2008 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2008. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2008 earned their European Tour card for 2009.

2008 Challenge Tour2009 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
England David Horsey* 1 144,118 26 19 T2 76 424,666
England Gary Lockerbie 2 138,509 29 18 T4 108 289,461
Netherlands Taco Remkes* 3 137,331 30 8 T12 195 66,178
Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin* 4 117,719 27 21 2 53 625,876
Argentina Tano Goya* 5 113,336 25 15 Win 94 338,939
England Seve Benson* 6 111,529 28 13 T4 120 250,786
Italy Alessandro Tadini 7 106,893 29 17 T13 126 232,759
Scotland Richie Ramsay* 8 106,656 29 14 T4 97 331,171
Scotland Steven O'Hara 9 103,212 24 12 T6 151 154,198
Denmark Jeppe Huldahl 10 96,818 28 14 Win 64 510,381
Sweden Klas Eriksson 11 98,514 24 13 T9 142 186,980
Brazil Alexandre Rocha 12 93,684 19 9 T28 211 47,935
England Richard Bland 13 92,645 25 14 4 112 277,462
Spain Rafael Cabrera-Bello 14 89,847 32 20 Win 39 744,297
Netherlands Wil Besseling* 15 89,358 23 12 T3 182 87,095
England Marcus Higley 16 85,946 17 9 T4 171 96,626
England John E. Morgan 17 77,254 16 7 T9 182 82,889
Sweden Christian Nilsson 18 75,200 15 8 Win 90 343,763
Finland Antti Ahokas* 19 74,867 12 4 T48 275 10,631
England Stuart Davis* 20 67,105 14 4 T15 208 50,375

*European Tour rookie in 2009
T = Tied
Blue background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2010 and qualified for the Dubai World Championship (finished inside the top 60).
Green background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished between 61-120).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).

Remkes won three Challenge Tour events in 2008.

Winners on the European Tour in 2009

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 22 Mar Argentina Tano Goya Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal –6 (68-68-69-73=278) 1 stroke Scotland Callum Macaulay
2 7 Jun Denmark Jeppe Huldahl Celtic Manor Wales Open –9 (69-71-68-67=275) 1 stroke Sweden Niclas Fasth
3 21 Jun Sweden Christian Nilsson Saint-Omer Open –13 (68-69-65-69=271) 6 strokes Portugal José-Filipe Lima
4 20 Sep Spain Rafael Cabrera-Bello Austrian Golf Open –20 (71-67-66-60=264) 1 stroke England Benn Barham

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 21 Dec 2008 Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin
lost in two-man playoff
South African Open Championship South Africa Richard Sterne –14 (72-69-67-66=274) –14 (66-69-69-70=274)
2 15 Feb 2009 England David Horsey Maybank Malaysian Open United States Anthony Kang –17 (74-66-64-67=271) –16 (71-68-69-64=272)
3 25 Oct Sweden Christian Nilsson Castelló Masters Costa Azahar Sweden Michael Jonzon –20 (64-68-65-67=264) –19 (69-66-65-65=265)

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