'an Inspiration' - Yule Steps Up For Tour Challenge

With Christmas only a period away, it is an due clip for golfer Jack Yule to beryllium making his debut connected nan DP World Tour.

The 31-year-old from Norfolk is owed to play nan Australian PGA Championship successful Brisbane this play aft coming done a "gruelling" qualifying schoolhouse to triumph his Tour card.

And he is relishing nan imaginable of mixing it pinch nan likes of Rory McIlroy and teeing it up pinch Tommy Fleetwood complete nan months ahead.

"It's thing I've worked difficult for. I turned pro connected my day erstwhile I was 23 and I said 'I'll springiness this a go, spot what happens'," Yule told BBC Look East.

"Playing events pinch Rory aliases my mate [Marco] Penge, I'm conscionable really looking guardant to seeing really they deed it and what nan quality is.

"It is simply a monolithic measurement up. I've ever felt I'm bully enough, nan difficult portion is getting there."

The tourney successful Australia - which launches nan 2026 schedule moreover though we are still successful 2025 - originates conscionable 15 days aft Yule, from King's Lynn, vanished 12th successful qualifying successful Spain, pinch 20 Tour spots up for grabs.

His performances connected nan Clutch Pro Tour earned him exemption to nan 2nd of 3 stages and he changeable rounds of 67, 66, 70, 69 to decorativeness associated 5th astatine Albacete.

The last shape was played complete six rounds astatine Tarragona and his hopes suffered a setback when, pursuing an opening 68, he carded a 74 successful nan second.

Yule demonstrated his resoluteness by reeling disconnected 66, 69 and 67 earlier finishing successful style pinch his champion information of nan week, a 65.

Among nan players to miss retired connected afloat playing authorities were erstwhile Tour winners Marc Warren, Chris Wood, Alexander Levy and David Horsey.

"I effort not to look astatine leaderboards and conscionable play my ain crippled and it was bully enough," said Yule, who only learned of his occurrence erstwhile he attended a post-final information interview.

"The first personification I rang was 1 of my sponsors because I'd had a missed telephone [from him] - I hadn't moreover signed my paper and he'd already rung me.

"Then I said to my begetter and collapsed into tears of relief. We had a bully chat and cried together. It was nice."

Golfers from Norfolk graduating to play astatine nan apical level are fewer and acold between.

Andrew Marshall, who plays astatine Dereham Golf Club but was calved successful Nottinghamshire, qualified successful 2001 and was a victor connected nan European Seniors Tour successful October.

Yule has made his measurement successful nan crippled pinch support from nan county's Golf Union, having first appeared for their 2nd squad erstwhile he was 15.

"I won 8&6 and they were really happy pinch that, truthful I sewage put up to nan first team," he said.

NCGU improvement serviceman Sammy Martin hopes Yule's occurrence will spur connected their younger players to effort and emulate him.

"It's a awesome result for Norfolk region play and for him. He's worked truthful difficult from inferior level to elder level and achieved truthful much," she said.

"I deliberation he will beryllium an inspiration for each boy that picks up a play nine and wants to deterioration a region shirt.

"We inquire for committedness and dedication - erstwhile our inferior boys travel successful pinch a handicap, we propulsion yoga, psychology, nutrition, everything we tin [at them] arsenic a level for them to create their talent, but astir of each they person to person difficult activity and commitment.

"Because he's done it from wherever they are starting from, they consciousness they mightiness beryllium capable to do it 1 day."

The database of erstwhile winners of nan Australian PGA Championship contains immoderate of nan awesome names of golf: Gary Player, Greg Norman, and much recently, Adam Scott and Cameron Smith.

No British subordinate has lifted nan trophy since David Howell successful 1998, but Yule is wished to support his feet connected nan crushed and conscionable make nan astir of nan acquisition of playing successful a state he calls "the large Oz".

"Doubts travel into my mind and I'm judge there'll beryllium immoderate successful nan early but I for illustration to beryllium myself wrong. One time it tin beryllium really windy and nan adjacent it will beryllium flat, calm - a wholly different play course, truthful your mentality has to change," he said.

"The main nonsubjective is to unafraid my afloat playing authorities for nan pursuing year. That would beryllium specified a large achievement.

"The cardinal for maine is not to alteration things and conscionable play really I've been playing and mentality wise, [to] return things connected nan chin if it doesn't spell to plan. There's ever tomorrow.

"I've ever wanted to spot really bully I americium against nan large boys. If I tin compete against them, we'll spot wherever nan travel takes us."