The DP World Tour, The R&A and the PGA TOUR have launched the International Newbie Pathway to assist the easiest male newbie gamers take the subsequent step of their careers.
The landmark initiative creates a pathway for non-collegiate newbie gamers on to the DP World Tour and companion Excursions world wide. The International Newbie Pathway will complement PGA TOUR College – which awards membership on PGA TOUR-sanctioned Excursions to the highest Division 1 school golfers on the finish of the NCAA Championship – to make sure alternatives can be found for elite gamers throughout the newbie ranks.
Underneath the International Newbie Pathway, the very best eligible non-collegiate male newbie throughout the prime 20 of the World Newbie Golf Rating will obtain a DP World Tour card for the next season.
The primary International Newbie Pathway rating interval will conclude on October 13 and the primary exemptions shall be awarded for the 2025 season.
WAGR contains a ladies’s rating and a males’s rating for elite newbie gamers and is obtainable by The R&A and the USGA as a world service to golf. Gamers competing in International Newbie Pathway eligible championships earn factors equal to the variety of factors awarded by WAGR.
The International Newbie Pathway strengthens, and demonstrates the advantages of, the Strategic Alliances cast by the DP World Tour to supply world participant pathways. As such, additional exemptions shall be obtainable on the European Problem Tour, whereas the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR are working with seven additional companion Excursions, inside their respective governance course of and timelines, to finalise their participation.
Man Kinnings, DP World Tour Chief Government, stated: “We’re delighted to supply the easiest newbie gamers new alternatives by the International Newbie Pathway, alongside our companions at The R&A and PGA TOUR.
“This initiative is the right instance of the advantages that come from the Strategic Alliances and partnerships that we’ve got cast throughout the sport of golf. The easiest newbie gamers now have related alternatives to their skilled counterparts, with clear pathways throughout the globe to in the end compete on the pinnacle of the sport.
“This enhances the alternatives for collegiate gamers through PGA TOUR College, and there’s no higher instance of the advantages of that programme than younger European Ryder Cup star Ludvig Aberg, who has grasped each alternative that has come his method with each arms. Our thanks go to The R&A and PGA TOUR, and to every of the Excursions who’re coming collectively to make this dream a actuality for the subsequent technology of newbie gamers.”
Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A, stated, “We’re delighted to work in partnership with the DP World Tour and the PGA TOUR to launch the International Newbie Pathway. We care deeply about newbie golf and growing pathways for essentially the most gifted gamers from totally different areas of the world is considered one of our elementary priorities. It’s key to the sustainable way forward for the game.
“We proceed to create alternatives for elite amateurs to compete on the highest stage by our main newbie championships and the International Newbie Pathway gives the gamers with a path to the skilled ranks. We stay up for watching them progress of their careers and can now discover the alternatives to introduce an identical pathway within the ladies’s recreation.”
To be eligible for the International Newbie Pathway Rating, newbie golfers should meet the next standards:
- Not be a present NCAA Division 1 participant.
- Be not less than 20 years of age by the top of the calendar yr of the related Rating Interval.
- Be throughout the prime 200 WAGR.
- Gamers who’re exterior the highest 200 WAGR® by the top of the Registration Interval who then transfer into the highest 100 WAGR® at any time previous to the conclusion of the Late Registration Interval within the related season.
The International Newbie Pathway Rating shall be printed each week on the International Newbie Pathway web page following the registration interval, with qualification ending on October 13.
The rating is designed to establish and rank elite male newbie gamers competing in eligible tournaments based mostly on their common efficiency in these tournaments.
