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 | 30 | 14 | T4 | 127 | 206,170 | |
 Matt Haines* | 2 | 107,152 | 35 | 8 | T18 | 175 | 88,800 | |
 Thorbjørn Olesen* | 3 | 104,754 | 30 | 12 | T2 (three times) | 48 | 637,703 | |
 Floris de Vries* | 4 | 101,288 | 23 | 9 | T13 | 171 | 99,108 | |
 Bernd Wiesberger | 5 | 99,989 | 33 | 19 | T2 | 64 | 469,499 | |
 Oscar Florén* | 6 | 98,948 | 27 | 13 | T5 (twice) | 111 | 264,783 | |
 Daniel Gaunt | 7 | 97,521 | 33 | 15 | T15 | 142 | 167,053 | |
| Robert Dinwiddie | 8 | 95,650 | 30 | 14 | T6 | 141 | 170,707 | |
 Mark Tullo* | 9 | 92,583 | 28 | 11 | T3 | 119 | 250,806 | |
 George Murray* | 10 | 92,339 | 28 | 14 | T3 | 81 | 386,710 | |
 Julio Zapata | 11 | 86,961 | 25 | 9 | T39 | 213 | 39,559 | |
| Joel Sjöholm* | 12 | 83,907 | 30 | 16 | T3 | 107 | 280,311 | |
| Lee Slattery | 13 | 78,358 | 31 | 17 | Win | 82 | 380,087 | |
| Scott Jamieson* | 14 | 67,413 | 31 | 13 | T3 (twice) | 59 | 523,754 | |
| Matthew Zions | 15 | 63,176 | 33 | 11 | Win | 124 | 218,452 | |
 Marius Thorp* | 16 | 63,127 | 8 | 3 | T21 | n/a | 19,475 | |
 Lorenzo Gagli | 17 | 62,545 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 49 | 622,846 | |
| Magnus A. Carlsson | 18 | 60,469 | 23 | 11 | T7 | 134 | 193,636 | |
| Raymond Russell | 19 | 59,376 | 2 | 1 | T70 | n/a | 1,900 | |
 Alexandre Kaleka* | 20 | 58,888 | 27 | 10 | T5 | 159 | 128,735 | |
* European Tour rookie in 2011
T = Tied
Blue background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2012 and qualified for the Dubai World Championship (finished inside the top 60).
Green background indicates the player retained his European Tour card for 2012 (finished between 61-118).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2012, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his European Tour card for 2012 (finished outside the top 150).
- Zions retained his Tour card courtesy of his win, despite finishing outside the top 118.
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 | Thorbjørn Olesen |
BMW Italian Open | Robert Rock |
–21 (64-68-68-67=267) | –20 (65-71-70-62=268) |
| 3 | 3 Jul | Thorbjørn Olesen |
Alstom Open de France | Thomas Levet |
–7 (70-70-67-70=277) | –6 (66-71-71-70=278) |
| 4 | 28 Aug | Bernd Wiesberger lost in five-man playoff |
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Thomas Bjørn |
–11 (68-69-71-69=277) | –11 (69-71-68-69=277) |
| 5 | 9 Oct | Lorenzo Gagli |
Bankia Madrid Masters | Lee Slattery |
–15 (67-66-69-71=273) | –14 (65-70-69-70=274) |
| 6 | 27 Nov | Bernd Wiesberger |
South African Open Championship |  Hennie Otto |
–14 (70-67-65-72=274) | –13 (69-68-70-68=275) |