2010 Challenge Tour graduates explained

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2010. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2010 earned their European Tour card for 2011.

	2010 Challenge Tour		2011 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
	1	134,297	30	14		127	206,170
Matt Haines*	2	107,152	35	8		175	88,800
Thorbjørn Olesen*	3	104,754	30	12		48	637,703
Floris de Vries*	4	101,288	23	9		171	99,108
	5	99,989	33	19		64	469,499
Oscar Florén*	6	98,948	27	13		111	264,783
	7	97,521	33	15		142	167,053
	8	95,650	30	14		141	170,707
Mark Tullo*	9	92,583	28	11		119	250,806
George Murray*	10	92,339	28	14		81	386,710
	11	86,961	25	9		213	39,559
Joel Sjöholm*	12	83,907	30	16		107	280,311
	13	78,358	31	17		82	380,087
Scott Jamieson*	14	67,413	31	13		59	523,754
	15	63,176	33	11		124	218,452
Marius Thorp*	16	63,127	8	3		n/a	19,475
	17	62,545	25	21		49	622,846
Magnus A. Carlsson	18	60,469	23	11		134	193,636
	19	59,376	2	1		n/a	1,900
Alexandre Kaleka*	20	58,888	27	10		159	128,735

* European Tour rookie in 2011
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2012 (finished inside the top 118, or won).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2012, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-150).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2012 (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. Alexandre Kaleka improved his status in this way.

Winner on the European Tour in 2011

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Jun	Matthew Zions	Saint-Omer Open	−8 (68-72-67-69=276)	7 strokes	Daniel Denison, Peter Gustafsson
2	9 Oct	Lee Slattery	Bankia Madrid Masters	−15 (67-66-69-71=273)	1 stroke	Lorenzo Gagli

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	12 Dec 2010	Thorbjørn Olesen	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Pablo Martín	−11 (69-70-68-70=277)	−9 (71-68-74-66=279)
2	12 Jun	Thorbjørn Olesen (2)	BMW Italian Open	Robert Rock	−21 (64-68-68-67=267)	−20 (65-71-70-62=268)
3	3 Jul	Thorbjørn Olesen (3)	Alstom Open de France	Thomas Levet	−7 (70-70-67-70=277)	−6 (66-71-71-70=278)
4	28 Aug	Bernd Wiesberger lost in five-man playoff	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Thomas Bjørn	−11 (68-69-71-69=277)	−11 (69-71-68-69=277)
5	9 Oct	Lorenzo Gagli	Bankia Madrid Masters	Lee Slattery	−15 (67-66-69-71=273)	−14 (65-70-69-70=274)
6	27 Nov	Bernd Wiesberger (2)	South African Open Championship	Hennie Otto	−14 (70-67-65-72=274)	−13 (69-68-70-68=275)

See also

• 2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Final ranking for 2010