01Q스쿨서 고배 마신 주요 베테랑 선수들
DP월드투어 출전권 확보를 위한 Q스쿨 무대에서 로스 피셔(Ross Fisher)와 알렉산더 레비(Alexander Levy) 등 이름값 있는 주요 선수들이 잇따라 컷 탈락했다.
이번 DP월드투어 Q스쿨에 참가한 로스 피셔와 알렉산더 레비는 투어 내 명성 있는 베테랑 선수들로 주목받았으나, 기준 타수를 넘어서지 못하고 본선 진출에 실패했다.
시드 확보 실패라는 쓰라린 결과를 안게 된 두 선수가 다가오는 2027년 시즌을 맞아 어떤 새로운 무대에서 커리어를 이어갈지 향후 행보에 귀추가 주목된다.
02Original (English) — DP World Tour
For some, it was a case of reaching the end of the road at this year's DP World Tour Final Stage Qualifying School on Monday.
After the opening four rounds - played across both the Lakes and Hills courses at INFINITUM - of the six-day competition, the 156-player field was whittled down as the top 60 and ties made the 72-hole cut.
Across Tuesday and Wednesday, those remaining will contest solely across the Lakes with the top 15 and ties earning Category 18 DP World Tour membership.
Here, we take a look at some of the notables who will be heading home from Spain and what playing opportunities await them in the 2027 season.
Final Stage result: T132 (75-71-70-67)
The Englishman opened his week with a three-over-par 75 on the Hills and was always facing catch up from there. After a level-par 71 and a 70 across back-to-back rounds on the Lakes, his hopes of making the cut were all but over and he shot a 67 on his return visit to the tougher Hills.
It was through Qualifying School that he first earned his DP World Tour card in 2005, since when he has played the last 21 seasons. Across that time, he has won five DP World Tour titles and represented Team Europe at the Ryder Cup in 2010. In 2022 and 2026, he played on a career money list exemption but he will now fall into Category 19 next season after finishing 121st on the 2026 Race to Dubai Rankings. This season, a player in Category 19 had 15 playing opportunities.
Final Stage result: T132 (71-72-72-69)
The Frenchman started with a one-under-par 71 on the Hills, which left him eight adrift of American first-round leader Alex Goff. As others made big moves over the Lakes, he treaded water with scores of 71 and 72. Beginning the fourth round at level par, he carded his best score of the week with a 69.
Another alumni of Qualifying School, having first earned his DP World Tour card in 2012, he won five times across a four-year stretch from 2014 to 2018, and was in the conversation for a Ryder Cup debut on home soil at Le Golf National. Since missing nearly ten months away from the game across 2022 and 2023 due to a severe lower back injury, he has regained his playing rights through the HotelPlanner Tour in 2024 and missed out on regaining them through Q-School last year by one shot. Having finished 145th on the 2026 Race to Dubai Rankings, he will sit in Category 20 and likely play a mixed schedule across the DP World Tour and HotelPlanner Tour.
Final Stage result: T103 (72-71-66-70)
The German only got into Final Stage as an alternate, having won a Monday play-off after initially finishing short of qualifying automatically from Las Pinaillas. An opening 72 over the Hills put him on the back foot, further hampering his chances with a level par 71 on the Lakes. Despite a 66 on day three at the Lakes, he was always chasing matters and was unable to maintain a fast start to his fourth round as he closed out his week with a 70.
A winner in his maiden DP World Tour season at the Mallorca Golf Open, Paul took to Tour life quickly and made it look easy, comfortably qualifying for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in 2022, ‘23 and ‘24. He narrowly missed out on the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone in a campaign which saw him record seven top ten finishes. But, after finishing 121st on last season's Race to Dubai Rankings to lose his playing rights last year, he will now fall into Category 13 on the HotelPlanner Tour in 2027.
Final Stage result: T83 (71-70-69-67)
Starting off the tenth at the Hills for his first round, the Spaniard flew out of the blocks with four birdies over his front nine. But a bogey-quadruple bogey finish saw him sign for a 71. Rounds of 70 and 69 on days two and three saw him lose further ground. Finished off with a best-of-the-week 67 to reach nine under but missed the cut by two shots.
The Spaniard graduated to the DP World Tour at the end of 2018 following his victory at the season-ending Ras Al Khaimah Grand Final - his first win on the HotelPlanner Tour - to finish the year in second place on the Rankings. Won his first DP World Tour title on home soil at the Catalunya Championship in a six-hole play-off at PGA Catalunya Golf & Wellness in 2022 but lost his full playing rights at the end of the 2024 season. Regained them back via Qualifying School last year but, having been unable to repeat the feat, he will drop back to the HotelPlanner Tour and Category 13.
Final Stage result: T103 (75-66-68-70)
In such a competitive field, left himself too much to do after an opening 75 on the Hills. Showed resolve to card three consecutive under par rounds, highlighted by a bogey-free 66 in his second round on the Lakes, but it was not enough to force him inside the top 60 and ties.
A regular for several years in events co-sanctioned by the DP World and Sunshine Tours, the South African enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2025 as he won the Investec South African Open Championship. But, while he celebrated both an Open and Rolex Series debut later that same year, he struggled for form in 2026 and went without a top ten as he finished 181st on the Race to Dubai. With his winner's category ending at the climax of the regular season, and after an unsuccessful visit to Q School, the 28-year-old will have Category 11 status on the HotelPlanner Tour in 2027.