2016 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2016. The top 16 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2016 earned European Tour cards for 2017.

2016 Challenge Tour2017 European Tour
PlayerRoad to Oman
rank
PointsStartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Jordan Smith*1209,9853125Win241,290,602
Bernd Ritthammer2189,9532610T11124272,289
Alexander Knappe*3183,5002711T5140215,147
Ryan Fox*4160,7682921T4341,080,610
Sam Walker5158,370298T4157158,785
Matthieu Pavon*6150,5043016349866,853
Alexander Björk*7135,0063023T343947,873
Dylan Frittelli*8120,8922918Win191,602,951
Romain Langasque*9118,0872711T10151178,683
Duncan Stewart*10115,7642812T9131241,658
Marcus Armitage*11115,7602611T10152168,137
José-Filipe Lima12100,1082310T5138218,629
Damien Perrier*1395,3682712T29174102,350
Pep Anglès*1493,28627134139216,288
Thomas Detry*1592,8522717T286440,214
Joël Stalter*1691,5782611T3132239,430

* European Tour rookie in 2017
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2018 (finished inside the top 101 or the top 10 of the Access List).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018, but retained conditional status (finished between 102 and 147, inclusive).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018 (finished outside the top 147).

Ritthammer won three times on the Challenge Tour in 2016. A change before the season to the tour regulations allowed amateurs to earn ranking points, while also dictating that any player within the top 15 who earned points as an amateur would be counted in addition to the usual 15 graduates; therefore, since Langasque had earned 24,200 points as an amateur, the number of graduates was increased to 16. Anglès regained his card for 2018 through Q School.

Winners on the European Tour in 2017

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runners-up
1 11 Jun Dylan Frittelli Lyoness Open −12 (70-71-68-67=276) 1 stroke David Horsey
Mikko Korhonen
Jbe' Kruger
2 30 Jul Jordan Smith Porsche European Open −13 (70-67-67-71=275) Playoff Alexander Lévy

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2017

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 30 Apr Dylan Frittelli
Lost in playoff
Volvo China Open Alexander Lévy −17 (63-70-71-67=271) −17 (70-63-64-74=271)
2 25 Jun Thomas Detry BMW International Open Andrés Romero −17 (67-71-68-65=271) −16 (65-71-70-66=272)
3 5 Nov Dylan Frittelli (2) Turkish Airlines Open Justin Rose −18 (69-68-64-65=266) −17 (70-67-66-64=267)
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