Eddie Pepperell birdied his remaining 4 holes at DP World Tour Q-College to safe the top-20 end he required to regain his tour card for 2026.
The Englishman, who narrowly missed out by one shot in remaining qualifying final 12 months, moved right into a tie for twelfth at 19 below courtesy of his late birdie surge.
South African Zander Lombard topped the leaderboard at Infinitum in Spain by an unbelievable 13 strokes, ending 37 below for the week after a closing eight-under spherical of 63.
Shubankar Sharma claimed a share of second, alongside Aaron Cockerill and Connor McKinney on 24 below.
Nathan Kimsey (-22), Davis Bryant (-20) and Adri Arnaus (-19) additionally secured their returns to the DP World Tour circuit after shedding their taking part in privileges this season, however it was a day of heartbreak for others, with Marc Warren and Alexander Levy two of the extra skilled gamers to overlook out.
The pair each completed 17 below, one shy of the 18 below mark that might have earned them their playing cards for the 2026 season.
Former LIV Golfer Luis Masaveu was one other participant who missed out, as did former DP World Tour winners George Coetzee and Fabrizio Zanotti.
After his complete victory, Lombard mentioned: “It hasn’t sunk in yet, but it is what I came here to do. It’s hopefully the springboard for what the season has in store.
“It was an important week. A troublesome week, an extended marathon.
“It was easy to just sit back and relax and start making a few errors, but my caddie and I were having fun, but we stayed focused the whole week and that produced the score we have on the board.
“Hopefully I can hold this type for the 12 months to return.”
DP World Tour Q-School Leaderboard
- -37 Zander Lombard
- -24 Connor McKinney
- -24 Shubhankar Sharma
- -24 Aaron Cockerill
- -22 Daniel Rodrigues
- -22 Nathan Kimsey
- -21 Quentin Debove
- -20 Davis Bryant
- -20 Benjamin Follett-Smith
- -20 Matthew Baldwin
- -20 Gregorio De Leo
- -19 Andreas Halvorsen
- -19 Adri Arnaus
- -19 Eddie Pepperell
- -19 Jack Yule
- -18 Andres German Gallegos
- -18 Sadom Kaewkanjana
- -18 Frederico Biondi Figueiredo
- -18 Hunter Logan
- -18 Mike Toorop
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