2018 Challenge Tour graduates explained

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2018.^{[1] [2]} The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2018 earned European Tour cards for 2019.

	2018 Challenge Tour		2019 European Tour
Player	Points rank	Points	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Points rank	Points
	1	192,320	31	22		49	1,235
Adri Arnaus*	2	185,836	31	20		41	1,499
Victor Perez^†	3	184,236	24	19		13	2,582
Kalle Samooja*	4	140,243	28	16		62	960
	5	140,167	29	16		52	1,116
Jack Singh Brar*	6	128,582	29	17		110	470
Grant Forrest^†	7	127,502	27	16		94	533
Kim Koivu^†	8	126,673	27	14		156	244
	9	120,258	29	17		161	220
Liam Johnston*	10	119,169	30	13		148	296
Sean Crocker^†	11	115,074	25	12		82	690
Robert MacIntyre*	12	114,368	30	25		11	2,763
	13	113,893	26	11		104	494
David Law*	14	108,107	27	13		92	554
Pedro Figueiredo*	15	94,340	29	12		177	156

* European Tour rookie in 2019
^† First-time member ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2020 (finished inside the top 115).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 155, inclusive).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020 (finished outside the top 155).

Koivu earned promotion to the European Tour in August after his third Challenge Tour win of the season.

Winners on the European Tour in 2019

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	10 Feb	David Law	ISPS Handa Vic Open	−18 (67-66-71-66=270)	1 stroke	Brad Kennedy Wade Ormsby
2	1 Sep	Sebastian Söderberg	Omega European Masters	−14 (64-70-66-66=266)	Playoff	Lorenzo Gagli Rory McIlroy Andrés Romero Kalle Samooja
3	29 Sep	Victor Perez	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	−22 (64-68-64-70=266)	1 stroke	Matthew Southgate

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2019

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	17 Mar	Adri Arnaus	Magical Kenya Open	Guido Migliozzi	−17 (67-68-64-69=268)	−16 (66-68-65-70=269)
2	28 Apr	Sean Crocker	Trophée Hassan II	Jorge Campillo	−9 (72-71-69-71=283)	−7 (67-74-72-72=285)
3	12 May	Robert MacIntyre	Betfred British Masters	Marcus Kinhult	−16 (65-69-68-70=272)	−15 (68-69-68-68=273)
4	26 May	Robert MacIntyre (2)	Made in Denmark	Bernd Wiesberger	−14 (68-69-67-66=270)	−13 (67-70-68-66=271)
5	30 Jun	Adri Arnaus (2)	Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	−10 (66-68-69-71=274)	−4 (68-70-73-69=280)
6	18 Aug	Adri Arnaus (3)	D+D Real Czech Masters	Thomas Pieters	−19 (67-67-66-69=269)	−18 (71-65-65-69=270)
align=center rowspan=2	7 & 8	1 Sep	Lorenzo Gagli	Omega European Masters	Sebastian Söderberg	−14 (64-70-66-66=266)	−14 (64-68-67-67=266)
Kalle Samooja	−14 (66-71-62-67=266)
9	8 Sep	Robert MacIntyre (3)	Porsche European Open	Paul Casey	−14 (66-73-68-66=274)	−13 (68-65-74-68=275)
10	20 Oct	Joachim B. Hansen	Amundi Open de France	Nicolas Colsaerts	−12 (67-66-67-72=272)	−11 (68-68-69-68=273)
11	11 Nov	Victor Perez	Turkish Airlines Open	Tyrrell Hatton	−20 (68-68-65-67=268)	−20 (68-69-66-65=268)

See also

• 2018 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

Notes and References

1. Web site: Challenge Tour rankings. PGA European Tour. 3 November 2018.
2. Web site: Arnaus goes wire-to-wire on dramatic day in Ras Al Khaimah. PGA European Tour. 3 November 2018.