2015 Challenge Tour graduates

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 Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Ricardo Gouveia*1251,9522618T354709,976
Sébastien Gros*2178,64526114102263,325
Borja Virto3150,4663012T9131182,289
Nacho Elvira4114,8782916244824,367
Joachim B. Hansen5113,135278T11152115,630
Björn Åkesson6104,539277T317183,443
Gary Boyd796,290238T7139162,186
Rhys Davies894,832289T2517673,802
Thomas Linard*991,2582310T5125210,580
Jens Fahrbring*1089,731289T12156104,763
Jeff Winther*1187,0332682117224,702
Andrew McArthur1282,545215T2920335,873
Callum Shinkwin*1381,0822316T883399,367
Brandon Stone*1480,9792415Win50722,606
Jamie McLeary1580,353249T716688,509

* European Tour rookie in 2016
T = Tied
     The player retained his European Tour card for 2017 (finished inside the top 111).
     The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2017, but retained conditional status (finished between 112 and 148, inclusive).
     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. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 10 Jan Brandon Stone BMW SA Open −14 (71-67-65-71=274) 2 strokes Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2016

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 14 Feb Jeff Winther Tshwane Open Charl Schwartzel −16 (71-64-66-63=264) −8 (73-66-69-64=272)
2 25 Apr Brandon Stone Shenzhen International Lee Soo-min −16 (66-65-70-71=272) −14 (67-70-69-68=274)
3 8 May Nacho Elvira
Lost in playoff
Trophée Hassan II Wang Jeung-hun −5 (71-68-74-70=283) −5 (71-71-72-69=283)
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