2015 Challenge Tour graduates explained

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2015. The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2015 earned European Tour cards for 2016.

	2015 Challenge Tour		2016 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
Ricardo Gouveia*	1	251,952	26	18		54	709,976
Sébastien Gros*	2	178,645	26	11		102	263,325
	3	150,466	30	12		131	182,289
	4	114,878	29	16		44	824,367
	5	113,135	27	8		152	115,630
	6	104,539	27	7		171	83,443
	7	96,290	23	8		139	162,186
	8	94,832	28	9		176	73,802
Thomas Linard*	9	91,258	23	10		125	210,580
Jens Fahrbring*	10	89,731	28	9		156	104,763
Jeff Winther*	11	87,033	26	8		117	224,702
	12	82,545	21	5		203	35,873
Callum Shinkwin*	13	81,082	23	16		83	399,367
Brandon Stone*	14	80,979	24	15		50	722,606
	15	80,353	24	9		166	88,509

* European Tour rookie in 2016
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2017 (finished inside the top 111).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017, but retained conditional status (finished between 112 and 148, inclusive).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017 (finished outside the top 148).

Elvira earned promotion to the European Tour after his third win of the season in August. Fahrbring and Winther regained their cards for 2017 through Q School.

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2016

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	14 Feb	Jeff Winther	Tshwane Open	Charl Schwartzel	−16 (71-64-66-63=264)	−8 (73-66-69-64=272)
2	25 Apr	Brandon Stone	Shenzhen International	Lee Soo-min	−16 (66-65-70-71=272)	−14 (67-70-69-68=274)
3	8 May	Nacho Elvira Lost in playoff	Trophée Hassan II	Wang Jeung-hun	−5 (71-68-74-70=283)	−5 (71-71-72-69=283)

See also

• 2015 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Final ranking for 2015