2005 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2005. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2005 earned their European Tour card for 2006.

2005 Challenge Tour2006 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank		Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made		Best
finish		Money list
rank		Earnings (€)
Marc Warren*1103,5772812Win42610,885
Carl Suneson2103,12926119135147,013
Fredrik Widmark399,7502713T12148103,914
Andrew Butterfield494,3353018T7129168,158
Michael Kirk*590,620245T5121026,749
Steven Jeppesen688,5173213T8103223,796
Benn Barham786,2592912T597245,310
Michael Hoey*886,124277T2118750,414
Daniel Vancsik*981,0532410T16144120,812
Richard McEvoy1080,0472810T1715297,979
Rafael Gómez*1179,880197T2217371,876
David Higgins1277,2592716T7127169,638
Paul Dwyer*1373,479256T821126,322
Andrés Romero*1471,221219T235694,363
Marco Ruiz*1569,845228T1417466,714
Ariel Cañete1666,0872010T7143122,346
Tom Whitehouse1763,3442415T795250,952
Ross Fisher*1861,0292918T366370,275
Stephen Browne1959,916227T1815397,820
Toni Karjalainen*2058,384155T2020332,246

* European Tour rookie in 2006
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2007 (finished inside the top 118).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007, but retained conditional status (finished between 119–150).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007 (finished outside the top 150).

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. Tom Whitehouse and Ross Fisher both improved their status in this way, with Whitehouse medalling at Q School.

Winners on the European Tour in 2006
No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 6 Aug Marc Warren EnterCard Scandinavian Masters −10 (67-69-73-69=278) Playoff Robert Karlsson

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2006
No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 16 Jul Andrés Romero Barclays Scottish Open Johan Edfors –13 (65-69-74-63=271) –11 (72-64-68-69=273)

See also
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