2010 Challenge Tour graduates

__NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2010. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2010 earned their European Tour card for 2011. 2010 Challenge Tour2011 European TourPlayerMoney listrankEarnings (€)StartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings (€)ESP Álvaro Velasco 1 134,297 30 14 04 T4 127 206,170ENG Matt Haines* 2 107,152 35 8 18 T18 175 88,800DNK Thorbjørn Olesen* 3 104,754 30 12 02 T2 48 637,703NLD Floris de Vries* 4 101,288 23 9 13 T13 171 99,108AUT Bernd Wiesberger 5 99,989 33 19 02 T2 64 469,499SWE Oscar Florén* 6 98,948 27 13 05 T5 111 264,783 AUS Daniel Gaunt 7 97,521 33 15 15 T15 142 167,053ENG Robert Dinwiddie 8 95,650 30 14 06 T6 141 170,707CHL Mark Tullo* 9 92,583 28 11 03 T3 119 250,806SCO George Murray* 10 92,339 28 14 03 T3 81 386,710ARG Julio Zapata 11 86,961 25 9 39 T39 213 39,559SWE Joel Sjöholm* 12 83,907 30 16 03 T3 107 280,311ENG Lee Slattery 13 78,358 31 17 01 Win 82 380,087SCO Scott Jamieson* 14 67,413 31 13 03 T3 59 523,754AUS Matthew Zions 15 63,176 33 11 01 Win 124 218,452NOR Marius Thorp* 16 63,127 8 3 21 T21 999n/a 19,475ITA Lorenzo Gagli 17 62,545 25 21 02 2 49 622,846SWE Magnus A. Carlsson 18 60,469 23 11 07 T7 134 193,636SCO Raymond Russell 19 59,376 2 1 70 T70 999n/a 1,900FRA Alexandre Kaleka* 20 58,888 27 10 05 T5 159 128,735 * European Tour rookie in 2011 T = Tied #D0F0C0 darkgray The player retained his European Tour card for 2012 (finished inside the top 118, or won). #FFF080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2012, but retained conditional status (finished between 119 and 150). #F08080 darkgray The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2012 (finished outside the top 150). 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. Alexandre Kaleka improved his status in this way. Winner on the European Tour in 2011 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up119 JunAUS Matthew ZionsSaint-Omer Open−8 (68-72-67-69=276)7 strokesENG Daniel Denison, SWE Peter Gustafsson29 OctENG Lee SlatteryBankia Madrid Masters−15 (67-66-69-71=273)1 strokeITA Lorenzo Gagli Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score112 Dec 2010DNK Thorbjørn OlesenAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipESP Pablo Martín−11 (69-70-68-70=277)−9 (71-68-74-66=279)212 JunDNK Thorbjørn Olesen (2)BMW Italian OpenENG Robert Rock−21 (64-68-68-67=267)−20 (65-71-70-62=268)33 JulDNK Thorbjørn Olesen (3)Alstom Open de FranceFRA Thomas Levet−7 (70-70-67-70=277)−6 (66-71-71-70=278)428 AugAUT Bernd Wiesbergerlost in five-man playoffJohnnie Walker Championship at GleneaglesDNK Thomas Bjørn−11 (68-69-71-69=277)−11 (69-71-68-69=277)59 OctITA Lorenzo GagliBankia Madrid MastersENG Lee Slattery−15 (67-66-69-71=273)−14 (65-70-69-70=274)627 NovAUT Bernd Wiesberger (2)South African Open ChampionshipZAF Hennie Otto−14 (70-67-65-72=274)−13 (69-68-70-68=275) See also 2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates External links Final ranking for 2010 Category:Challenge Tour Category:European Tour Challenge Tour Graduates Challenge Tour Graduates