2024 Challenge Tour graduates

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This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2024. [1]

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Both Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and John Parry earned immediate promotion to the European Tour during the 2024 season by winning three times on the Challenge Tour. Neergaard-Petersen finished 105th on the Race to Dubai, obtaining a higher exemption category for the 2025 European Tour season than he had from his Challenge Tour ranking; Robin Williams, who finished 14th in the Challenge Tour rankings, similarly obtained a higher exemption category through his European Tour performance as a non-member. Because of this, Neergaard-Petersen and Williams did not count against the 20 Challenge Tour graduates, and the players who finished 21st and 22nd in the rankings were given European Tour cards. [2]

Andreas Halvorsen, who finished 27th in points with a total of 645 despite playing in only 13 of the 29 events, was given a medical extension of six Challenge Tour starts in 2025 to earn 40 points and a promotion to the European Tour for the remainder of its 2025 season. He reached the goal in his third start, on 16 March 2025. [3]

2024 Challenge Tour2025 European Tour
PlayerPoints
rank
PointsStartsCuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings (€)
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 11,826
Flag of England.svg John Parry 21,595
Flag of Finland.svg Oliver Lindell *31,497
Flag of Spain.svg Ángel Ayora *41,488
Flag of Denmark.svg Hamish Brown *51,477
Flag of Ireland.svg Conor Purcell *61,309
Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Reitan 71,095
Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Lagergren 81,055
Flag of England.svg Jack Senior 91,033
Flag of Spain.svg Joel Moscatel *10996
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lindberg 11910
Flag of France.svg Alexander Lévy 12902
Flag of France.svg Benjamin Hébert 13888
Flag of South Africa.svg Robin Williams 14885
Flag of South Africa.svg Deon Germishuys 15848
Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Åkesson 16820
Flag of France.svg Martin Couvra *17808
Flag of England.svg Brandon Robinson-Thompson *18807
Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen 19732
Flag of France.svg Pierre Pineau 20716
Flag of Germany.svg Nicolai von Dellingshausen 21689
Flag of Denmark.svg Lucas Bjerregaard 22685

*European Tour rookie in 2025
First-time full member, but ineligible for Rookie of the Year award

Wins on the European Tour in 2025

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
122 Dec 2024 Flag of England.svg John Parry AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open −14 (70-69-71-64=274)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Christo Lamprecht
Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Naidoo
211 May 2025 Flag of France.svg Martin Couvra Turkish Airlines Open −17 (65-66-72-64=267)2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Haotong
325 May Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Reitan Soudal Open −13 (71-66-72-62=271)Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Ewen Ferguson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Darius van Driel
41 Jun Flag of Germany.svg Nicolai von Dellingshausen Austrian Alpine Open −19 (65-66-65-65=261)2 strokes Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Reitan
Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Schneider

Runner-up finishes on the European Tour in 2025

No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score
115 Dec 2024 Flag of England.svg John Parry Alfred Dunhill Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Norris −13 (67-70-71-67=275)−12 (67-71-69-69=276)
223 Feb 2025 Flag of England.svg John Parry (2) Magical Kenya Open Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kruyswijk −18 (69-66-64-67=266)−16 (63-65-72-68=268)
327 Apr Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Reitan Hainan Classic Flag of England.svg Marco Penge −17 (68-71-65-67=271)−14 (66-75-66-67=274)
41 Jun Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Reitan (2) Austrian Alpine Open Flag of Germany.svg Nicolai von Dellingshausen −19 (65-66-65-65=261)−17 (67-69-67-60=263)
58 Jun Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Lagergren KLM Open Flag of Scotland.svg Connor Syme −11 (65-72-66-70=273)−9 (66-68-71-70=275)
629 Jun Flag of France.svg Martin Couvra Italian Open Flag of France.svg Adrien Saddier −14 (69-64-67-66=266)−12 (69-63-67-69=268)

See also

References

  1. "Challenge Tour rankings". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  2. "Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final by numbers". PGA European Tour. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. "Halvorsen secures promotion to DP World Tour". PGA European Tour. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.