After 28 players from 12 different countries secured their place on The 2013 European Tour International Schedule, europeantour.com looks into the facts and figures behind the 2012 Q-School graduates…
- A total of 872 players took part in the Qualifying School across the three stages. There were 685 that played in Stage One, joined by 111 at Stage Two, while a further 76 were exempt to the Final Stage.
- A total of 28 players (25 and ties) earned their full European Tour cards for 2013.
- There were four players who came through all three Stages of the Qualifying School to gain a card. They were: Moritz Lampert (AM), Peter Erofejeff, David Higgins and Scott Arnold.
- There were five players who were exempt into Stage Two and gained a card.
- The remaining 19 players gained a card after being exempt into the Final Stage.
- Of the 28 qualifiers, there will be nine rookies on The 2013 European Tour.
- Of the 28 qualifiers, 12 were fully exempt European Tour Members in the 2012 season.
- The 28 qualifiers were made up from 12 different countries.
- Here are the countries and the breakdown of players: England – seven, Sweden five, Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Scotland and Spain two and one each for Argentina, Germany, Ireland and Italy.
- The youngest player to gain a card was German amateur Moritz Lampert, aged 20 years and 198 days. The oldest was Gary Orr, aged 45 years and 202 days.
- Orr also broke the record for the biggest gap between winning his first and latest card. Won his first card in 1992. A gap of 20 years.
- Mortiz Lampert is the first amateur to gain a card since Matthew Nixon in 2010 and before that Callum Macaulay in 2008.