2017 Challenge Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2017. [1] The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2017 earned European Tour cards for 2018.

The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. World ranking points are awarded for high finishes in Challenge Tour events. Most Challenge Tour events give 12 OWGR points to the winner, with those co-sanctioned by the European Tour earning 18 points. The Challenge Tour Grand Final gives 17 points to the winner.

The 2017 Challenge Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.

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2017 Challenge Tour2018 European Tour
PlayerRoad to Oman
rank
PointsStartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen*1210,7992814T378580,332
Flag of France.svg Clément Sordet*2181,3122713T10132257,550
Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen*3160,87624172371,096,464
Flag of England.svg Aaron Rai*4139,4353119T555736,542
Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Kinhult 5139,4192619348876,208
Flag of France.svg Julien Guerrier 6137,5252819386534,524
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Oliver Farr 7133,7682913T7145222,025
Flag of England.svg Ryan Evans 8126,6762917T11148208,377
Flag of the United States.svg Chase Koepka*9123,5702810T7181100,241
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Oriol 10105,1082612T8151205,782
Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Dantorp 11104,7373017T370620,978
Flag of England.svg Steven Brown*12104,1552814T297404,685
Flag of France.svg Adrien Saddier 13100,8432714T7117312,632
Flag of Spain.svg Scott Fernández*1494,6732911T7160181,159
Flag of Scotland.svg Bradley Neil*1593,1682911T2119087,638

As of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

* European Tour rookie in 2018

Rai earned promotion to the European Tour in July after his third Challenge Tour win of the season.

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2018

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
111 Dec 2017 Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen Joburg Open Flag of India.svg Shubhankar Sharma −23 (69-61-65-69=264)−20 (64-67-70-66=267)
22 Sep Flag of England.svg Steven Brown
lost in four-man playoff
Made in Denmark Flag of England.svg Matt Wallace −19 (68-68-66-67=269)−19 (70-68-63-68=269)

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References

  1. "Challenge Tour rankings" . Retrieved 4 November 2017.