This week sees the Final Qualifier for Lalla Aicha Q-School in Marrakech, Morocco as 155 players attempt to get their card for the 2026 Ladies European Tour (LET) season.
The Pre Qualifier took place last week across four different courses with 90 players advancing to the Final Stage.
Attention now turns to the Final Qualifier taking place across Royal Golf Marrakech & Al Maaden Golf Marrakech between 16-20 December.
The top-20 and ties following the conclusion of the five day competition will earn Category 12 status for 2026.
Last year, Ecuador’s Daniela Darquea topped Final Qualifying to become her nation’s first-ever LET member. The likes of England’s Mimi Rhodes and Wales’ Darcey Harry also attended Lalla Aicha Q-School before joining the LET winners’ circle in 2025.
Here’s what you need to know ahead of this week’s Final Qualifier in Marrakech…
WHERE IS FINAL QUALIFYING TAKING PLACE?
Royal Golf Marrakech – the favourite of the late His Majesty King Hassan II, Royal Golf Marrakech is the second oldest course in the Kingdom of Morocco. Some holes are legendary and full of history. Its exceptional vegetation provides a unique setting. Designed by Gustave Golias and Arnaud Massy, it opened to the first players in 1927 with four holes. In 1928, Gustave Golias, golf champion and personal professor of the Pacha of Marrakech, completed the construction of the 9 first holes. In 1933, Golias and the famous Arnaud Massy, the first international player to win The Open, in 1907, remodelled the course. Royal Golf Marrakech has 27 holes. The New Course, a nine-hole par-36 course, opened in 2007.
Al Maaden Golf Marrakech – an 18-hole championship course that spans 72 hectares, Al Maaden Golf bears the signature of the famous architect Kyle Phillips who has blended a Moroccan and Scottish touch. At the heart of a hilly natural area, facing the summits of the Atlas Mountains, this course with varied design is suitable for all levels: with overhanging tees, water hazards, greens varied in height, highlighted by typical vegetation: palm trees, cypresses and olive trees. Al Maaden Golf is a real strategic challenge for the players while remaining affordable and fun. The clubhouse is surrounded by contemporary sunny terraces with superb views of the golf and mountains.
COURSE SETUP
Royal Golf Marrakech: 36-36–72; 6,283 yards/5,744 metres (subject to change)
Al Maaden Golf Marrakech: 36-37–73; 6,719 yards/6,142 metres (subject to change)
WHO IS PLAYING?
155 players from 40 nations will compete in Final Qualifying. The field is comprised of the following categories:
- LET Members ranked inside the top 135 on the 2025 LET Order of Merit
- LETAS Members ranked eight to 32 on the 2025 LETAS Order of Merit*
- Amateurs ranked within the top-25 on the 2025 Women’s Amateur Golf Ranking
- Top seven-players qualifying for the final stage of the LPGA Q-Series
- Top three-players who enter from top-100 and ties of the 2025 LPGA Points List
- Top two-players who enter from top-35 of the 2025 Epson Tour Rankings
- Top two-players from the top-200 of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
- Players who qualified from the Pre Qualifier Marrakech
*If LETAS members ranked #8-32 are otherwise exempt via categories #1-7 above, a place in the Final Qualifier will be extended to the next ranked player on the LETAS Order of Merit.
This includes:
- 90 players from Pre Qualifying
- 8 players from LPGA Q-Series
- 2 players from the Epson Tour Rankings
- 2 players from the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
- 30 players from the LET Order of Merit
- 23 players from the LETAS Order of Merit
The two players teeing up from the top-200 of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings are Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad, a winner on the LPGA Tour, and Spain’s Julia Lopez Ramirez. The pair are both eyeing a spot in the European 2026 Solheim Cup Team which requires LET membership.
A total of 13 amateurs will be competing in the Final Qualifier including Brazil’s Lauren Grinberg and Chile’s Michelle Melandri.
Four LET winners will be trying to better their status this week with England’s Meghan MacLaren, France’s Anne-Charlotte Mora, Czechia’s Kristyna Napoleaova and Germany’s Chiara Noja are all in the field.
The eight players exempt into the Final Qualifier after competing at the Final Stage of LPGA Q-Series are Malaysia’s Ashley Lau, England’s Caley McGinty, Slovenia’s Ana Belac, Canada’s Maude-aimeee Leblanc, France’s Adela Cernousek, Germany’s Sophie Hausmann, Thailand’s Napat Lertsadwattana and Spain’s Carolina Lopez Chacarra.
Full field breakdown can be found here.
WHAT IS THE FORMAT?
Final Qualifying consists of a 90 hole stroke play competition with a cut after 72 holes. The top 65 and ties will progress to the final day. For the first four rounds, competitors will alternate between Royal Golf Marrakech and Al Maaden Golf Marrakech. The fifth and final round will be played on Al Maaden Golf Marrakech.
WHAT WILL THE PLAYERS RECEIVE?
Status received upon successful completion:
- Category 12: Q-School Top 20 – Players finishing Nos. 1-20 (and ties)
- Category 16: #21-50 Q-School – Players finishing Nos. 21-50 (and ties)
- Category 19: Remaining Final Qualifiers – Players finishing outside the top-50 and ties
In all categories players will be ranked in final score order.
The prize fund for the Final Qualifier is €10,000 and will be distributed to the top five competitors (provided they are professional players) as followers:
- 1st place: €5,000
- 2nd place: €2,500
- 3rd place: €1,250
- 4th place: €750
- 5th place: €500
In the event that any of the above placings are tied, the prize money for the tied places will be aggregated and shared between the tied players.
HOW CAN I FOLLOW ALONG?
A live leaderboard will be available to fans around the world right here on the homepage of the LET website.
You can also follow along across our social media pages and YouTube channel: @LETgolf and @LETAccess on Instagram and X, Ladies European Tour on Facebook and YouTube – #LallaAichaQSchool.
