This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2018. [1] [2] The top 15 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2018 earned European Tour cards for 2019.
2018 Challenge Tour | 2019 European Tour | |||||||
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Player | Points rank | Points | Starts | Cuts made | Best finish | Points rank | Points | |
Joachim B. Hansen | 1 | 192,320 | 31 | 22 | 2nd | 49 | 1,235 | |
Adri Arnaus* | 2 | 185,836 | 31 | 20 | 2nd | 41 | 1,499 | |
Victor Perez † | 3 | 184,236 | 24 | 19 | Win | 13 | 2,582 | |
Kalle Samooja* | 4 | 140,243 | 28 | 16 | T2 | 62 | 960 | |
Sebastian Söderberg | 5 | 140,167 | 29 | 16 | Win | 52 | 1,116 | |
Jack Singh Brar* | 6 | 128,582 | 29 | 17 | T8 | 110 | 470 | |
Grant Forrest † | 7 | 127,502 | 27 | 16 | T6 | 94 | 533 | |
Kim Koivu † | 8 | 126,673 | 27 | 14 | T9 | 156 | 244 | |
Stuart Manley | 9 | 120,258 | 29 | 17 | T21 | 161 | 220 | |
Liam Johnston* | 10 | 119,169 | 30 | 13 | T5 | 148 | 296 | |
Sean Crocker † | 11 | 115,074 | 25 | 12 | T2 | 82 | 690 | |
Robert MacIntyre* | 12 | 114,368 | 30 | 25 | 2nd | 11 | 2,763 | |
Lorenzo Gagli | 13 | 113,893 | 26 | 11 | T2 | 104 | 494 | |
David Law* | 14 | 108,107 | 27 | 13 | Win | 92 | 554 | |
Pedro Figueiredo* | 15 | 94,340 | 29 | 12 | T23 | 177 | 156 |
* European Tour rookie in 2019
† First-time member ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2020 (finished inside the top 115).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020, but retained conditional status (finished between 116 and 155, inclusive).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2020 (finished outside the top 155).
Koivu earned promotion to the European Tour in August after his third Challenge Tour win of the season.
No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 10 Feb | David Law | ISPS Handa Vic Open | −18 (67-66-71-66=270) | 1 stroke | Brad Kennedy Wade Ormsby |
2 | 1 Sep | Sebastian Söderberg | Omega European Masters | −14 (64-70-66-66=266) | Playoff | Lorenzo Gagli Rory McIlroy Andrés Romero Kalle Samooja |
3 | 29 Sep | Victor Perez | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | −22 (64-68-64-70=266) | 1 stroke | Matthew Southgate |
No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
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1 | 17 Mar | Adri Arnaus | Magical Kenya Open | Guido Migliozzi | −17 (67-68-64-69=268) | −16 (66-68-65-70=269) |
2 | 28 Apr | Sean Crocker | Trophée Hassan II | Jorge Campillo | −9 (72-71-69-71=283) | −7 (67-74-72-72=285) |
3 | 12 May | Robert MacIntyre | Betfred British Masters | Marcus Kinhult | −16 (65-69-68-70=272) | −15 (68-69-68-68=273) |
4 | 26 May | Robert MacIntyre (2) | Made in Denmark | Bernd Wiesberger | −14 (68-69-67-66=270) | −13 (67-70-68-66=271) |
5 | 30 Jun | Adri Arnaus (2) | Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | −10 (66-68-69-71=274) | −4 (68-70-73-69=280) |
6 | 18 Aug | Adri Arnaus (3) | D+D Real Czech Masters | Thomas Pieters | −19 (67-67-66-69=269) | −18 (71-65-65-69=270) |
7 & 8 | 1 Sep | Lorenzo Gagli | Omega European Masters | Sebastian Söderberg | −14 (64-70-66-66=266) | −14 (64-68-67-67=266) |
Kalle Samooja | −14 (66-71-62-67=266) | |||||
9 | 8 Sep | Robert MacIntyre (3) | Porsche European Open | Paul Casey | −14 (66-73-68-66=274) | −13 (68-65-74-68=275) |
10 | 20 Oct | Joachim B. Hansen | Amundi Open de France | Nicolas Colsaerts | −12 (67-66-67-72=272) | −11 (68-68-69-68=273) |
11 | 11 Nov | Victor Perez | Turkish Airlines Open | Tyrrell Hatton | −20 (68-68-65-67=268) | −20 (68-69-66-65=268) |
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