2005 Challenge Tour graduates explained

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2005. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2005 earned their European Tour card for 2006.

	2005 Challenge Tour		2006 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Marc Warren*	1	103,577	28	12			610,885
	2	103,129	26	11			147,013
	3	99,750	27	13			103,914
	4	94,335	30	18			168,158
Michael Kirk*	5	90,620	24	5			26,749
	6	88,517	32	13			223,796
	7	86,259	29	12			245,310
Michael Hoey*	8	86,124	27	7			50,414
Daniel Vancsik*	9	81,053	24	10			120,812
	10	80,047	28	10			97,979
Rafael Gómez*	11	79,880	19	7			71,876
	12	77,259	27	16			169,638
Paul Dwyer*	13	73,479	25	6			26,322
Andrés Romero*	14	71,221	21	9			694,363
Marco Ruiz*	15	69,845	22	8			66,714
	16	66,087	20	10			122,346
	17	63,344	24	15			250,952
Ross Fisher*	18	61,029	29	18			370,275
	19	59,916	22	7			97,820
Toni Karjalainen*	20	58,384	15	5			32,246

* European Tour rookie in 2006
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2007 (finished inside the top 118).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007, but retained conditional status (finished between 119 and 150).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007 (finished outside the top 150).

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. Tom Whitehouse and Ross Fisher both improved their status in this way, with Whitehouse medalling at Q School.

See also

• 2005 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2006 European Tour

External links

• Final ranking for 2005