2007 Challenge Tour graduates explained

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 (€)
Mike Lorenzo-Vera*	1	128,927	24	12		108	269,091
Ross McGowan*	2	126,645	28	17		70	429,173
	3	120,409	23	16		41	676,182
	4	111,748	27	18		89	350,286
	5	102,323	25	3		237	26,855
Joost Luiten*	6	99,406	14	8		124	171,279
Magnus A. Carlsson*	7	95,670	28	15		79	405,998
Robert Dinwiddie*	8	91,257	30	16		72	426,811
	9	87,916	25	15		63	476,930
	10	84,395	33	13		150	131,902
Fabrizio Zanotti*	11	73,816	26	11		153	127,703
	12	72,874	25	15		132	159,093
Peter Whiteford*	13	72,730	29	16		145	136,357
	14	70,725	27	8		137	146,872
Julio Zapata*	15	70,158	25	10		158	107,002
Edoardo Molinari*	16	65,300	25	12		147	135,270
Álvaro Velasco*	17	59,786	27	13		100	286,888
	18	59,712	25	9		128	165,178
	19	59,232	26	17		118	223,746
	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 119-151).
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	Felipe Aguilar	Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open	−18 (65-62-67-68=262)	1 stroke	Jeev Milkha Singh
2	27 Jul	Mikael Lundberg	Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship	−21 (67-64-68-68=267)	2 strokes	José Manuel Lara

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008

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

See also

• 2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Final ranking for 2007