2010 Challenge Tour graduates

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 Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank		Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made		Best
finish		Money list
rank		Earnings (€)
Álvaro Velasco1134,2973014T4127206,170
Matt Haines*2107,152358T1817588,800
Thorbjørn Olesen*3104,7543012T248637,703
Floris de Vries*4101,288239T1317199,108
Bernd Wiesberger599,9893319T264469,499
Oscar Florén*698,9482713T5111264,783
Daniel Gaunt797,5213315T15142167,053
Robert Dinwiddie895,6503014T6141170,707
Mark Tullo*992,5832811T3119250,806
George Murray*1092,3392814T381386,710
Julio Zapata1186,961259T3921339,559
Joel Sjöholm*1283,9073016T3107280,311
Lee Slattery1378,3583117Win82380,087
Scott Jamieson*1467,4133113T359523,754
Matthew Zions1563,1763311Win124218,452
Marius Thorp*1663,12783T21n/a19,475
Lorenzo Gagli1762,5452521249622,846
Magnus A. Carlsson1860,4692311T7134193,636
Raymond Russell1959,37621T70n/a1,900
Alexandre Kaleka*2058,8882710T5159128,735

* European Tour rookie in 2011
T = Tied
     The player retained his European Tour card for 2012 (finished inside the top 118, or won).
     The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2012, but retained conditional status (finished between 119-150).
     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. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up
1 19 Jun Matthew Zions Saint-Omer Open –8 (68-72-67-69=276) 7 strokes Daniel Denison, Peter Gustafsson
2 9 Oct Lee Slattery Bankia Madrid Masters –15 (67-66-69-71=273) 1 stroke Lorenzo Gagli

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011
No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
1 12 Dec 2010 Thorbjørn Olesen Alfred Dunhill Championship Pablo Martín –11 (69-70-68-70=277) –9 (71-68-74-66=279)
2 12 Jun Thorbjørn Olesen (2) BMW Italian Open Robert Rock –21 (64-68-68-67=267) –20 (65-71-70-62=268)
3 3 Jul Thorbjørn Olesen (3) Alstom Open de France Thomas Levet –7 (70-70-67-70=277) –6 (66-71-71-70=278)
4 28 Aug Bernd Wiesberger
lost in five-man playoff		 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Thomas Bjørn –11 (68-69-71-69=277) –11 (69-71-68-69=277)
5 9 Oct Lorenzo Gagli Bankia Madrid Masters Lee Slattery –15 (67-66-69-71=273) –14 (65-70-69-70=274)
6 27 Nov Bernd Wiesberger (2) South African Open Championship Hennie Otto –14 (70-67-65-72=274) –13 (69-68-70-68=275)

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