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Meet the remaining Q School Graduates
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Meet the remaining Q School Graduates

Europeantour.com profiles the remaining 15 players who graduated onto The 2010 European Tour through Qualifying School, starting with Andrew Coltart...

Name: Andrew Coltart
Nationality: Scottish                            
Age: 40
Interests: Sports, Harley Davidson motorbikes
Highlight of the year: Tied for sixth place at the
Open de Andalucia de Golf 09

Name: Stephan Gross Jnr                                  
Nationality: German
Age: 22
Interests: Music, sports, friends
Highlight of the year: Played in The 138th Open Championship, having been crowned European Amateur Champion the previous year

Name: Anton Haig
Nationality: South African                   
Age: 23
Interests: Fishing, game reserves
Highlight of the year: Securing playing rights for 2010 with a fine performance at Qualifying School – Final Stage

Name: Steven Jeppesen
Nationality: Swedish                           
Age: 25
Interests: Football
Highlight of the year: Finished runner-up at the Challenge Tour’s Fred Olsen Challenge de España

Name: James Kamte
Nationality: South African                   
Age: 27
Interests: Films, bible study, music, cricket, rugby, football
Highlight of the year: Tied for 11th place at the
Maybank Malaysian Open

Name: Gary Murphy
Nationality: Irish                  
Age: 37
Interests: Hurling, cinema, music
Highlight of the year: Finished joint fourth at the Madrid Masters

Name: James Ruth               
Nationality: English
Age: 24
Interests: Surfing
Highlight of the year: Finished a year blighted by injury in style by earning his debut European Tour card at Qualifying School – Final Stage

Name: Jarmo Sandelin
Nationality: Swedish                           
Age: 42
Interests: Skiing, tennis, football, squash
Highlight of the year: Tied for 11th place at the Open de España

Name: Patrick Sjöland
Nationality: Swedish                           
Age: 38
Interests: Music, reading, skiing, ice hockey
Highlight of the year: Came tied 11th at the Moravia Silesia Open presented by ALO Diamonds

Name: Scott Drummond
Nationality: Scottish                            
Age: 35
Interests: Cars, bodyboarding, music
Highlight of the year: Holed a 25-yard chip on the final hole of Qualifying School – Final Stage which earned him a European Tour card for the 2010 season

Name: Lorenzo Gagli
Nationality: Italian                               
Age: 24
Interests: Football, music, computer games
Highlight of the year: Tied for third at the
SAINT-OMER OPEN presented by Neuflize OBC

Name: Jean-Baptiste Gonnet
Nationality: French                             
Age: 27
Interests: Sports, fishing
Highlight of the year: Secured joint 12th place at the Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal

Name: Julien Gurrier
Nationality: French                             
Age: 24
Interests: Karting, squash, sailing
Highlight of the year: Finished runner-up at the SK Golf Challenge – one of 11 top 20 finishes on the Challenge Tour in 2009

Name: Rick Kulacz
Nationality: Australian
Age: 24
Interests: Australian Rules Football, Hawthorn Hawks, watching movies, friends
Highlight of the year: Holed a 40ft putt at the last hole of Qualifying School – Final Stage to cap a superb round of 64 and earn his maiden European Tour card by one shot

Name:
Simon Thornton                      
Nationality: Irish
Age: 32
Interests: Cars, all sports
Highlight of the year: Capped a rapid rise through the ranks by taking the 29th card at Qualifying School – Final Stage

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