Sweden’s Oliver Gillberg and American Alex Goff share the lead after the second round of the DP World Tour Final Stage Qualifying School at INFINITUM, both sitting at 11-under-par for the week.
Gillberg fired a flawless five-under 66 on the Lakes Course, while Goff carded a four-under 67 on the same layout to move one clear of Italy’s Gregorio de Leo, South Africa’s Zander Lombard, Zimbabwe’s Benjamin Follett-Smith, and England’s Matthew Baldwin.
Starting on the 10th hole, Gillberg made the turn at two under before catching fire on the front nine, adding three birdies in a four-hole stretch from the 3rd. Fresh from winning Second Stage last week, the 29-year-old Swede is determined to maintain his momentum as he chases his long-awaited DP World Tour card.
“I’ve been thinking about a DP World Tour card for 18 years,” said Gillberg. “I just tried to stay focused on the golf shots and the feelings in my swing. Everyone knows what’s at stake, but I’ll just keep doing my best and enjoy it.”
Goff, meanwhile, stayed patient through a par-filled front nine before stringing together four birdies in five holes. A bogey on the 15th was quickly erased with a birdie at the last, closing out a composed round to match Gillberg atop the leaderboard.
“It’s been quite the journey through all three stages,” said Goff, who is playing in Europe for the first time. “I didn’t have my best stuff early, but one birdie changed my rhythm and got things going. I just need to keep my head down and keep playing the golf I know I can.”
The round of the day belonged to Daan Huizing of the Netherlands, who shot a sizzling seven-under 65 on the Hills Course to climb into a tie for seventh at nine under alongside Brazil’s Frederico Biondi Figueiredo.
Round three of the six-round marathon gets underway tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. local time, with Gillberg, Goff, and Baldwin teeing off together at 11:12 a.m. on the Hills Course.
About the DP World Tour
The DP World Tour is the main men’s professional golf tour of the European Tour group.
As golf’s global tour, we showcase global talent in global destinations and use our platform to build, entertain, and connect our global community.
GLOBAL TALENT: We provide pathways and a platform for the leading international talent, bringing together golfing icons, national heroes, and emerging stars from around the world.
GLOBAL DESTINATIONS: We stage tournaments in iconic cities and locations around the world, and each week we celebrate and showcase the rich diversity of the courses, cities, and cultures we visit.
GLOBAL COMMUNITY: We build, entertain, and connect communities through our commitment to innovation, creative content, and having a positive social and environmental impact.
Our 2025 Global Schedule features 42 tournaments in 26 different countries and comprises three distinct phases: five ‘Global Swings’, the ‘Back 9’, and the ‘DP World Tour Play-Offs’. It features five Rolex Series events – the premium category of events on the DP World Tour – and four Major Championships, all of which count towards the Race to Dubai Rankings, the Tour’s season-long competition which concludes at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
DP World, the leading provider of global smart end-to-end supply chain and logistics solutions, has been the title partner of the DP World Tour since the start of the 2022 season, the Tour’s 50th season following its formation in 1972.
We also enjoy the support of many of the world’s leading business brands, with DP World, Rolex, Aldar, BMW, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Emirates, Fortinet, and Vestas as Official Partners.
About the European Tour group
The European Tour group administers the DP World Tour, the HotelPlanner Tour, the Legends Tour, and the G4D Tour and, as the Managing Partner of Ryder Cup Europe LLP, stages golf’s greatest team contest, the Ryder Cup, in partnership with the PGA of America.
The European Tour group has Strategic Partnerships with the PGA TOUR, the Sunshine Tour, the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association (CGA), the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO), the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA), and the TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India. These partnerships provide global pathways for players from across the world to compete internationally on the DP World Tour, the main men’s professional golf Tour of the European Tour group, which was established in 1972, as well as the HotelPlanner Tour.
