2016 Challenge Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2016. The top 16 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2016 earned European Tour cards for 2017.

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2016 Challenge Tour2017 European Tour
PlayerRoad to Oman
rank
PointsStartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Flag of England.svg Jordan Smith*1209,9853125Win241,290,602
Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Ritthammer 2189,9532610T11124272,289
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Knappe*3183,5002711T5140215,147
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox*4160,7682921T4341,080,610
Flag of England.svg Sam Walker 5158,370298T4157158,785
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Pavon*6150,5043016349866,853
Flag of Sweden.svg Alexander Björk*7135,0063023T343947,873
Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Frittelli*8120,8922918Win191,602,951
Flag of France.svg Romain Langasque*9118,0872711T10151178,683
Flag of Scotland.svg Duncan Stewart*10115,7642812T9131241,658
Flag of England.svg Marcus Armitage*11115,7602611T10152168,137
Flag of Portugal (official).svg José-Filipe Lima 12100,1082310T5138218,629
Flag of France.svg Damien Perrier*1395,3682712T29174102,350
Flag of Spain.svg Pep Anglès*1493,28627134139216,288
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas Detry*1592,8522717T286440,214
Flag of France.svg Joël Stalter*1691,5782611T3132239,430

* European Tour rookie in 2017
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2018 (finished inside the top 101 or the top 10 of the Access List).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018, but retained conditional status (finished between 102 and 147, inclusive).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2018 (finished outside the top 147).

Ritthammer won three times on the Challenge Tour in 2016. A change before the season to the tour regulations allowed amateurs to earn ranking points, while also dictating that any player within the top 15 who earned points as an amateur would be counted in addition to the usual 15 graduates; therefore, since Langasque had earned 24,200 points as an amateur, the number of graduates was increased to 16. Anglès regained his card for 2018 through Q School.

Winners on the European Tour in 2017

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunners-up
111 Jun Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Frittelli Lyoness Open −12 (70-71-68-67=276)1 stroke Flag of England.svg David Horsey
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Korhonen
Flag of South Africa.svg Jbe' Kruger
230 Jul Flag of England.svg Jordan Smith Porsche European Open −13 (70-67-67-71=275)Playoff Flag of France.svg Alexander Lévy

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2017

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
130 Apr Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Frittelli
Lost in playoff
Volvo China Open Flag of France.svg Alexander Lévy −17 (63-70-71-67=271)−17 (70-63-64-74=271)
225 Jun Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas Detry BMW International Open Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Romero −17 (67-71-68-65=271)−16 (65-71-70-66=272)
35 Nov Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Frittelli (2) Turkish Airlines Open Flag of England.svg Justin Rose −18 (69-68-64-65=266)−17 (70-67-66-64=267)
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