2010 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2010. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2010 earned their European Tour card for 2011.

2010 Challenge Tour 2011 European Tour
Player Money list
rank
Earnings (€) Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Álvaro Velasco 1 134,297 27 12 T4
Matt Haines* 2 107,152 32 8 T18
Thorbjørn Olesen* 3 104,754 29 11 T2 (three times)
Floris de Vries* 4 101,288 22 9 T13
Bernd Wiesberger 5 99,989 29 17 T2
Oscar Florén* 6 98,948 24 13 T5 (twice)
Daniel Gaunt 7 97,521 29 15 T15
Robert Dinwiddie 8 95,650 27 12 T6
Mark Tullo* 9 92,583 24 11 T3
George Murray* 10 92,339 25 12 T3
Julio Zapata 11 86,961 21 9 T39
Joel Sjöholm* 12 83,907 27 13 T3
Lee Slattery 13 78,358 25 13 Win
Scott Jamieson* 14 67,413 28 14 T3 (twice)
Matthew Zions 15 63,176 29 10 Win
Marius Thorp* 16 63,127 8 3 T21
Lorenzo Gagli 17 62,545 24 20 2
Magnus A. Carlsson 18 60,469 21 10 T7
Raymond Russell 19 59,376 2 1 T70
Alexandre Kaleka* 20 58,888 24 10 T5

Correct through the Andalucía Masters, 30 Oct 2011

*European Tour rookie in 2011

Winner on the European Tour in 2011

No. Date Player Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1. 19 Jun Matthew Zions Saint-Omer Open -8 (68-72-67-69=276) 7 strokes Daniel Denison, Peter Gustafsson
2. 9 Oct Lee Slattery Bankia Madrid Masters -15 (67-66-69-71=273) 1 stroke Lorenzo Gagli

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011

No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1. 12 Dec 2010 Thorbjørn Olesen Alfred Dunhill Championship Pablo Martín -11 (69-70-68-70=277) -9 (71-68-74-66=279)
2. 12 Jun 2011 Thorbjørn Olesen BMW Italian Open Robert Rock -21 (64-68-68-67=267) -20 (65-71-70-62=268)
3. 3 Jul 2011 Thorbjørn Olesen Alstom Open de France Thomas Levet -7 (70-70-67-70=277) -6 (66-71-71-70=278)
4. 28 Aug 2011 Bernd Wiesberger
lost in five-man playoff
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Thomas Björn -11 (68-69-71-69=277) -11 (69-71-68-69=277)
5. 9 Oct 2011 Lorenzo Gagli Bankia Madrid Masters Lee Slattery -15 (67-66-69-71=273) -14 (65-70-69-70=274)
6. 27 Nov 2011 Bernd Wiesberger South African Open Championship Hennie Otto -14 (70-67-65-72=274) -13 (69-68-70-68=275)

See also

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