The race to safe a DP World Tour card reached its climax on the Rolex Problem Tour Grand Closing supported by the R&A, however which gamers earned a promotion for the 2025 season and who missed out?
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and England’s John Parry had already secured their DP World Tour playing cards by each successful 3 times in 2024, with 20 extra playing cards on supply throughout the four-day occasion at Membership de Golf Alcanada.
Former Junior Ryder Cup participant Kristoffer Reitan held his nerve to assert a one-shot victory over Dane Neergaard-Petersen and Spaniard Angel Ayora at Membership de Golf Alcanada, with all three securing their DP World Tour taking part in privileges for subsequent season.
Reitan ended the week on 23 beneath to assert a maiden Problem Tour title, lifting him 29 locations to seventh within the season-long standings and incomes a DP World Tour return for the primary time in six years.
Neergaard-Petersen assured computerized promotion to the DP World Tour by securing a 3rd victory of the season in September and ends the week because the Highway to Mallorca primary after having fun with a sensational debut season on the Problem Tour.
“I’ve only been a professional for 16 or 17 months now and I’m continuing to learn new things and draw on the experiences I’ve had,” Neergaard-Petersen stated. “I’m still super happy to win the Rankings. It’s been a great season.”
Who else secured their DP World Tour card?
Englishman Parry, who has additionally received 3 times on the Problem Tour this season, ends the yr because the No 2, with Finn Oliver Lindell graduating in third after ending the yr with eight consecutive top-10 finishes.
Ayora ends his first season as knowledgeable in fourth forward of Dane Hamish Brown, who has received twice this season, with fellow two-time winner Conor Purcell from Eire in sixth.
Swede Joakim Lagergren and Englishman Jack Senior secured their return to the DP World Tour by ending the yr in eighth and ninth respectively, with Joel Moscatel from Spain rounding out the highest 10.
Swede Mikael Lindberg ends the yr eleventh forward of five-time DP World Tour winner Alexander Levy, who secured his return to the highest tier, with former Scottish Open runner-up Benjamin Herbert additionally again on the DP World Tour.
Robin “Tiger” Williams – named partially after the 15-time main champion – and Deon Germishuys will tee it up on the DP World Tour subsequent yr after ending the season 14th and fifteenth within the rankings, as does Swede Björn Åkesson who finishes sixteenth.
Frenchman Martin Couvra (seventeenth) and Englishman Brandon Robinson Thompson (18th) safe their first promotion, with former Challnge Tour No 1 Tapio Pulkkanen securing his return to the DP World Tour.
Pierre Pineau from France graduates to the DP World Tour for the primary time and German Nicolai von Dellingshausen ends the yr twenty first, whereas two-time DP World Tour winner Lucas Bjerregaard from Denmark – as soon as contained in the world’s high 50 – taking the ultimate spot.
Who missed out?
England’s Jamie Rutherford narrowly missed out on a DP World Tour card regardless of ending the Problem Tour Grand Closing in tied-Nineteenth, with a final-hole lip-out leaving him twenty third within the season standings.
Tied-fifth finishes within the Grand Closing for Denmark’s Nicolai Kristensen and England’s Frank Kennedy weren’t sufficient to safe a card, leaving the pair in twenty eighth and thirtieth respectively for the season.
4-time DP World Tour winner David Horsey and Wales’ Rhys Enoch had been among the many others who failed to interrupt into the highest 22 within the season-long standings, together with Scottish pair Euan Walker and Daniel Younger.
What’s subsequent?
Gamers can nonetheless earn a DP World Tour card by way of the Closing Stage of Qualifying College, held over six rounds and throughout two programs at Infinitum Golf in Spain from November 8-13.
A 156-player area will embody former Ryder Cup gamers and a number of DP World Tour winners, with the highest 20 and ties securing their taking part in privileges for the 2025 season – beginning with the BMW Australian PGA Championship from November 21-24.
The 2024 DP World Tour season concludes with two Rolex Sequence occasions, each stay on Sky Sports activities, with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship from November 7-10 adopted by the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai the next week.