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.

#	Player	European Tour starts	Cuts made	Notes
1	David Dixon	208	87	1 European Tour win
2	Sam Hutsby	43	25
3	Andy Sullivan	4	1
4	Richard Bland	266	126	1 Challenge Tour win
T5	Steven O'Hara	223	109
T5	Jordi García del Moral	17	6
7	Knut Børsheim	0	0
T8	Gary Orr	452	316	2 European Tour wins
T8	Emiliano Grillo	0	0
T10	Guillaume Cambis	0	0
T10	Branden Grace	48	23	1 Sunshine Tour win
T12	Joakim Lagergren	6	2
T12	Thomas Nørret	41	21	1 Challenge Tour win
T14	Matthew Nixon	24	6
T14	Bernd Ritthammer	3	2
T16	Warren Abery	57	26	7 Sunshine Tour wins
T16	Lloyd Kennedy	5	1
T16	Darren Fichardt	200	109	2 European Tour wins; 12 Sunshine Tour wins
T16	Adrien Bernadet	6	2
T20	Agustin Domingo	5	2
T20	Mikael Lundberg	217	101	2 European Tour wins
T20	Julien Guerrier	47	17	Won the 2006 Amateur Championship
23	Adrian Otaegui	3	0
T24	Scott Pinckney	3	1
T24	Alex Haindl	24	10
T24	Wil Besseling	32	13	1 Challenge Tour win
T24	Matthew Southgate	4	2
T24	Peter Gustafsson	118	57	1 Tour de las Américas win
T24	Reinier Saxton	11	1	Won the 2008 Amateur Championship
T30	Taco Remkes	34	8	3 Challenge Tour wins
T30	HP Bacher	2	1
T30	Jamie Elson	89	43	1 Challenge Tour win
T30	Tjaart van der Walt	38	26
T30	Tim Sluiter	25	12
T30	Andrew Marshall	211	110
T30	Maarten Lafeber	363	215	1 European Tour win
T30	Victor Riu	11	2

     2012 European Tour rookie

2012 Results

Player	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
David Dixon	16	5	09 !T9	194	45,274
Sam Hutsby	18	5	27 !T27	206	30,910
Andy Sullivan*	21	9	14 !T14	145	120,476
Richard Bland	21	13	08 !T8	119	184,018
Steven O'Hara	19	8	18 !T18	185	57,184
Jordi García del Moral*	12	6	33 !T33	219	24,397
Knut Børsheim*	20	8	11 !T11	167	82,078
Gary Orr	16	9	11 !T11	159	93,350
Emiliano Grillo*	20	13	05 !T5	94	255,138
Guillaume Cambis*	7	1	70 !T70	7002999000000000000♠n/a	780
Branden Grace	26	22	00 !Win (x4)	6	2,502,501
Joakim Lagergren*	17	8	04 !T4	140	126,956
Thomas Nørret	19	8	12 !T12	172	69,378
Matthew Nixon	13	5	23 !T23	191	48,253
Bernd Ritthammer*	12	0	99 !Cut	7002999000000000000♠n/a	0
Warren Abery	12	3	24 !T24	220	22,621
Lloyd Kennedy*	13	4	31 !T31	227	20,467
Darren Fichardt	22	12	01 !Win	84	295,708
Adrien Bernadet*	10	2	13 !T13	240	16,525
Agustin Domingo*	10	3	41 !T41	257	11,280
Mikael Lundberg	20	9	04 !T4	128	167,245
Julien Guerrier	14	6	1 !T11	195	45,165
Adrian Otaegui*	11	1	40 !T40	251	12,400
Scott Pinckney*	10	4	19 !T19	203	34,320
Alex Haindl*	16	7	16 !T16	171	71,002
Wil Besseling	11	6	04 !T4	198	40,075
Matthew Southgate*	10	3	40 !T40	239	16,618
Peter Gustafsson	11	2	33 !T33	262	9,500
Reinier Saxton*	14	5	17 !T17	184	59,404
Taco Remkes	10	4	18 !T18	215	25,769
HP Bacher*	8	2	11 !T11	238	16,930
Jamie Elson	17	8	02 !2	124	176,186
Tjaart van der Walt	20	10	02 !2	120	183,325
Tim Sluiter	14	7	11 !T11	168	78,701
Andrew Marshall	18	12	12 !T12	132	146,459
Maarten Lafeber	19	13	03 !T3	114	198,142
Victor Riu*	10	4	22 !T22	210	28,548

* European Tour rookie in 2012
T = Tied
     The player retained his European Tour card for 2013 (finished inside the top 118).
     The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2013, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-155).
     The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2013 (finished outside the top 155).

Sullivan, Orr, Lagergren, Nixon, Lundberg, and Southgate regained their cards for 2013 through Q School.

Winners on the European Tour in 2012

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

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2012

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

See also

• 2011 Challenge Tour graduates
• 2012 European Tour

References

• Final results
• Player biographies and records