This month players from all over the world will take part in the 1st stage of the PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament - otherwise known as Q-School.  The goal...advance through as many as four tournaments to earn a PGA Tour card for the 2011 season.

The first three stages - pre-qualifying, first stage and second stage - consist of 72-hole tournaments. The pre-qualifying stage, which is for players with no prior history of competition, took place in mid-September.

Business starts to get serious with the opening of the first stage; which is held on 13 different courses across the country in the next two weeks.  A predetermined number of players from each first stage event advance to one of the six second-stage venues in mid-November.  The second-stage survivors then move on to the all-important final stage at Orange County National in Winter Garden, Florida.  The final stage, held December 1-6, will challenge the best-of-the-best over six straight days of intense golf.

Every player who reaches the final stage will receive some degree of status on the Nationwide Tour, but (in the end) the real prize is to finish in the top 25.  ONLY the low 25 and ties are exempt on the PGA TOUR for next year.


Over 45 current and former AGPTS players qualified through first stage.  More than a dozen played well enough to pass through second stage.  Final stage begins this week.  Click on the links below to see more results from each stage.

PGA Tour Q-School Home