2016 Challenge Tour graduates

__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2016. The top 16 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2016 earned European Tour cards for 2017. 2016 Challenge Tour2017 European TourPlayerRoad to OmanrankPointsStartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€)ENG Jordan Smith* 1 209,985 31 25 01 Win 24 1,290,602DEU Bernd Ritthammer 2 189,953 26 10 11 T11 124 272,289DEU Alexander Knappe* 3 183,500 27 11 05 T5 140 215,147NZL Ryan Fox* 4 160,768 29 21 04 T4 34 1,080,610ENG Sam Walker 5 158,370 29 8 04 T4 157 158,785FRA Matthieu Pavon* 6 150,504 30 16 03 3 49 866,853SWE Alexander Björk* 7 135,006 30 23 03 T3 43 947,873ZAF Dylan Frittelli* 8 120,892 29 18 01 Win 19 1,602,951FRA Romain Langasque* 9 118,087 27 11 10 T10 151 178,683SCO Duncan Stewart* 10 115,764 28 12 09 T9 131 241,658ENG Marcus Armitage* 11 115,760 26 11 10 T10 152 168,137PRT José-Filipe Lima 12 100,108 23 10 05 T5 138 218,629FRA Damien Perrier* 13 95,368 27 12 29 T29 174 102,350ESP Pep Anglès* 14 93,286 27 13 04 4 139 216,288BEL Thomas Detry* 15 92,852 27 17 02 T2 86 440,214FRA Joël Stalter* 16 91,578 26 11 03 T3 132 239,430 * European Tour rookie in 2017 T = Tied #D0F0C0 darkgray The player retained his European Tour card for 2018 (finished inside the top 101 or the top 10 of the Access List). #FFF080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018, but retained conditional status (finished between 102 and 147, inclusive). #F08080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018 (finished outside the top 147). Ritthammer won three times on the Challenge Tour in 2016. A change before the season to the tour regulations allowed amateurs to earn ranking points, while also dictating that any player within the top 15 who earned points as an amateur would be counted in addition to the usual 15 graduates; therefore, since Langasque had earned 24,200 points as an amateur, the number of graduates was increased to 16. Anglès regained his card for 2018 through Q School. Winners on the European Tour in 2017 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunners-up111 JunZAF Dylan FrittelliLyoness Open−12 (70-71-68-67=276)1 strokeENG David HorseyFIN Mikko KorhonenZAF Jbe' Kruger230 JulENG Jordan SmithPorsche European Open−13 (70-67-67-71=275)PlayoffFRA Alexander Lévy Runners-up on the European Tour in 2017 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score130 AprZAF Dylan FrittelliLost in playoffVolvo China OpenFRA Alexander Lévy−17 (63-70-71-67=271)−17 (70-63-64-74=271)225 JunBEL Thomas DetryBMW International OpenARG Andrés Romero−17 (67-71-68-65=271)−16 (65-71-70-66=272)35 NovZAF Dylan Frittelli (2)Turkish Airlines OpenENG Justin Rose−18 (69-68-64-65=266)−17 (70-67-66-64=267) #D6E8FF Rolex Series See also 2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates External links Final ranking for 2016 Category:Challenge Tour Category:European Tour Challenge Tour Graduates Challenge Tour Graduates