2006 Challenge Tour graduates

__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2006. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2006 earned their European Tour card for 2007. 2006 Challenge Tour2007 European TourPlayerMoney listrankEarnings (€)StartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€)WAL Mark Pilkington 1 119,152 33 13 06 T6 136 175,085SWE Johan Axgren 2 105,699 29 12 15 T15 170 118,696SWE Alex Norén* 3 99,631 28 13 03 T3 63 472,336DEU Martin Kaymer* 4 93,321 29 16 02 T2 41 754,691ENG James Hepworth 5 84,236 30 11 16 T16 164 136,173WAL Kyron Sullivan* 6 83,364 30 12 12 T12 131 180,643ARG Rafael Echenique* 7 82,737 28 12 02 2 113 227,069ESP Juan Parrón* 8 71,089 27 9 13 T13 183 81,554ENG Sam Walker 9 69,853 31 12 04 T4 80 341,293ENG Marcus Higley* 10 67,851 31 13 02 T2 151 151,185ENG Shaun P. Webster 11 65,536 25 7 18 T18 204 53,786ENG Gary Lockerbie* 12 64,073 30 13 05 T5 144 162,709ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello* 13 62,849 33 16 18 T18 134 178,927ENG James Heath* 14 60,346 29 11 04 T4 152 150,758ENG Gareth Davies* 15 60,189 25 9 09 T9 181 86,887ENG Lee S. James 16 59,704 23 7 10 T10 202 56,775FRA Jean-Baptiste Gonnet* 17 59,343 24 13 02 T2 90 292,379ESP Álvaro Quirós* 18 57,278 13 7 01 Win 102 259,350DNK Mads Vibe-Hastrup 19 52,485 24 15 01 Win 61 482,549FRA Adrien Mörk* 20 52,136 18 4 64 T46 271 12,020 * European Tour rookie in 2007 T = Tied #D0F0C0 darkgray The player retained his European Tour card for 2008 (finished inside the top 117). #FFF080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2008, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-149). #F08080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2008 (finished outside the top 149). 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. Álvaro Quirós improved his status in this way. Winners on the European Tour in 2007 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up110 Dec 2006ESP Álvaro QuirósAlfred Dunhill Championship−13 (74-66-68-67=275)1 strokeZAF Charl Schwartzel214 OctDNK Mads Vibe-HastrupOpen de Madrid Valle Romano−16 (69-69-67-67=272)3 strokesESP Alejandro Cañizares Runners-up on the European Tour in 2007 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score118 MarARG Rafael EcheniqueTCL ClassicTHA Chapchai Nirat−22 (61-66-68-71=266)−19 (64-69-68-68=269)217 JunENG Marcus HigleyOpen de Saint-OmerESP Carl Suneson−8 (67-70-70-69=276)−5 (67-70-71-71=279)3–414 MayFRA Jean-Baptiste GonnetScandinavian MastersFIN Mikko Ilonen−6 (67-72-67-68=274)−4 (67-70-71-68=276)DEU Martin Kaymer−4 (67-68-68-73=276) See also 2006 European Tour Qualifying School graduates 2007 European Tour External links Final ranking for 2006 Category:Challenge Tour Category:European Tour Challenge Tour Graduates Challenge Tour Graduates