2018 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2018.[1][2] The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2018 earned European Tour cards for 2019.

2018 Challenge Tour2019 European Tour
PlayerPoints
rank
PointsStartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Points
rank
Points
Joachim B. Hansen1192,32031222nd491,235
Adri Arnaus*2185,83631202nd411,499
Victor Perez3184,2362419Win132,582
Kalle Samooja*4140,2432816T262960
Sebastian Söderberg5140,1672916Win521,116
Jack Singh Brar*6128,5822917T8110470
Grant Forrest7127,5022716T694533
Kim Koivu8126,6732714T9156244
Stuart Manley9120,2582917T21161220
Liam Johnston*10119,1693013T5148296
Sean Crocker11115,0742512T282690
Robert MacIntyre*12114,36830252nd112,763
Lorenzo Gagli13113,8932611T2104494
David Law*14108,1072713Win92554
Pedro Figueiredo*1594,3402912T23177156

* European Tour rookie in 2019
First-time member ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2020 (finished inside the top 115).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 155, inclusive).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020 (finished outside the top 155).

Koivu earned promotion to the European Tour in August after his third Challenge Tour win of the season.

Winners on the European Tour in 2019

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 10 Feb David Law ISPS Handa Vic Open −18 (67-66-71-66=270) 1 stroke Brad Kennedy
Wade Ormsby
2 1 Sep Sebastian Söderberg Omega European Masters −14 (64-70-66-66=266) Playoff Lorenzo Gagli
Rory McIlroy
Andrés Romero
Kalle Samooja
3 29 Sep Victor Perez Alfred Dunhill Links Championship −22 (64-68-64-70=266) 1 stroke Matthew Southgate

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2019

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 17 Mar Adri Arnaus Magical Kenya Open Guido Migliozzi −17 (67-68-64-69=268) −16 (66-68-65-70=269)
2 28 Apr Sean Crocker Trophée Hassan II Jorge Campillo −9 (72-71-69-71=283) −7 (67-74-72-72=285)
3 12 May Robert MacIntyre Betfred British Masters Marcus Kinhult −16 (65-69-68-70=272) −15 (68-69-68-68=273)
4 26 May Robert MacIntyre (2) Made in Denmark Bernd Wiesberger −14 (68-69-67-66=270) −13 (67-70-68-66=271)
5 30 Jun Adri Arnaus (2) Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters Christiaan Bezuidenhout −10 (66-68-69-71=274) −4 (68-70-73-69=280)
6 18 Aug Adri Arnaus (3) D+D Real Czech Masters Thomas Pieters −19 (67-67-66-69=269) −18 (71-65-65-69=270)
7
& 8
1 Sep Lorenzo Gagli Omega European Masters Sebastian Söderberg −14 (64-70-66-66=266) −14 (64-68-67-67=266)
Kalle Samooja −14 (66-71-62-67=266)
9 8 Sep Robert MacIntyre (3) Porsche European Open Paul Casey −14 (66-73-68-66=274) −13 (68-65-74-68=275)
10 20 Oct Joachim B. Hansen Amundi Open de France Nicolas Colsaerts −12 (67-66-67-72=272) −11 (68-68-69-68=273)
11 11 Nov Victor Perez Turkish Airlines Open Tyrrell Hatton −20 (68-68-65-67=268) −20 (68-69-66-65=268)

See also

References

  1. "Challenge Tour rankings". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. "Arnaus goes wire-to-wire on dramatic day in Ras Al Khaimah". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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