2015 Challenge Tour graduates

__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2015. The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2015 earned European Tour cards for 2016. 2015 Challenge Tour2016 European TourPlayerMoney listrankEarnings (€)StartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€)PRT Ricardo Gouveia* 1 251,952 26 18 03 T3 54 709,976FRA Sébastien Gros* 2 178,645 26 11 04 4 102 263,325ESP Borja Virto 3 150,466 30 12 09 T9 131 182,289ESP Nacho Elvira 4 114,878 29 16 02 2 44 824,367DNK Joachim B. Hansen 5 113,135 27 8 11 T11 152 115,630SWE Björn Åkesson 6 104,539 27 7 03 T3 171 83,443ENG Gary Boyd 7 96,290 23 8 07 T7 139 162,186WAL Rhys Davies 8 94,832 28 9 25 T25 176 73,802FRA Thomas Linard* 9 91,258 23 10 05 T5 125 210,580SWE Jens Fahrbring* 10 89,731 28 9 12 T12 156 104,763DNK Jeff Winther* 11 87,033 26 8 02 2 117 224,702SCO Andrew McArthur 12 82,545 21 5 29 T29 203 35,873ENG Callum Shinkwin* 13 81,082 23 16 08 T8 83 399,367ZAF Brandon Stone* 14 80,979 24 15 01 Win 50 722,606SCO Jamie McLeary 15 80,353 24 9 07 T7 166 88,509 * European Tour rookie in 2016 T = Tied #D0F0C0 darkgray The player retained his European Tour card for 2017 (finished inside the top 111). #FFF080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017, but retained conditional status (finished between 112 and 148, inclusive). #F08080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017 (finished outside the top 148). Elvira earned promotion to the European Tour after his third win of the season in August. Fahrbring and Winther regained their cards for 2017 through Q School. Winners on the European Tour in 2016 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up110 JanZAF Brandon StoneBMW SA Open−14 (71-67-65-71=274)2 strokesZAF Christiaan Bezuidenhout Runners-up on the European Tour in 2016 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score114 FebDNK Jeff WintherTshwane OpenZAF Charl Schwartzel−16 (71-64-66-63=264)−8 (73-66-69-64=272)225 AprZAF Brandon StoneShenzhen InternationalKOR Lee Soo-min−16 (66-65-70-71=272)−14 (67-70-69-68=274)38 MayESP Nacho ElviraLost in playoffTrophée Hassan IIKOR Wang Jeung-hun−5 (71-68-74-70=283)−5 (71-71-72-69=283) See also 2015 European Tour Qualifying School graduates External links Final ranking for 2015 Category:Challenge Tour Category:European Tour Challenge Tour Graduates Challenge Tour Graduates