2007 Challenge Tour graduates
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2007. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2007 earned their European Tour card for 2008.
| 2007 Challenge Tour | 2008 European Tour | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Money list rank |
Earnings (€) | Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
Money list rank |
Earnings (€) | |
 Mike Lorenzo-Vera* |
1 | 128,927 | 24 | 12 | T2 | 108 | 269,091 | |
 Ross McGowan* |
2 | 126,645 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 70 | 429,173 | |
 Felipe Aguilar |
3 | 120,409 | 23 | 16 | Win | 41 | 676,182 | |
 Jamie Donaldson |
4 | 111,748 | 27 | 18 | T8 | 89 | 350,286 | |
 Leif Westerberg |
5 | 102,323 | 25 | 3 | T29 | 237 | 26,855 | |
 Joost Luiten* |
6 | 99,406 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 124 | 171,279 | |
| Magnus A. Carlsson* |
7 | 95,670 | 28 | 15 | T2 | 79 | 405,998 | |
| Robert Dinwiddie* |
8 | 91,257 | 30 | 16 | T3 | 72 | 426,811 | |
| Mikael Lundberg |
9 | 87,916 | 25 | 15 | Win | 63 | 476,930 | |
| Stuart Manley |
10 | 84,395 | 33 | 13 | T14 | 150 | 131,902 | |
 Fabrizio Zanotti* |
11 | 73,816 | 26 | 11 | T12 | 153 | 127,703 | |
| Peter Baker |
12 | 72,874 | 25 | 15 | T9 | 132 | 159,093 | |
 Peter Whiteford* |
13 | 72,730 | 29 | 16 | T8 | 145 | 136,357 | |
| Iain Pyman |
14 | 70,725 | 27 | 8 | T3 | 137 | 146,872 | |
 Julio Zapata* |
15 | 70,158 | 25 | 10 | T11 | 158 | 107,002 | |
 Edoardo Molinari* |
16 | 65,300 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 147 | 135,270 | |
 Álvaro Velasco* |
17 | 59,786 | 27 | 13 | T5 | 100 | 286,888 | |
 Peter Fowler |
18 | 59,712 | 25 | 9 | T3 | 128 | 165,178 | |
| François Delamontagne |
19 | 59,232 | 26 | 17 | T4 | 118 | 223,746 | |
 Jan-Are Larsen |
20 | 56,244 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 146 | 135,589 | |
* European Tour rookie in 2008
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 118).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-151).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 151).
The players ranked 16th through 20th were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. François Delamontagne and Jan-Are Larsen improved their status in this way.
Winners on the European Tour in 2008
[edit]| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Feb | Felipe Aguilar
|
Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open | −18 (65-62-67-68=262) | 1 stroke |  Jeev Milkha Singh
|
| 2 | 27 Jul | Mikael Lundberg
|
Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship | −21 (67-64-68-68=267) | 2 strokes | José Manuel Lara
|
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008
[edit]| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Jan | Magnus A. Carlsson lost in three-man playoff |
Joburg Open |  Richard Sterne
|
−13 (71-68-67-65=271) | −13 (70-66-69-66=271) |
| 2 | 20 Apr | Mike Lorenzo-Vera
|
Volvo China Open |  Damien McGrane
|
−10 (68-69-68-73=278) | −1 (67-69-72-79=287) |
| 3 | 18 May | Felipe Aguilar
|
Irish Open | Richard Finch
|
−10 (71-72-65-70=278) | −8 (71-72-67-70=280) |