2011 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 37 players who earned their 2012 European Tour card through Q School in 2011.

#PlayerEuropean Tour
starts
Cuts
made
Notes
1England David Dixon208871 European Tour win
2England Sam Hutsby4325
3England Andy Sullivan41
4England Richard Bland2661261 Challenge Tour win
T5Scotland Steven O'Hara223109
T5Spain Jordi García del Moral176
7Norway Knut Børsheim00
T8Scotland Gary Orr4523162 European Tour wins
T8Argentina Emiliano Grillo00
T10France Guillaume Cambis00
T10South Africa Branden Grace48231 Sunshine Tour win
T12Sweden Joakim Lagergren62
T12Denmark Thomas Nørret41211 Challenge Tour win
T14England Matthew Nixon246
T14Germany Bernd Ritthammer32
T16South Africa Warren Abery57267 Sunshine Tour wins
T16England Lloyd Kennedy51
T16South Africa Darren Fichardt2001092 European Tour wins; 12 Sunshine Tour wins
T16France Adrien Bernadet62
T20Spain Agustin Domingo52
T20Sweden Mikael Lundberg2171012 European Tour wins
T20France Julien Guerrier4717Won the 2006 Amateur Championship
23Spain Adrian Otaegui30
T24United States Scott Pinckney31
T24South Africa Alex Haindl2410
T24Netherlands Wil Besseling32131 Challenge Tour win
T24England Matthew Southgate42
T24Sweden Peter Gustafsson118571 Tour de las Américas win
T24Netherlands Reinier Saxton111Won the 2008 Amateur Championship
T30Netherlands Taco Remkes3483 Challenge Tour wins
T30Austria HP Bacher21
T30England Jamie Elson89431 Challenge Tour win
T30South Africa Tjaart van der Walt3826
T30Netherlands Tim Sluiter2512
T30England Andrew Marshall211110
T30Netherlands Maarten Lafeber3632151 European Tour win
T30France Victor Riu112

2012 Results

PlayerStartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
England David Dixon 16 5 T9 194 45,274
England Sam Hutsby 18 5 T27 206 30,910
England Andy Sullivan 21 9 T14 145 120,476
England Richard Bland 21 13 T8 119 184,018
Scotland Steven O'Hara 19 8 T18 185 57,184
Spain Jordi García del Moral 12 6 T33 219 24,397
Norway Knut Børsheim 20 8 T11 167 82,078
Scotland Gary Orr 16 9 T11 159 93,350
Argentina Emiliano Grillo 20 13 T5 94 255,138
France Guillaume Cambis 7 1 T70 340 780
South Africa Branden Grace 26 22 Win (four times) 6 2,502,501
Sweden Joakim Lagergren 17 8 T4 140 126,956
Denmark Thomas Nørret 19 8 T12 172 69,378
England Matthew Nixon 13 5 T23 191 48,253
Germany Bernd Ritthammer 12 0 CUT n/a 0
South Africa Warren Abery 12 3 T24 220 22,621
England Lloyd Kennedy 13 4 T31 227 20,467
South Africa Darren Fichardt 22 12 Win 84 295,708
France Adrien Bernadet 10 2 T13 240 16,525
Spain Agustin Domingo 10 3 T41 257 11,280
Sweden Mikael Lundberg 20 9 T4 128 167,245
France Julien Guerrier 14 6 T11 195 45,165
Spain Adrian Otaegui 11 1 T40 251 12,400
United States Scott Pinckney 10 4 T19 203 34,320
South Africa Alex Haindl 16 7 T16 171 71,002
Netherlands Wil Besseling 11 6 T4 198 40,075
England Matthew Southgate 10 3 T40 239 16,618
Sweden Peter Gustafsson 11 2 T33 262 9,500
Netherlands Reinier Saxton 14 5 T17 (twice) 184 59,404
Netherlands Taco Remkes 10 4 T18 215 25,769
Austria HP Bacher 8 2 T11 238 16,930
England Jamie Elson 17 8 2 124 176,186
South Africa Tjaart van der Walt 20 10 2 120 183,325
Netherlands Tim Sluiter 14 7 T11 168 78,701
England Andrew Marshall 18 12 T12 132 146,459
Netherlands Maarten Lafeber 19 13 T3 114 198,142
France Victor Riu 10 4 T22 210 28,548

T = Tied
      The player retained his European Tour card for 2013 and qualified for the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai (finished inside the top 60).
      The player retained his European Tour card for 2013 (finished between 61–110).
      The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2013, but retained conditional status (finished between 111–155).
      The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2013 (finished outside the top 155).

Winners on the European Tour in 2012

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up
1 15 Jan South Africa Branden Grace Joburg Open –17 (67-66-65-72=270) 1 stroke England Jamie Elson
2 22 Jan South Africa Branden Grace Volvo Golf Champions –12 (68-66-75-71=280) Playoff South Africa Ernie Els, South Africa Retief Goosen
3 22 Apr South Africa Branden Grace Volvo China Open –21 (67-67-64-69=277) 3 strokes Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts
4 17 Jun South Africa Darren Fichardt Aa St Omer Open –5 (68-69-69-73=279) 3 strokes England Gary Lockerbie
5 7 Oct South Africa Branden Grace Alfred Dunhill Links Championship –22 (60-67-69-70=266) 2 strokes Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2012

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 8 Jan South Africa Tjaart van der Walt Africa Open South Africa Louis Oosthuizen –27 (69-62-67-67=265) –25 (69-64-65-69=267)
2 15 Jan England Jamie Elson Joburg Open South Africa Branden Grace –17 (67-66-65-72=270) –16 (63-75-70-63=271)

See also

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