2007 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2008 European Tour card through Q School in 2007.

#PlayerEuropean Tour
starts
Cuts
made
Notes
1Austria Martin Wiegele348 1 Challenge Tour win
T2Spain Pedro Linhart16185 1 European Tour win, 1 Challenge Tour win
T2England Lee Slattery8139 1 Challenge Tour win
T4Austria Florian Praegant30 Recovered from sustaining a broken neck in 2006
T4Spain Luis Claverie3414
T6France François Delamontagne11354 Had already earned a Tour card by finishing 19th in 2007 Challenge Tour rankings
T6England Lee S. James7425 4 Challenge Tour wins; won 1994 Amateur Championship and played in 1995 Walker Cup
T6Scotland Alan McLean6424 2 Sunshine Tour wins
T6Wales Sion Bebb5425 1 Challenge Tour win
T6Spain Pablo Larrazábal10 Won 2008 Open de France; 2008 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
T11England Richard Bland15470 1 Challenge Tour win
T11Iceland Birgir Hafþórsson3115
T11Sweden Joakim Bäckström8343 1 European Tour win
T11Germany Sven Strüver403236 3 European Tour wins
T11Italy Paolo Terreni82
T16France Benoît Teilleria11251
T16Argentina Juan Abbate101
T16Scotland David Drysdale13063 2 Challenge Tour wins
T16England David Dixon9141 Won 2008 Saint-Omer Open; won 2000 Lytham Trophy
T16Australia Matthew Millar5531
T16Scotland Craig Lee81
T22Sweden Patrik Sjöland279164 2 European Tour wins, 1 Challenge Tour win
T22Germany Marcel Siem14887 1 European Tour win
T22South Africa James Kamte105 1 Sunshine Tour win; first black South African on Tour for 31 years
T22New Zealand Gareth Paddison3714 1 Challenge Tour win, 2 PGA Tour of Australasia wins
T22England Philip Golding309135 1 European Tour win, 3 Challenge Tour wins
T22England Paul Waring10
T22Norway Jan-Are Larsen4619 Had already earned a Tour card by finishing 20th in 2007 Challenge Tour rankings
T22South Africa Ulrich van den Berg228 5 Sunshine Tour wins
T22South Africa Thomas Aiken186 6 Sunshine Tour wins

2008 Results

PlayerStartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Austria Martin Wiegele 25 13 9 142 138,672
Spain Pedro Linhart 20 9 T37 196 49,535
England Lee Slattery 27 14 T2 107 275,242
Austria Florian Praegant 20 5 T55 (twice) 249 23,918
Spain Luis Claverie 23 7 T30 197 48,046
France François Delamontagne 26 17 T4 118 223,746
England Lee S. James 22 6 T16 176 74,377
Scotland Alan McLean 10 6 T21 253 22,531
Wales Sion Bebb 24 11 8 140 138,898
Spain Pablo Larrazábal 28 17 Win 18 960,858
England Richard Bland 17 9 T4 167 88,363
Iceland Birgir Hafþórsson 8 3 T50 284 9,288
Sweden Joakim Bäckström 21 9 T16 192 55,051
Germany Sven Strüver 25 8 4 163 96,248
Italy Paolo Terreni 20 2 T67 324 4,062
France Benoît Teilleria 19 7 T22 216 37,762
Argentina Juan Abbate 21 8 T7 166 90,633
Scotland David Drysdale 23 8 5 151 131,473
England David Dixon 24 10 Win 114 240,032
Australia Matthew Millar 20 14 T4 135 151,176
Scotland Craig Lee 20 6 T17 186 60,766
Sweden Patrik Sjöland 26 14 T4 119 223,413
Germany Marcel Siem 28 14 T4 96 309,839
South Africa James Kamte 23 9 T3 138 142,062
New Zealand Gareth Paddison 25 12 T12 149 132,294
England Philip Golding 19 4 T13 234 27,584
England Paul Waring 22 15 6 105 279,872
Norway Jan-Are Larsen 17 10 4 146 135,589
South Africa Ulrich van den Berg 9 5 T20 206 41,409
South Africa Thomas Aiken 24 13 T13 131 160,775

T = Tied
      The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 and qualified for the Volvo Masters (finished inside the top 60).
      The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished between 61–118).
      The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 119–151).
      The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 151).

Winners on the European Tour in 2008

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up
1 15 Jun England David Dixon Saint-Omer Open –5 (77-67-69-66=279) 1 stroke Sweden Christian Nilsson
2 29 Jun Spain Pablo Larrazábal Open de France ALSTOM –15 (65-70-67-67=269) 4 strokes Scotland Colin Montgomerie

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 9 Dec (2007 calendar year) England Lee Slattery Alfred Dunhill Championship England John Bickerton –13 (70-69-68-68=275) –12 (73-65-67-71=276)

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References

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