2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates explained

This is a list of the 34 players who earned their 2011 European Tour card through Q School in 2010.

Place	Player	European Tour starts	Cuts made	Notes
1	Simon Wakefield	250	124	1 Challenge Tour win, 1 Sunshine Tour win
2	Carlos del Moral	46	27	2 Challenge Tour wins
3	Mikko Korhonen	9	5
4	Adam Gee	11	4
5	Jaco van Zyl	23	19	9 Sunshine Tour wins
T6	Florian Fritsch	6	1
T6	Liam Bond	29	14
T6	Andreas Hartø	0	0	2 Challenge Tour wins
T9	Romain Wattel	2	1	1 Challenge Tour win
T9	Stuart Manley	96	35	Played in 2003 Walker Cup
T11	Lloyd Saltman	14	3	Played in 2005 and 2007 Walker Cups; brother of Elliot Saltman
T11	Tim Sluiter	4	2
T11	Joakim Haeggman	426	266	3 European Tour wins; played in 1993 Ryder Cup
T11	Shaun Norris	16	5	1 Sunshine Tour win
T11	Victor Dubuisson	10	3	Won 2009 European Amateur
T11	Jason Knutzon	54	28	2 Asian Tour wins
T11	Thomas Nørret	18	7	1 Challenge Tour win
T11	Matthew Nixon	0	0
T19	George Coetzee	30	15	3 Sunshine Tour wins
T19	Steve Lewton	4	1
T19	Alfredo García-Heredia	38	15
T22	Fredrik Ohlsson	21	5
T22	Alexandre Kaleka	5	4	1 Challenge Tour win; 20th in the Challenge Tour rankings
T22	Pedro Oriol	8	2
T22	Wade Ormsby	131	67
T26	Manuel Quirós	44	21
T26	Sebi García	8	2
T26	Elliot Saltman	1	0	Brother of Lloyd Saltman; received three-month ban in January 2011 for a rules breach at a 2010 Challenge Tour tournament
T26	Eirik Tage Johansen	58	21
T26	François Delamontagne	192	92
T26	Markus Brier	298	164	2 European Tour wins, 2 Challenge Tour wins
T26	Borja Etchart	4	0
T26	Steven Tiley	5	3
T26	Roope Kakko	31	15	1 Challenge Tour win

2011 European Tour rookie

2011 Results

Player	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
	24	13		122	226,795
	27	18		112	262,965
Mikko Korhonen*	22	12		166	113,821
Adam Gee*	7	3		n/a	17,960
Jaco van Zyl*	23	17			611,280
Florian Fritsch*	18	10		156	138,424
Liam Bond*	22	7		191	60,671
Andreas Hartø*	20	6		194	57,334
Romain Wattel*	28	16			337,476
	22	9	12	185	68,639
Lloyd Saltman*	25	18		133	195,965
Tim Sluiter*	21	11		176	88,689
	22	5		219	32,975
Shaun Norris*	19	4		220	31,479
Victor Dubuisson*	20	15		106	285,401
Jason Knutzon*	21	11		179	152,931
Thomas Nørret*	22	13		155	138,438
Matthew Nixon*	24	6		183	75,314
	28	20			913,128
Steve Lewton*	21	8		209	42,617
	17	8		184	70,280
	14	2		261	12,600
Alexandre Kaleka*	26	10		159	128,735
Pedro Oriol*	17	4		229	28,070
	21	10		182	77,020
	21	5		164	116,177
Sebi García*	13	6		211	41,551
Elliot Saltman*	17	4		198	55,776
	17	6		212	41,110
	6	5		n/a	38,480
	25	11		116	258,513
Borja Etchart*	10	4	24	242	20,310
Steven Tiley*	9	4		n/a	36,232
Roope Kakko*	6	3		n/a	16,512

* European Tour rookie in 2011
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2012 (finished inside the top 118).
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).

Sluiter, Nørret, and Nixon regained their cards for 2012 through Q School.

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	9 Jan	Manuel Quirós lost in three-man playoff	Africa Open	Louis Oosthuizen	−16 (70-67-69-70=276)	−16 (71-68-68-69=276)
2	3 Apr	Jaco van Zyl lost in three-man playoff	Trophée Hassan II	David Horsey	−13 (67-71-67-69=274)	−13 (68-73-65-68=274)
3	28 Aug	George Coetzee lost in five-man playoff	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Thomas Bjørn	−11 (68-69-71-69=277)	−11 (77-66-67-67=277)
4	25 Sep	Simon Wakefield lost in playoff	Austrian Golf Open	Kenneth Ferrie	−12 (72-70-67-67=276)	−12 (73-66-70-67=276)

See also

• 2010 Challenge Tour graduates
• 2011 European Tour

References

• Final results
• Player biographies and records