Facts and Figures- El Saler Stage Two Q School
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<strong><strong>PLAYERS TO WIN ON THE EUROPEAN TOUR THE YEAR AFTER GRADUATING </strong></strong>
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<p><strong>FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL</strong></p>
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<p><strong>PLAYER YEAR VICTORY</strong></p>
<p>Gordon Brand Jnr* 1982 Coral Classic</p>
<p> Bob Hope British Classic</p>
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<p>Paul Way* 1982 KLM Dutch Open</p>
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<p>Greg Turner* 1986 Scandinavian Enterprise Open</p>
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<p>José Maria Olazábal* 1986 Ebel European Masters – Swiss Open</p>
<p> Sanyo Open</p>
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<p>Vijay Singh* 1989 El Bosque Open</p>
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<p>Paul Broadhurst* 1989 Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open</p>
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<p>Mike McLean 1990 Portuguese Open – TPC</p>
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<p>Per-Ulrik Johansson* 1991 Renault Belgian Open</p>
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<p>Ian Palmer* 1992 Johnnie Walker Asian Classic</p>
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<p>Andrew Oldcorn 1993 Turespaña Masters – Open de Andalucia</p>
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<p>Padraig Harrington* 1996 Peugeot Open de España</p>
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<p>Niclas Fasth 2000 Madeira Island Open</p>
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<p>Roger Chapman 2000 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 years Open</p>
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<p>Ian Poulter* 2000 Italian Open</p>
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<p>Gregory Havret* 2001 Atlanet Italian Open</p>
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<p>Jorge Berendt 2001 Cannes Open</p>
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<p>Arjun Atwal* 2002 Caltex Singapore Masters</p>
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<p>Adam Mednick 2002 North West of Ireland Open</p>
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<p>Philip Golding 2003 Open de France</p>
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<p>Robert-Jan Derksen 2003 Dubai Desert Classic</p>
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<p>Christopher Hanell 2004 Madeira Island Open</p>
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<p>Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño* 2005 The KLM Open</p>
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<p>Joakim Bäckström* 2005 Aa St Omer Open</p>
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<p>Johan Edfors 2006 TCL Classic</p>
<p> The Quinn Direct British Masters</p>
<p> The Barclays Scottish Open</p>
<p>Alvaro Quiros* 2007 Alfred Dunhill Championship</p>
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<p>Daniel Vancsik 2007 Madeira Islands Open BPI</p>
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<p>Carl Suneson 2007 OPEN DE SAINT-OMER, presented by </p>
<p> NEUFLIZE OBC</p>
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<p>David Dixon 2008 SAINT-OMER OPEN presented by NEUFLIZE OBC</p>
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<p>Pablo Larrazabal* 2008 Open de France ALSTOM</p>
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<p>Michael Hoey 2009 Estoril Open de Portugal</p>
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<p>Oskar Henningsson* 2009 Moravia Silesia Open presented by ALO Diamonds</p>
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<p>Fredrik Andersson Hed 2010 BMW Italian Open</p>
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<p>Simon Khan 2010 BMW PGA Championship</p>
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<p>Branden Grace 2012 Joburg Open, Volvo Golf Champions, </p>
<p> Volvo China Open,</p>
<p> Alfred Dunhill Links Championship</p>
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<p>Darren Fichardt 2012 SAINT-OMER OPEN presented by NEUFLIZE OBC</p>
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<p>Marco Crespi* 2014 NH Collection Open</p>
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<p>Daniel Brooks 2014 Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI</p>
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<p>Mikael Lundberg 2014 Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity</p>
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<p>Fabrizio Zanotti 2014 BMW International Open</p>
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<p><strong>(39) players with 46 wins between them</strong></p>
<p>* <strong>denotes Rookie</strong></p>
<p><strong>Grace became the first QS Graduate to win back-to-back events the year after graduation.</strong></p>
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<strong>YOUNGEST PLAYERS TO GAIN A EUROPEAN TOUR CARD</strong>
<strong>VIA THE EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL</strong>
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<strong>PLAYER AGE YEAR GAINED CARD</strong>
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Magnus Persson 17 and 116 days 1982
Alan Evans 17 and 244 days 1977
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Nicolas Colsaerts 18 and 8 days 2000
Oliver Fisher 18 and 64 days 2006
Charl Schwartzel 18 and 81 days 2002
Steve Spittles 18 and 168 days 1980
Paul Way 18 and 251 days 1981
Ian Woosnam 18 and 254 days 1976
Mike McLean 18 and 257 days 1981
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