New South Welshman Callan O’Reilly has won the 2013 Qualifying School earning full status on the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2014.
Firing rounds at 67, 64, 70, 71 O’Reilly took the top honours and will be in category 8 (a), this is the equivalent of winning a State Based Championship however only for a year.
Coming into Qualifying School as an amateur, O’Reilly has now turned Professional and is ready to undertake a career on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
Finishing out right second and three shots behind O’Reilly was West Australian Matt Jager who had limited status on Tour this year.
Jager and those finishing inside the top-25 now receive full status and category 11 which should see them in the field for most PGA Tour of Australasia tournaments.
This includes David Klein (13th).
Players who finished 26 – 50 will receive category 14 which should see them teeing it up at a number of State Based Championships.
This includes Peter Lee (30th), Sven Puymbroeck (31st), Kieran Muir (36th) and Pieter Zwart (37th)
Any players who finish outside of the top-50 are eligible for Membership of the PGA of Australia which entitles them to compete in pro-ams however they will have no status on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
This includes Brad Shilton (51st), Jim Cusdin (55th) and Fraser Wilkin (59th).
The 2014 PGA Tour of Australasia season tees off on the 6th Feb with the Lexus of Blackburn Victorian PGA Championship.
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