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Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Alejandro Canizares (Getty Images)
Spaniard Alejandro Cañizares will be hoping to consolidate his place at the head of the first Re-Rank of the season when he tees up on home soil at the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca.
This week’s event is the final chance for players in category 11 – those who earned their cards at the 2009 Qualifying School, or through finishing 11th to 20th in the Challenge Tour Rankings – to improve their ranking, with the second opportunity coming in August.
Cañizares currently leads the way with €191,219, thanks largely to his tied third finish at the Open de España, which earned him €103,333.
Cañizares had been trailed by Fredrik Andersson-Hed, but the Swede’s victory at last week’s BMW Italian Open saw him move to category three, meaning Australia’s Rick Kulacz moved up to second place.
Kulacz has earned €99,962 in The 2010 Race to Dubai but the €16,275 he collected at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship was rendered ineligible for the purposes of the Re-Rank, as he was playing under a sponsor’s invitation.
The same applies to the €35,963 Stephen Gallagher earned at the Dubai Desert Classic, Qatar Masters and Volvo China Open, meaning the Scotsman is in fourth on €75,184, one place behind South Africa’s James Kamte, who has won €77,470.
England’s John Parry is the leading Challenge Tour graduate in fifth place, having collected €69,127 so far this season.
The top 20 after this week will be re-ranked in money order whilst those outside the top 20 will continue in the order they finished at last year’s Qualifying School – Final Stage or in the final 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings. The first event to be affected will be the Madrid Masters.
This week’s event is the final chance for players in category 11 – those who earned their cards at the 2009 Qualifying School, or through finishing 11th to 20th in the Challenge Tour Rankings – to improve their ranking, with the second opportunity coming in August.
Cañizares currently leads the way with €191,219, thanks largely to his tied third finish at the Open de España, which earned him €103,333.
Cañizares had been trailed by Fredrik Andersson-Hed, but the Swede’s victory at last week’s BMW Italian Open saw him move to category three, meaning Australia’s Rick Kulacz moved up to second place.
Kulacz has earned €99,962 in The 2010 Race to Dubai but the €16,275 he collected at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship was rendered ineligible for the purposes of the Re-Rank, as he was playing under a sponsor’s invitation.
The same applies to the €35,963 Stephen Gallagher earned at the Dubai Desert Classic, Qatar Masters and Volvo China Open, meaning the Scotsman is in fourth on €75,184, one place behind South Africa’s James Kamte, who has won €77,470.
England’s John Parry is the leading Challenge Tour graduate in fifth place, having collected €69,127 so far this season.
The top 20 after this week will be re-ranked in money order whilst those outside the top 20 will continue in the order they finished at last year’s Qualifying School – Final Stage or in the final 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings. The first event to be affected will be the Madrid Masters.
