14th November 2024 | Alps Tour Golf
Spain’s Jose Luis Adarraga Gomez leads after Day 2 at the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School Final Stage.
Rome, November 14th 2024 – Spain’s Jose Luis Adarraga Gomez leads by 1 stroke at the end of the 2nd round of the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School Final Stage. In a three-way tie for 2nd place at 7 under-par: Ireland’s Liam Nolan, Italy’s Alessandro Nodari, and Matteo Cristoni (am).
A chillier and more overcast morning was the backdrop of today’s second round of the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School Final Stage. The weather conditions were tougher today as it was a colder and windier day compared to the opening round. The 156 players compete to earn their 2025 Alps Tour Playing Cards on Golf Nazionale (Par 72) and Terre dei Consoli Golf Club (Par 72). The players switched between the two golf courses compared to yesterday’s round.
Round 2 Player QuotesSpain’s Jose Luis Adarraga Gomez, who was in a tie for 29th place at 1 under par yesterday, concluded his 2nd round of the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School Final Stage with a two-day total of 8 under par. Today, he competed at Golf Nazionale, shooting a bogey-free round of 7 under par, 65. He finds himself in the lead heading into tomorrow’s final round of the Q-School Final Stage. Once he concluded his round 2, Adarraga Gomez commented: “Yesterday, I played well, but I lost one ball and another in the water. Today was perfect, I played well, and my strategy was perfect as well as my putting. I holed a lot of important putts.” He added that he found the: “Weather to be much different today. It is much colder today; the scores are higher, and I strongly believe the cut will also increase. It is a much different day compared to yesterday. A bit of north wind is picking up, which is also making it quite challenging out there.”
Liam Nolan from Ireland, 24, is in a 3-way tie for 2nd place with a two-day total of 7 under-par. Today, he shot a 3 under-par 69 at Golf Nazionale with 4 birdies and 1 bogey. After his round, Nolan said he was: “very happy with my round today. I held some good putts today to avoid dropping shots, keeping my round going nicely with some good momentum. Today was a lot tougher compared to yesterday. It was colder and windier, which made the par 5s longer, so there were fewer birdie opportunities on the course. It was important for me to stay patient and try and capitalize on chances when they came.” Nolan turned professional a few months ago, and “?it would be a great achievement to earn full status tomorrow to give me a full season of competitive golf. It is a great opportunity to continue to improve my game and I’m excited for tomorrow to try and get the chance to earn the full status after tomorrow’s final round.”
Alessandro Nodari, 24, from Italy, who was in the tie for 29th place alongside Adarraga Gomez after yesterday’s 1st round with a score of 1 under-par, 71, now finds himself in a 3-way tie for 2nd place with a two-day score of 7 under-par. He shot a bogey-free 6 under-par 66 at Golf Nazionale today to make a move up the leaderboard. After his round, Nodari explained,“Personally found this course much harder than Terre dei Consoli, which I played yesterday. The conditions today were tougher; it was windier, and the greens were harder, so it was important to calculate your yardages very well and where you wanted to land your ball. Today, my tee shots were very good; I hit nearly every fairway, which was a bonus to keep my ball always in play.”
Italian amateur Matteo Cristoni,22, is the third player in the 3-way tie for 2nd place with a two-day total of 7 under-par. He shot a 5-under-par round during yesterday’s first round at Terre dei Consoli Golf Club, and today, he shot a 2 under-par 70 at Golf Nazionale. Cristoni is competing as an amateur this week, and currently, “turning professional isn’t part of my short-term plans as I still need to graduate from college. I’m in Italy for about 2 weeks and then will return to the United States. I hit 16 greens today, it was unfortunate the double bogey on 3, but overall, my game was good, and I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”
The highlight of the day belongs to Spain’s Ruben Pardo Rodriguez who made a fabulous hole-in-one during his Round 2 at Terre dei Consoli Golf Club on the 146 meters, 16th hole with a 9-iron.
Final Round
A total of 78 players (58 pros and 20 amateurs) made the cut which was set at +3 (147). They gained access to tomorrow’s final round, which will be played at Golf Nazionale. The tee times will begin again at 8:00 am local time from the 1st and 10th hole. The final pairing will tee off at 10:12 am local time from the 1st hole.
After tomorrow’s final round, the top 35 players and ties ranked according to score, will be eligible to receive Category 6 membership for the 2025 Alps Tour Season. The remainder of the players who made the cut, and finished between the 36th and 65th position will be eligible to receive Category 8 membership for next year’s season. The remaining players who conclude the tournament between the 66th and 156th position, will be eligible for membership in Category 9 for the 2025 Alps Tour Season
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9th November 2024 | Alps Tour Golf
The top 26 players from Golf Del Ducato Parma – La Rocca earn their spot into the 2024 Alps Tour Q-School Finals.
The Q-School Finals will occur at Golf Nazionale and Terre Dei Consoli Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 13th-15th, 2024. After next week’s event, the best-ranked players can earn playing status for the 2025 Alps Tour season.
Stage 1 Qualifier at Golf Del Ducato Parma – La Rocca
France’s Tom Colombel, tied for 2nd place after the first round of the tournament, concludes the Stage 1 Qualifier held at Golf Del Ducato Parma – La Rocca in 1st place with a two-day total of 6 under-par (138). Only two strokes back, with a total score of 4 under-par (140) Gregori Baumann from Switzerland. Spain’s Rocco Repettoconcludes the Qualifier in 3rd place with a two-day total of 3 under-par (141). Only 1 stroke back at 2 under-par (142), Italian amateur Tommaso Ajolfi and at 1 under-par (143) Spain’s Ignacio Mateo.
Today, after the final round, the top-ranked 26 players in the overall leaderboard qualified for the 2024 Alps Tour Q-School Finals that will be played in Northern Rome next week.
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, Italian amateur Andreas Huber earned the last spot in the 2024 Alps Tour Q-School Finalsfield. The three alternates are: John Burki (am) from Switzerland, who is the 1st alternate, Nicolo’ Severa from Italy, who is the 4th alternate and France’s Alex Imbertie is the 7th alternate.
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7th November 2024 | Alps Tour Golf
The Quest for a 2025 Alps Tour playing category is underway.
Italy, November 7th, 2024– A total of 200 players are competing on three distinct golf courses throughout Italy for 81 spots that will earn them access to next week’s 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School Finals.
During next week’s event, players can capture a playing status on the Alps Tour for the 2025 season. The Final Stage of the 2024 Qualifying School will occur at Golf Nazionale and Terre dei Consolia Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 13th-15th, 2024.
The Alps Tour would like to thank Golf Club Le Fonti, Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, and Conero Golf Club for allowing us to host our events at their venue and for the magnificent preparation they did to their course ahead of this week’s tournaments.
Players compete at Golf Club Le Fonti, Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, and Conero Golf Club this week. At the first venue, Golf Club Le Fonti, there are 69 players in the field and 28 spots available, at Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, there are 65 players in the field and 26 spots available to qualify, and at Conero Golf Club 66 players are competing with 27 spots to be promoted into the Qualifying School Finals.
Round 1 had to be suspended at 8:47 a.m. local time due to fog. Play was resumed at 10:00 a.m. after 1 hour and 16 minutes delay. At the end of tomorrow’s round, which will begin at 8:00 a.m. local time, the top 28 players will earn their spot in next week’s Alps Tour Q-School Final Stage field.
Stage 1 Qualifier at Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca
Spain’s Ignacio Mateo leads with a 5 under-par, 67 after the first round of the Stage 1 Qualifier being held at Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca. France’s Tom Colombel, Spanish amateur Esteban Vazquez Martin, and Gregori Baumann from Switzerland are in a 3-way tie for 2nd place with a score of 4 under-par, 68. In 5th place at 3 under-par, Italian amateur Tommaso Ajolfi.
At the end of tomorrow’s round, the top 26 players will earn a spot in next week’s event. The final round will begin at 8:00 a.m. local time.
Stage 1 Qualifier at Conero Golf Club
After the opening round of the 2024 Alps Tour Stage 1 Qualifier played at Conero Golf Club, France’s Mathieu Francois-Mir and Italy’s Jacopo Albertoni share the lead with a. 3 under-par, 68. In a 2-way tie for 3rd place at 2 under-par: France’s Ugo Ottogalli and Italian amateur Carlo Maria Asti. A 5-way tie for 5th place at 1 under-par includes: England’s Luca Houlgate, Ireland’s Brandon St John, France’s Dorian Fournier (am), and Victor Veyret and Spain’s Thomas Artigas.
Once tomorrow’s final round is concluded, the top 27 players will earn a spot in the field of next week’s 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School Final Stage, where they will try and earn their playing status for the 2025 season.
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5th November 2024 | Alps Tour Golf
Thursday marks the beginning of the 2024 Qualifying School Stage 1 tournaments.
November 5th 2024- The 20th edition of the Alps Tour Qualifying School will take place in Italy, just like the past four seasons. The 1st Stage events will be played on November 7th and 8th at three distinct golf clubs: Golf Club Le Fonti, Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, and Conero Golf Club. The Final Stage of the 2024 Qualifying School will take place at Golf Nazionale and Terre dei Consoli Golf Club in Northern Rome from November 13th – 15th.
In the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School fields, there are 138 amateur players and 37 players under 20 years old. A total of 35 different nations, including: Argentina, Bulgaria, Brazil, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Lebanon, New Zealand, Poland, and the United States of America, will be represented throughout the 2024 Qualifying School.
For the second year in a row, we received nearly 300 applications from players who wanted to participate in the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School. Applications were open to any male professional golfer who belongs to a recognized PGA or Golf Federation, as well as male amateur players with a handicap of 2.0 or better.
In the three 1st Stage events, there will be 203 players competing over the three different venues. The tournaments will be played over 36 holes with no cut, and the top-ranked players will gain access to the Final Stage event, where the top-ranked players will earn a full Alps Tour card for the 2025 season.
There will be 156 players in the field at the Final Stage of the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School, where 75 players have already been exempt.
The exempt players from the 1st stage and automatically eligible to participate in the Final Stage are: all players ranked in the 2024 Alps Tour Order of Merit after the 2024 Croara Alps Open who weren’t in the field at the 2024 Alps Tour Grand Final Presented by DEPOT – The Male Tools & Co., all of the past winners of the Alps Tour Order of Meritfrom 2012 to 2021, the winners of the Alps Tour Qualifying School in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the leading 10 European Amateur Players in the World Amateur Golf Rankings as of October 14th 2024, players who competed at the 2023 World Amateur Team Championship and/or the 2024 European Boys/Men Team Championships and/or the 2023 Walker Cup and players being members of the European Tour for the 2024 season until category 20 and members of the Challenge Tour for the 2024 season until category 16.
The Golf Courses
The three First Stages of this year’s Qualifying School will be disputed over three golf courses throughout Italy: Golf Club Le Fonti, Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca, and Conero Golf Club.
The first venue that has been constant on our schedule as a host for the Stage 1 Qualifying School event is in Northern Italy, approximately 30km southeast of Bologna. The tournament will unfold at Golf Club Le Fonti in Castel San Pietro Terme. The course is home to 18 holes of golf and will be set as a par 71, 6411 meters. Rolling hills and a typical Emilia-Romagna landscape surround Golf Club Le Fonti. It has previously hosted Alps Tour events, Ladies European Tour events, and Qualifying Schools. The players will face multiple water hazards, making it a tough challenge.
Golf del Ducato Parma – La Rocca is the second course hosting Stage 1 events this year. It is a 6078-meter par 72 course in the Province of Parma, about 100km from Bologna and just 10 minutes from Parma in the Emilia-Romagna Region. It was founded in 1985 on the edge of the Boschi di Carrega nature park. The parkland golf course unfolds amongst oak and acacia forests, beautiful ponds, and slightly hilly terrain with unforgettable views.
This year, Conero Golf Club is the third golf course hosting Stage 1 Qualifying School. It opened in 1992 and was developed within Conero Park. It is a 5868-meter par 71 course set in almost seventy hectares, with gorse, arbutus, oak, tamarisk, and cherry trees envelop the golf course. The terrain is slightly soft and offers a wide variety of situations and landscapes: on the first nine holes, play will be influenced by the presence of a lake, which comes into play. On the back nine, the terrain changes its characteristics, and beautiful views of the rural surrounding landscapes will be the backdrop of the course. Conero Golf Club is also home to an executive 5 holes course in the middle of the complex.
The entire Alps Tour family would like to wish the best of luck to all the participants competing at the three different venues, and we are eager to follow the next rising golf stars #risinggolfstars!
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13th August 2024 | Alps Tour Golf
Qualifying School for the 2025 Season – Entries are now open
For the fifth year, thanks to the hospitality granted by all the involved venues, the 2024 Alps Tour Qualifying School for the 2025 season will retake place in November in Italy.
The Alps Tour Qualifying School is open to male professional golfers, and male amateur golfers with a max handicap of 2,0. A valid handicap certificate must accompany all applications.
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 tournament that will grant playing status for our Tour during the 2025 season will be conducted in two stages:
The First Qualifying Stage, which will be disputed over 36 holes on 3 different golf courses, is scheduled for November 7th and 8th.
– Golf Club Le Fonti, 35 km from Bologna airport
– Golf del Ducato Parma (La Rocca), 105 km from Bologna airport
– Conero Golf Club, 30 km from Ancona airport and 320 km from Rome airport
When applying for the tournament, any non-exempt player must choose the venue (Golf Club Le Fonti, Golf del Ducato Parma La Rocca, or Conero Golf Club) where he would like to play.
The Final Stage is open to the players who qualified after the First Stage and to the exempt players – as the Alps Tour members ranked in the 2024 Order of Merit but not admitted to the Grand Final, or players who took part in the 2024 European Boys/Men Team Championships – for the full list of exemptions, please read the tournament info here.
Players who paid their 2024 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.
The Final Stage will take place from November 13th until November 15th over 54 holes at two venues North of Rome, Italy.
A field of 156 players will play the first two rounds alternating 18 holes at Golf Nazionale and 18 holes at Terre dei Consoli Golf Club. The two club houses are 5 kms apart.
The top 65 players and ties, who will make the cut after 36 holes, will dispute the final round of the Final Stage at Golf Nazionale.
The Top 35 ranked players and ties at the conclusion of the 54 holes at the Final Stage of Qualifying School will obtain a full playing category (category 6) to play in the 2025 Alps Tour tournaments.
The entry deadline for both stages (First and Final) is October 21st
(except for players admitted to DPW Tour Qualifying School-Second Stage 2024 – exemption category G: entries close November 5th)
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, make sure you have the latest version of the app (5.3.14) or update it, then 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 graphics at the following link: https://alpstourgolf.com/q-school.
