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

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

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)

See also

• 2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Final ranking for 2007