Field in Focus: at Qualifying School Final Stage

<strong>By Will Pearson and Steve Doughty, europeantour.com<br />
at PGA Catalunya Resort</strong>

As we continue the build-up to the 2014 European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage, europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field assembled at PGA Catalunya Resort for the six-round marathon…

<strong>In the field, there are:</strong>

<strong>156 players from 28 different countries </strong>

<strong>29 European Tour winners with 49 victories between them, including<br />
</strong>Ricardo Gonzalez (4)<br />Johan Edfors (3)<br />Nick Dougherty (3)<br />Kenneth Ferrie (3)<br />Philip Price (3)<br />Jean-Francois Remesy (3)<br /><br /><strong>2 Ryder Cup players<br />
</strong>Philip Price (2002 Ryder Cup)<br />Ignacio Garrido (1997 Ryder Cup)<br /><br /><strong>7 former Qualifying School winners<br />
</strong>Richard McEvoy (2003)<br />Martin Wiegele (2007)<br />Oscar Henningsson (2008)<br />Simon Wakefield (2010)<br />David Dixon (2011)<br />John Parry (2012)<br />Carlos Del Moral (2013)

<strong>Oldest Player<br />
</strong>Jean-Francois Remesy (aged 50 years and 164 days)

<strong>Youngest Player<br />
</strong>Renato Paratore (aged 17 years and 336 days)

<strong>Leading player in the Official World Golf Ranking<br />
</strong>Anirban Lahiri (74th)

<strong>Most appearances in the Qualifying School<br />
</strong>Garry Houston (17 times)<br />Phillip Archer, Fredrik Andersson-Hed, Birgir Hafthorsson (16 times)

<strong>5 of the six winners in the seven years Final Stage has been held at PGA Catalunya<br />
</strong>All except Simon Khan (2009)

<strong>5 Challenge Tour Number Ones<br />
</strong>Andrea Pavan (2013)<br />Espen Kofstad (2012)<br />Alvaro Velasco (2010)<br />Lee Slattery (2004)<br />John Edfors (2003)

<strong>9 players who graduated here last year<br />
</strong>Carlos Del Moral<br />Adrien Saddier<br />John Hahn<br />Stuart Manley<br />Simon Wakefield<br />Kevin Phelan<br />Jason Knutzon<br />Mikko Korhonen<br />Estanislao Goya

<strong>7 of the 2014 Challenge Tour winners</strong><br />Johan Edfors<strong><br />
</strong>William Harrold<br />Antonio Hortal<br />Ricardo Gouveia<br />Joakim Lagergren<br />Thomas Linard<br />Max Orrin

<strong>87 players who were exempt for the Final Stage</strong>

<strong>39 players who have come through from First Qualifying Stage</strong>

<strong>30 players who were exempt into Second Qualifying Stage and progressed </strong>

<strong>2 amateurs<br />
</strong>Emilio Cuartero Blanco<br />Paul Howard