2008 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2009 European Tour card through Q School in 2008.

#PlayerEuropean Tour
starts
Cuts
made
Notes
1Sweden Oskar Henningsson52 Won Moravia Silesia Open in 2009
T2Spain Carlos del Moral116 1 Challenge Tour win
T2Australia Wade Ormsby10754
4England Danny Willett96 Played in 2007 Walker Cup; former number one-ranked amateur
T5Sweden Joakim Haeggman400253 3 European Tour wins; played in 1993 Ryder Cup
T5England Chris Wood95 Finished T5 in 2008 Open Championship as amateur, and T3 in 2009; Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
7Norway Eirik Tage Johansen175
8Northern Ireland Michael Hoey5819 3 Challenge Tour wins; won Estoril Open de Portugal in 2009
T9Sweden Åke Nilsson00
T9Austria Bernd Wiesberger31
11England Gary Clark14267 1 Challenge Tour win
T12Scotland Andrew Coltart428272 2 European Tour wins; played in 1999 Ryder Cup
T12Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil3413 2 Asian Tour wins
T12France Anthony Snobeck61 1 Challenge Tour win
T15Scotland Chris Doak92
T15Scotland David Drysdale15371 2 Challenge Tour wins
T15Italy Lorenzo Gagli21
T15Australia Matthew Millar7545
T15Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti2911 1 Challenge Tour win
T20Australia Michael Curtain32
T20Scotland Callum Macaulay (am)10
T20Paraguay Marco Ruiz3314 1 Challenge Tour win
T20Netherlands Inder van Weerelt41
T24Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux8739 3 Challenge Tour wins, 9 Sunshine Tour wins
T24South Africa Branden Grace52
T24Wales Stuart Manley7429 Played in 2003 Walker Cup
T24England John Mellor12158 1 Challenge Tour win
T24Sweden Henrik Nyström228107
T29Northern Ireland Jonathan Caldwell00 Played in 2007 Walker Cup
T29Italy Federico Colombo21
T29Spain Alfredo García-Heredia188
T29Spain Santiago Luna553318 1 European Tour win

2009 Results

PlayerStartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Sweden Oskar Henningsson 21 9 Win 68 476,090
Spain Carlos del Moral 24 15 T12 141 189,233
Australia Wade Ormsby 23 12 T15 (twice) 166 104,871
England Danny Willett 26 20 T4 (twice) 58 596,462
Sweden Joakim Haeggman 21 11 T7 (twice) 154 142,800
England Chris Wood 24 18 T3 44 679,559
Norway Eirik Tage Johansen 19 7 T35 213 45,182
Northern Ireland Michael Hoey 25 11 Win 93 341,327
Sweden Åke Nilsson 20 9 T3 173 93,397
Austria Bernd Wiesberger 20 11 T14 172 94,750
England Gary Clark 9 3 T38 263 15,075
Scotland Andrew Coltart 28 13 T6 122 236,639
Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil 18 9 T28 203 56,669
France Anthony Snobeck 17 4 T23 231 28,074
Scotland Chris Doak 20 9 T11 168 99,911
Scotland David Drysdale 27 21 2 48 651,634
Italy Lorenzo Gagli 6 2 T3 219 37,897
Australia Matthew Millar 17 7 T17 194 68,583
Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti 23 18 2 63 511,756
Australia Michael Curtain 14 5 T39 257 17,471
Scotland Callum Macaulay 22 15 2 134 210,991
Paraguay Marco Ruiz 14 4 T26 232 28,000
Netherlands Inder van Weerelt 20 10 T10 183 85,175
Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux 21 11 T4 135 210,408
South Africa Branden Grace 25 13 T6 148 166,138
Wales Stuart Manley 14 3 T10 221 37,365
England John Mellor 16 6 T26 222 36,904
Sweden Henrik Nyström 2 1 83 355 1,614
Northern Ireland Jonathan Caldwell 14 4 T31 243 22,637
Italy Federico Colombo 10 1 T72 347 1,869
Spain Alfredo García-Heredia 16 6 T24 212 47,093
Spain Santiago Luna 14 7 16 179 89,830

T = Tied
      The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 and qualified for the Dubai World Championship (finished inside the top 60).
      The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished between 61–120).
      The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121–153).
      The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).

Winners on the European Tour in 2009

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
1 5 Apr Northern Ireland Michael Hoey Estoril Open de Portugal –7 (66-76-69-66=277) Playoff Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
2 2 Aug Sweden Oskar Henningsson Moravia Silesia Open –13 (70-71-67-67=275) 2 strokes England Sam Little, England Steve Webster

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 22 Mar Scotland Callum Macaulay Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal Argentina Tano Goya –6 (68-68-69-73=278) –5 (74-74-67-64=279)
2 29 Mar Scotland David Drysdale Open de Andalucia Denmark Søren Kjeldsen –14 (68-72-62-72=274) –11 (70-67-66-74=277)
3 3 May Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti Open de España France Thomas Levet –18 (64-67-71-68=270) –16 (71-70-66-65=272)

See also

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