MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- It's the cut-throat side of European golf that often gets overlooked, a six-day slog in northeast Spain where dreams are made and careers can be shredded.
For 156 players, a week at school couldn't get much tougher.
Next Thursday, 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) away from the opening round of the European Tour's lucrative, season-ending World Tour Championship in Dubai, the final stage of the tour's Q School will reach its climax just outside Barcelona.
The best 25 finishers will get a tour card for the 2017 season, opening the door for sponsorship and manufacturing deals, the chance to travel the globe and play on some of the world's great courses, and the big purses that come with it.