2010 Challenge Tour graduates

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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.

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2010 Challenge Tour2011 European Tour
PlayerMoney list
rank
Earnings (€)StartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Velasco 1134,2973014T4127206,170
Flag of England.svg Matt Haines*2107,152358T1817588,800
Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen*3104,7543012T248637,703
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Floris de Vries*4101,288239T1317199,108
Flag of Austria.svg Bernd Wiesberger 599,9893319T264469,499
Flag of Sweden.svg Oscar Florén*698,9482713T5111264,783
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Gaunt 797,5213315T15142167,053
Flag of England.svg Robert Dinwiddie 895,6503014T6141170,707
Flag of Chile.svg Mark Tullo*992,5832811T3119250,806
Flag of Scotland.svg George Murray*1092,3392814T381386,710
Flag of Argentina.svg Julio Zapata 1186,961259T3921339,559
Flag of Sweden.svg Joel Sjöholm*1283,9073016T3107280,311
Flag of England.svg Lee Slattery 1378,3583117Win82380,087
Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Jamieson*1467,4133113T359523,754
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Zions 1563,1763311Win124218,452
Flag of Norway.svg Marius Thorp*1663,12783T2119,475
Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Gagli 1762,5452521249622,846
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus A. Carlsson 1860,4692311T7134193,636
Flag of Scotland.svg Raymond Russell 1959,37621T701,900
Flag of France.svg 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.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
119 Jun Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Zions Saint-Omer Open −8 (68-72-67-69=276)7 strokes Flag of England.svg Daniel Denison, Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Gustafsson
29 Oct Flag of England.svg Lee Slattery Bankia Madrid Masters −15 (67-66-69-71=273)1 stroke Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Gagli

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2011

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
112 Dec 2010 Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen Alfred Dunhill Championship Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Martín −11 (69-70-68-70=277)−9 (71-68-74-66=279)
212 Jun Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen (2) BMW Italian Open Flag of England.svg Robert Rock −21 (64-68-68-67=267)−20 (65-71-70-62=268)
33 Jul Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen (3) Alstom Open de France Flag of France.svg Thomas Levet −7 (70-70-67-70=277)−6 (66-71-71-70=278)
428 Aug Flag of Austria.svg Bernd Wiesberger
lost in five-man playoff
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn −11 (68-69-71-69=277)−11 (69-71-68-69=277)
59 Oct Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Gagli Bankia Madrid Masters Flag of England.svg Lee Slattery −15 (67-66-69-71=273)−14 (65-70-69-70=274)
627 Nov Flag of Austria.svg Bernd Wiesberger (2) South African Open Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie Otto −14 (70-67-65-72=274)−13 (69-68-70-68=275)

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