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22-628: Like the other third-tier European tours, the top ten players on the Order of Merit are exempt through the second stage of European Tour Qualifying School , and the top five win playing privileges on the Challenge Tour. Alumni who have gone on to win on the European Tour include Marco Crespi , Guido Migliozzi , Chris Paisley , Julien Quesne , and Matt Wallace . This article about sports in Morocco

44-562: A Top 25 finish on the Korn Ferry Tour also played in the final stage in attempts to improve their status and order in the reshuffle. The reshuffle alternated between Q School and Korn Ferry Tour graduates, with higher-finishing players getting more priority in tournaments. The initial reshuffle began with the Q School medalist, then 2nd place on the Korn Ferry Tour money list (the money leader is fully exempt), second in Q School, and so on. The order would change according to season earnings after

66-532: A membership fee so they do not have a qualifying school. The PGA Tour's qualifying school was officially known as the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament , but the organization also frequently refers to it as "Q-School". The system began in 1965. The 2012 edition (the final Q School that offered a direct path to the PGA Tour) involved four stages: A number of players who earned PGA Tour privileges through

88-415: A regular golf tournament with only a small number of players going on to the next stage. The final qualifying school may be played over up to six rounds, compared with the standard four rounds in a professional golf tournament. However, players who are successful at qualifying school can reach the elite level of competition very quickly. Some lower status tours are open to any registered professional who pays

110-474: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This golf-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Qualifying School In professional golf , the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S.-based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour . A fixed number of players in the event win membership of

132-656: The Korn Ferry Tour Finals , in which the top 75 money winners on the Web.com Tour and non-exempt golfers placing between 126 and 200 on the FedEx Cup points list will be eligible. The top 25 on the Korn Ferry Tour money list heading into the Finals will receive PGA Tour cards, with the remaining 25 cards to be awarded based on money earned in the Finals. The Finals money list will determine the priority placing for all 50 card earners in

154-433: The European Tour, which entitles them to entry to a substantial number of European Tour events, but not to the more prestigious stops on the tour unless a large number of players in higher exemption categories miss those tournaments. The leading 30 players also receive category 4 membership of the second tier Challenge Tour , with the remainder of those making the 72-hole cut being granted category 7 status, and those missing

176-476: The Finals based on the season-long points ranking. In 2023, however, in the first three Finals events, players ranked below the cutoff were able to play if eligible players did not take part. This provision was dropped in 2024 and no alternate lists were used. Under the format in place from 2013 to 2022, there were four ways to qualify for the Finals: Under the system introduced in 2023, the top 30 players on

198-462: The Finals were contested as regular-season events. Prior to 2019, the Finals had been a series of four tournaments from its inception in 2013. Three other tournaments were part of the Tour Finals for part of that period: The top 156 players in the Korn Ferry Tour points system through the end of the regular season qualify for the first Finals event. The number of participants is reduced each week of

220-573: The Tour Championship does not have a cut. In 2019, 2021 and 2022, under the original format, the Finals consisted of only three tournaments, as the Simmons Bank Open was not part of the series. In 2020, the Tour Finals series was not held as the Korn Ferry Tour revised its schedule into a combined 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The three tournaments that would have been part of

242-533: The Tour at the conclusion of the Finals earn a PGA Tour card. The points for the regular season and Finals are combined, with the Finals events worth more points than regular-season tournaments. The change in the qualifying rules for the Korn Ferry Tour were made in conjunction with new rules for the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, which awarded PGA Tour cards in 2023 for the first time in a decade. Under

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264-431: The coming season, including those earning cards through the Korn Ferry Tour money list. In 2015, Korn Ferry Tour Q School was reduced to a four-round event. In 2023, Q School allowed players to earn PGA Tour cards for the first time in a decade, giving cards to top five plus ties. The European Tour has a three-stage qualifying school: The leading 30 players and ties at Final Qualifying receive category 11 membership of

286-567: The cut, category 12. Any player not making it through to the final stage is able to take up category UR1 membership, with limited opportunities to participate in tournaments during the season. The LPGA operates a qualifying school with two stages: The PGA Tour Champions, the PGA Tour's circuit for golfers age 50 and older, has its own "Q-School". As of 2011, it involves two stages: Other methods of getting onto an elite golf tour include: For complete lists of exempt categories on various tours, see

308-751: The eighth tournament of the season, the Masters, Players Championship, U.S. Open, and British Open, again with the highest earning players receiving higher priority into tournaments. Korn Ferry Tour graduates did not count against the 25. If there were less than 25 after the Korn Ferry Tour graduates were discounted, then those in the next position were given PGA Tour cards, as in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, twenty-six golfers originally earned tour cards, which also included Korn Ferry Tour graduates Roberto Castro and Mark Anderson . As there were fewer than 25 after Castro and Anderson were not counted, Nathan Green , Colt Knost , and John Huh were also given Tour cards for 2012. Huh

330-575: The end of the 2013 PGA Tour season in September of that year, the 2014 season will begin the following month, and future seasons will begin in October of the previous calendar year. As a result, from 2013 on, the Qualifying Tournament will only award privileges on the Korn Ferry Tour. New PGA Tour cards for the 2014 season and beyond will instead be awarded at the end of a four-tournament series, known as

352-556: The following pages: Korn Ferry Tour Finals The Korn Ferry Tour Finals is a series of four golf tournaments that conclude the season on the Korn Ferry Tour . The finals are contested in a playoff format, similar to the FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour , with players eliminated after each of the first three tournaments. At the end of the Finals, the top 30 players on the season-long points list earn PGA Tour membership for

374-432: The following season ("Tour cards"). From 2013 to 2022, the Finals were conducted in a very different format, as a separate entity from the tour's regular season. The top 75 players from the Korn Ferry Tour, along with players who failed to make the top 125 on the PGA Tour that same season, competed in a series of three or four tournaments. The top 25 players based on points earned in the Finals alone earned PGA Tour cards for

396-404: The following season. The series was established as a replacement for the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 2013. Since 2023, the first year of the new format, the Finals have consisted of the following four tournaments: Each event has an enhanced purse of US$ 1,500,000 and awards more points than the standard Korn Ferry Tour event. The first three events feature a standard tour cut rules, while

418-413: The next season. One unintended consequence of the elimination of direct access to the PGA Tour through "Q school" was that more amateurs turned professional earlier in the year (June instead of August) in order to have a better chance at earning a PGA Tour card through high finishes via sponsors' exemptions. * Tournament canceled due to Hurricane Matthew Bolded golfers received full exemptions for

440-553: The previous format, the top 25 players in the Finals (originally based on earnings, later on points) earned PGA Tour cards. This was in addition to the cards earned by the top 25 players on the Korn Ferry Tour during the regular season. Players who win their third event of the season during the finals are also fully exempt on the PGA Tour. The top 75 players, those who qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, are guaranteed no worse than full Korn Ferry Tour status for

462-469: The tour for the following season, otherwise known as a "tour card", meaning that they can play in most of the tour's events without having to qualify. They join the leaders on the previous year's money list/order of merit and certain other exempt players as members of the tour. Getting through the qualifying school of an elite tour is very competitive and most professional golfers never achieve it. There can be up to four stages to negotiate, each of them like

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484-558: Was the most successful of the three, winning at Mayakoba, playing in all four stages of the FedEx Cup , and finishing 28th on the money list en route to Rookie of the Year honors. Knost did well enough to keep his Tour privileges, while former PGA Tour winner Green finished outside the Top 150. The 2012 Qualifying Tournament was the last to award PGA Tour privileges. The tour announced in March 2012 that after

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