Barcelona native Adri Arnaus, not without difficulty, managed to regain his DP World Tour card for 2026 by finishing in twelfth place in the Qualifying School Final held at Infinitum Golf Course in Tarragona.
Arnaus, the only Spaniard who started Wednesday's final round with a realistic chance of qualifying, didn't have it easy. At times, it seemed he might miss out on a top-twenty finish, but a surge between holes 15 and 17, with three consecutive birdies, allowed him to finish the day with a 69 for a total of 409 strokes (-19), securing the spot he lost last year.
Adri Arnaus, results.
That stretch salvaged a difficult day that ended happily, as he had previously had a very eventful round with three birdies and four bogeys that were beginning to jeopardize his qualification.
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Adri Arnaus, 31, played in the Tarragona tournament after failing to secure his card at the Hotel Planner Tour final, the European Tour's 'second division,' held in Mallorca earlier this month. Sebastin Garca, Quim Vidal, and Rocco Repetto did manage to earn their cards there.
Santiago Tarri (37th, -13), despite a late rally of 66 in the final round, and Luis Masaveu (45th, -11), who played on the LIV Tour this season, were unable to reach the top of the leaderboard and missed out on a card.
Alfredo Garca-Heredia, Pablo Ereo, Scott Fernndez, Javier Calles, Gonzalo Fernndez Castao, Joseba Torres, Javier Baros, Albert Boneta, and Vctor Pastor had already failed to qualify.
The best in this final was South African Zander Lombard, the absolute dominator with 391 strokes (-37), who finished thirteen strokes ahead of India's Shubhankar Sharma, Canada's Aaron Cockerill, and Australia's Connor McKinney.
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Also securing a DP World Tour card were Argentina's Andrs Germn Gallegos and Brazil's Federico Biondi, tied for sixteenth place with -18.
