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2009 Challenge Tour graduates
NOTOC This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2009. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2009 earned their European Tour card for 2010.
| 2009 Challenge Tour | 2010 European Tour | Player | Money list | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | Earnings (€) | Starts | Cuts | ||||||
| made | Best | ||||||||
| finish | Money list | ||||||||
| rank | Earnings (€) | ||||||||
| ITA Edoardo Molinari | 1 | 242,980 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 2,009,337 | |||
| PRT José-Filipe Lima | 2 | 134,623 | 27 | 12 | 161 | 83,604 | |||
| BEL Nicolas Colsaerts | 3 | 128,590 | 25 | 16 | 67 | 423,513 | |||
| WAL Rhys Davies* | 4 | 113,187 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 1,218,636 | |||
| SCO Peter Whiteford | 5 | 110,593 | 28 | 17 | 86 | 334,271 | |||
| ENG Andrew Butterfield | 6 | 110,488 | 25 | 1 | 296 | 4,960 | |||
| ENG Gary Boyd* | 7 | 104,952 | 27 | 16 | 50 | 715,106 | |||
| FRA Julien Quesne* | 8 | 94,636 | 30 | 16 | 156 | 93,303 | |||
| ENG Richard McEvoy | 9 | 92,919 | 28 | 13 | 101 | 261,196 | |||
| ENG Robert Coles | 10 | 89,304 | 28 | 12 | 107 | 233,214 | |||
| ENG Peter Baker | 11 | 74,243 | 21 | T35 | 204 | 33,360 | |||
| ESP Carlos Rodiles | 12 | 73,898 | 21 | 6 | 205 | 31,795 | |||
| ENG Chris Gane | 13 | 73,230 | 19 | 6 | 178 | 57,367 | |||
| ENG John Parry* | 14 | 71,318 | 33 | 22 | 51 | 706,108 | |||
| AUS Andrew Tampion | 15 | 65,416 | 23 | 3 | 268 | 9,103 | |||
| FRA Julien Guerrier* | 16 | 64,741 | 21 | 12 | 122 | 172,305 | |||
| SCO Andrew McArthur* | 17 | 62,856 | 17 | 7 | 198 | 39,235 | |||
| ENG James Morrison* | 18 | 61,370 | 27 | 12 | 61 | 518,750 | |||
| WAL Sion Bebb | 19 | 61,231 | 19 | 11 | 158 | 90,740 | |||
| FRA François Calmels | 20 | 58,920 | 8 | 2 | 278 | 7,598 |
- European Tour rookie in 2010
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2011 (finished inside the top 117).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2011, but retained conditional status (finished between 118 and 150).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2011 (finished outside the top 150).
Molinari won three Challenge Tour events in 2009. 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; Julien Guerrier improved his status in this way.
Winners on the European Tour in 2010
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Mar | WAL Rhys Davies | Trophée Hassan II | −25 (68-64-68-66=266) | 2 strokes | ZAF Louis Oosthuizen |
| 2 | 11 Apr | ENG James Morrison | Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal | −20 (67-65-66-70=268) | 1 stroke | ENG Oliver Fisher |
| 3 | 11 Jul | ITA Edoardo Molinari | Barclays Scottish Open | −12 (66-69-63-74=272) | 3 strokes | NIR Darren Clarke |
| 4 | 29 Aug | ITA Edoardo Molinari (2) | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | −10 (70-68-69-71=278) | 1 stroke | AUS Brett Rumford |
| 5 | 26 Sep | ENG John Parry | Vivendi Cup | −17 (64-67-70-70=271) | 2 strokes | SWE Johan Edfors |
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2010
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Mar | SCO Peter Whiteford | Open de Andalucia de Golf | ZAF Louis Oosthuizen | −17 (67-63-66-67=263) | −14 (69-64-67-66=266) |
| 2 | 18 Apr | WAL Rhys Davies | Volvo China Open | KOR Yang Yong-eun | −15 (68-66-68-71=273) | −13 (73-70-65-67=275) |
| 3 | 2 May | ENG James Morrison | ||||
| lost in playoff | Open de España | ESP Álvaro Quirós | −11 (68-72-67-70=277) | −11 (73-67-70-67=277) | ||
| 4 | 30 May | WAL Rhys Davies (2) | Madrid Masters | ENG Luke Donald | −21 (65-67-68-67=267) | −20 (65-68-67-68=268) |
| 5 | 6 Jun | WAL Rhys Davies (3) | Celtic Manor Wales Open | NIR Graeme McDowell | −15 (72-70-64-63=269) | −12 (67-73-70=62=272) |
| 6 | 22 Aug | ENG Gary Boyd | ||||
| lost in three-man playoff | Czech Open | SWE Peter Hanson | −10 (67-70-67-74=278) | −10 (72-70-68-68=278) | ||
| 7 | 5 Sep | ITA Edoardo Molinari | Omega European Masters | ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez | −21 (67-61-68-67=263) | −18 (66-65-68-67=266) |
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