2008 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2008. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2008 earned their European Tour card for 2009.

2008 Challenge Tour2009 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
David Horsey*1144,1182619T276424,666
Gary Lockerbie2138,5092918T4108289,461
Taco Remkes*3137,331308T1219566,178
Gareth Maybin*4117,7192721253625,876
Estanislao Goya*5113,3362515Win94338,939
Seve Benson*6111,5292813T4120250,786
Alessandro Tadini7106,8932917T13126232,759
Richie Ramsay*8106,6562914T497331,171
Steven O'Hara9103,2122412T6151154,198
Jeppe Huldahl1096,8182814Win64510,381
Klas Eriksson1198,5142413T9142186,980
Alexandre Rocha1293,684199T2821147,935
Richard Bland1392,64525144112277,462
Rafa Cabrera-Bello1489,8473220Win39744,297
Wil Besseling*1589,3582312T318287,095
Marcus Higley1685,946179T417196,626
John E. Morgan1777,254167T918282,889
Christian Nilsson1875,200158Win90343,763
Antti Ahokas*1974,867124T4827510,631
Stuart Davis*2067,105144T1520850,375

* European Tour rookie in 2009
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120).
  The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).

Remkes won three Challenge Tour events in 2008.

Winners on the European Tour in 2009

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 22 Mar Estanislao Goya Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal –6 (68-68-69-73=278) 1 stroke Callum Macaulay
2 7 Jun Jeppe Huldahl Celtic Manor Wales Open –9 (69-71-68-67=275) 1 stroke Niclas Fasth
3 21 Jun Christian Nilsson Saint-Omer Open –13 (68-69-65-69=271) 6 strokes José-Filipe Lima
4 20 Sep Rafa Cabrera-Bello Austrian Golf Open –20 (71-67-66-60=264) 1 stroke Benn Barham

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 21 Dec 2008 Gareth Maybin
lost in playoff
South African Open Championship Richard Sterne –14 (72-69-67-66=274) –14 (66-69-69-70=274)
2 15 Feb 2009 David Horsey Maybank Malaysian Open Anthony Kang –17 (74-66-64-67=271) –16 (71-68-69-64=272)
3 25 Oct Christian Nilsson Castelló Masters Costa Azahar Michael Jonzon –20 (64-68-65-67=264) –19 (69-66-65-65=265)

See also

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