2007 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2007. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2007 earned their European Tour card for 2008.

2007 Challenge Tour2008 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Mike Lorenzo-Vera*1128,9272412T2108269,091
Ross McGowan*2126,6452817570429,173
Felipe Aguilar3120,4092316Win41676,182
Jamie Donaldson4111,7482718T889350,286
Leif Westerberg5102,323253T2923726,855
Joost Luiten*699,4061484124171,279
Magnus A. Carlsson*795,6702815T279405,998
Robert Dinwiddie*891,2573016T372426,811
Mikael Lundberg987,9162515Win63476,930
Stuart Manley1084,3953313T14150131,902
Fabrizio Zanotti*1173,8162611T12153127,703
Peter Baker1272,8742515T9132159,093
Peter Whiteford*1372,7302916T8145136,357
Iain Pyman1470,725278T3137146,872
Julio Zapata*1570,1582510T11158107,002
Edoardo Molinari*1665,300251215147135,270
Álvaro Velasco*1759,7862713T5100286,888
Peter Fowler1859,712259T3128165,178
François Delamontagne1959,2322617T4118223,746
Jan-Are Larsen2056,24417104146135,589

* European Tour rookie in 2008
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 118).
  The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-151).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 151).

The players ranked 16th through 20th were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. François Delamontagne and Jan-Are Larsen improved their status in this way.

Winners on the European Tour in 2008

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 17 Feb Felipe Aguilar Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open –18 (65-62-67-68=262) 1 stroke Jeev Milkha Singh
2 27 Jul Mikael Lundberg Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship –21 (67-64-68-68=267) 2 strokes José Manuel Lara

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 13 Jan Magnus A. Carlsson
lost in three-man playoff
Joburg Open Richard Sterne –13 (71-68-67-65=271) –13 (70-66-69-66=271)
2 20 Apr Mike Lorenzo-Vera Volvo China Open Damien McGrane –10 (68-69-68-73=278) –1 (67-69-72-79=287)
3 18 May Felipe Aguilar Irish Open Richard Finch –10 (71-72-65-70=278) –8 (71-72-67-70=280)

See also

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