2008 European Tour Qualifying School graduates explained

This is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2009 European Tour card through Q School in 2008.

Place	Player	European Tour starts	Cuts made	Notes
1	Oskar Henningsson	5	2
T2	Carlos del Moral	11	6	1 Challenge Tour win
T2	Wade Ormsby	107	54
4	Danny Willett	9	6	Played in 2007 Walker Cup; former number one-ranked amateur
T5	Joakim Haeggman	400	253	3 European Tour wins; played in 1993 Ryder Cup
T5	Chris Wood	9	5	Finished T5 in 2008 Open Championship as amateur
7	Eirik Tage Johansen	17	5
8	Michael Hoey	58	19	3 Challenge Tour wins
T9	Åke Nilsson	0	0
T9	Bernd Wiesberger	3	1
11	Gary Clark	142	67	1 Challenge Tour win
T12	Andrew Coltart	428	272	2 European Tour wins; played in 1999 Ryder Cup
T12	Chinnarat Phadungsil	34	13	2 Asian Tour wins
T12	Anthony Snobeck	6	1	1 Challenge Tour win
T15	Chris Doak	9	2
T15	David Drysdale	153	71	2 Challenge Tour wins
T15	Lorenzo Gagli	2	1
T15	Matthew Millar	75	45
T15	Fabrizio Zanotti	29	11	1 Challenge Tour win
T20	Michael Curtain	3	2
T20	Callum Macaulay	1	0
T20	Marco Ruiz	33	14	1 Challenge Tour win
T20	Inder van Weerelt	4	1
T24	Marc Cayeux	87	39	3 Challenge Tour wins, 9 Sunshine Tour wins
T24	Branden Grace	5	2
T24	Stuart Manley	74	29	Played in 2003 Walker Cup
T24	John Mellor	121	58	1 Challenge Tour win
T24	Henrik Nyström	228	107
T29	Jonathan Caldwell	0	0	Played in 2007 Walker Cup
T29	Federico Colombo	2	1
T29	Alfredo García-Heredia	18	8
T29	Santiago Luna	553	318	1 European Tour win

2009 European Tour rookie

2009 Results

Player	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Oskar Henningsson*	21	9		68	476,090
Carlos del Moral*	24	15		141	189,233
	23	12		166	104,871
Danny Willett*	26	20		58	596,462
	21	11		154	142,800
Chris Wood*	24	18		44	679,559
	19	7		213	45,182
	25	11		93	341,327
Åke Nilsson*	20	9		173	93,397
Bernd Wiesberger*	20	11		172	94,750
	9	3		263	15,075
	28	13		122	236,639
Chinnarat Phadungsil*	18	9		203	56,669
Anthony Snobeck*	17	4		231	28,074
Chris Doak*	20	9		168	99,911
	27	21		48	651,634
Lorenzo Gagli*	6	2		219	37,897
	17	7		194	68,583
	23	18		63	511,756
Michael Curtain*	14	5		257	17,471
Callum Macaulay*	22	15		134	210,991
	14	4		232	28,000
Inder van Weerelt*	20	10		183	85,175
	21	11		135	210,408
Branden Grace*	25	13		148	166,138
	14	3		221	37,365
	16	6		222	36,904
	2	1	83	355	1,614
Jonathan Caldwell*	14	4		243	22,637
Federico Colombo*	10	1		347	1,869
Alfredo García-Heredia*	16	6		212	47,093
	14	7	16	179	89,830

* European Tour rookie in 2009
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).

Winners on the European Tour in 2009

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	5 Apr	Michael Hoey	Estoril Open de Portugal	−7 (66-76-69-66=277)	Playoff	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
2	2 Aug	Oskar Henningsson	Moravia Silesia Open	−13 (70-71-67-67=275)	2 strokes	Sam Little, Steve Webster

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	22 Mar	Callum Macaulay	Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal	Estanislao Goya	−6 (68-68-69-73=278)	−5 (74-74-67-64=279)
2	29 Mar	David Drysdale	Open de Andalucia	Søren Kjeldsen	−14 (68-72-62-72=274)	−11 (70-67-66-74=277)
3	3 May	Fabrizio Zanotti	Open de España	Thomas Levet	−18 (64-67-71-68=270)	−16 (71-70-66-65=272)

See also

• 2008 Challenge Tour graduates
• 2009 European Tour

References

• Final Results
• Player biographies and records