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 | 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 | 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 | 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
The player retained his European Tour card for 2012 (finished inside the top 118, or won).
The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2012, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-150).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2012 (finished outside the top 150).
The players ranked 16th through 20th were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. Alexandre Kaleka improved his status in this way.
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 (2) |
BMW Italian Open | Robert Rock |
–21 (64-68-68-67=267) | –20 (65-71-70-62=268) |
| 3 | 3 Jul | Thorbjørn Olesen (3) |
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 (2) |
South African Open Championship |  Hennie Otto |
–14 (70-67-65-72=274) | –13 (69-68-70-68=275) |