Maverick Antcliff – hoping for a return to the DP World Tour – photo Getty Images / DP World Tour
Eight Australians face the task of finishing inside the top 25 at this week’s Final Stage of qualifying to earn their right to play the DP World Tour next season.
The event is played over 108 holes at Infinitum Resort in Tarragona in Spain with 156 players facing the demanding task of finishing inside the top 25.
Queensland’s Maverick Antcliff is back seeking a return to the European Tour having finished 155th in the DP World Tour rankings this season and recording a best finish of 21st in 30 starts.
West Australians Jarryd Felton and Hayden Hopewell survived Stage 2 last week and get their chance, Felton having won an Australasian Tour event earlier in the year and recently finished 3rd at the WAPGA three weeks ago while amateur Hopewell also won an event on the PGA Tour of Australasia early in the year and recently finished runner-up at the WA Open.
Victoria’s Kyle Michel played his way into this field via Stage 2 last week and NSW’s Dimi Papadatos gets another chance at DP World Tour status having won an event on the PGA Tour of Australasia earlier in the year (the Vic Open) and thus finishing high up on the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Order of Merit.
Wollongong’s Jordan Zunic just scraped into the field after surviving a playoff for one of the final spots at last week’s Stage Two.
And finally Queenslanders Aaron Pike and Louis Dobbelaar are into the Final Stage courtesy of their standing on the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Order of Merit last season.
