2008 Challenge Tour graduates

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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.

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2008 Challenge Tour2009 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Flag of England.svg David Horsey*1144,1182619T276424,666
Flag of England.svg Gary Lockerbie 2138,5092918T4108289,461
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Taco Remkes*3137,331308T1219566,178
Ulster Banner.svg Gareth Maybin*4117,7192721253625,876
Flag of Argentina.svg Estanislao Goya*5113,3362515Win94338,939
Flag of England.svg Seve Benson*6111,5292813T4120250,786
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Tadini 7106,8932917T13126232,759
Flag of Scotland.svg Richie Ramsay*8106,6562914T497331,171
Flag of Scotland.svg Steven O'Hara 9103,2122412T6151154,198
Flag of Denmark.svg Jeppe Huldahl 1096,8182814Win64510,381
Flag of Sweden.svg Klas Eriksson 1198,5142413T9142186,980
Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Rocha 1293,684199T2821147,935
Flag of England.svg Richard Bland 1392,64525144112277,462
Flag of Spain.svg Rafa Cabrera-Bello 1489,8473220Win39744,297
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wil Besseling*1589,3582312T318287,095
Flag of England.svg Marcus Higley 1685,946179T417196,626
Flag of England.svg John E. Morgan 1777,254167T918282,889
Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Nilsson 1875,200158Win90343,763
Flag of Finland.svg Antti Ahokas*1974,867124T4827510,631
Flag of England.svg Stuart Davis*2067,105144T1520850,375

* 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.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up
122 Mar Flag of Argentina.svg Estanislao Goya Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal −6 (68-68-69-73=278)1 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Callum Macaulay
27 Jun Flag of Denmark.svg Jeppe Huldahl Celtic Manor Wales Open −9 (69-71-68-67=275)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Fasth
321 Jun Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Nilsson Saint-Omer Open −13 (68-69-65-69=271)6 strokes Flag of Portugal.svg José-Filipe Lima
420 Sep Flag of Spain.svg Rafa Cabrera-Bello Austrian Golf Open −20 (71-67-66-60=264)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Benn Barham

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
121 Dec 2008 Ulster Banner.svg Gareth Maybin
lost in playoff
South African Open Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Richard Sterne −14 (72-69-67-66=274)−14 (66-69-69-70=274)
215 Feb 2009 Flag of England.svg David Horsey Maybank Malaysian Open Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Kang −17 (74-66-64-67=271)−16 (71-68-69-64=272)
325 Oct Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Nilsson Castelló Masters Costa Azahar Flag of Sweden.svg Michael Jonzon −20 (64-68-65-67=264)−19 (69-66-65-65=265)

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