Ladies European Tour Q-School Results: Curtis Cup Stars Among LET Q-School Winners

Golfers pose with their Ladies European Tour cards

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published 21 December 2024

As 2024 comes to an end, players are vying for their status on various circuits and, in terms of the Ladies European Tour, 24 players have now secured their memberships via Q-School.

Being held at Al Maaden Golf Marrakech, the top 20 and ties would secure a card and, on Friday evening, a congested leaderboard ended with Ecuadorian, Daniela Darquea, top of the standings, as rounds of 65, 72, 68, 66 and 68 gave her a 24-under total and one stroke victory over Wales' Darcey Harry.

Daniela Darquea holds an LET card — Darquea topped the standings in Marrakech

“It means a lot. I came here with a goal and I think I accomplished it, I'm really happy and proud,” stated Darquea, who birdied the final hole to claim the one stroke win.

“I had a lot of fun, I think that's the main thing. I came here with a different mindset. I had a very stressful week last week at Q-Series in the US and this week has been very fun. There’s been lots of friends and people that I've been seeing and I've been just enjoying the competition."

Others who qualified for the 2025 Ladies European Tour included 2024 Curtis Cup stars Sara Byrne and Mimi Rhodes, with both players only turning professional a few months prior to Q-School.

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Along with the notable names, the round of the week came from Denmark’s Cecilie Finne-Ipsen, who fired a 10-under-par final round of 63 to secure her full playing rights.

Certainly, a number of countries were represented in the Qualifying categories, as a total of 18 countries featured in the 24 spots. These included the likes of the US Virgin Islands, India, Argentina and Hong Kong.

Check out the full list of results from the LET Q-School below.

1st: -24 Daniela Darquea
2nd: -23 Darcey Harry
3rd: -21 Polly Mack
4th: -20 Amelia Garvey
5th: -19 Teresa Toscano
T6th: -17 Blanca Fernandez, Anna Foster
T8th: -15 Cecilie Finne-Ipsen, Annabel Wilson, Michaela Finn, Danielle Du Toit
T12th: -14 Ginnie Ding, Ellinor Sudow
14th: -13 Anna Zanusso
15th: -12 Sara Byrne
T16th: -11 Magdalena Simmermacher, Alessia Nobilio, Avani Prashanth
T19th: -10 Verena Gimmy, Vanessa Bouvet (a), Mimi Rhodes, Kelsey Bennett, Agathe Laisne, Alexandra Swayne

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Taking up the game when he was just seven years of age, Matt made it into his county squad just a year later and continues to play the game at a high standard, with a handicap of around 2-4. To date, his best round came in 2016, where he shot a six-under-par 66 having been seven-under through nine holes. He currently plays at Witney Lakes in Oxfordshire and his favourite player is Rory McIlroy, despite nearly being struck by his second shot at the 17th during the 2015 BMW PGA Championship.

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