2008 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2008. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2008 earned their European Tour card for 2009.

	2008 Challenge Tour		2009 European Tour
Player	Money list rank	Earnings (€)	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings (€)
David Horsey*	1	144,118	26	19	T2	76	424,666
Gary Lockerbie	2	138,509	29	18	T4	108	289,461
Taco Remkes*	3	137,331	30	8	T12	195	66,178
Gareth Maybin*	4	117,719	27	21	2	53	625,876
Estanislao Goya*	5	113,336	25	15	Win	94	338,939
Seve Benson*	6	111,529	28	13	T4	120	250,786
Alessandro Tadini	7	106,893	29	17	T13	126	232,759
Richie Ramsay*	8	106,656	29	14	T4	97	331,171
Steven O'Hara	9	103,212	24	12	T6	151	154,198
Jeppe Huldahl	10	96,818	28	14	Win	64	510,381
Klas Eriksson	11	98,514	24	13	T9	142	186,980
Alexandre Rocha	12	93,684	19	9	T28	211	47,935
Richard Bland	13	92,645	25	14	4	112	277,462
Rafa Cabrera-Bello	14	89,847	32	20	Win	39	744,297
Wil Besseling*	15	89,358	23	12	T3	182	87,095
Marcus Higley	16	85,946	17	9	T4	171	96,626
John E. Morgan	17	77,254	16	7	T9	182	82,889
Christian Nilsson	18	75,200	15	8	Win	90	343,763
Antti Ahokas*	19	74,867	12	4	T48	275	10,631
Stuart Davis*	20	67,105	14	4	T15	208	50,375

* European Tour rookie in 2009
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120).
  The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).

Remkes won three Challenge Tour events in 2008.

Winners on the European Tour in 2009

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	22 Mar	Estanislao Goya	Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal	−6 (68-68-69-73=278)	1 stroke	Callum Macaulay
2	7 Jun	Jeppe Huldahl	Celtic Manor Wales Open	−9 (69-71-68-67=275)	1 stroke	Niclas Fasth
3	21 Jun	Christian Nilsson	Saint-Omer Open	−13 (68-69-65-69=271)	6 strokes	José-Filipe Lima
4	20 Sep	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	Austrian Golf Open	−20 (71-67-66-60=264)	1 stroke	Benn Barham

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	21 Dec 2008	Gareth Maybin lost in playoff	South African Open Championship	Richard Sterne	−14 (72-69-67-66=274)	−14 (66-69-69-70=274)
2	15 Feb 2009	David Horsey	Maybank Malaysian Open	Anthony Kang	−17 (74-66-64-67=271)	−16 (71-68-69-64=272)
3	25 Oct	Christian Nilsson	Castelló Masters Costa Azahar	Michael Jonzon	−20 (64-68-65-67=264)	−19 (69-66-65-65=265)

See also

• 2008 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Final ranking for 2008

This page was last edited on 7 April 2023, at 21:11