Top Competitors Advance from Three First Stage Venues to the 2025 Q-School Finals
Italy, November 6th, 2025– The First Stage of the 2025 Qualifying School concluded today in Italy, where competitors at Golf Club Le Fonti, Conero Golf Club, and Golf Il Cerreto di Miglianico fought hard to qualify for the next stage. The top 30 players from G.C. Le Fonti, the top 23 from Conero G.C., and the top 33 from Golf Il Cerreto di Miglianico have now secured their promotion into the Finals.
The players who qualified from the Stage 1 events held the past two days at Golf Club Le Fonti, Conero Golf Club, and Golf Il Cerreto di Miglianico gained access to the Final Stage of Alps Tour Q-School, which will take place at Golf Nazionale and Terre dei Consoli Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 12th-14th. The best-ranked players at the conclusion of next week’s event will earn playing status for the 2026 season.
Stage 1 Qualifier at Golf Club Le Fonti
At Golf Club Le Fonti, Fiorino Clerici from Switzerland, who was tied for fourth place after the opening round, finished the 2025 Alps Tour Qualifying School Stage 1 Qualifier at the top of the leaderboard with a two-day total of 4-under-par (138). Just one shot behind, Irish amateur Sam Murphy secured second place at 3-under-par, while Vasco Alves of Portugal claimed third place with a 2-under-par total. Valentin Wittgruber from Austria and George Ash from England shared fourth place, both finishing at 1-under-par.
After today’s round, the top 30 players in the final leaderboard earned their spot in the field of next week’s Alps Tour Q-School Final Stage.
As there was a tie for the last available spot and the 3 alternates, a playoff occurred to determine who would qualify. After the playoff, Ivan Striganov earned the last available spot in the 2025 Alps Tour Q-School Finals field. The three alternates are: Alessandro Giovannini from Italy, who is the 1st alternate, Alberto Brunelli from Italy, who is the 4thalternate, and Quentin Chavaz from Switzerland, who is the 7th alternate.
Stage 1 Qualifier at Conero Golf Club
At Conero Golf Club, Spain’s Alvaro Morales, who took the lead after Round 1, concluded the tournament in first place with a two-day total of 9-under-par. In second place was Germany’s Felix Krammer at 8-under-par, followed by Italian amateur Tommaso Ajolfi, who finished third with a total score of 6-under-par. Spain’s Alberto Dominguez claimed fourth place at 4-under-par, while France’s Nicolas Calvet and Austrian amateur Jakob Lehner shared fifth place with matching scores of 3-under-par.
At the end of today’s round, the top 23 players in the final standings earned a spot in next week’s Q-School Final Stage, where they will try and earn their playing status for the 2026 season.
A three-player playoff was required at Conero Golf Club following the conclusion of Round 2 to determine the three alternate positions. Spain’s Nicolas Moreno Lopez secured the third alternate spot, France’s Mathieu François-Mir earned the sixth alternate position, and Thomas Artigas of Spain claimed the ninth alternate place.
Stage 1 Qualifier at Golf Il Cerreto di Miglianico
Italian amateur Eugenio Bernardi extended his lead to finish the Stage 1 Qualifier in first place with a two-day total of 11-under-par. In second place was fellow Italian amateur Alessandro Ravizza, who finished at 8-under-par, followed by Maxime Palenik of Belgium in third place with a 3-under-par total. Another Italian amateur, Alessio Battista, concluded the tournament in fourth place with a total of 2-under-par.
At the conclusion of the final round, the top-ranked 33 players in the overall leaderboard qualified for the Qualifying School Final Stage that will be played next week in Northern Rome.
The battle for the three alternate positions extended to a playoff ahead of next week’s Final Stage. France’s Noah Ruperto secured the second alternate spot, his compatriot Thomas Pesin claimed the fifth alternate position, and Jonathan Jean-Noel, also from France, earned the eighth alternate place.
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