Gran Canarias Lopesan Open

DATE: Thursday 22nd – Sunday 25th April 2021

CLOSING DATE: 12 noon (UK time) on Thursday 1st April 2021

FIELD: 156 players**

ET TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Miguel Vidaor (mvidaor@europeantour.com)

ELIGIBILITY:

a) 5 professional tournament invitations.

b) 5 National professionals

c) 1 amateur tournament invitations.

d) The leading 3 available players not otherwise exempt from within the Top 114 of the Final 2020 Race to Dubai Rankings.

e) The leading 5 players from the final 2020 European Challenge Tour Rankings

f) The field will be completed in accordance with the 2021 European Tour Exemption Category list excluding Categories 6 and 8.

Eligibility Notes:

(i) Eligibilities (d) and (e) have been incorporated based on this being a new tournament in 2021.

(ii) If all of Category 17 are not exempt into the tournament as of 12 noon UK time on Thursday 15th April, exemption (e) will be removed and the 5 spots will return to (f) above.

(iii) If any of the spots in (d) or (e) above are unused they will return to (f) above.

(iv) The top 10 Regulation applies from the Austrian Golf Open into this tournament.

**Field size is subject to change even after close of entries if government policy relating to Covid19 requires this.

FORMAT:

72 holes stroke play with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 65 professionals and ties.

VENUE:

Lopesan Meloneras Golf

GC500 s/n

Meloneras

Gran Canaria

Spain

Tel: +34 928 145 309

Location: South coast of Gran Canaria

Nearest Airport: Gran Canaria (25 mins)

Golf Course Website: www.melonerasgolf.es/homesite/

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Gran Canaria Lopesan Open

Venue

Meloneras Golf