2005 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2006 European Tour card through Q School in 2005.
| Place | Player | European Tour starts |
Cuts made |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Whitehouse | 28 | 12 | 1 Challenge Tour win; 17th in the Challenge Tour rankings |
| 2 | Robert Rock | 59 | 32 | |
| 3 | David Griffiths | 27 | 12 | |
| T4 | Mattias Eliasson | 90 | 30 | |
| T4 | Louis Oosthuizen | 50 | 26 | 1 Sunshine Tour win |
| T4 | Shaun P. Webster | 78 | 40 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| 7 | David Dixon | 62 | 28 | |
| 8 | Iain Pyman | 231 | 92 | 5 Challenge Tour wins |
| T9 | Leif Westerberg | 43 | 21 | 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T9 | Jarmo Sandelin | 275 | 170 | 5 European Tour wins |
| T9 | Alexandre Rocha | 5 | 2 | 1 Tour de las Américas win |
| T9 | Michele Reale | 95 | 38 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T9 | Johan Edfors | 39 | 21 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T14 | Ross Fisher | 10 | 5 | 18th in the Challenge Tour rankings |
| T14 | Francisco Valera | 71 | 32 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T14 | Oliver Whiteley | 6 | 3 | |
| T17 | Miguel Ángel Carballo | 3 | 2 | |
| T17 | Felipe Aguilar | 1 | 1 | 1 Tour de las Américas win |
| T19 | Darren Fichardt | 123 | 67 | 2 European Tour wins; 4 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T19 | David Bransdon | 23 | 14 | |
| T19 | Matthew Millar | 2 | 0 | |
| T19 | Christian Nilsson | 2 | 0 | |
| T23 | Wilhelm Schauman | 7 | 2 | |
| T23 | Gary Clark | 111 | 53 | |
| T23 | Henrik Nyström | 158 | 75 | |
| T23 | Warren Abery | 14 | 7 | 4 Sunshine Tour wins |
| T23 | Santiago Luna | 502 | 292 | 1 European Tour win |
| T23 | Benoît Teilleria | 90 | 43 | |
| T23 | Kieran Staunton | 0 | 0 | |
| T23 | Stephen Scahill | 208 | 106 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T23 | Anders Sjöstrand | 0 | 0 | |
| T23 | Tuomas Tuovinen | 3 | 0 |
2006 European Tour rookie
2006 results
| Player | Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
Money list rank |
Earnings (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Whitehouse | 24 | 16 | T7 | 95 | 250,952 |
| Robert Rock | 21 | 11 | T5 | 114 | 208,637 |
| David Griffiths | 21 | 14 | T3 | 107 | 217,166 |
| Mattias Eliasson | 21 | 14 | T3 | 75 | 314,018 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 21 | 11 | T2 | 93 | 256,466 |
| Shaun P. Webster | 19 | 6 | T10 | 194 | 41,939 |
| David Dixon | 25 | 12 | T6 | 151 | 101,142 |
| Iain Pyman | 19 | 6 | T21 | 197 | 39,362 |
| Leif Westerberg | 23 | 15 | 5 | 131 | 165,150 |
| Jarmo Sandelin | 26 | 16 | T2 (x2) | 44 | 568,046 |
| Alexandre Rocha* | 24 | 15 | 6 | 125 | 179,878 |
| Michele Reale | 17 | 4 | T26 | 226 | 22,431 |
| Johan Edfors | 24 | 18 | Win (x3) | 10 | 1,505,583 |
| Ross Fisher* | 29 | 18 | T3 | 66 | 370,725 |
| Francisco Valera | 18 | 11 | T15 | 164 | 88,366 |
| Oliver Whiteley* | 20 | 6 | T13 | 186 | 50,524 |
| Miguel Ángel Carballo* | 19 | 9 | T20 | 166 | 86,152 |
| Felipe Aguilar* | 18 | 10 | T11 | 158 | 95,819 |
| Darren Fichardt | 18 | 11 | 3 | 69 | 343,412 |
| David Bransdon* | 26 | 14 | T8 | 124 | 185,268 |
| Matthew Millar* | 25 | 15 | T5 | 115 | 207,386 |
| Christian Nilsson* | 20 | 15 | T4 | 101 | 226,789 |
| Wilhelm Schauman* | 12 | 4 | T41 | 235 | 15,880 |
| Gary Clark | 21 | 10 | T24 | 170 | 76,133 |
| Henrik Nyström | 15 | 3 | T2 | 140 | 131,395 |
| Warren Abery* | 21 | 7 | T7 | 165 | 87,244 |
| Santiago Luna | 15 | 7 | T10 | 169 | 77,652 |
| Benoît Teilleria | 20 | 7 | 5 | 163 | 88,472 |
| Kieran Staunton* | 17 | 3 | T28 | 208 | 28,212 |
| Stephen Scahill | 19 | 7 | T18 | 188 | 50,258 |
| Anders Sjöstrand* | 16 | 3 | T39 | 239 | 14,201 |
| Tuomas Tuovinen* | 14 | 2 | 51 | 277 | 6,675 |
* European Tour rookie in 2006
T = Tied
The player retained his European Tour card for 2007 (finished inside the top 118).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007, but retained conditional status (finished between 119–150).
The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2007 (finished outside the top 150).
Winners on the European Tour in 2006
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Mar | Johan Edfors | TCL Classic | −25 (66-66-63-68=263) | 1 stroke | Andrew Buckle |
| 2 | 14 May | Johan Edfors (2) | Quinn Direct British Masters | −11 (68-69-70-70=277) | 1 stroke | Gary Emerson Stephen Gallacher Jarmo Sandelin |
| 3 | 16 Jul | Johan Edfors (3) | Barclays Scottish Open | −13 (65-69-74-63=271) | 2 strokes | Luke Donald Andrés Romero Charl Schwartzel |
Runners-up on the European Tour in 2006
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Dec 2005 | Louis Oosthuizen | Dunhill Championship | Ernie Els | −14 (71-67-68-68=274) | −11 (69-67-71-70=277) |
| 2 | 7 May | Jarmo Sandelin | Telecom Italia Open | Francesco Molinari | −23 (68-65-67-65=265) | −19 (69-68-67-65=269) |
| 3 | 14 May | Jarmo Sandelin (2) | Quinn Direct British Masters | Johan Edfors | −11 (68-69-70-70=277) | −10 (67-71-70-70=278) |
| 4 | 18 Jun | Henrik Nyström | Aa St Omer Open | César Monasterio | −10 (68-68-71-67=274) | −9 (69-65-68-73=275) |