep | Simon Wakefield Simon Wakefield Simon Wakefield is an English professional golfer.Wakefield was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and is the nephew of former England cricketer Bob Taylor... lost in two-man playoff |
Austrian Golf Open | Kenneth Ferrie Kenneth Ferrie Kenneth Ferrie is an English professional golfer.Ferrie was born in Ashington, Northumberland. He won the British Boys Championship in 1996 and made his first appearance in a European Tour event that year as an invitee at his local event, the Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge... |