The DP World Tour, The R&A and the PGA TOUR have launched the World Newbie Pathway to assist the easiest male beginner gamers take the subsequent step of their careers.
The landmark initiative creates a pathway for non-collegiate beginner gamers on to the DP World Tour and associate Excursions world wide. The World 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 beginner ranks.
Below the World Newbie Pathway, one of the best eligible non-collegiate male beginner inside the high 20 of the World Newbie Golf Rating will obtain a DP World Tour card for the next season.
The primary World Newbie Pathway rating interval will conclude on October 13 and the primary exemptions will probably be awarded for the 2025 season.
WAGR includes a girls’s rating and a males’s rating for elite beginner gamers and is obtainable by The R&A and the USGA as a world service to golf. Gamers competing in World Newbie Pathway eligible championships earn factors equal to the variety of factors awarded by WAGR.
The World Newbie Pathway strengthens, and demonstrates the advantages of, the Strategic Alliances cast by the DP World Tour to offer international participant pathways. As such, additional exemptions will probably be obtainable on the European Problem Tour, whereas the DP World Tour and PGA TOUR are working with seven additional associate Excursions, inside their respective governance course of and timelines, to finalise their participation.
Man Kinnings, DP World Tour Chief Govt, stated: “We’re delighted to supply the easiest beginner gamers new alternatives by way of the World 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 cast throughout the sport of golf. The perfect beginner gamers now have comparable 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 by way of 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 means with each fingers. 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 beginner 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 World Newbie Pathway. We care deeply about beginner golf and growing pathways for essentially the most proficient gamers from totally different areas of the world is one in every 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 degree by way of our main beginner championships and the World Newbie Pathway supplies the gamers with a path to the skilled ranks. We look ahead to watching them progress of their careers and can now discover the alternatives to introduce the same pathway within the girls’s sport.”
To be eligible for the World Newbie Pathway Rating, beginner golfers should meet the next standards:
Not be a present NCAA Division 1 participant.
Be at the very least 20 years of age by the tip of the calendar yr of the related Rating Interval.
Be inside the high 200 WAGR.
Gamers who’re exterior the highest 200 WAGR® by the tip 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 World Newbie Pathway Rating will probably be printed each week on the World Newbie Pathway web page following the registration interval, with qualification ending on October 13.
The rating is designed to establish and rank elite male beginner gamers competing in eligible tournaments primarily based on their common efficiency in these tournaments.
