2008 Challenge Tour graduates

This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2008. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2008 earned their European Tour card for 2009.

2008 Challenge Tour 2009 European Tour
Player Money list
rank		 Earnings (€) Starts Cuts
made		 Best
finish		 Money list
rank		 Earnings (€)
David Horsey* 1 144,118 26 19 T2 76 424,666
Gary Lockerbie 2 138,509 29 18 T4 108 289,461
Taco Remkes* 3 137,331 30 8 T12 195 66,178
Gareth Maybin* 4 117,719 27 21 2 53 625,876
Estanislao Goya* 5 113,336 25 15 Win 94 338,939
Seve Benson* 6 111,529 28 13 T4 120 250,786
Alessandro Tadini 7 106,893 29 17 T13 126 232,759
Richie Ramsay* 8 106,656 29 14 T4 97 331,171
Steven O'Hara 9 103,212 24 12 T6 151 154,198
Jeppe Huldahl 10 96,818 28 14 Win 64 510,381
Klas Eriksson 11 98,514 24 13 T9 142 186,980
Alexandre Rocha 12 93,684 19 9 T28 211 47,935
Richard Bland 13 92,645 25 14 4 112 277,462
Rafa Cabrera-Bello 14 89,847 32 20 Win 39 744,297
Wil Besseling* 15 89,358 23 12 T3 182 87,095
Marcus Higley 16 85,946 17 9 T4 171 96,626
John E. Morgan 17 77,254 16 7 T9 182 82,889
Christian Nilsson 18 75,200 15 8 Win 90 343,763
Antti Ahokas* 19 74,867 12 4 T48 275 10,631
Stuart Davis* 20 67,105 14 4 T15 208 50,375

* European Tour rookie in 2009
T = Tied
  The player retained his European Tour card for 2010 (finished inside the top 120).
  The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2010, but retained conditional status (finished between 121-153).
  The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2010 (finished outside the top 153).

Remkes won three Challenge Tour events in 2008.

Winners on the European Tour in 2009

No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 22 Mar Estanislao Goya Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal −6 (68-68-69-73=278) 1 stroke Callum Macaulay
2 7 Jun Jeppe Huldahl Celtic Manor Wales Open −9 (69-71-68-67=275) 1 stroke Niclas Fasth
3 21 Jun Christian Nilsson Saint-Omer Open −13 (68-69-65-69=271) 6 strokes José-Filipe Lima
4 20 Sep Rafa Cabrera-Bello Austrian Golf Open −20 (71-67-66-60=264) 1 stroke Benn Barham

Runners-up on the European Tour in 2009

No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 21 Dec 2008 Gareth Maybin
lost in playoff 		South African Open Championship Richard Sterne −14 (72-69-67-66=274) −14 (66-69-69-70=274)
2 15 Feb 2009 David Horsey Maybank Malaysian Open Anthony Kang −17 (74-66-64-67=271) −16 (71-68-69-64=272)
3 25 Oct Christian Nilsson Castelló Masters Costa Azahar Michael Jonzon −20 (64-68-65-67=264) −19 (69-66-65-65=265)

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