2006 Challenge Tour graduates explained

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2006. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2006 earned their European Tour card for 2007.

	2006 Challenge Tour		2007 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
	1	119,152	33	13			175,085
	2	105,699	29	12			118,696
Alex Norén*	3	99,631	28	13			472,336
Martin Kaymer*	4	93,321	29	16			754,691
	5	84,236	30	11			136,173
Kyron Sullivan*	6	83,364	30	12			180,643
Rafael Echenique*	7	82,737	28	12			227,069
Juan Parrón*	8	71,089	27	9			81,554
	9	69,853	31	12			341,293
Marcus Higley*	10	67,851	31	13			151,185
	11	65,536	25	7			53,786
Gary Lockerbie*	12	64,073	30	13			162,709
Rafa Cabrera-Bello*	13	62,849	33	16			178,927
James Heath*	14	60,346	29	11			150,758
Gareth Davies*	15	60,189	25	9			86,887
	16	59,704	23	7			56,775
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet*	17	59,343	24	13			292,379
Álvaro Quirós*	18	57,278	13	7			259,350
	19	52,485	24	15			482,549
Adrien Mörk*	20	52,136	18	4			12,020

* European Tour rookie in 2007
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2008 (finished inside the top 117).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2008, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-149).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2008 (finished outside the top 149).

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. Álvaro Quirós improved his status in this way.

Winners on the European Tour in 2007

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	10 Dec 2006	Álvaro Quirós	Alfred Dunhill Championship	−13 (74-66-68-67=275)	1 stroke	Charl Schwartzel
2	14 Oct	Mads Vibe-Hastrup	Open de Madrid Valle Romano	−16 (69-69-67-67=272)	3 strokes	Alejandro Cañizares

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2007

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	18 Mar	Rafael Echenique	TCL Classic	Chapchai Nirat	−22 (61-66-68-71=266)	−19 (64-69-68-68=269)
2	17 Jun	Marcus Higley	Open de Saint-Omer	Carl Suneson	−8 (67-70-70-69=276)	−5 (67-70-71-71=279)
3–4	14 May	Jean-Baptiste Gonnet	Scandinavian Masters	Mikko Ilonen	−6 (67-72-67-68=274)	−4 (67-70-71-68=276)
		Martin Kaymer				−4 (67-68-68-73=276)

See also

• 2006 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2007 European Tour

External links

• Final ranking for 2006