2015 Challenge Tour graduates
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 | |||||||
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Player | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Money list rank | Earnings (€) | |
Ricardo Gouveia* | 1 | 251,952 | 26 | 18 | T3 | 54 | 709,976 | |
Sébastien Gros* | 2 | 178,645 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 102 | 263,325 | |
Borja Virto | 3 | 150,466 | 30 | 12 | T9 | 131 | 182,289 | |
Nacho Elvira | 4 | 114,878 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 44 | 824,367 | |
Joachim B. Hansen | 5 | 113,135 | 27 | 8 | T11 | 152 | 115,630 | |
Björn Åkesson | 6 | 104,539 | 27 | 7 | T3 | 171 | 83,443 | |
Gary Boyd | 7 | 96,290 | 23 | 8 | T7 | 139 | 162,186 | |
Rhys Davies | 8 | 94,832 | 28 | 9 | T25 | 176 | 73,802 | |
Thomas Linard* | 9 | 91,258 | 23 | 10 | T5 | 125 | 210,580 | |
Jens Fahrbring* | 10 | 89,731 | 28 | 9 | T12 | 156 | 104,763 | |
Jeff Winther* | 11 | 87,033 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 117 | 224,702 | |
Andrew McArthur | 12 | 82,545 | 21 | 5 | T29 | 203 | 35,873 | |
Callum Shinkwin* | 13 | 81,082 | 23 | 16 | T8 | 83 | 399,367 | |
Brandon Stone* | 14 | 80,979 | 24 | 15 | Win | 50 | 722,606 | |
Jamie McLeary | 15 | 80,353 | 24 | 9 | T7 | 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.
Winners on the European Tour in 2016
No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 10 Jan | Brandon Stone | BMW SA Open | −14 (71-67-65-71=274) | 2 strokes | Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2016
No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
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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) |
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