Besseling has Wil to win in Girona

<span style="font-size: 11px;">Wil Besseling hopes that lightning will strike twice at PGA Catalunya Resort when he attempts to earn his European Tour card for the second time through the Qualifying School Final Stage.</span>

Having earned the 26^thcard here two years ago, the Dutchman returns to Girona in Spain’s north east looking to do the same again, afterfinishing the Challenge Tour season in a strong vein of form..

An eighth place finish in China at the Foshan Open began a solid close to the season, before a tie for 18^ththe following week at the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic ensured he would tee it up at the Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final hosted by Al Badia Golf Club seven days later.

Besseling gave it a good run there over the first three rounds in an effort to pick up the victory he needed to make the Challenge Tour top 15 who earned a spot on The 2014 Race to Dubai, but he faltered on the final day and had to settle for a trip to Spain this week.

This was always in the Dutchman’s plans, though, and he will tee it up from Sunday morning safe in the knowledge that he has done what it takes at PGA Catalunya before.

Besseling is therefore confident of posting the top 25 finish he will need to play on European golf’s top tier once again.

“I’ve played well the last three weeks on the Challenge Tour,” he said. “The first two weeks to make it into the Grand Final, where I then had a good run the first three days in Dubai. Unfortunately, that wasn’t quite good enough to win, which is what I needed to do to qualify for The European Tour direct, so I had already planned to play this week.

“I got my card here two years ago which gives me confidence, but six rounds is a long week, and I’m not the only one who has played here before so you have to be patient. You are going to make some mistakes this week, but the one who handles that best is going to do well.

“Seeing the other Dutch guys play well does kind of spur you on. Daan (Huizing) has had a very good second half of the season on the Challenge Tour, which is nice, and it is good for him to be on The European Tour now. Hopefully I can follow him up too.

“Joost (Luiten) has done great, Robert Jan Derksen is still out there, and Maarten (Lafeber) is here this week as well. He has been on The Tour for 12 years which is a great effort, and he is definitely good enough to be out there, which is how I feel about my game too so hopefully I can pull it off this week.”

Completing the Dutch trio teeing it up this week, alongside Besseling and Lafeber, is Tim Sluiter as part of a strong field that includes five former winners of the Final Qualifying Stage at PGA Catalunya Resort, three Ryder Cup players and 39 European Tour winners with 63 titles between them.