2007 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2007. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2007 earned their European Tour card for 2008.

2007 Challenge Tour 2008 European Tour
Player Money list
rank		 Earnings (€) Starts Cuts
made		 Best
finish		 Money list
rank		 Earnings (€)
Mike Lorenzo-Vera* 1 128,927 24 12 T2 108 269,091
Ross McGowan* 2 126,645 28 17 5 70 429,173
Felipe Aguilar 3 120,409 23 16 Win 41 676,182
Jamie Donaldson 4 111,748 27 18 T8 89 350,286
Leif Westerberg 5 102,323 25 3 T29 237 26,855
Joost Luiten* 6 99,406 14 8 4 124 171,279
Magnus A. Carlsson* 7 95,670 28 15 T2 79 405,998
Robert Dinwiddie* 8 91,257 30 16 T3 72 426,811
Mikael Lundberg 9 87,916 25 15 Win 63 476,930
Stuart Manley 10 84,395 33 13 T14 150 131,902
Fabrizio Zanotti* 11 73,816 26 11 T12 153 127,703
Peter Baker 12 72,874 25 15 T9 132 159,093
Peter Whiteford* 13 72,730 29 16 T8 145 136,357
Iain Pyman 14 70,725 27 8 T3 137 146,872
Julio Zapata* 15 70,158 25 10 T11 158 107,002
Edoardo Molinari* 16 65,300 25 12 15 147 135,270
Álvaro Velasco* 17 59,786 27 13 T5 100 286,888
Peter Fowler 18 59,712 25 9 T3 128 165,178
François Delamontagne 19 59,232 26 17 T4 118 223,746
Jan-Are Larsen 20 56,244 17 10 4 146 135,589

* European Tour rookie in 2008
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2009 (finished inside the top 118).
  The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2009, but retained conditional status (finished between 119 and 151).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2009 (finished outside the top 151).

The players ranked 16th through 20th were placed below the Qualifying School graduates on the exemption list, and thus could improve their status by competing in Qualifying School. François Delamontagne and Jan-Are Larsen improved their status in this way.

Winners on the European Tour in 2008

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 17 Feb Felipe Aguilar Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open −18 (65-62-67-68=262) 1 stroke Jeev Milkha Singh
2 27 Jul Mikael Lundberg Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship −21 (67-64-68-68=267) 2 strokes José Manuel Lara

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2008

No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 13 Jan Magnus A. Carlsson
lost in three-man playoff 		Joburg Open Richard Sterne −13 (71-68-67-65=271) −13 (70-66-69-66=271)
2 20 Apr Mike Lorenzo-Vera Volvo China Open Damien McGrane −10 (68-69-68-73=278) −1 (67-69-72-79=287)
3 18 May Felipe Aguilar Irish Open Richard Finch −10 (71-72-65-70=278) −8 (71-72-67-70=280)

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