Through 14 holes at DP World Tour Q-School Final Qualifying on Wednesday, things looked to be headed in a similar direction for Pepperell. He was three outside the number with four to play … but then something miraculous happened. Pepperell caught fire, birdieing his way into the clubhouse to leap into the top 10 and put himself in position to reclaim his DP World Tour card.

Wow

Eddie Pepperell finishes birdie-birdie-birdie-birdie to move inside the top ten. #DPWTQSchool pic.twitter.com/TQPoX3vcON

— DP World Tour Q-School (@DPWTQSchool) November 12, 2025

After his round, an emotional Pepperrell said the entire week felt like a struggle until the moment it mattered most.

Four birdies in his closing four holes

An emotional Eddie Pepperell reacts to securing a dramatic return to the @DPWorldTour. #DPWTQSchool pic.twitter.com/zqYMnPoY5F

— DP World Tour Q-School (@DPWTQSchool) November 12, 2025

Better late than never, Eddie!

Pepperell’s extensive experience at golf’s top level surely helped him down the stretch in Tarragona, Spain, where this week’s final qualifying was held. Pepperell played on the DP World Tour for twelve years, winning twice. He also finished T-3 at the 2019 Players Championship in what looked like a sign of things to come for the wise-cracking Englishman. That promise didn’t exactly materialise, but thanks to his fourth-quarter heroics on Wednesday, he’ll now get another shot. Here’s hoping he sticks it this time, because golf could use more characters like Eddie Pepperell.

Below is the full list of players who earned cards.

Zander Lombard (RSA)

Connor McKinney (AUS)

Shubhankar Sharma (IND)

Aaron Cockerill (CAN)

Daniel Rodrigues (POR)

Nathan Kimsey (ENG)

Quentin Debove (FRA)

Davis Bryant (USA)

Benjamin Follett-Smith (ZIM)

Matthew Baldwin (ENG)

Gregorio de Leo (ITA)

Andreas Halvorsen (NOR)

Adri Arnaus (ESP)

Eddie Pepperell (ENG)

Jack Yule (ENG)

Andres German Gallegos (ARG)

Sadom Kaewkanjana (THA)

Frederico Biondi Figueiredo (BRA)

Hunter Logan (USA)

Mike Toorop (NED)

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The 31-year-old American, younger brother of five-time major winner Brooks Koepka, will tee it up in the First Stage of Q-School, at The Northumberland Golf Club, England from 9–12 September. If he advances all the way to the Final Stage and makes the cut, he will at worst secure a full HotelPlanner Tour card for the 2026 season, or a top 20 finish for a full DP World Tour card.

 

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Competing in Europe is nothing new for either of the Koepka boys. After turning professional in 2016, he made his debut at the SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge, the same event his brother won in 2014 to earn automatic promotion to what was then the European Tour. The rest was history for Brooks.

Chase spent 2016 playing mainly on Challenge Tour invites, before reaching the Final Stage at Q-School, where he fell just short.

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— HotelPlanner Tour (@HPlanner_Tour) December 12, 2017

After a year of grinding, he fought his way through a season in Europe’s top developmental tour by finishing eighth on the Road to Oman Rankings and claimed one of 20 cards for the 2018 European Tour.

Life on the main circuit proved more tricky for Chase. He struggled in 2018, lost his card, and slipped back to the Challenge Tour the following year with little improvement. Over the next two seasons, he had mixed appearances on the PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour China, searching for consistency.

HOLE-IN-ONE FOR CHASE KOEPKA! #LIVGolf pic.twitter.com/hFyd1qLopw

— LIV Golf (@livgolf_league) April 23, 2023

In 2022, Koepka was given a lifeline and joined LIV Golf. His most memorable moment came with a hole-in-one at LIV Adelaide’s party hole in 2023, playing alongside his brother’s Smash GC team. But the results never followed. He finished 48th of 50 players in the season standings and was relegated from the league.

A chronic shoulder problem then forced him out of competitive action. Nerve damage spread from his neck through his shoulder and into his fingers, leading to surgery and rehabilitation, resulting in him missing the entire 2024 season.

Since then, apart from being inducted into the University of South Florida Sports Hall of Fame for his college career, Koepka has mainly played on the Asian Tour and its International Series, LIV’s feeder circuit. He has made six starts so far in 2025, with a tie for eighth in India his best finish.

In an interview with Golf Week, Kopeka commented on his upcoming schedule, “Going to try and do DP World Tour Q-School just because it lines up pretty nicely with the Asian Tour schedule, where I won’t have to miss too many events over there. It’s a little easier to travel from Europe to Asia than it is from the U.S to Asia.

“Good golf always takes care of itself. Just gotta keep playing well.”

Now, with DP World Tour Qualifying School looming, Koepka is once again setting his sights on Europe in search of a fresh start.

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