Daniel Young is targeting top spot in the Road to Mallorca Rankings when he tees it up in the GAC Rosa Challenge Tour at Rosa Golf Club this week.
The Scotsman arrives in Poland fresh from a week off but does so in the midst of his best season to date as a professional.
The 34-year-old has been on an outstanding run of form, recording four top three finishes in his last four HotelPlanner Tour outings, with one of those being a breakthrough victory on home soil in the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A.
Young’s recent results have seen him rocket up to fourth in the Road to Mallorca Rankings, and with six events of the 2025 season still to play, he has his eyes on more than just promotion to the DP World Tour.
“I’m in a great position at the minute,” he said. “From my point of view, it’s now about trying to win the Rankings.
“I’d probably have to win another one to do that, so the immediate goal is to keep progressing like I’ve done the last two months, keep the performances of a similar level and I don’t think I’ll be too far away from chalking up another win.
“It’s been a really good year. I had a consistent start to the season, then there have been some fireworks in the last couple of months.
“Everyone’s goal is to get one of the DP World Tour cards, but as the season progresses and with the position I’m in, it’s more of a realistic goal that I can win the Rankings.”
Young played in Poland last season as the HotelPlanner Tour returned to the country for the first time in 15 years.
The Scot is back this year looking to draw on past experience after finishing in a share of 33rd at Rosa Golf Club 12 months ago.
“The course was in amazing shape last year,” he added. “From what I remember, it got really firm and fiery over the weekend and quite difficult.
“I feel like if there’s a bit of a heat and a bit of wind, it could be a tricky test. They’ve brought in the fairways in a little this year, and the rough is a bit thicker in places which will obviously make it a trickier test as well.
“From my point of view, it’s nice to come in here having just had a week off, feeling fresher for the last three weeks in Europe. The game feels good.”
Young joins a strong field in Poland that includes Scottish countryman and current Road to Mallorca Number One David Law, and DP World Tour winners Adri Arnaus and David Horsey.
The opening round of the GAC Rosa Challenge Tour gets under way on Thursday at 7:15am local time, with Young teeing off alongside Englishman Jamie Rutherford and Dane Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen at 12:55pm.
About the HotelPlanner Tour
The HotelPlanner Tour, formerly the Challenge Tour, had its first official season in 1989, and has developed into a proven training ground, where the champions-in-waiting compete across the globe for a place on the DP World Tour.
Many players who have progressed from the HotelPlanner Tour have gone on to become Major Champions – including Justin Rose, Matt Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka – and Ryder Cup stars, such as Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre, Nicolai Højgaard and Tyrrell Hatton.
Using its vast international schedule and relationships with golf federations and PGAs, the HotelPlanner Tour is widely accessible to professionals from across the globe, giving players from developing golfing nations the opportunity to test their skill amongst some of the most talented up and coming stars in world golf.
HotelPlanner, a leading travel technology company, has been the title partner of the HotelPlanner Tour since the start of the 2025 season.
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.
