2009 Challenge Tour graduates

__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2009. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2009 earned their European Tour card for 2010. 2009 Challenge Tour2010 European TourPlayerMoney listrankEarnings (€)StartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€)ITA Edoardo Molinari 1 242,980 28 24 00 Win (x2) 11 2,009,337PRT José-Filipe Lima 2 134,623 27 12 17 T17 161 83,604BEL Nicolas Colsaerts 3 128,590 25 16 03 T3 67 423,513WAL Rhys Davies* 4 113,187 31 22 01 Win 18 1,218,636SCO Peter Whiteford 5 110,593 28 17 02 T2 86 334,271ENG Andrew Butterfield 6 110,488 25 1 54 T54 296 4,960 ENG Gary Boyd* 7 104,952 27 16 02 T2 50 715,106FRA Julien Quesne* 8 94,636 30 16 16 T16 156 93,303ENG Richard McEvoy 9 92,919 28 13 08 T8 101 261,196ENG Robert Coles 10 89,304 28 12 04 T4 107 233,214ENG Peter Baker 11 74,243 21 07 7 T35 204 33,360ESP Carlos Rodiles 12 73,898 21 6 35 T35 205 31,795ENG Chris Gane 13 73,230 19 6 06 T6 178 57,367ENG John Parry* 14 71,318 33 22 01 Win 51 706,108AUS Andrew Tampion 15 65,416 23 3 45 T45 268 9,103FRA Julien Guerrier* 16 64,741 21 12 05 T5 122 172,305SCO Andrew McArthur* 17 62,856 17 7 29 T29 198 39,235ENG James Morrison* 18 61,370 27 12 01 Win 61 518,750WAL Sion Bebb 19 61,231 19 11 17 T17 158 90,740FRA François Calmels 20 58,920 8 2 31 T31 278 7,598 * European Tour rookie in 2010 T = Tied #D0F0C0 darkgray The player retained his European Tour card for 2011 (finished inside the top 117). #FFF080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2011, but retained conditional status (finished between 118 and 150). #F08080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2011 (finished outside the top 150). Molinari won three Challenge Tour events in 2009. 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; Julien Guerrier improved his status in this way. Winners on the European Tour in 2010 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up121 MarWAL Rhys DaviesTrophée Hassan II−25 (68-64-68-66=266)2 strokesZAF Louis Oosthuizen211 AprENG James MorrisonMadeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal−20 (67-65-66-70=268)1 strokeENG Oliver Fisher311 JulITA Edoardo MolinariBarclays Scottish Open−12 (66-69-63-74=272)3 strokesNIR Darren Clarke429 AugITA Edoardo Molinari (2)Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles−10 (70-68-69-71=278)1 strokeAUS Brett Rumford526 SepENG John ParryVivendi Cup−17 (64-67-70-70=271)2 strokesSWE Johan Edfors Runners-up on the European Tour in 2010 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score128 MarSCO Peter WhitefordOpen de Andalucia de GolfZAF Louis Oosthuizen−17 (67-63-66-67=263)−14 (69-64-67-66=266)218 Apr WAL Rhys DaviesVolvo China OpenKOR Yang Yong-eun−15 (68-66-68-71=273)−13 (73-70-65-67=275)32 MayENG James Morrisonlost in playoffOpen de EspañaESP Álvaro Quirós−11 (68-72-67-70=277)−11 (73-67-70-67=277)430 MayWAL Rhys Davies (2)Madrid MastersENG Luke Donald−21 (65-67-68-67=267)−20 (65-68-67-68=268)56 JunWAL Rhys Davies (3)Celtic Manor Wales OpenNIR Graeme McDowell−15 (72-70-64-63=269)−12 (67-73-70=62=272)622 AugENG Gary Boydlost in three-man playoffCzech OpenSWE Peter Hanson−10 (67-70-67-74=278)−10 (72-70-68-68=278)75 SepITA Edoardo MolinariOmega European MastersESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez−21 (67-61-68-67=263)−18 (66-65-68-67=266) See also 2009 European Tour Qualifying School graduates External links Final ranking for 2010 Category:Challenge Tour Category:European Tour Challenge Tour Graduates Challenge Tour Graduates