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2007 Challenge Tour graduates
NOTOC 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 (€) | ||||||||
| FRA Mike Lorenzo-Vera* | 1 | 128,927 | 24 | 12 | 108 | 269,091 | |||
| ENG Ross McGowan* | 2 | 126,645 | 28 | 17 | 70 | 429,173 | |||
| CHL Felipe Aguilar | 3 | 120,409 | 23 | 16 | 41 | 676,182 | |||
| WAL Jamie Donaldson | 4 | 111,748 | 27 | 18 | 89 | 350,286 | |||
| SWE Leif Westerberg | 5 | 102,323 | 25 | 3 | 237 | 26,855 | |||
| NLD Joost Luiten* | 6 | 99,406 | 14 | 8 | 124 | 171,279 | |||
| SWE Magnus A. Carlsson* | 7 | 95,670 | 28 | 15 | 79 | 405,998 | |||
| ENG Robert Dinwiddie* | 8 | 91,257 | 30 | 16 | 72 | 426,811 | |||
| SWE Mikael Lundberg | 9 | 87,916 | 25 | 15 | 63 | 476,930 | |||
| WAL Stuart Manley | 10 | 84,395 | 33 | 13 | 150 | 131,902 | |||
| PRY Fabrizio Zanotti* | 11 | 73,816 | 26 | 11 | 153 | 127,703 | |||
| ENG Peter Baker | 12 | 72,874 | 25 | 15 | 132 | 159,093 | |||
| SCO Peter Whiteford* | 13 | 72,730 | 29 | 16 | 145 | 136,357 | |||
| ENG Iain Pyman | 14 | 70,725 | 27 | 8 | 137 | 146,872 | |||
| ARG Julio Zapata* | 15 | 70,158 | 25 | 10 | 158 | 107,002 | |||
| ITA Edoardo Molinari* | 16 | 65,300 | 25 | 12 | 147 | 135,270 | |||
| ESP Álvaro Velasco* | 17 | 59,786 | 27 | 13 | 100 | 286,888 | |||
| AUS Peter Fowler | 18 | 59,712 | 25 | 9 | 128 | 165,178 | |||
| FRA François Delamontagne | 19 | 59,232 | 26 | 17 | 118 | 223,746 | |||
| NOR Jan-Are Larsen | 20 | 56,244 | 17 | 10 | 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 and 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 | CHL Felipe Aguilar | Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open | −18 (65-62-67-68=262) | 1 stroke | IND Jeev Milkha Singh |
| 2 | 27 Jul | SWE Mikael Lundberg | Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship | −21 (67-64-68-68=267) | 2 strokes | ESP José Manuel Lara |
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Jan | SWE Magnus A. Carlsson | ||||
| lost in three-man playoff | Joburg Open | ZAF Richard Sterne | −13 (71-68-67-65=271) | −13 (70-66-69-66=271) | ||
| 2 | 20 Apr | FRA Mike Lorenzo-Vera | Volvo China Open | IRL Damien McGrane | −10 (68-69-68-73=278) | −1 (67-69-72-79=287) |
| 3 | 18 May | CHL Felipe Aguilar | Irish Open | ENG Richard Finch | −10 (71-72-65-70=278) | −8 (71-72-67-70=280) |
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