2012 Challenge Tour graduates explained

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2012. The top 21 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2012 earned their European Tour card for 2013.

	2012 Challenge Tour		2013 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Espen Kofstad*	1	131,099	30	12		135	155,440
Kristoffer Broberg*	2	126,508	27	9		103	258,105
	3	121,999	30	15		119	199,447
Joachim B. Hansen*	4	120,085	28	11		79	375,037
	5	117,482	27	9		141	131,615
	6	110,487	26	15		106	251,434
	7	108,593	30	16		134	155,490
	8	101,428	27	14		148	113,905
	9	95,944	29	12		116	209,866
	10	92,730	27	16		101	261,507
Scott Henry*	11	90,688	31	14		120	197,601
Chris Paisley*	12	74,485	31	14		122	194,369
Eddie Pepperell*	13	72,378	25	16		76	389,766
Maximilian Kieffer*	14	70,243	29	17		73	416,910
Justin Walters*	15	69,913	31	16		64	512,158
James Busby*	16	67,350	9	0			0
Gary Stal*	17	66,580	11	6			36,836
	18	66,436	25	14		114	216,165
Morten Ørum Madsen*	19	65,338	23	15		81	357,417
	20	65,149	22	15		97	297,959
Daniel Brooks*	21	64,776	15	4		216	23,550

* European Tour rookie in 2013
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2014 (finished inside the top 110).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2014, but retained conditional status (finished between 111 and 145).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2014 (finished outside the top 145).

Broberg earned a direct promotion to the European Tour after his third win of 2012 in August. Because Carlsson had also finished 93rd in the Race to Dubai, the graduating places were extended by one. The players ranked 17th through 21st were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. Morten Ørum Madsen improved his status in this way. Hartø, Wakefield, Stal, and Brooks regained their cards for 2014 through Q School.

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2013

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	16 Dec 2012	Kristoffer Broberg	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Charl Schwartzel	−24 (67-64-64-69=264)	−12 (70-69-67-70=276)
2	21 Apr	Maximilian Kieffer lost in three-man playoff	Open de España	Raphaël Jacquelin	−5 (75-68-69-71=283)	−5 (73-66-73-71=283)
3–4	19 May	Morten Ørum Madsen	Madeira Islands Open	Peter Uihlein	−15 (72-64-69-68=273)	−13 (72-69-67-67=275)
		Mark Tullo				−13 (67-69-68-71=275)
5	28 Jul	Alexandre Kaleka	M2M Russian Open	Michael Hoey	−16 (70-67-65-70=272)	−12 (70-67-71-68=276)
6	13 Oct	Justin Walters	Portugal Masters	David Lynn	−18 (65-65-73-63=266)	−17 (69-63-69-66=267)

See also

• 2012 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Final ranking for 2012