Gallacher: California Mission Accomplished & Now Heads To Arizona For FQ 2025 Champions Tour.

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Scotland’s Stevie Gallacher proudly heads home for a short break declaring his California journey as ‘mission accomplished’ in having comfortably qualified in joint second place for next month’s 2025 Champions Tour final qualifier in Phoenix, Arizona.

Gallacher, and with son Jack calling the shots, posted a fourth and closing round 70 to finish runner-up at 13-under and just a shot behind Aussie Matt Goggin who birdied his last two holes in a score of 68 for a 14-under tally on the Soboba Springs GC course in San Jacinto, California.

The four-time DP World Tour winning Gallacher really showed his class in sharing the lead on day one, forging two shots clear after two rounds and while being tied for the lead at 11-under heading into the fourth and final day and then still leading with two holes to play only for Goggin to go past the Scot with birdies on his closing two holes.

Gallacher travelled to California needing to finish inside the top-20 if he was to move onto the Phoeniz but there was never any concern.

The Bathgate pro will join fellow Scot David Drysdale who booked his place in Phoenix a week ago by finishing T7th in a qualifier near Tampa in Florida.

The Tartan duo will be among of field of some 60 to tee-up from December 3rd to 6th at the famed TPC Scottsdale course and with only the top-5 after the four rounds securing full 2025 Champions Tour membership.

It is beleived Gallacher and caddying son Jack will head home to Scotland for around a few days break before jetting to Phoenix while Drysdale is contesting next week’s Asian Tour Qatar Masters in Doha.

Only 39 of the original California field of 62 played the closing two rounds.

And let’s not forget Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen who is also Grand Canyon State bound after being the leading qualifier last week at a course in Mississippi.

Though one player of note to miss the California cut was American Bob May who has won just once in his pro career and that being the then European Tour’s 1999 British Masters though May is more famous with the now 56-year-old losing the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla after a three hole play-off to Tiger Woods.

 



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