2009 European Tour Qualifying School graduates explained

This is a list of the 31 players who earned their 2010 European Tour card through Q School in 2009.

Place	Player	European Tour starts	Cuts made	Notes
1	Simon Khan	199	124	1 European Tour win
2	Sam Hutsby	5	3
3	Stephen Gallacher	305	186	1 European Tour win; held medical exemption for first 10 events in 2010
T4	Marco Ruiz	47	18	1 Challenge Tour win
T4	Alejandro Cañizares	71	44	1 European Tour win
6	Fredrik Ohlsson	0	0
T7	Eirik Tage Johansen	36	12
T7	Mark Haastrup	5	2	1 Challenge Tour win
T7	Steven O'Hara	154	78	Played in 2001 Walker Cup
T7	Clodomiro Carranza	4	1
11	Benjamin Hébert	2	0	Won the 2007 European Amateur
T12	Fredrik Andersson Hed	235	122	2 Challenge Tour wins
T12	Phillip Archer	186	109	1 Challenge Tour win
T12	Carl Suneson	306	143	1 European Tour win
T12	Jamie Elson	40	19	1 Challenge Tour win
T16	James Kamte	48	22	3 Sunshine Tour wins, 1 Asian Tour win
T16	Gary Murphy	248	138
T16	Andrew Coltart	456	285	2 European Tour wins; played in 1999 Ryder Cup
T16	Steven Jeppesen	119	48
T16	Anton Haig	95	35	1 European Tour win
T16	George Coetzee	6	4	3 Sunshine Tour wins
T16	James Ruth	1	0
T16	Patrik Sjöland	319	185	2 European Tour wins
T16	Stephan Gross	3	1
T16	Jarmo Sandelin	391	236	5 European Tour wins; played in 1999 Ryder Cup
T26	Rick Kulacz	16	6	2 Asian Tour wins
T26	Jean-Baptiste Gonnet	86	45
T26	Julien Guerrier	16	2	Won the 2006 Amateur Championship; 16th in the Challenge Tour rankings
T26	Simon Thornton	12	2
T26	Scott Drummond	180	67	1 European Tour win
T26	Lorenzo Gagli	8	3

2010 European Tour rookie

2010 Results

Player	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
	28	16		25	972,686
Sam Hutsby*	26	19		118	197,809
	30	23		26	931,931
	24	14		131	146,483
	27	22		38	806,510
Fredrik Ohlsson*	21	5		214	24,611
	22	9		165	79,001
Mark Haastrup*	25	10		117	203,322
	27	17		113	213,769
Clodomiro Carranza*	24	15		128	148,908
Benjamin Hébert*	21	12		142	116,834
	27	18		22	1,110,525
	24	7		151	99,211
	25	9		167	77,277
	26	12		132	146,021
	18	8		157	92,871
	25	6		227	19,152
	25	12		143	116,090
	23	10		186	51,582
	19	5		153	95,533
George Coetzee*	24	11		126	152,302
James Ruth*	15	4		238	15,194
	21	10		171	65,819
Stephan Gross Jr*	18	6		207	29,450
	22	11		138	128,825
Rick Kulacz*	24	11		134	144,949
	25	15		109	224,635
Julien Guerrier*	22	12		122	172,305
Simon Thornton*	22	9		141	116,954
	20	6		191	49,040
	12	3	10	219	22,720

* 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 118-150).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2011 (finished outside the top 150).

Ohlsson, Johansen, and Coetzee regained their cards for 2011 through Q School, while Gagli regained his by finishing 17th in the Challenge Tour rankings.

Winners on the European Tour in 2010

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 May	Fredrik Andersson Hed	BMW Italian Open	-16 (70-66-63-73=272)|2 strokes| David Horsey|-|2|23 May| Simon Khan|BMW PGA Championship|-6 (72-69-71-66=278)|1 stroke| Fredrik Andersson Hed, Luke Donald|} Runners-up on the European Tour in 2010
2	23 May	Fredrik Andersson Hed	BMW PGA Championship	Simon Khan	-6 (72-69-71-66=278)	-7 (68-70-74-67=279)
3	20 Jun	Jamie Elson	Saint-Omer Open	Martin Wiegele	-7 (66-71-72-68=277)	-5 (71-67-68-73=279)
4	4 Jul	Alejandro Cañizares (2) lost in three-man playoff	Alstom Open de France	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	-11 (71-69-66-67=273)|-11 (66-66-73-68=273)|} See also 2009 Challenge Tour graduates 2010 European Tour References Final Results Player biographies and records ]