Another Scot secures DP World Tour card for 2027 season
Ryan Lumsden secures card through Qualifying School after fearing his career might have been over
A total of nine Scots will be full DP World Tour card holders for the 2027 season after Ryan Lumsden punched his ticket through the Qualifying School Final Stage in Spain.
In the six-round marathon at Infinitum Golf in Tarragona, the recently-turned 30-year-old earned his seat at the top table by finishing in the top 15 and ties to secure a Category 18 card.
Carding rounds of 68-68-67-61-68-68 for a 28-under-par aggregate, Lumsden secured a tie for eighth spot in what is regarded as one of golf’s toughest tests.
The latest boost for the Scottish men’s professional game came hot on the heels of Marc Warren securing his return to the DP World Tour as one of 15 graduates from the HotelPlanner Tour.
The duo will join Bob MacIntyre, Calum Hill, Grant Forrest, Ewen Ferguson, Scott Jamieson, David Law and Connor Syme in flying the Saltire on the 2027 schedule, which starts at the end of this month in Australia.
“Yeah, delighted,” said London-born Lumsden of his new status, having feared that his career might have been over after the end of last season after tearing a labrum in his hip and damaging his abductor as well.
“I’ve been working really hard on the mental side of the game and the putting lately. I’ve been hitting it well for a while, but I just haven’t had those two bits come together. But I’ve been working as hard as I can and I am starting to see some fruits of that.”
During a spell at Northwestern University in Illinois, where he shone playing for fellow Scot and head coach David Inglis, Lumsden became the first Great Britain & Ireland player to win the Byron Nelson Award, a coveted prize awarded by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
He’s had four full seasons on the HotelPlanner Tour and, though unable to get to the season-ending Grand Final in any of those years, the goal he’s just achieved always seemed as though it was possible.
“Even in the Second Stage, the scoring was so low and I shot eight under in the final round to make it through,” he added. “Confidence builds on itself and starting to realise when the pressure does ratchet up a bit I’ve done the work and there are a few techniques and tactics we are putting in place.”
Spaniard’s Jose Luis Ballester and Rocco Repetto Taylor shared victory at the Final Stage with 32-under-par totals.
Others to secure cards included former BMW PGA Championship winner Ben An, Englishman Tom Lewis and Edoardo Molinari, a former Genesis Scottish Open champion and now the statistical genius for European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald.
Cameron Adam, the other Scot to make the 72-hole cut after Graeme Robertson and Aidan O’Hagan made exits at that stage, finished joint-38th on 21 under.
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