2011 Challenge Tour graduates explained

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2011. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2011 earned their European Tour card for 2012.

	2011 Challenge Tour		2012 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Tommy Fleetwood*	1	148,913	31	16		109	203,699
Andrea Pavan*	2	133,052	28	8		158	93,884
	3	130,798	28	8		150	102,016
Ricardo Santos*	4	97,516	28	11		90	264,174
	5	91,293	28	8		176	67,314
Daniel Denison*	6	86,898	26	7		187	55,547
	7	81,834	26	8		157	95,749
Jamie Moul*	8	80,771	24	7		200	37,581
Jorge Campillo*	9	80,041	26	11		81	319,348
Matthew Baldwin*	10	76,972	26	16		72	372,786
Édouard Dubois*	11	75,623	22	8		173	68,856
	12	74,712	18	8		161	88,599
	13	74,027	25	13		63	420,722
	14	73,792	23	12		115	193,334
Andrew Johnston*	15	70,987	20	10		163	84,765
	16	67,584	11	5		197	42,116
Charles-Édouard Russo*	17	67,192	9	2		296	4,756
	18	66,282	11	4		162	85,918
	19	64,488	8	2		254	12,181
	20	62,630	8	4		225	21,044

* European Tour rookie in 2012
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2013 (finished inside the top 118).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2013, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-155).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2013 (finished outside the top 155).

Hébert earned a direct promotion to the European Tour after his third win of 2011 in August; Little did the same in October.

Winners on the European Tour in 2012

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	18 Mar	Julien Quesne	Open de Andalucía Costa del Sol	−17 (68-72-67-64=271)	2 strokes	Matteo Manassero
2	13 May	Ricardo Santos	Madeira Islands Open	−22 (68-67-68-63=266)	4 strokes	Magnus A. Carlsson

See also

• 2011 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Final ranking for 2011