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Frequently Asked Questions about Q-School – Updated for 2023

It’s been a little quiet on my blog but I have been very busy practicing and preparing for Stage II of Q-School. In less than three weeks, I will head to Florida to the Plantation Golf Club in Venice. The area was hit hard by Hurricane Ian so Stage II was postponed by a month. My brother will be back on my bag and my parents will be there to support me, so I am looking forward to it.

This weekend, I will be back in Salem for my fundraiser at Salem Golf Club. In case you missed it, Salem Golf Club is hosting an 18 hole scramble THIS Saturday (10/29) with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. There’s still openings if you want to play. Check out the details in my post here .

Many of you have been asking questions about Q-School and I thought an FAQ might be helpful. To be honest, I am learning right alongside all of you and the process is pretty complicated. There are still certain things I am trying to figure out. But here’s what I can share with you so far. As I make progress toward the LPGA, I’ll keep you all posted!

1. What is Q-School?

Q-School is an abbreviation for qualifying school. It is not school. It is a series of tournaments that golfers must progress through in order to gain status on the LPGA tour.

2. How does Q-School work ?

Q-School has a series of tournaments, over three stages, where players must make the cut in order to progress to the next stage. The first stage is open to woman with a handicap of 4.0 or less on courses with an average length of 6,200 yards. It is held in Palm Springs in mid-August at three courses. About 350 women usually sign up. Golfers play each of the courses in the first three rounds. After the third round, a cut is made to the top 125 players. The final round is played at Mission Hills and the top 95 players (plus ties) advance to Stage II.

Stage II is composed on the 100+ golfers who advanced from Stage I as well as players from the LPGA tour outside the top 150 and those ranked #36 – #125 on the current year’s Epson Tour. In 2022, there are 186 players in the field. The tournament is four days over two courses with approximately 45 players advancing to Q-Series (aka Stage III.) I say “approximately” because it depends on the size and strength of the field and the LPGA reserves the right to adjust the final number who advance. They won’t announce the number that will advance until just before the tournament starts. Stage II was been postponed in 2022 due to Hurricane Ian. It is now scheduled for November 17-20 for Venice, Florida.

The final stage of Q-School is called Q-Series and those advancing from Stage II are joined by LPGA tour members ranked #101 – #150 and Epson tour members ranked #11-#35. In the past few years, this has consisted of eight rounds at two difference courses, with a cut after the first four rounds. In 2023, the LPGA modified Q-Series to six rounds, with a cut after four rounds. This stage is played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile, Ala. Somewhere around the top 40 in the final round earn their LPGA status, also known as their “card”.

3. What is the Epson tour?

The Epson tour (formerly known as the Symetra Tour) is a development tour for players who did not qualify for the LPGA tour.  Players on the LPGA tour who do not have the status to get into all LPGA tournaments can petition to play in Epson events.

4. What does it mean to have “status” on the LPGA/Epson tour?

Status is a prioritization process that determines who can play in LPGA and Epson Tour events. LPGA tournaments usually have a field of about 130-144 players. There are a lot more golfers who would like to play in those tournaments. In order to determine who gets in, players are ranked based on their past performance and earnings. Over the course of year, some players on the tour perform well and move up the rankings and others move down. Additionally, every year, a crop of new players turns professional and want to join the tour. Q-School is a way of establishing where those newly professional players will land on the priority list as well as giving those who didn’t perform as well in the past year the opportunity to stay on the tour.

5. If you turned professional, why do you have to play in Qualifying School?

Turning professional is really just a matter of announcing that you are no longer an amateur golfer. Simply turning professional does not allow you access to play in an LPGA or Epson tournament. As mentioned in the previous answer, there are more players than spots. Your status is your spot on the priority list for tournaments. For those already on the tour, their play in the previous year establishes status for the coming year. For those who are newly turned professional, qualifying school serves as the way to establish that priority. There are other tours, such as the Cactus Tour and the Women’s All Pro Tour, which are comparable to Single A league teams in baseball. The goal is to work your way up to the major leagues, the LPGA. Q-School is the way to do that.  The farther you advance in Q-School, the higher on the priority list you move up.

6. What tournaments can you play in based on your status?

Players are prioritized by the way they finished in Q-School, all the way down through Stage I. If there were 150 players who finished ahead of me on the Epson tour (so not counting those who achieved their LPGA status) then I would be #151. When players sign up for a tournament, the lower your number, the more likely you are to get in. If there are 150 spots in a tournament and I am #151, I have to wait to see if someone who is in the top 150 decides not to play.

There are also categories with priority over others. For example, some players who have exemptions, LPGA players who can’t get into the LPGA tournament that week. Others might win a tournament early in the season and that moves them up to a prioritized category.

Over the course of the season, priority will reshuffle several times based on pay and performance. A player who performs well will be making more money than those who are not playing well. They will move up the priority list.

Each tournament also has a few exemptions, which are special invitations. I received a sponsor’s exemption in 2021 and 2022 from the Cambia Portland Classic. There are also spots for golfers who play in the Monday qualifier, which is an 18 hole tournament where the top 1 or 2 players get a spot in the tournament.

So there are a number of ways to get in, but until you’re very high up on the money list (meaning you have played really well in many tournaments and maybe won a few) you’re not going to know very far in advance which tournaments you can play in. Playing well in Q-School and gaining LPGA status is the best way to improve your chances of getting into tournaments.

7. What happens if you don’t get LPGA status?

I can play on the Epson Tour and I can play in Monday qualifiers for LPGA tournaments.

8. What happens if you don’t get Epson status?

Players who do not advance after three rounds at Stage I will no longer have any status on the Epson Tour. This is new in 2023. Those players can play in other tours, like the Cactus Tour, the Women’s All Pro Tour and the NXXT Women’s Pro Golf Tour.

9. Can you sign up for any professional tournament?

Sort of. See my explanation in “What tournaments can you play in based on your status?” answer. I can sign up for Monday qualifiers at LPGA tournaments and attempt to get in the field that way.

10. When does the professional golf season start?

The LPGA golf season starts in January and goes through November. The Epson tour starts in March and runs through October. The other tours are kind of all over the map.

11. How do you make money through professional golf? 

You win! No seriously, you need to play well. The purses have improved in women’s golf, but you still need to play well in order to make enough money to pay for all the expenses associated with traveling and playing on the tour. For example, the purse at the Portland Classic is $1.5 million. This year’s winner, Andrea Lee, won $225,000. Tenth place made $27,782. When you consider that players must often fly across the country, rent a car, find a place to stay and pay a caddie a week’s wages, there’s not a lot left over. Playing well improves your status and it’s how you make enough money to keep playing on the tour. Your rank on the money list at the end of the year is what decides whether or not you keep you card or go back to Q-school again.

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The players who earn their card at Q-School will join the “in the money” players from the previous years who have received exempt status for their play in the current year.  For example, Ian Poulter finished in the top 125 this year in the number 45 spot, therefore he has automatically earned his TOUR card for next year and is exempt from further qualification.   A player can finish outside the 125 and still be exempt under certain conditions such as winning specific tournaments like majors or the Tour Championship.

Q-School dates back to 1965. The 2012 edition involves four stages:

• Pre-Qualifying Stage: Five tournaments are held in September in warm-weather locations in the United States. All of these tournaments are played over three rounds. In each tournament, roughly 35 to 40 players, plus ties, advance to the next stage.
• First Stage: Thirteen tournaments held in October all in the United States and each are played over four rounds. The participants are a mixture of Pre-Qualifying Stage winners and players who were exempted from Pre-Qualifying.  Approximately the top 25 players plus the players that tie in each tournament will advance to the Second Stage.
• Second Stage: Six tournaments which are held in November and played over four rounds. Like the First Stage, certain players can receive exemptions to this stage. The top 20 plus tied players in each tournament will advance.
• Final Stage: One tournament played over six rounds in late November-early December. The field consists of Second Stage winners and players who received exemptions into the Final Stage. In this stage, the top 25 players, plus ties, earn PGA TOUR cards for the following year.

There are other ways to earn exemptions, for example, Bubba Watson won the 2012 Masters, and so he automatically retains a TOUR card for 5 years.  No matter how it’s achieved, earning one’s TOUR card is never an easy endeavor.  The process ultimately ensures that only the world’s top players are permitted to compete on TOUR.  Either way it certainly has us thinking… wouldn’t it be nice to earn a PGA TOUR card and quit your 9-5?  For now, we can only dream.

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The LPGA Q School Series: Everything You Need To Know About The Qualifying Process

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What Is The LPGA Q School?

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In order to earn an LPGA tour card, an athlete must travel down a long and uncertain path riddled with mental and physical tests. Part of the qualifying process for the LPGA includes the Q School and Q-Series. The Q School Stage I is officially underway at Mission Hills and will conclude Sunday, August 21 (pending rain delay, the final round will be moved to Monday, Aug. 22).

As LPGA tour status hopefuls have their sights set on passing onto Stage Two and eventually the Q-Series, we’re breaking down the qualifying process that the next generation of female professional golfers endure on their way to the LPGA and Epson tours.

The Q School, also known as Qualifying School, is a strenuous and costly multi-phase process that leads up to the Q-Series, which grants LPGA tour status to top performers. The Q School is intended to ultimately graduate 45 players to the LPGA tour through a series of tournaments carried out in three stages.

Stage I: A 72-hole format held Aug. 18-21 at Mission Hills. Players must compete as amateurs and will be required to play rounds on the Dinah, Palmer and Shadow Ridge courses. A cut will be made after 54 holes to determine who will compete during the final round on the Dinah course and advance to Stage II. Read the Stage I fact sheet here .

Stage II: A 72-hole no-cut format held Oct. 18-Oct. 21 at Plantation Golf and Country Club. Players who qualified through Stage I or are exempt to Stage II can compete in Stage II as an amateur, however, they must turn professional prior to the Q-Series. Players who compete in Stage II but do not qualify for Q-Series will receive Epson Tour status. A minimum of the top-30 scores and ties will be advanced from Stage II to Q-Series. To learn about criteria for Stage II qualification exemptions, click here .

Q-Series : Two tournaments held consecutively on Dec. 1-4 and Dec. 8-11 at Magnolia Grove Golf Course and Highland Oaks Golf Course, respectively. Q-Series players must declare their professional status prior to the event. The 144-hole format features a cut after week one. A minimum of the top-45 scores and ties earn 2023 LPGA tour status. Q-Series exemptions and tour card status qualification facts can be found here .

The final stage of Q-School is the Q-Series tournament. The 144-hole format includes eight consecutive rounds over two weeks, with a cut made after week one. The Q-Series determines the fate of a minimum of 45 athletes who ‘graduate’ from Q School. Graduates receive Category 14 eligibility for the upcoming season, which guarantees access to 60% of the LPGA tour events (excluding majors, invitationals and non-cut tournaments). In addition to updating professional status requirements, a 2018 exemption for college athletes has been removed.

Starting this year, college players will not be allowed to compete in the Q-Series as amateurs nor will they be eligible to defer their tour status until after graduation. Factors determining the update for collegiate players is an effort to level the Q School playing field while recognizing that the purpose of the process is to ultimately turn professional.

In a press release regarding the Q School updates, Chief Tour Business and Operations Officer of the LPGA, Brian Lesky stated, “Ensuring all competitors have made the same choice to be a professional player elevates the Q-Series competition and creates the most appropriate options for athletes at different stages of their careers.”

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What Is The PDC Qualifying School? (And How It Works)

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The Professional Darts Association, or PDC as it is more commonly known, holds coveted player rankings, awards the sport’s highest honors, and oversees the world’s major darts tournaments and competitions. 

One of the most popular, highly anticipated, and exciting of these tournaments is the PDC Qualifying School.

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What is the PDC Qualifying School?

The PDC Qualifying School is an important event in the world of darts where just about everyone, including amateur dart players, can compete to qualify for a spot on the professional PDC Tour and a chance to earn the sport’s top prizes.

But what makes this tournament so special?

Follow me after the break to learn more about what the PDC Qualifying School is and how it works!

History Of The PDC Qualifying School

The PDC Qualifying School was created by the PDC in 2011 following that year’s World Championship. Since then, the Q-School, as it is commonly called, has served as an opportunity for amateur players and former ranking professionals to gain the ability to compete at the professional level of play for the next two years.

The Q-School is held over a few days every January, and the top performers are awarded what is known as a Tour Card, which entitles Tour Cardholders to compete in all player championships and open qualifiers.

When And Where is Q-School Held?

The Q-School is held at the beginning of each calendar year over a 4 day period. Due to the increasing popularity of the competition, and the sport itself, the Q-School is now held in two different locations:

• UK Q-SChool is held at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Before 2021, Q-School was held in Wigan.
• European Q-school is held at the H+ Hotel in Niedernhausen. European Q-School is for players hailing from all European nations, except the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Gibraltar.

It is worthy of note that players coming from outside the European continent can choose in which Q-School they’d like to compete.

The qualifying process behind Q-School is rather complex; however, I’ll do my best to explain it in straightforward terms.

Here Is How the PDC Qualifying School Works

A First Stage is set, where up to 128 players in the UK Q-School and 128 players in the Europe Q-School compete for their right to pass to the Final Stage.

32 players are exempt from the Final Stage in the UK Q-School and 19 players from the European Q-School. These players are chosen based on which players lost their Tour Cards the previous year, and the top 8 players from each region’s Challenge and Development Tours.

All other players play through a preliminary round that is used to allocate the remaining spots for the Final Stage. Only 8 players per day are able to make this jump from the First Stage to the Final Stage.

All further places are awarded to players from the First Stage Order of Merit held in each region.

The Final Stage offers participants a chance to win up to 32 Tour Cards, with each daily winner automatically receiving their card. The remaining 24 cards are split between the total participants of both regions.

Who Can Participate in Q-School?

Just about anyone can participate in the PDC Qualifying School, as long as they are 16 years old or older on the date of the opening round of the competition.

The entry fee for Q-School is £450, or just under $600. If a player wins a Tour Card, he or she must pay an additional fee of £100.

Any player who competes in Q-School but does not manage to qualify for a Tour Card will earn the PDPA Associate Member classification, which will allow them to compete in the following events for the year:

• PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour
• UK Open Qualifiers
• European Tour Qualifiers
• Players Championship Events 

Is Qualifying School Easy?

No. Even though everyone can sign up for the PDC Qualifying school, it doesn’t mean that the competition is easy pickings. Qualifying School can be a brutal tournament, with some very high-level competitors battling it out for their Tour Card.

Besides amateurs with big dreams and young up-and-coming talent, the PDC Qualifying School is home to a ton of seasoned professionals who lost their Tour Cards by dropping below the top 64 rankings.

This means that for all intents and purposes, the PDC Qualifying School is a tournament with professional-level play. Only the very best players will find success in the Q-School.

Nevertheless, very few other sports provide amateur players a chance as significant as the one accessible to dart players by the PDC Qualifying School.

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1. Make Sure Your Game Qualifies

2. be comfortable with the cost, 3. look for announcements, 4. research, how to go to q school.

If you have serious game and you want to play on the PGA Tour or Nationwide Tour, you must play in the PGA Tour Qualifying School, which is commonly known as Q School.

A rigorous test of golf skills in tournament conditions, Q School identifies players who have the physical and mental abilities to compete at the highest levels of professional golf. You'll be competing against other aspiring professionals and, if you advance, the field will be increasingly populated by veteran Tour professionals who've lost play privileges and must attend and succeed at Q School to reclaim those rights.

Make sure your game is refined enough to complete at a high level. If you're only occasionally breaking par, your chances of making it as a finalist in Q School are remote at best.

Practice incessantly leading up to Q School qualifying and make sure you're in peak physical condition.

Each of the qualifying stages are multiple day tournaments, which are supreme tests of physical and mental endurance under intense pressure.

Each stage offers play against better players. For instance, PGA Tour players who rank from 126 to 150 on the money list are exempted to the final round, as are Nationwide players who finish from 26th to 40th on the Nationwide Tour money list.

Determine if you have the monetary resources and whether you want to make the financial commitment to compete in Q School.

The pre-qualifying stage costs $2,700, the first qualifying stage costs $4,500, the second qualifying stage is $4,000 and final qualifying stage is $3,500.

Pre-qualifying is a 54-hole event at various sites around the nation. First and second round qualifying stages are 72 holes, and the final qualifying stage is 108 holes.

Prize money is distributed at the final qualifying stage: First place is worth $50,000; second place, $40,000; third place, $35,000; fourth place, $30,000; fifth place, $27,500; and sixth place through 25th and ties pay $25,000 apiece.

Sign up with the PGA Tour. Information about Q School is available at PGATour.com. Typically, announcements are made in late spring or summer about sign-up dates.

Pre-qualifying is held in late August and early September. The first qualifying stage is held in mid to late October, the second stage is held in mid November and the finals are in early December.

Research the various sites and select one that's appealing to you.

Criteria includes proximity of the courses to your residence, past playing experience on the courses, if any, and potential for a top performance at the course. Rigorous, multi-hour practice sessions and practice rounds are an absolute must to achieve optimum performance at a Q School tournament.

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How it works: Final Stage of PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry

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For the first time since 2012, PGA TOUR cards will be awarded at Final Stage of PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry.

The top five and ties at Final Stage of PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, contested across 72 holes from Dec. 14-17, will earn 2024 PGA TOUR membership. But those outside the top five will battle for status and eligibility across the many pathway tours to the PGA TOUR as well.

Here's how the Final Stage of PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry works, with all competitors playing two rounds at TPC Sawgrass’ Dye’s Valley Course and two rounds at Sawgrass Country Club.

Competition format

The 168-player field will play two rounds at TPC Sawgrass’ Dye’s Valley Course and two rounds at Sawgrass Country Club. The field will be split evenly between the two courses for Thursday and Friday action, with each competitor playing one round at Dye’s Valley Course and one round at Sawgrass Country Club.

After the second round, the field will be re-paired for the third and fourth rounds. The top half of the field after 36 holes will play the third round at Sawgrass Country Club and the fourth round at Dye’s Valley Course. The bottom half of the field after 36 holes will play the third round at Dye’s Valley Course and the fourth round at Sawgrass Country Club.

There will be no cut; all competitors will play 72 holes. Players will compete in the same groupings for Rounds 1 and 2. Players will compete in the same groupings for Rounds 3 and 4.

All players who tee it up at Final Stage will secure conditional Korn Ferry Tour and PGA TOUR Americas status at minimum for 2024. After the five (and ties) who earn PGA TOUR cards, the next 40 finishers (and ties) will receive guaranteed Korn Ferry Tour starts.

• Top five finishers and ties at Final Stage will earn PGA TOUR cards.

• The next 40 finishers and ties at Final Stage will earn exempt status through multiple reshuffles of the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour season, with the first 25 finishers and ties being subject to the third reshuffle (12 guaranteed starts), and any remaining finishers within the category being subject to the second reshuffle (eight guaranteed starts).

• The next 20 finishers and ties at Final Stage will earn exempt status for the Latin America Swing of the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas season, while also earning conditional Korn Ferry Tour membership.

• All remaining finishers at Final Stage will have conditional Korn Ferry Tour membership and conditional PGA TOUR Americas membership for the 2024 season.

Note: The players who earn TOUR cards via Final Stage will slot into a category directly between Nos. 2-30 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and Nos. 126-150 on the 2023 FedExCup Fall standings.

Eligibility

Five Second Stage sites were contested across late November and early December (three Nov. 14-17, two Nov. 28-Dec. 1). Seventy-nine players advanced from Second Stage, thereby qualifying for Final Stage, where they need to tee off to secure the benefits of conditional status at minimum.

Click here for a look at players who advanced from Second Stage to Final Stage.

Prior to 2013, PGA TOUR cards were awarded at Final Stage of Q-School. Twenty-five cards were awarded at 2012 Q-School, the most recent to award TOUR membership before 2023.

The event was known as the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament from 2013-22. All finishers received conditional Korn Ferry Tour status at minimum, with high finishers earning guaranteed starts and the medalist (and ties) earning fully exempt status.

Q-School has been conducted since 1965. From 1968-69 and 1975-81, two Q-Schools were played each year, one spring and one fall. Notable Q-School medalists include major champions Ben Crenshaw (1973), Fuzzy Zoeller (1974), Paul Azinger (1984) and Mike Weir (1998).

How to watch

Golf Channel and Peacock will broadcast live weekend coverage at Final Stage of 2023 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry. Coverage on Golf Channel will be live from 2:30-4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 16 and 1:30-4:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Dec. 17, and coverage on Peacock will be live from 12:30-4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday.

Coverage will be hosted by Shane Bacon, with analysis provided by James Nitties, on-course reporting from Gary Christian, and post-round interviews conducted by Emilia Migliaccio. The talent of Bacon, Nitties and Christian also served as the crew for the Korn Ferry Tour’s six televised events on Golf Channel during the 2023 season.

Spectator information

TPC Sawgrass’ Dye’s Valley Course will be open to the public for all four rounds of competition. Spectators will have the option to donate a minimum of $5 per ticket to one of three Jacksonville, Florida-based charities. Parking will be free at TPC Sawgrass as well. Click here for more information .

Sawgrass Country Club will be closed to the general public.