It is that time of year – Q -School season.
The top 114 in the Race to Dubai have secured their DP World Tour cards for the 2025 season, which left the rest headed for Q-School.
The second stage played out, then the Final Qualifying Stage at Infinitum Golf Club where 21 players earned their status on the Old World Circuit.
LIV Golf has now introduced its own type of Q-School on the other side of the fence, namely LIV Golf Promotions.
Learn more about it here.
Three spots were open to the Saudi-funded league in 2023, as well as places on the Asian Tour. But in 2024, there is only one spot up for grabs in 2025. The winner of this stroke play event also banks $200,000.
So which option would you choose if both were available: LIV Golf or the DP World Tour? Which pathway is better and has a bigger chance of qualification?
There are pros and cons to each one, so NCG’s tour team deliberated on it:
A life-changing opportunity awaits at LIV Golf…
If you are eligible to play in LIV Golf Promotions, go for it, says Matt Chivers.
Finishing top, as gruelling as this is, will give you a huge financial headstart, and then you get given the keys to the treasure chest.
Not only that, the door is open to playing with and against Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson and many more stars.
If we consider the LIV Golf League for the time being, it is an alternative playing option – whether you think its existence has served only to cause hostility.
It has provided players, who were initially unrecognisable to golf fans, the chance to earn serious money and finish well on albeit reduced-size leaderboards.
There may be more spots open on DP World Tour Q-School and more margin for error, but that process can be a tiring slog with the number of rounds required to play.
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LIV might be a closed shop to some, but this pathway says otherwise and I could see a lot of players, from hopefuls to journeymen, teeing it up in Saudi Arabia.
Follow in the footsteps of legends and aim for Europe!
Stick with tradition, and go for the DP World Tour Q-School with more qualifying places available.
Yes, I know there is a lot of money involved with LIV Golf and the possibilities of earning are huge, but nothing beats the DP World Tour’s Q-School, says Matt Coles.
Those six days of the Final Stage in Spain determine who plays on the DP World Tour or the Challenge Tour.
However, Q-School is so much more than that. There are three stages to it, meaning you have to play your best golf for somewhere in the region of 10 rounds.
That in itself is a huge challenge. Compare that to the four-round process at the LIV Golf Promotions Event with just one place up for grabs. It just isn’t the same…
If you earn a card on the DP World Tour, then you are following in the footsteps of some of the best golfers to have ever played the sport.
I know that LIV Golf can set you up for life when it comes to the monetary side of things. But for me, I’m going to the DP World Tour Q-School every single year if I have to…
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