Venues announced for Q-School Second Stage

The European Tour Qualifying School will return to Panoramica Golf, Sport and Resort for the first time since 1998 when the Second Stage takes place at the Spanish venue from November 7-10, 2014.

Panoramica, in the north-east of the country, was designed by German legend Bernhard Langer and opened in 1995, hosting the Qualifying School from 1996 to 1998.

The 7,032-yard layout is one of four Spanish courses set to host the Second Stage, joining Las Colinas Golf and Country Club, El Saler Golf and Lumine Golf Club (Lakes Course). This will be the fourth year at Las Colinas and third at El Saler and Lumine.

Nearly a thousand hopefuls entered this year’s Qualifying School, with the hope of earning a European Tour card for 2015. The First Stage takes place at seven venues across seven countries – England, Scotland, Austria, Germany, France, Italy and Portugal – before the qualifiers head to Spain.

After that it is the gruelling Final Stage, where the leading 25 players (plus ties) will earn Category 15 Membership for The 2015 Race to Dubai.

Last year Belgian’s Thomas Pieters came through all three stages of the Qualifying School to earn a rookie season on The European Tour, and he has gone on to impress this year, losing in a play-off to Miguel Angel Jiménez at the Open de España in May.