Alps Tour Qualifying School for the 2026 Season – Entries are now open
For the sixth consecutive year, the 2025 Alps Tour Qualifying School for the 2026 season will be held in November in Italy, reflecting the continued hospitality and support of all participating venues.
The Alps Tour Qualifying School is open to male professional golfers, and male amateur golfers with a max handicap of 0,0 under the Handicapping Scheme adopted by the recognized authority controlling golf in the country they elect to enter. A valid handicap certificate must accompany all applications.
The tournament determining participants’ playing status for the Tour in the 2026 season will be held in Two Stages:
The First Qualifying Stage, which will take place over 36 holes on 3 different golf courses, is scheduled for November 5th and 6th at the following venues:
- Golf Club Le Fonti, 35 km from Bologna airport
- Conero Golf Club, 30 km from Ancona airport and 320 km from Rome airport
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Golf il Cerreto di Miglianico, 20km from Pescara airport and 246km from Rome airport
When applying for the tournament, any non-exempt player must choose the venue (Golf Club Le Fonti, Conero Golf Club, and Golf il Cerreto di Miglianico) where he would like to play.
Field sizes for Stage 1 will be approximately 72 players at each venue. Once a venue has reached capacity, subsequent applicants will be required to select an alternative venue.
The number of players advancing from each First Stage tournament will be on a pro rata basis (i.e., approximately the same percentage from each tournament will advance). The number of players who are able to qualify for the Final Stage will be announced as soon as possible once all participants have teed o? in the first round of each First Stage tournament.
The Final Stage will take place from November 12th until November 14th over 54 holes at two venues North of Rome.
The Final Stage is open to the players who qualified after the First Stage and to the exempt players – as the Alps Tourmembers ranked in the 2025 Order of Merit but not admitted to the Grand Final, or players who took part in the 2025 European Boys/Men Team Championships – for the full list of exemptions, please read the tournament info.
Players who paid their 2025 Alps Tour Membership and made at least one cut during the season are exempt from First Stage: they can enter the Final Stage by choosing the Exemption A.
A field of 156 players will play two rounds alternating 18 holes at Golf Nazionale and 18 holes at Terre dei Consoli Golf Club. The two clubhouses are 5kms apart.
The top 65 players and ties, who will make the cut after 36 holes, will dispute the final round of Final Stage at Golf Nazionale.
At the conclusion of the 54 holes at the Final Stage of Qualifying School, the Top 35 ranked players and ties will obtain a full playing category (category 6) to play in the 2026 Alps Tour tournaments.
The entry fee is € 750, and it covers entry to both the First and Final Stages as well as yardage books for all courses.
The entry deadline for both stages (First and Final) is October 20th
(except for players admitted to DPW Tour Qualifying School-Second Stage 2025-exemption Category-G: entries will close on November 4th at 18:00 CET)
Download the Alps Tour Golf app on your smartphone to enter the tournament and follow the instructions below:
– If you already have an Alps Tour account, update the Alps Tour Golf app to the latest version (currently 5.5.11) on your mobile phone, log into “Player Zone” with your credentials, and follow the on-screen instructions. Check if you are logged in and go to “Schedule” and “Q-School”.
– If you don’t have an Alps Tour account, please see the following graphics
