2005 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2005. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2005 earned their European Tour card for 2006.

	2005 Challenge Tour		2006 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Earnings (€)	Money list rank
Marc Warren*	1	103,577	28	12	Win	610,885	42
Carl Suneson	2	103,129	26	11	9	147,013	135
Fredrik Widmark	3	99,750	27	13	T12	103,914	148
Andrew Butterfield	4	94,335	30	18	T7	168,158	129
Michael Kirk*	5	90,620	24	5	T51	26,749	210
Steven Jeppesen	6	88,517	32	13	T8	223,796	103
Benn Barham	7	86,259	29	12	T5	245,310	97
Michael Hoey*	8	86,124	27	7	T21	50,414	187
Daniel Vancsik*	9	81,053	24	10	T16	120,812	144
Richard McEvoy	10	80,047	28	10	T17	97,979	152
Rafael Gómez*	11	79,880	19	7	T22	71,876	173
David Higgins	12	77,259	27	16	T7	169,638	127
Paul Dwyer*	13	73,479	25	6	T8	26,322	211
Andrés Romero*	14	71,221	21	9	T2	694,363	35
Marco Ruiz*	15	69,845	22	8	T14	66,714	174
Ariel Cañete	16	66,087	20	10	T7	122,346	143
Tom Whitehouse	17	63,344	24	15	T7	250,952	95
Ross Fisher*	18	61,029	29	18	T3	370,275	66
Stephen Browne	19	59,916	22	7	T18	97,820	153
Toni Karjalainen*	20	58,384	15	5	T20	32,246	203

* European Tour rookie in 2006
T = Tied
     The player retained his European Tour card for 2007 (finished inside the top 118).
     The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007, but retained conditional status (finished between 119–150).
     The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007 (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. Tom Whitehouse and Ross Fisher both improved their status in this way, with Whitehouse medalling at Q School.

Winners on the European Tour in 2006

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	6 Aug	Marc Warren	EnterCard Scandinavian Masters	−10 (67-69-73-69=278)	Playoff	Robert Karlsson

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2006

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	16 Jul	Andrés Romero	Barclays Scottish Open	Johan Edfors	–13 (65-69-74-63=271)	–11 (72-64-68-69=273)

See also

• 2005 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2006 European Tour

External links

• Final ranking for 2005