Victor Perez Joins LIV Golf! 🚨 French Star Leaves PGA Tour to Team Up with Martin Kaymer’s Cleeks Gc

Victor Perez Joins LIV Golf! 🚨 French Star Leaves PGA Tour to Team Up with Martin Kaymer’s Cleeks Gc

Almost 10 years after making his RDER Cup debut at Hazel Teen, English golfer Chris Wood is preparing for an unexpected career detour, fighting for playing rights on the often overlooked Mina Tour. The Dubai base developmental circuit launched in 2011 has endured a rocky period in professional golf, but is now staging a comeback with a refreshed 12 event season starting next week. Before the main schedule begins, players will head to Troya Golf Course in Portugal for a 54hole Q School running November 20th to 22nd. The purse is just $7,500. And with the entry deadline pushed from November 15th to November 18th, the exact number of available spots remains uncertain. Still one of the clear favorites is three-time DP World Tour winner Chris would at first highlighted on the SliceGolf podcast would narrowly missed out on status through the DP World Tours affiliate ranking, falling one place short, and then finished 67th at Final Stage Q School last week, leaving him without status anywhere. The 37year-old has been open about his struggle with chronic anxiety and burnout, a diagnosis he received in 2023. Speaking to bunker.co.uk UK earlier this year. He described how debilitating the battle had become. Yet signs of resurgence appeared in May when he earned his first top 10 finish since 2018 at the Turkish Airlines Open. Now with very few competitive avenues available, we will attempt to tee it up at PGA Arowera next week for the opening event of the 2025/26 Mina Tour season. Regular events will carry $100,000 prize funds and a mid-season Q sprint in February will provide a $50,000 pot and another chance for players to gain status. Wood also attempted to break into Aliv Golf last year through its promotions event in Riad, but came up short. The Qchool lineup may not be stacked with big names, but UK fans will recognize former Challenge Tour winners Sey Benson and Gary Boyd, as well as Irish standout Alex Magcguire and Scotland’s Michael Stewart, Mina Tour chairman, and Commissioner Keith Waters, formerly a top executive at the DP World Tour, voiced optimism about the tour’s revival. We’re delighted to present such a strong schedule with worldclass venues across Portugal, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, and the GCC. He said, “Our focus is on putting players first, guaranteed tax-free purses, 48 hour payouts, and a smart low friction routing with November Q school and a mid-season Qprint reopening the pathway in February. The 2025 to 26th calendar creates more opportunities to earn status and compete at highquality venues across Europe, North Africa, and the Gulf.