The tournament in Australia – which launches the 2026 schedule even though we are still in 2025 – begins just 15 days after Yule, from King’s Lynn, finished 12th in qualifying in Spain, with 20 Tour spots up for grabs.
His performances on the Clutch Pro Tour earned him exemption to the second of three stages and he shot rounds of 67, 66, 70, 69 to finish joint fifth at Albacete.
The final stage was played over six rounds at Tarragona and his hopes suffered a setback when, following an opening 68, he carded a 74 in the second.
Yule demonstrated his resolve by reeling off 66, 69 and 67 before finishing in style with his best round of the week, a 65.
Among the players to miss out on full playing rights were former Tour winners Marc Warren, Chris Wood, Alexander Levy and David Horsey.
“I try not to look at leaderboards and just play my own game and it was good enough,” said Yule, who only learned of his success when he attended a post-final round interview.
“The first person I rang was one of my sponsors because I’d had a missed call [from him] – I hadn’t even signed my card and he’d already rung me.
“Then I spoke to my father and broke into tears of relief. We had a good chat and cried together. It was nice.”
