Former LIV Golf pro makes next move after getting axed from rival league
Kalle Samooja, who was relegated from LIV Golf in 2024, has entered the final stage of qualifying school in a bid to earn his DP World Tour card for the forthcoming season.
Martin Kaymer's former LIV Golf teammate Kalle Samooja has entered the final stage of qualifying school in a bid to earn a DP World Tour card.
The Finnish golfer is among 155 others in Tarragona, Spain, looking to secure one of the 20 cards on offer.
Final stage of qualifying gets underway tomorrow (Friday), with the gruelling six-round process coming to a conclusion next Wednesday.
Samooja was one of three golfers who played their way onto the lucrative LIV Golf League via their inaugural Promotions event in December 2023.
But he struggled considerably and finished in the relegation zone after 13 events.
His best result with LIV came when he finished inside the top-20 in Singapore.
Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson also got the boot and is yet to reveal if his LIV Golf playing career is over.
Former PGA Tour pro Hudson Swafford was also relegated, as was Branden Grace.
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Samooja has been handed a round one tee time of 9am GMT alongside Italian Lorenzo Scalise and American Nick Carlson.
Other notable names in the field include the likes of Eddie Pepperell, Tom Lewis, European Ryder Cup vice captain Edoardo Molinari, Chris Wood and Matthew Southgate.
The final stage of qualifying school takes place over six rounds and two courses at the INFINITUM resort.
There is a 72-hole cut and the remaining players will then battle for one of the 20 cards on offer.
DP World Tour qualifying school first began in 1976.
The likes of Colin Montgomerie, Sandy Lyle, Justin Rose and Miguel Angel Jiminez are just a few European golf icons who made it through the exhaustive process.
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