Ten Australasians face DP World Tour Q-School
Haydn Barron – the best of the Australians after day one – file photo
Nine Australians and one New Zealander are amongst the 156 hopefuls chasing one of 25 cards on offer at the Final Stage of Qualifying for the 2024 DP World Tour.
Australians Haydn Barron, Hayden Hopewell, Andre Lautee, James Machesani, Connor McKinney, Matias Sanchez, Elvis Smylie, Justin Warren and Blake Windred will be joined by New Zealand’s Sam Jones to play the gruelling event at Infinitum Golf in Tarragona in Spain, hoping, initially, to survive the 72 hole cut for the leading 70 golfers and ties and then to secure one of the precious DP World Tour cards over the closing 36 holes.
Barron finished 4th at last year’s Australian Open at the Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne and in doing so gained a start at the Open Championship earlier this year. He also finished runner-up at the recent WA PGA Championship.
At the completion of the opening round, it is West Australian Haydn Barron who is doing best of the down-under brigade after an opening round of 67 has him in a share of 3rd place.
Those successful can look forward to the possibility of their opening two events as cardholders being at the Australian PGA and Open Championships in late November / early December.
