2006 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2006. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2006 earned their European Tour card for 2007.

2006 Challenge Tour2007 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank		Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made		Best
finish		Earnings (€)Money list
rank
Wales Mark Pilkington 1 119,152 33 13 T6 175,085 136
Sweden Johan Axgren 2 105,699 29 12 T15 118,696 170
Sweden Alexander Norén* 3 99,631 28 13 T3 472,336 63
Germany Martin Kaymer* 4 93,321 29 16 T2 754,691 41
England James Hepworth 5 84,236 30 11 T16 136,173 164
Wales Kyron Sullivan* 6 83,364 30 12 T12 180,643 131
Argentina Rafael Echenique* 7 82,737 28 12 2nd 227,069 113
Spain Juan Parron* 8 71,089 27 9 T13 81,554 183
England Sam Walker 9 69,853 31 12 T4 341,293 80
England Marcus Higley* 10 67,851 31 13 T2 151,185 151
England Shaun Webster 11 65,536 25 7 T18 53,786 204
England Gary Lockerbie* 12 64,073 30 13 T5 162,709 144
Spain Rafael Cabrera-Bello* 13 62,849 33 16 T18 178,927 134
England James Heath* 14 60,346 29 11 T4 150,758 152
England Gareth Davies* 15 60,189 25 9 T9 86,887 181
England Lee S. James 16 59,704 23 7 T10 56,775 202
France Jean-Baptiste Gonnet* 17 59,343 24 13 T2 292,379 90
Spain Álvaro Quirós* 18 57,278 13 7 Win 259,350 102
Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup 19 52,485 24 15 Win 482,549 61
France Adrien Mörk* 20 52,136 18 4 T46 12,020 271

*European Tour rookie in 2007
T = Tied
Blue background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2008 and qualified for the Volvo Masters (finished inside the top 60).
Green background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2008 (finished between 61-117).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2008, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-149).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour card for 2008 (finished outside the top 149).

The players ranked 15th through 20th were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. Álvaro Quirós improved his status in this way.

Winners on the European Tour in 2007

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 10 Dec
(2006 calendar year)		 Spain Álvaro Quirós Alfred Dunhill Championship −13 (74-66-68-67=275) 1 stroke South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2 14 Oct Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup Open de Madrid Valle Romano –16 (69-69-67-67=272) 3 strokes Spain Alejandro Cañizares

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2007

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 18 Mar Argentina Rafael Echenique TCL Classic Thailand Chapchai Nirat −22 (61-66-68-71=266) –19 (64-69-68-68=269)
2 17 Jun England Marcus Higley Open de Saint-Omer Spain Carl Suneson −8 (67-70-70-69=276) –5 (67-70-71-71=279)
3&4 14 May France Jean-Baptiste Gonnet Scandinavian Masters Finland Mikko Ilonen −6 (67-72-67-68=274) –4 (67-70-71-68=276)
Germany Martin Kaymer –4 (67-68-68-73=276)

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