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 Tour2011 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Spain Álvaro Velasco 1 134,297 30 14 T4 127 206,170
England Matt Haines* 2 107,152 35 8 T18 175 88,800
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen* 3 104,754 30 12 T2 48 637,703
Netherlands Floris de Vries* 4 101,288 23 9 T13 171 99,108
Austria Bernd Wiesberger 5 99,989 33 19 T2 64 469,499
Sweden Oscar Florén* 6 98,948 27 13 T5 111 264,783
Australia Daniel Gaunt 7 97,521 33 15 T15 142 167,053
England Robert Dinwiddie 8 95,650 30 14 T6 141 170,707
Chile Mark Tullo* 9 92,583 28 11 T3 119 250,806
Scotland George Murray* 10 92,339 28 14 T3 81 386,710
Argentina Julio Zapata 11 86,961 25 9 T39 213 39,559
Sweden Joel Sjöholm* 12 83,907 30 16 T3 107 280,311
England Lee Slattery 13 78,358 31 17 Win 82 380,087
Scotland Scott Jamieson* 14 67,413 31 13 T3 59 523,754
Australia Matthew Zions 15 63,176 33 11 Win 124 218,452
Norway Marius Thorp* 16 63,127 8 3 T21 n/a 19,475
Italy Lorenzo Gagli 17 62,545 25 21 2 49 622,846
Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson 18 60,469 23 11 T7 134 193,636
Scotland Raymond Russell 19 59,376 2 1 T70 n/a 1,900
France 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 Australia Matthew Zions Saint-Omer Open –8 (68-72-67-69=276) 7 strokes England Daniel Denison, Sweden Peter Gustafsson
2 9 Oct England Lee Slattery Bankia Madrid Masters –15 (67-66-69-71=273) 1 stroke Italy Lorenzo Gagli

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 12 Dec 2010 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen Alfred Dunhill Championship Spain Pablo Martín –11 (69-70-68-70=277) –9 (71-68-74-66=279)
2 12 Jun Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen (2) BMW Italian Open England Robert Rock –21 (64-68-68-67=267) –20 (65-71-70-62=268)
3 3 Jul Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen (3) Alstom Open de France France Thomas Levet –7 (70-70-67-70=277) –6 (66-71-71-70=278)
4 28 Aug Austria Bernd Wiesberger
lost in five-man playoff
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Denmark Thomas Bjørn –11 (68-69-71-69=277) –11 (69-71-68-69=277)
5 9 Oct Italy Lorenzo Gagli Bankia Madrid Masters England Lee Slattery –15 (67-66-69-71=273) –14 (65-70-69-70=274)
6 27 Nov Austria Bernd Wiesberger (2) South African Open Championship South Africa Hennie Otto –14 (70-67-65-72=274) –13 (69-68-70-68=275)

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