2008 Challenge Tour graduates

__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2008. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2008 earned their European Tour card for 2009. 2008 Challenge Tour2009 European TourPlayerMoney listrankEarnings (€)StartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€)ENG David Horsey* 1 144,118 26 19 02 T2 76 424,666ENG Gary Lockerbie 2 138,509 29 18 04 T4 108 289,461NLD Taco Remkes* 3 137,331 30 8 12 T12 195 66,178NIR Gareth Maybin* 4 117,719 27 21 02 2 53 625,876ARG Estanislao Goya* 5 113,336 25 15 01 Win 94 338,939ENG Seve Benson* 6 111,529 28 13 04 T4 120 250,786 ITA Alessandro Tadini 7 106,893 29 17 13 T13 126 232,759 SCO Richie Ramsay* 8 106,656 29 14 04 T4 97 331,171SCO Steven O'Hara 9 103,212 24 12 06 T6 151 154,198DNK Jeppe Huldahl 10 96,818 28 14 01 Win 64 510,381SWE Klas Eriksson 11 98,514 24 13 09 T9 142 186,980BRA Alexandre Rocha 12 93,684 19 9 28 T28 211 47,935 ENG Richard Bland 13 92,645 25 14 04 4 112 277,462 ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello 14 89,847 32 20 01 Win 39 744,297 NLD Wil Besseling* 15 89,358 23 12 03 T3 182 87,095 ENG Marcus Higley 16 85,946 17 9 04 T4 171 96,626 ENG John E. Morgan 17 77,254 16 7 09 T9 182 82,889SWE Christian Nilsson 18 75,200 15 8 01 Win 90 343,763 FIN Antti Ahokas* 19 74,867 12 4 48 T48 275 10,631 ENG Stuart Davis* 20 67,105 14 4 15 T15 208 50,375 * European Tour rookie in 2009 T = Tied #D0F0C0 darkgray The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120). #FFF080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153). #F08080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153). Remkes won three Challenge Tour events in 2008. Winners on the European Tour in 2009 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up122 MarARG Estanislao GoyaMadeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal−6 (68-68-69-73=278)1 strokeSCO Callum Macaulay27 JunDEN Jeppe HuldahlCeltic Manor Wales Open−9 (69-71-68-67=275)1 strokeSWE Niclas Fasth321 JunSWE Christian NilssonSaint-Omer Open−13 (68-69-65-69=271)6 strokesPOR José-Filipe Lima420 SepESP Rafa Cabrera-BelloAustrian Golf Open−20 (71-67-66-60=264)1 strokeENG Benn Barham Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score121 Dec 2008NIR Gareth Maybinlost in playoffSouth African Open ChampionshipZAF Richard Sterne−14 (72-69-67-66=274)−14 (66-69-69-70=274)215 Feb 2009ENG David HorseyMaybank Malaysian OpenUSA Anthony Kang−17 (74-66-64-67=271)−16 (71-68-69-64=272)325 OctSWE Christian NilssonCastelló Masters Costa AzaharSWE Michael Jonzon−20 (64-68-65-67=264)−19 (69-66-65-65=265) See also 2008 European Tour Qualifying School graduates External links Final ranking for 2008 Category:Challenge Tour Category:European Tour Challenge Tour Graduates Challenge Tour Graduates