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 Tour 2008 European Tour
Player Money list
rank
Earnings (€) Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
France Mike Lorenzo-Vera* 1 128,927 24 12 T2 108 269,091
England Ross McGowan* 2 126,645 28 17 5 70 429,173
Chile Felipe Aguilar 3 120,409 23 16 Win 41 676,182
Wales Jamie Donaldson 4 111,748 27 18 T8 89 350,286
Sweden Leif Westerberg 5 102,323 25 3 T29 237 26,855
Netherlands Joost Luiten* 6 99,406 14 8 4 124 171,279
Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson* 7 95,670 28 15 T2 79 405,998
England Robert Dinwiddie* 8 91,257 30 16 T3 72 426,811
Sweden Mikael Lundberg 9 87,916 25 15 Win 63 476,930
Wales Stuart Manley 10 84,395 33 13 T14 150 131,902
Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti* 11 73,816 26 11 T12 153 127,703
England Peter Baker 12 72,874 25 15 T9 132 159,093
Scotland Peter Whiteford* 13 72,730 29 16 T8 145 136,357
England Iain Pyman 14 70,725 27 8 T3 137 146,872
Argentina Julio Zapata* 15 70,158 25 10 T11 158 107,002
Italy Edoardo Molinari* 16 65,300 25 12 15 147 135,270
Spain Álvaro Velasco* 17 59,786 27 13 T5 100 286,888
Australia Peter Fowler 18 59,712 25 9 T3 128 165,178
France François Delamontagne 19 59,232 26 17 T4 118 223,746
Norway Jan-Are Larsen 20 56,244 17 10 4 146 135,589

* 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

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

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008

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No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 13 Jan Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson
lost in three-man playoff
Joburg Open South Africa Richard Sterne −13 (71-68-67-65=271) −13 (70-66-69-66=271)
2 20 Apr France Mike Lorenzo-Vera Volvo China Open Republic of Ireland Damien McGrane −10 (68-69-68-73=278) −1 (67-69-72-79=287)
3 18 May Chile Felipe Aguilar Irish Open England Richard Finch −10 (71-72-65-70=278) −8 (71-72-67-70=280)

See also

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